If Steelers fans are still feeling down about Sunday’s 31-25 loss the Green Bay, stop. As far as professional football teams go, we have it pretty good here in Pittsburgh.

Here’s why:

• First of all, look at the AFC North Division.

Cleveland has never been to the Super Bowl, Cincinnati has been there twice, lost them both to the San Francisco 49ers and haven’t had back-to-back playoff seasons since 1981-82.

The Baltimore Ravens have been competitive and won Super Bowl XXXV, but have lost to a Ben Roethlisberger-led Steelers team seven consecutive games.

• With the team’s eight Super Bowl appearances in 45 years, that’s about once every six years. Ask Cleveland, as well as Detroit, Jacksonville and Houston, who have never reached the title game, if they’d like to be on that schedule of success.

• Let’s not forget — six title game wins, which still are the league’s best, the most home playoff wins in history (20) and the Steelers are tied with Dallas for the most postseason wins in history — 33.

• The Steelers made three Super Bowls in the past six seasons, winning in 2005 and 2008. At least they didn’t fold.

• The Steelers can pride themselves on being very competitive in Super Bowls. Not only are they 6-2, but the two losses are by 10 points to the Cowboys in Super Bowl XXX and by six points Sunday, when Pittsburgh had the ball with a chance to win in the final minute of play.

You definitely get your money’s worth with the Steelers. No 55-10 or 45-10 blowouts by an NFC team.

• Pride in the ownership with the Rooneys and the coach with Mike Tomlin.

The Rooneys have owned this team from the beginning and handled it down by generation, never swaying from their values and beliefs.

They’ve treated employees and players like family. It means something to play for the Rooneys.

They’ve had three coaches since 1969, Chuck Noll and Bill Cowher preceded Tomlin, and all have won at least one championship. A down year or two doesn’t affect this team as they’ve been a model of consistency since 1970.

As a kid growing up in the 1970s, I remember how easy the winning seemingly came. I wasn’t around for the downtrodden 1930s through 1960s years, but I do remember the few lean years in the middle ’80s and early ’90s.

Enjoy the run of success and the idea that it can continue. A bump or two in the road isn’t all that bad, especially if it’s a Super Bowl loss.

Sam Tallarico is a staff writer for the Butler Eagle.