You may have heard this recently—although you may have heard the exact opposite as well, depending on who you listen to—but the Pittsburgh Steelers are pretty good. That is an easy thing to say as they ride a six-game winning streak to a division-clinching game that sends them to the postseason for the third consecutive season.
But the Steelers are one of the great franchises in NFL history, without question, and have the numbers to prove it. Since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, no other franchise in the league can compare to what they have done over the course of the past 46-plus seasons.