It was the occasion we all hoped it would be. Super Bowl XLIII proved to be just as good as last year's end-of-season extravaganza and really put Tampa back on the map. It's a shame the Bucs couldn't be there, but in their absence the Steelers and Cards did a pretty good job of putting on a show.
But Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said it is too early to talk about an encore for his side next season.
The Press Association reports: "You won't hear me say words like repeat or defending because it will be brand new," Tomlin said in the wake of his team’s thrilling 27-23 win in Tampa.
"This group will always be special to me, but sometime soon, that group will assume its place with others in history. It will be just that – history."
The 36-year-old Tomlin became the youngest coach to lead a team to a world championship, guiding one of the league’s flagship franchises to a record sixth Super Bowl title in his second year at the helm.
It was the second Super Bowl crown in four years for the Steelers, who won four championships in a six-year span in the 1970s.
With the salary cap and player movement of the current NFL, Tomlin said it is impossible to compare the Pittsburgh franchise of today to the 'Steel Curtain' teams that ruled the NFL landscape 30 years ago.
"I think repeating and defending Super Bowl champions in today’s NFL is somewhat of a misnomer," Tomlin said. "When I walk down the hallway and look at the championships of the Steelers from the '70s, it's the same pictures and same positions in those photos in terms of the 'Steel Curtain' and so forth. That’s not the reality of today’s NFL, to be quite honest with you."
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