The year was 2003. I was young, foolish, and I made a dumb bet. I had bet a relatively small amount of money that the Steelers would make the playoffs after starting off poorly. You have to remember, the Steelers had a stretch of 3 straight losing seasons that would make the recent pair of 8-8 seasons look good.
After that bad stretch from 1998 to 2000, the Steelers put together two straight playoff appearances. Finally, we were winning. The defense was great, Kordell Stewart was on the cover of NFL Blitz. And then this Tommy Maddox guy coming out of nowhere.