In the 2000s and 2010s, the New England Patriots were one of the biggest obstacles to the Pittsburgh Steelers winning more Super Bowls. Much of that was because of Tom Brady. However, those weren’t the first playoff matchups between the Steelers and Patriots. They actually met in the divisional round in 1997, shortly before Brady come along. The Steelers won that game 7-6, and the end of that contest still haunts former Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe.
“I can go back and look at individual plays that may have changed the whole trajectory of the franchise,” Bledsoe said recently on Gerard Michaels’ YouTube channel.