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The Pittsburgh Steelers! congrats! 

For the 2011 Season:
Pittsburgh outscored the Broncos by a whopping 16 points (325-309). They were outscored by the Dolphins, Vikings, Bears, Raiders, Bills and Jets.
Pittsburgh was 5-3 on the road, being outscored by an average score of 16 PF-to-18 PA per game.
They were 7-9 ATS, including 3-4 when favored by >7 points and 2-6 when on the road.
They had barely beaten Curtis Painter and the Colts (23-20), Blaine Gabbert and the Jags (17-13), Tyler Palko and KC (13-9), and Colt McCoy and Seneca Wallace of the Browns (14-3 and 13-9).
In short, only extremely casual football 'fans' thought Pittsburgh would easily, or even just barely beat Denver.
Anyone who paid attention to either team knew that Denver could easily cover the 8 point spread. In fact, many pundits were beginning to pick the Broncos for the very reasons I stated above (well, that and you know, Tebow and Denver were 7-3 in 7 point games).
So I would hardly call this loss a 'choke job'.
It was entirely predictable.