No. Plain and simple. The Pittsburgh Steelers have come miles from their AFC Championship loss to the New England Patriots in January. After a great 2017 NFL Draft, the Steelers are finally in a place to feel confident about beating their long-time foe.
Tom Brady catching the Madden curse and missing any amount of time wouldn’t be a rewarding way to find the Super Bowl. That’d be like the Houston Rockets winning the NBA Finals the year Michael Jordan retired.
What Pittsburgh has strived for all offseason was to get to a point where they can beat Brady.