text: which team will be the best in the nfl in 2006? give reasons why. in the afc it will come down to the steelers or colts. the colts are fantastic, but the steelers are as well. aside from the loss to the colts and the patriots by three, the steelers lost three games due to injuries. those three games jaguars, ravens and bengals all came down to the final minutes or overtime and all were by 6 points or less and in two of those games maddox gave up six turnovers. now they are all healthy and running on momentum. the colts i'm sure will be ready, but i don't know if they will be flat or not for essentially not playing for a couple of weeks. with jerome bettis considering retirement and the superbowl in his hometown i think the steelers have extra motivation. the defense is playing very well right now too. during the game with the colts the steelers lost 26-7, and they should have. but big ben's knees were still iffy and he broke his thumb halfway though the game. the steelers did not run the ball 35 times, only 20 some. when they run the ball 35 times or more they are somehting on the order of 102-2. the steelers had a chance to score 10 as they missed a field goal and the colts scored 3 at the very end so there is the possibility that the game could have been 23-10. the colts got a touchdown very early in the game in which the d-back did not stay with his responsibility. so say that mistake could have made the game 15-10. aside from another touchdown the colts scored three field goals. i think both teams are very even and it will be a very close game, something the steelers have seen but the colts have not.