2005 AFC Championship - Steelers @ Broncos
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- Big Ben and the Steelers are coming off a surprising upset of the Colts in the Divisional Round, as they travel to Denver to take on Jake Plummer and the Broncos, fresh off a win over the two-time defending champ Patriots, to decide the AFC representative in Super Bowl 40.
The 2005 Steelers were a 15-1 team the year prior. People are fooled by their wildcard status, but this was a damn good team who had to deal with losing Ben for three games in the middle of the season.
a lot of people dont give Ben the respect hes earned HOFer and elite QB no doubt about it
Yes. That year we were a very good team.
Steelers were awesome for a long time - overshadowed by the Patriots though.
If not for new england, this Pittsburgh dynasty from Cowher to Tomlin is right up there in NFL History!
And Im a lifelong Giants fan by the way.
They were also 11-5 and only lost the division on a tie breaker. Pretty damn strong for a #6 seed in a stacked AFC. Remember in 2008, coincidentally another year where the Steelers won the super bowl, the 11-5 Patriots actually missed the damn playoffs. And those 11-5 playoffless Patriots with Matt Cassell at QB due to Brady's torn ACL would destroy the 7-9 Seahawks who won their division a few years later. Everything is relative, it's about perspective. The 2005 Steelers were much better than people give them credit for, you're right. Unfortunately some tick tacky calls went their way in the SB and that's all anyone remembers but 2nd year Roethlosberger literally outplayed Peyton Manning on the way there. But people don't remember that either, they just remember the Bettis fumble and Vandershank missing the FG. No one remembers the Steelers led the Colts 28-3 in that game and that a Polamalu INT should have ended it at 28-10 but the ball was given back to Indy on an even worse call than anything the Steelers benefited from in the SB. That was actually the second Polamalu interception to be overturned in that game when neither of them should have been. Colts were lucky to be in it after that. 2005 Steelers, best #6 seed of all-time.
SuperTugz The AFC from roughly 2000-2010 was the most dominant conference in NFL history. Dozens of hall of fame players and coaches. Each year it was a tossup between the Patriots, Broncos, Steelers, Colts, and Ravens. All insanely talented teams
Love seeing Jerome's parents. Go to all of his games, and get to celebrate that huge touchdown in the AFC Championship. RIP Johnnie Bus.
As a Broncos fan, what even made the loss in the 2005 AFC Championship Game harder to take was that they had been undefeated at home prior to that loss.
I'll never forget the immeasurable joy I felt after Big Ben ran it in to salt the game away, after watching my beloved Steel Curtain come up empty so many times before it one of the happiest days of my life as a Steeler fan....until two weeks later :)
No doubt all the loses in AFC championship games at home and that awful Super bowl against Dallas was so thrilling to be going back I just turned 10 before the AFC championship game win against Houston and Super bowl win against Rams
We miss you Troy!!!!
This 2005 Steelers team was an AFC North Champion disguise as a #6 seed team.... The greatest trick that Bill Cowher has pull, it fooled everybody including us Steelers fans🤣😂 Go Steelers!!!
Haha. Denver just wasn't as good as their record and season in 05 appeared. They ended Brady's playoff win streak a week before this game. That was their super bowl. Had Pittsburgh played New England in the AFC championship that year it probably would have been a much different story for the Steelers. Think we'd all agree on that. Regardless a great run for the Steelers and dam they kicked the shit out of those "fake the funk broncos.". Haha Wooooooooooo!!!!
@@SINCITYJ... I don't know that 05 Steelers team was on a mission cause during that run, they beat all 3 AFC Division Champions AFC North Champion #3 Bengsls. AFC South Champion #1 Colts AFC West Champion #2 Broncos (who beat the Patriots) then the NFC West and NFC Champion Seahawks in the Superbowl.
@@kingcocoaman185 Yes true. New England has just always had Pittsburgh's number since Brady has been around. The toughest task in Big Ben's career is beating the Pats. Think it would've been tough for them to beat the Pats like it usually always is. 05 was a great year for the Steelers regardless.
Patriots fans never admit that the Broncos always have their number.
@@marcuswilliams6840 They definitely have the Pats number. I definitely admit that. I've always known that. They've always had good defenses. They just need a long term QB that can be consistent again. Not sure if Flacco is the answer. We shall see.
Big Ben is so underrated and he is a top 15 quarterback of all time and people don’t understand
Top 10
I don’t think he’s underrated he is one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.
@@cgg6450 def not top 10, I can accept around 15. I'd probably have him 15-20. gotta give some of the old timers some respect
Kyle Handy Nah bullshit. He’s top 5-10 in every passing category.
He was one of the best deep ball Qb’s ever
This is when the Steelers had a great defense. And a running game. And Ben step up that game. I was proud then and still proud to be a Steelers fan. Since the early 70's not a fan boy . Through the good years and the bad.
Wish I would have caught this two years ago, because I’d tell you how wrong you are. Pittsburgh didn’t have a running game. In fact, they couldn’t move the chains running the ball the entire second half of the season and the playoffs. Ben put the offense on his back the last 10 games that year.
This is back when Ben was fast on his feet with a super strong throwing arm. Watching him now in 2022 is like night and day.
I mean yeah, age does that. Everyone except Brady
those pump fakes were so good back then
Braby wasn’t beat up the way Ben was. Braby & Belichek paid off the referees to continually make bogus roughing the passer penalty calls when Braby thought somebody breathed on him & Braby did his little Pee Pee dance pretending to pull a penalty flag out of his a$$ & getting the call 99% of the time, especially when the Braby Brat was playing at home. The whole football world knew how much Braby & Belichek & his team cheated. You don’t call a cheater a goat. Braby was & is still a cheating a$$.
Still don’t understand how he held onto the ball when he’d do those fakes. He is possibly the best at it that ever played. I can’t think of many others that could do it like that.
Polamalu’s tackle at 34:45 better be in his HOF highlight reel. Insane & stopped a first down conversation
It was a great play but Denver ended up getting the 1st down conversion the next play anyway so I’m really not sure what point you’re trying to make lol
Too many plays in his highlight reel lol.
@@saucewrld9995 His point is that it was a great play by Polamalu.
No kidding he jumped through that block and just magically made the play
I dont think there was ever a player that was so good at sneaking thru a wall of lineman to break up a screen! There's a great one that comes to mind week 1 of the 2009 season in the NFL season opener. I can still see Chris Johnson (who was coming off a 2000 yard rushing season) just flying in the air now! Thats the game to watch if u want to see peak Troy.
Bill Cowher's strength as a coach is his ability to let his assistants do their job and his belief in the players. A good leader is someone who brings others who have a similar mindset to theirs then he/she lets them do what they do best. Pittsburgh Steelers are a model organization for how a business should be run in sports and in the business world. Only three coaches since 1969 say a lot, and two of them are in the NFL HOF..
I know it's a late comment, but we could use Cower to come out of retirement cause Tomlin rode on his coattails and he would probably finally get this team back toward championship caliber with his great influence.
This was all for Jerome Bettis. Jerome is such a fantastic guy, all around. A class act. He deserved every second of this and the superbowl.
As time goes on this team will get more credit. They were 15-1 the year before and if Big Ben doesn’t get hurt they probably go 13-3 instead of 11-5. This team had three HOF players in Faneca, Bettis and Polamalu. HOF coach with Cowher. This team also had James Harrison and Hines Ward..two other potential HOF players. They rolled through the playoffs and were blowing out Indy until that bad call switched the momentum. But at one point it was 21-3.
How do you fail to mention Joey Porter, Aaron Smith and James Farrior?
@@aaronjackson9385 I was naming hall of fame and potential hall of fame players.
@@Biggdoom344 got it, my bad. You dont think Joey has an outside shot?? Was Andre Tippett that much better than him?
@@Biggdoom344 team is underrated because of their Wild Card status, but ppl totally ignore that this team was 15-1 the previous year. Nearly the same nucleus, minus Plax. Injuries caused them to lose more games, but the talent and coaching was obviously abundant.
@@aaronjackson9385 not at all…it’s just political. Like Jason Taylor and Joe Klecko in but LC Greenwood and Harvey Martin are not.
I remember the Steelers that year very well. Great team that hit their stride at the perfect time
Watching this in 2020 -- Phil Simms lecturing Ben about "not taking so many hits" and "needing to stay in the game." Yeah, 15 years later now, and Big Ben is *still* playing, Phil!
perhaps all those hits are why he hasn't aged well, elbow surgery last year and having a weak arm this year
@@MikeG82 Most people aren't even in the league anymore, at his age.
@@NotRiansLuke most people shouldn't be, including ben
Phil Simms is a way better announcer then Tony Homo.
@@fml5910 Not even close. Phil Simms is a douche and so is his son.
I just remember the way they played this game, I had absolutely no doubt they would win the Super Bowl no matter who they played against. They peaked with dominance
Ben's won other playoff games but this game to me still feels like his best performance in a playoff game. RIP Mr. Rooney
Even though the Steelers lost, Be. really tore it up against Jacksonville.
Not a chance. It's definitely the Superbowl vs the Cardinals. Or the game right before this vs the colts.
You can say what you want about Bens performance in the super bowl against Seattle, but he played lights out in the playoffs.
HE WAS HORRIBLE IN THE SUPERBOWL, THAT'S A FACT!!
@@BIG-D-STAR how many TDs have you rushed for in the SB?
@@countof3everybodyOD running is easy...thinking about whether you should decides how well you play. White QB's who run only do so because they suck...
Why do people always point that out? It doesn;'t matter. the Steelers won by double digits. Ask the 2007 Patriots about their SUPER BOWL game. 18 WINS, ONE GIANT LOSS!
Highlights:
31:02 Cedric Wilson 12 Yard TD
56:33 Jerome Bettis Rushing TD
1:02:30 Jerome Bettis TD Called Back to Illegal Formation Penalty by Hines Ward
1:04:07 Hines Ward 17 Yard TD
1:06:18 Andre Frazier Cart Off Injury
1:31:22 Denver Challenges Punt
1:38:00 Ashley Lelie Scores Broncos First Touchdown (29 Yard Reception)
2:01:20 Mike Anderson Rushing TD
2:14:00 Ben Roethlisberger Rushing TD
2:18:53 Denver Snap Before Two Minute Warning
2:22:34 End of the Game
2:25:12 The Subway Postgame Show and Lamar Hunt Trophy Presentation
1:44:25 A wild kid Christian McCaffery appears!
Panthers drafted him cause they knew we’d draft him. They were still pretty after the superbowl
He is one of my favorite running backs
Lol
This was such a magic season. The 08 team was probably a better team overall, but this one was just special.
It's so nice to see a competent OC in the booth and the Steelers marching down the field.
This was the end of the “steel, flame, and grit” nfl we all knew and loved. 2006 bore the new “family friendly” NFL…
The fuck? Keep changing the date of 'when football sucked forever". Steelers fans think the entire league is their own stupid declining team with its shit defense.
Walter White stfu dumb ass bitch
Seriously
Walter White 😂😂😂
@@WalterWhiteFootballSharing the NFL is dogshit man. 23 QBs had over a 90 passer rating last year. 11 over a 100 rating. It’s a joke, defense is illegal
I remember watching this at my friend's house, who's a Broncos fan!
R.I.P. Deacon Jones
This game was payback for 1997. Where Mike Shanahan defeated Bill Cowher in Pittsburgh en route to his first Super Bowl title.
Cowher returned the favor against Shanahan for that game.
Dude, that was the first year I started to fully understand football. My dad grew up in Pittsburgh, so the Steelers were naturally my team. I literally cried when we lost to Denver by a FG.
Not a fan of that douche Bill Cowher, and never was.
April 8, 2022 10:50 am . Watching the Steelers 2005 championship post season games an as I’m watching I’m thinking about being at the 1997 afc championship when Denver beat us at three rivers stadium an my sentiment was yea that’s what you get for beating us in 97 . Take that shanahan what were you thinking coming to the game with jake Plummer. We beat Manning an Palmer an you couldn’t have thought you was gonna beat us with jake Gardner snake 🐍 Plummer. Payback is a bitch lol. An I saw your comment an I couldn’t agree more with you. Revenge is a dish best served in a away game to ruin the home fans off season lol
I was at 3 Rivers in 97 too. I got picked in the super bowl lottery and was all pumped to go to New Orleans w my friends.
This was the payback game for all the fans that cried in 97!
Exactly
Saddest game of my early Broncos fanhood. Loved this team! #ChampHOF24
How about the 1996 loss to Jacksonville? That was bitter.
At least Denver would avenge this loss when they met Pittsburgh again in the playoffs 10 years later.
Champ drop the pick
This was payback for 1997.
@@coreyrowe4119 Steelers did the Broncos a favor by holding on to many of these same guys, who subsequently got injured before or during that game. That really evened out the talent disparity, and all it took was one wild, unlikely Tebow pass to seal it.
Damn, I miss this team, Pops Rooney, Coach Dad, and Cowher Power💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤
Ben 165-81 and 13-10 playoffs with 2 Championships!! No doubt an all time great
Deacon Jones. Straight up bad ass off all time
Best intro ever. The man that made the word "sack" known
That halftime report was a nice throwback glad you didnt edit it out!
Mike Shanahan was a great offensive mind. Evidence is getting Jake Plummer to the AFC title game.
Shanahan showed a lot of class when meeting Coach Cowher at midfield at the end of the game.
Shanahan almost worked for Cowher in 1992! Offered him the Steelers OC job but he took the 49ers OC job instead
Wilson was a very great mid season pick up for the Steelers that year.
I agree, he was huge
Then he beat his wife 🤷🏼♂️
I agree Big Ben first ballot Hall Of Famer!!!!
Same day Kobe Bryant and Kwame Brown combined to score 84 points.
lol
Rip Kobe 😢
People slept on Kwame that day. 😂😂😂
Yep, I was sick that day and didn’t know about the game until I woke up.
Willie parker was such a solid player.
This broncos team was so much fun to watch (eagles fan here)
Me too
I loved this game.,😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
Never gets old watching the big games we won hahaha!
The Steelers knuckled Denver's head before they could count to four
Lmao thats some funny shit love my Steelers
Pre speech, Joey Porter: They shot me in Denver, lol, Classic locker room speech
You know it's a good game when even the punting is exciting!
Back when "brought to you in HD" was a selling point, lol!
16:09
Game of inches. I'm surprised we don't hear about this play more often. It's not as lucky as the Torrey Smith play (Immaculate Reception II) in the Eagles vs. Falcons divisional game, but still a very fortunate bounce.
"Ben Roethlisberger has to stop taking so many hits"
Gonna be a long time before he has the OLine to take that advice
And the announcer actually says - “And Champ Bailey “goes”. Really? Cows go moo, dumbo. People “say”. Take an English 101 course. You just showed the entire world how ignorant you truly are.
this game won me so much money. multiple people just kept double or nothing me after the Bengals game. knew we would beat the colts and Broncos too. easy money, good times
Denver - Pittsburgh Playoff History: Denver leads 5-3 overall and is 4-2 in Denver.
77 - Denver over Pittsburgh in Denver - Denver eventually goes on to play in Super Bowl
78 - Pittsburgh over Denver in Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh eventually goes on to win Super Bowl
84 - Pittsburgh over Denver in Denver
89 - Denver over Pittsburgh in Denver - Denver eventually goes on to play in Super Bowl
97 - Denver over Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh - Denver goes on to win Super Bowl
05 - Pittsburgh over Denver in Denver - Pittsburgh goes on to win Super Bowl
11 - Denver over Pittsburgh in Denver
15 - Denver over Pittsburgh in Denver - Denver eventually goes on to win Super Bowl
Who cares. Steelers 6 super bowl wins Broncos 3
Steelers for life
Browns for life
I think this game was the beginning of the end for Shanahan in Denver.
Jay cutler was ! Basically those mediocre years was the nail in the coffin
He was still coaching well but he could not find a decent QB after Elway. Jake Plummer was a good team guy. Too bad he was a terrible QB.
@@MrNihilist74 Terrible is a bit of a hyperbole.
@@germansantos5733 Plummer was mediocre, at best. He reminds me of Tony Romo. Talented, but ultimately too many bad decisions.
@@1945joshuaruiz For whatever reason.....
I miss this Defense so solid bend but don’t break
Steelers played a perfect game. 3rd down conversions were off the charts, and converting on Plummers turnovers.
Kittles Nbits yeah I remember being so mad because Plummer played pretty bad
Man.....The Steelers were fun to watch in the 2000's. Hard hitting kick ass defense, and an offense that could put points on the board.
As a raider fan, my God the bronco's mid 2000 teams were so Good. Plummer, leslie, Smith, Tatum bell, champ bailey.
Bailey is one of my favorite players of all time. Bailey was Dominance in CB form.
And john lynch. Idk how I could forget about him.
its 2022 watching some great football from back in the day....
I was there! Celebrated with a whole lot of my fellow Steeler fans inside that stadium!
That's What sup.
That must have been a dream come true for you.
@@debbiegrasse3920 It was awesome! I was at Three Rivers Stadium when we beat the Colts to go to Super Bowl 30 as well!
Wish I could have an opportunity to go to a Steeler game..Live and retired in South Carolina. Grew up near Pittsburgh. Finally got to go to a game in 2010. I call it “My Most Religious Experience” outside of Church.
Wow! That was a team, as was the 2008 team!!
59:35 Holy Shit Ike Taylor didn't drop an easy pick? I cannot believe my eyes
Wtf are you talking about jackass, Ike Taylor played great
@@saucewrld9995 agreed
That's a good tease.
Once you shut down the running game, that shut down the play action pass / bootleg rollouts, and Jake Plummer could not throw from the pocket or shotgun formation to save his life. I think Coach Shanahan realized that the Broncos had gotten as far as they could with Plummer at QB, and therefore drafted Jay Cutler in the 2006 draft. I personally believe Pat Bowlen should have given Coach Shanahan another year (I think Cutler would have had a much better career had he stayed in Denver with Coach Shanahan the entire time), but it is what it is. Its ok...we ended up sucking so bad with Josh McDaniels that it put us in a position to draft Von Miller, and a lack of franchise QB on our roster allowed to sign Peyton Manning as a free agent...so it all worked out at the end of the day!
Super equipo ese del 2005
I am a Broncos fan, and I'm a Jake Plummer fan. I appreciate him more as time passes. However, he really blew this game. The offense needed a leader, and Jake was unprepared and overwhelmed. You can't blow a conference championship game at home when you're favored. Shanny drafted Jake's replacement a few months later in Jay Cutler and that was it for Jake in Denver.
Also in rewatching this I don’t think you can blame Jake Plummer too much even though he’s an easy target for criticism. He was under constant duress and a combination of poor play from the O-line and poor play calling was mostly to blame. This would be Plummer’s final career postseason start.
The wheels on the bus go round and round all is live long days.
Coach Whisenhunt called an amazing game for the offense here. Then took the Cardinals to the SB as head coach three years later.
He was. Great offensive coach for the Steelers. It’s sad he went to one of the worst team in the NFL. The Az Cardinals have won 2 Super Bowls - 1925 & 1947.
Loved when the Cardinals gave the Steelers their 6th Super Bowl win in 2009.
Awesome
#SteelersNation
First #6 Team, now first #7...!! #SteelersNation #HereWeGoSteelersHereWeGo
Without question, Deacon Jones' "tease" is the BEST intro to a football game -- ANY football game -- ever.
Ever.
One of the Few Wins the Black and Gold have had in the Rockies😮😮😮😮👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
I’m looking for full game of Kansas City Chiefs vs Denver Broncos 2014 week 13
Damn...Deacon Jones!!!
This was the only game in 30+ years of watching Steelers football that before the game started that I felt like it doesn’t matter who we play where we play them the other team is gonna lose
Deacon Jones really hyped me up to rewatch this 15 years later
Great game
Bonnie Bernstein.....😍😍😍😍....Nuff said....oh yeah, Jake "The Mistake" Plummer struck again...
Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian’s last game at CBS miss them doing games
Love the intro by Deacon Jones
RIP Deacon. One of a kind!
I like the Broncos too, but depending on a player from Cleveland to get them to the super bowl was a huge mistake. I legitimately laughed out loud when the announcer said that.
Shanahan gave a lot of credit to the steelers. That's really cool
1:04:20 … yep, definitely rightful to boast! This team was fantastic!
Loved the introduction with Deacon Jones.
The Corona virus brought me here
You have it😱🤢🤮😵
Good place to be steeler nation
😂
Where is my thank you
Have been a Steeler fan all my life (74 years old) and I couldn’t find this game . Have autoimmune disease so the only place I can go is to the doctors office..So thank you whoever put this up.
Hey Bart can u upload the 2014 buccs vs falcons game. It’s the one when the falcons won 56-14.
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Bart didn't upload it but it's something, right?
I hate to correct you, Phil.
You're a hall of fame.
But Jerome's run up the middle was the exact play Franco ran in Superbowl Xlll.
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Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of this game.
This Steeler team and the current Steeler team are polar opposites.
Steelers only won three AFC championship games by avoiding Brady and the Patriots all three times. Lost to them during the 2005 and 2010 regular seasons at home and in 2008 Brady was out for the year. Path of least resistance.
Also, both of these teams, the Steelers and the Broncos, actually missed the playoffs the following season, as did the NFC runners-up from 2005, the Panthers.
I know this game was shot in HD , what happened?
it probably was, but 480p was the best quality i was able to find it in
Damn, they really crushed plummers spirit in the first half. Even as a Steelers fan I feel bad for the dude.
What a sad way to lose at ur home field
The Steelers have lost to the Broncos in the playoffs more than any other opponent [3-5] 1-4 vs NE
Funny exactly 10 years later the 2 losers of the championship games made it to the superbowl
2:13:30 --- Great called game, but it wasn't the 'Iron Curtain"....that was the russians.....
Lepsis was a serious tackle!
Did you know he used to be a tight end at CU?
Carlyle Kingston no i did not. Must have had stone hands and jumped on some juice. Denver was the CAPITAL of juice in the late 90’s and early 2000’s with all the contacts Romanowski had. Love it!
I don't suppose you have a higher quality of this game?
RIP Decon Jones
This is how the Steelers won games the first eight years of Ben's career throw early and vertical.
Then the owner thought he knew better, hired a drunk named Todd Haley, and they stopped winning AFC championships and SB rings.
I think it was this game that began the end for the Mike Era in Denver..
As a Browns fan I was hoping that Denver had beaten the Steelers that year I had actually picked Denver to win that game man I was way off.
Lol
BRONCOS COUNTRY!!! ACTED AS IF THE BRONCOS WERE ASSURED VICTORY WHEN THEY GOT LUCKY THAT INDIANAPOLIS LOST HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE!!! THEY WANTED NO PART OF THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS IN THE PLAYOFFS GIVEN THEIR PREVIOUS 2 [WILDCARD] PLAYOFF EMBARRASSMENTS AT THE THEN RCA DOME!!