How did Pittsburgh go from being bad in the early 70’s to be one of the best teams within the late 70’s?
We want to see how the change in record went from being bad to great. With this at hand we have to look at the team’s roster within the 70’s to see if it had anything with them playing so bad. Then we might want to look at the management to figure out if they had anything to do with this winning record. We may even want to look at the changes within the NFL in the 70’s era that could have helped this championship team. We may even want to know what the newspapers reports thought about this new team Pittsburgh had put together.
Frist, we want to look at the record, Pittsburgh had in the early 70’s compared to the later 70’s. In 1970 the Pittsburgh Steelers went 5-9 with five win and nine losses, seeing that you could tell we had a losing record. The next year 1971 we improved to 6-8, you could say that was because “in the 70’s Pittsburgh picked into the Baltimore Colts roster and grabbed running back Terry Cole and tight end Ara Person all on waivers.” (writer) “As well Pittsburgh drafted Terry Bradshaw in the 70’s draft First Overall.” (NFLDraft) In 1972 Pittsburgh went an impressive 11-3, “winning their first tile in the 40th try to the chargers. They also beat the Raiders in the divisional playoffs despite the loss of starting receiver Frank Lewis with a broken collarbone” (Writer, Steelers Win First Tile in 40th Try), but then loss in the conference championship to the Dolphins 21-17. This could have been because of the draft pick we had made in 1971 and 1972, “Jack Ham linebacker in round 2 of 1971 and the first round of 1972 Franco Harris.” (NFLDraft) In 1973 Pittsburgh dropped down to 10-4 we made it to the playoff...
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