There's really no bad way to win in the NFL, but the most agonizing is probably the way we watched the Steelers win yesterday, or how they did in the AFC Championship Game last year - by mounting a huge lead, only to watch it slowly erode as the seconds tick off the clock in the second half.Of course, that suggests that the Steelers simply went conservative and were content to try to run out the clock. Quite the contrary, the team was still trying to run up points, but being grossly ineffective at it. After looking sharp in the early going, Ben Roethlisberger lost all touch on his deep passes. He missed Emmanuel Sanders twice on would-be touchdowns. He had Mike Wallace targeted on another deep pass along to right side, but threw the ball too far to the sideline, forcing Wallace to have to attempt an awkward over the opposite shoulder grab.Opportunities are bound to be squandered on both sides - for example, Ziggy Hood should have had a pick-six in the second half - but this seem...
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