James Harrison believes Patriots stole Super Bowl from Steelers

Former NFL Defensive Player of the Year James Harrison is convinced the New England Patriots stole at least one Super Bowl championship from the Pittsburgh Steelers.

During a recent appearance on the Deebo & Joepodcast, Harrison brought up the cheating allegations against the Patriots during the 2004 AFC Championship Game. The Steelers’ legendary edge rusher believes the Patriots stole signals and knew the defensive plays on the field.

That includes all of the blitzes.

The Steelers defeated the Patriots earlier that season in a 34-20 victory, and then New England responded by going to Pittsburgh and handing the black and gold a 41-27 playoff loss.

“They did a little [finagling] over there,” Harrison said. “That one year, the year that we was undefeated, we popped them and Philly back-to-back, and then they came to the AFC Championship Game. Bruh, when I say they caught us, they only missed one blitz. What in the world, Joe? How many times in your career have you ever seen where an offense get ya’ll on every blitz you do but one?

“…That’s like playing Tecmo Bowl, and I get your play. It’s over with. …I was like, ‘Yeah, we about to get to the Super Bowl.’ And we at home. We were at the crib. That was upsetting and disappointing. That should have been a back-to-back because the next year we won.”

Joe Haden, Harrison’s co-host and a former Steelers cornerback, responded that the Patriots “stole a two-piece” from Pittsburgh.

“They stole a one-piece at least,” Harrison said.

Harrison signed with the Patriots during the 2017 season, which ended up being the swan song of his legendary NFL career. He has long been complimentary of the greatness of both Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, but there are obviously some lingering frustrations from the 2004 season.

With that said, Brady was 12-4 against the Steelers all-time, including a perfect 3-0 record in the playoffs. As great as the Steelers have been over the years, they were simply one of those teams that usually lost to Brady whenever they faced him.

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