I think I can put my finger on the exact moment the Steelers had no chance of beating the Patriots last week. It wasn't Anthony Smith's dopey mid-week guarantee, although his on-field performance had everything to do with the final score.
No, it was the Brady-to-Moss-to-Brady-to-Gaffney touchdown bomb early in the third quarter that made the score 24-13, but it might as well have been 240-13. (And yes, No. 27 in the white jersey getting beat on the play is Anthony Smith.)
Interestingly, the Steelers used this very same play against the Bengals (around the 1:45 mark) in the 2005 wild-card game, with similar final-nail-in-coffin results. And playing the role of Smith is Ifeanyi Ohalete. (Hey, at least he didn't lose his shirt over it.) Feel better, Steelers fans? No? Me neither.