The Steelers will play the Patriots on Sunday, and it is a game that lacks the juice of many of the contests between these two teams of the last 25 years or so.

It used to be when these two teams met, it was the biggest game of the NFL weekend because both were almost always contenders in the AFC. Both had star power and both also had power coaches that made these games must-see TV.

But both teams have taken a step back, mostly because they moved on from all-time, elite quarterbacks who powered their success. Tom Brady led the Patriots to six Super Bowl titles and a total of nine AFC championships from 2000-19 before he left to finish his career in Tampa Bay. And Ben Roethlisberger led the Steelers to two Super Bowl titles and a total of three AFC championships from 2004-21 before he ret

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