> "I remember my dad, who was a huge Cowboys fan, saying, "The Steelers?
> They stink. They're one of the worst teams in the history of the NFL --
> they're just pitiful."
>
> By Toby Keith
> Special to NFL.com
>
> "This old man remembers a day when championship contenders needed to be
> complete. The last team that I can remember being like this was the 1998
> Broncos. The following year, the champs had a quarterback who had spent
> the previous few years as an Iowa Barnstormer in the Arena Football League
> - when he wasn't bagging groceries. The salary cap forces teams to cast
> away veteran depth in order to bring in the cheapest players possible each
> season, usually random rookies off the street or journeymen willing to
> sign for the league minimum.
>
> Not only does this lead to rosters full of guys better suited for practice
> squads, but it also means that NFL teams have no continuity. Rosters are
> turning over at incredible rates, and as a result we wind up with, for ...