Early Super Bowl Predictions

[GP1]

Two weeks from the Super Bowl, or as my fellow Steelers fans call it, Week 21.

I think this is going to be a great game with each team having as good of a chance as the other to win. The winner will win in an unpredictable way, but not in a cheap way. 2-3 plays will decide this close game. Obviously, I believe that team will be the Steelers as they have a team of guys who have been there before. The Steelers just find a way to get it done.

If GB wins, it will be the coming out party for Rogers like we saw Montana have when "The Catch" was made many years ago now...sort of a transition in team power within the highest levels of the NFL. I think Rogers is a very good player who can run, throw from the pocket and throw on the run. Very dangerous and a good leader. A guy like Rogers can tire an aged defense like the Steelers very easily. The two weeks off is more important for the Steelers than the Packers in that respect.

Lots of MAC storylines from with Ben Roethlisberger being the biggest MAC story in the Super Bowl this year. It should be a fun couple of weeks. Enjoy the run-up to Week 21.

[Dr Z]

Lots of MAC storylines from with Ben Roethlisberger being the biggest MAC story in the Super Bowl this year. It should be a fun couple of weeks. Enjoy the run-up to Week 21.

I don't know how many (I'm guessing very few) switched over to the NFL network to watch the post game press conferences. NFL Network RULZ! One of coach Tomlin's first comments was "How about the rookie 6th round pick from Central Michigan coming up with another clutch catch two weeks in a row?"

Mac based Q&A with Young Money.

In case anybody was looking for a late xmas present for me!?!?

[GP1]

I don't know how many (I'm guessing very few) switched over to the NFL network to watch the post game press conferences. NFL Network RULZ! One of coach Tomlin's first comments was "How about the rookie 6th round pick from Central Michigan coming up with another clutch catch two weeks in a row?"

It's interesting to watch how the rule changes have allowed young receivers to come into the league and immediately make an impact. It used to be that a WR didn't develop into a good player for a couple of years because he wasn't physically developed enough to get off of the line. Back in the day, teams only had one good WR and you could put a physical guy like Mel Blount on him and he would physically dominate the guy to the point the WR couldn't do anything. When people talk about the great Steelers defenses of the 70s, they always talk about Joe Green and Jack Lambert. Many were great players, but Blount was the most important of them all. If you couldn't pass, the Steelers were waiting for your running game with a great front seven.

Today, a teams draft guys like Brown, Sanders and Wallace who are fast as can be and skinny as a rail. Since you can't touch them, they are free to use their speed to catch balls downfield. It makes for a much more exciting game.

[johnnyzip84]

When people talk about the great Steelers defenses of the 70s, they always talk about Joe Green and Jack Lambert. Many were great players, but Blount was the most important of them all. If you couldn't pass, the Steelers were waiting for your running game with a great front seven.

IMHO, Mel Blount is one of the very few players whose play trancends "football eras". I truly believe he could compete in today's NFL and there aren't many players from the '70s for whom I would make that claim.

[GP1]

IMHO, Mel Blount is one of the very few players whose play trancends "football eras". I truly believe he could compete in today's NFL and there aren't many players from the '70s for whom I would make that claim.

I agree. Roger Staubach was another. The one question that convinces me a player could play in any era is, "What does Modern Player X do better than Past Player Y." So the question then becomes, What do Brady, Manning, Rogers or Roethlisberger do better than Staubach? Staubach could do it all. He could throw deep. He had nice touch on short passes. He could move and run fast. He was a smart guy who graduated from the Naval Academy and understood the most complicated offense of his day. He could easily understand and function in a modern offense today. He won...a lot in a very tough division at the time. He won Super Bowls. Because of that, Staubach is probably the best QB in history. I'm a die hard Steelers fan, but if a few plays go differently, the Cowboys are the team of the 70s and not the Steelers.

[Let'sGoZips94]

Wiz Khalifa is going to be singing a new tune after this Super Bowl.

Yeah, uh huh. You know what it is. GREEN AND YELLOW GREEN AND YELLOW! Go Packers!

[akron football]

I grew up being a Browns fan and still am, I always have respected the Steelers. They do things right but at the end of the day you win with players. Big Ben is probably the best QB in the leaugue. My mother was Art Modell's seceratary so it kills me to say but the experience of the MAC product will prevail. Should be a good one though.

[Dr Z]

Should be a good one though.

Good review from my man Pat Kirwan (the article, not the video).

Aaron Rodgers scares me. Hopefully GB decides they need to establish a run game out of the two TE set. If GB spreads em out and gets the Steelers out of their base defense, I think GB can be offensively effective. The Steelers need to put together some drives like the opening one against the Jets last week, long time consuming eat up the clock type. Limit Rodgers possessions. Give Ben a chance with the ball and 2 minutes on the clock to win the game. The one thing that sticks in my mind is the Rodgers concussions. GB has had some issues at left tackle and I know a guy from the MAC that rushes from that end that likes to knock people out. Steelers will also send that blind side two DB blitz that produced a TD last week. I bet they disguise that 3 or 4 times and bring middle blitz also. LeBeau will have some new blitzes not seen on this years film since Capers is all too familiar with LeBeau. Damn, I wish we had great defensive coordinator in Akron that could pressure a QB. Sure makes game planning more fun. I always remember the quote by Tyson when somebody asked him about another fighters plan against him. His answer "everybody has a plan...until they get punched in the mouth!"

[goodthts]

GO PACKERS!!!

[RootforRoo44]

GO PACKERS!!!

Amen...

...and as i've stated on before: I'd root for Hamas if they were playing the Steelers...and the flushes.