Bill Cowher's forte as a player was special teams. His area of expertise as an assistant coach was defense.So what did the Pittsburgh Steelers' head coach want to talk about Monday? His team's offense."We've always been a team that says, 'We're going to run the football,'" Cowher said as he began preparation for Sunday's AFC championship game against New England. "There was never any question we could do that. But if we have to throw the football, there's a confidence about that now. The confidence that's always been there on defense is there on offense now."That was one of the anomalies about this weekend's games to determine the conference finalists: The Steelers and Rams, the heavy favorites to be playing in the Super Bowl a week from Sunday, both won thanks to top production from their perceived weaknesses.The offensive-minded Rams play much better defense than they're given credit for. Similarly, the defensive-minded Steelers are good on offense, too.St. Louis, playing in its dome, is an early double-digit favorite over Philadelphia, which it beat in overtime on the road on opening day. The Steelers are favored to beat the Patriots by about a touchdown.Both seem to be peaking at the right time.The Rams beat the Green Bay Packers 45-17 Sunday, but the surprise wasn't so much the 45 points as it was the way they came: 28 off six interceptions on a day when the offense had its worst game statistically this season, with only 292 yards from scrimmage. by The Associated Press