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Less than 24 hours away from the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers facing off in Super Bowl XLV, it’s time to hush away all the what-if talk and get down to the game itself. After all, when you peel away at the Aaron Rodgers v Brett Favre debate and Ben Roethlisberger’s legacy among other topics, we have a football game that needs to be played. Refresh everybody Herm, how do you play this game?

"You play to win the game".

Thanks Herm.

Thoughts

Unlike recent Super Bowl matchups, this one looks to be a game up for grabs. Now that may sound like something that would only make John Madden proud, but what better way to sum up this game? Neither team seems to have a distinctive edge, asides from experience by the Steelers (irrelevant, but a discussion for another time). Nobody is expecting a blowout or for the game to be decided by the fourth quarter.

Both teams have a quarterback who makes plays, one in the pocket and with precision with Rodgers while Roethlisberger is a master at improvisation who seemingly holds on to the ball too long only to make the play needed. Rodgers leads an aerial assault with gaudy stats while Roethlisberger, who’s admitted that he’ll never be a “stats guy”, manages a run-heavy approach, ready to take over when necessary.

These defenses certainly played a part in the run to the Super Bowl as the Steelers and Packers were ranked No. 1 and 2 in points allowed during the regular season. It’s no surprise that these two team’s defensive backbones also finished No. 1 and 2 for the defensive player of the year award where Steelers safety Troy Polamalu finished ahead of Packers linebacker Clay Matthews. Both teams are spoiled as Pittsburgh has the luxury of playing Polamalu alongside a feared group of linebackers with NFL-fines-machine James Harrison, James Farrior, and Lawrence Timmons.


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