Super Bowl XLV: Pittsburgh Steelers vs Green Bay Packers

• thavoice

  jordo212000;669129 wrote:Except that the Steelers, Patriots, and Colts perennially battle for the top spot in the AFC.

  
  Colts have contended since Manning was there.
  Patriots because they caught lightening in a bottle and got lucky that Brady panned out and Belicheck became a genius (he was a bum in Cleveland) and PIttsburgh has been doing it with solid drafting and bringing in solid depth in free agency. Steelers do not typically overpay to bring in FA's. They will pay their core players big money to stick around when they deem its needed.
  
  
  Those franchises arent their because they buy their success. They cannot spend any more on salary than the worst team in the NFL.
  
  Green bay is probably the smalleset market in the NFL
  
  
  Found this on another site from fairly recent. The numbers next to the team is the market size....so basically population I guess.
  1. New York Giants/New York Jets
  3. Chicago Bears
  4. Philadelphia Eagles
  5. Dallas Cowboys
  6. San Francisco 49ers/Oakland Raiders
  7. New England Patriots
  8. Atlanta Falcons
  9. Washington Redskins
  10. Houston Texans
  11. Detroit Lions
  12. Arizona Cardinals
  13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  14. Seattle Seahawks
  15. Minnesota Vikings
  16. Miami Dolphins
  17. Cleveland Browns
  18. Denver Broncos
  21. St. Louis Rams
  23. Pittsburgh Steelers
  24. Carolina Panthers
  25. Indianapolis Colts
  26. Baltimore Ravens
  28. San Diego Chargers
  29. Tennessee Titans
  31. Kansas City Chiefs
  34. Cincinnati Bengals
  47. Jacksonville Jaguars
  51. Buffalo Bills
  53. New Orleans Saints
  70. Green Bay Packers
  NFL DMA rankings by division
  
  AFC East
  
  1. New York Jets
  7. New England Patriots
  16. Miami Dolphins
  51. Buffalo Bills
  
  AFC North
  
  17. Cleveland Browns
  23. Pittsburgh Steelers
  26. Baltimore Ravens
  34. Cincinnati Bengals
  
  AFC South
  
  10. Houston Texans
  25. Indianapolis Colts
  29. Tennessee Titans
  47. Jacksonville Jaguars
  
  AFC West
  
  6. Oakland Raiders
  18. Denver Broncos
  28. San Diego Chargers
  31. Kansas City Chiefs
  
  NFC East
  
  1. New York Giants
  4. Philadelphia Eagles
  5. Dallas Cowboys
  9. Washington Redskins
  
  NFC North
  
  3. Chicago Bears
  11. Detroit Lions
  15. Minnesota Vikings
  70. Green Bay Packers
  
  NFC South
  
  8. Atlanta Falcons
  13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  24. Carolina Panthers
  53. New Orleans Saints
  
  NFC West
  
  6. San Francisco 49ers
  12. Arizona Cardinals
  14. Seattle Seahawks
  21. St. Louis Rams
  Average DMA size/ranking by division
  
  1. NFC East (4.75)
  2. NFC West (13.25)
  3. AFC East (18.75)
  4. AFC West (20.75)
  5. NFC South (24.50)
  6. NFC North (24.75)
  7. AFC North (25.00)
  8. AFC South (27.75
  
  
  Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/football/1187003-nfl-standings-designated-market-area-dma.html#ixzz1DOzg1IPL
• thavoice

  QUOTE=queencitybuckeye;669672]Yes, but the point is that unlike other sports, success has little or nothing to do with the amount of revenue taken in. Teams that win consistently do so because they run their organization smarter than the others.[/QUOTE]
  
  Exactly. It comes down to:
  1. scouting. getting guys who fit your schemes and filtering out those guys who are great workout and film guys. Steelers, for example, have a few times taken an undersized DE who is a beast rushing the passer and make him a OLB.
  2. developing your drafted talent. For the most part the guys you draft do not make tons of money. You get them young, mold them to your scheme and they either sink, or swim.
  3. Smart in FA. Do not put contracts out there like haynesworth, or when Randel El signed with wash for stupid dollars.
  4. Making tough, but smart, choices in keeping your core players. Steelers have lost tons of good players over the years because they couldnt keep them under contract. They made some bad moves like Washing and Scott at DB's but for the most part they keep their core talent under wraps and take care of them. This also goes toward draft and develope. There are times a guy will be able to be a FA< but because the team drafted and developed someone they can let him walk.
  
  There is SOME luck in it I guess...but shallow men believe in luck, true men believe in cause and effect.