Super Bowl XLV: Pittsburgh Steelers vs Green Bay Packers

• Tiger2003

  

  UncleYoder;663362 wrote:Woot! Only 3 more days, then all you Browns fans can jump off the Steeler's bandwagon and go back to Nascar.
  
  GO PACK!!

  
  Im a Steelers fan and a huge NASCAR fan!!!
• Non

  

  http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11034/1122800-66.stm
  
  Steelers practice report
  
  Pouncey did not practice. Ben was sharp.
• gorocks99

  

  Packers practice report: http://blogs.greenbaypressgazette.com/blogs/gpg/insider/2011/02/03/packers-pool-report-driver-skips-team-drills/
  
  Driver sat out as a precautionary measure but will play come Sunday.
• Non

  

  thavoice;663590 wrote:Sounds if the steelers are enjoying themselves too much........i will have to slightly change my prediction. Originalll thought 35-28 GB>........now I say 38 to 24 GB

  
  This probably won't be a factor on Sunday, but just a general observation.
  
  It seems like the Steelers are very loose this week. Ever since they got off the plane they've carried themselves in a much more brash, outgoing way than I would've expected. They're usually very business like.
  
  The Packers have been focused and careful.
  
  Does that mean the Steelers have possibly let the experience go to their head? They're overconfident and are going to take the Packers lightly? I doubt it. Tomlin won't let that happen. They'll be prepared.
  
  But it could mean the opposite. The Steelers will come in with the right level of comfort and looseness and the Packers will be too tight and nervous.
  
  Just something to ponder.
• dazedconfused

  

  um, so why does espn have a very indoors-looking set that is apparently outdoors? can someone tell them that they don't have to stand outside in frigid temperatures just to bs about the game...or even worse, some nonsense like roethlisberger singing piano man
• thavoice

  ben loses ths super bowl on tuesday nite....as per footage on TMZ. Ben took out his OL for dinner on Tuesday which is no big deal. That is routinely done in the NFL.
  
  but then he proceeded to some piano bar and was drinking all evening and singing, poorly i may add.
  
  Bar owners in pittsburgh a few weeks ago were interviewed and stated how BR has not been seen around since last spring and that he most likely has grown up.
  
  Looks like the Super BOwl week is just too much pressure and he had to start on his Captain Morgan again.
  
  I can see clearly what happens now. Steelers lose the SB, Ben R gets the blame and scrutiy because of his night drinking, and he falls back to his old ways. This leads to a longer suspension and a collapse of the Steelers organization.
  
  Oh how quickly the mighty fall.
• Non

  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/columns/story?id=6083284
  
  great article on Mike Tomlin
• rock_knutne

  ^^^^Hahaha.......I already posted that article yesterday.
• rock_knutne

  I still am loving the way Pittsburgh has been completely under the radar even through Super Bowl week. It seems like the majority of the stories are about Green Bay and how great they are. That's just fine with me.
• gorocks99

  

  rock_knutne;664640 wrote:I still am loving the way Pittsburgh has been completely under the radar even through Super Bowl week. It seems like the majority of the stories are about Green Bay and how great they are. That's just fine with me.

  
  As a Packer fan I feel the exact opposite. Every time I turn on NFL Net or ESPN they're talking about how Pittsburgh is the more experienced team and singing their praises, and then oh yeah, the Packers are playing too. I feel like the Packers have been forgotten about lately.
• Automatik

  

  thavoice;664515 wrote:ben loses ths super bowl on tuesday nite....as per footage on TMZ. Ben took out his OL for dinner on Tuesday which is no big deal. That is routinely done in the NFL.
  
  but then he proceeded to some piano bar and was drinking all evening and singing, poorly i may add.
  
  Bar owners in pittsburgh a few weeks ago were interviewed and stated how BR has not been seen around since last spring and that he most likely has grown up.
  
  Looks like the Super BOwl week is just too much pressure and he had to start on his Captain Morgan again.
  
  I can see clearly what happens now. Steelers lose the SB, Ben R gets the blame and scrutiy because of his night drinking, and he falls back to his old ways. This leads to a longer suspension and a collapse of the Steelers organization.
  
  Oh how quickly the mighty fall.

  
  Is your name Nostradamus?
• Firad

  

  I hate ESPN. ESPN is basically becoming TMZ with a slight sports twist. Who cares if Roethlisberger went to a bar! And thanks ESPN for reporting that Aaron Rodgers was watching film of the Steelers defense. I thought he was gonna go into the Super Bowl without preparing. ESPN sucks. #EndRant
• rock_knutne

  gorocks99;664645 wrote:As a Packer fan I feel the exact opposite. Every time I turn on NFL Net or ESPN they're talking about how Pittsburgh is the more experienced team and singing their praises, and then oh yeah, the Packers are playing too. I feel like the Packers have been forgotten about lately.

  
  Really. I just think there's twice as many stories/pieces on the Packers as there is on the Steelers.
• Non

  

  If Aaron Rodgers plays as great as everyone says he's going to play, I'll certainly tip my cap.
  
  But I think the Steelers defense is getting disrespected. And they're going to play a lot better than people think.
• riders1

  

  Thunder70;650372 wrote:Raji's gotta be salivating at Pouncey with a high ankle sprain.

  
  Everybody loves BJ , Packers to win!
• rock_knutne

  The majority of the ESPN experts are picking the Packers:
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/news/story?page=superbowlpicks11
  
  This just falls in to place with what I've been saying about the Steelers being under the radar. Everyone is on the Packer bangwagon. No one has given the Steelers a chance at all this season and hopefully they prove everyone wrong yet again!
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  rock_knutne;664753 wrote:The majority of the ESPN experts are picking the Packers:
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/news/story?page=superbowlpicks11
  
  This just falls in to place with what I've been saying about the Steelers being under the radar. Everyone is on the Packer bangwagon. No one has given the Steelers a chance at all this season and hopefully they prove everyone wrong yet again!

  No one has given them a chance? that's a lie, SI picked them to be in the super bowl at the beginning of the year...don't try and play the "no respect" card
  
  forgot this
  
  http://www.wpxi.com/sports/24830683/detail.html
• rock_knutne

  Non;664726 wrote:If Aaron Rodgers plays as great as everyone says he's going to play, I'll certainly tip my cap.
  
  But I think the Steelers defense is getting disrespected. And they're going to play a lot better than people think.

  
  I totally agree.
• Heretic

  

  thavoice;664515 wrote:ben loses ths super bowl on tuesday nite....as per footage on TMZ. Ben took out his OL for dinner on Tuesday which is no big deal. That is routinely done in the NFL.
  
  but then he proceeded to some piano bar and was drinking all evening and singing, poorly i may add.
  
  Bar owners in pittsburgh a few weeks ago were interviewed and stated how BR has not been seen around since last spring and that he most likely has grown up.
  
  Looks like the Super BOwl week is just too much pressure and he had to start on his Captain Morgan again.
  
  I can see clearly what happens now. Steelers lose the SB, Ben R gets the blame and scrutiy because of his night drinking, and he falls back to his old ways. This leads to a longer suspension and a collapse of the Steelers organization.
  
  Oh how quickly the mighty fall.

  
  And then the team gets moved to Oklahoma City.
• rock_knutne

  Raw Dawgin' it;664754 wrote:No one has given them a chance? that's a lie, SI picked them to be in the super bowl at the beginning of the year...don't try and play the "no respect" card

  
  A lie????? Before inserting your foot in to your mouth (like you always do).........only Peter King of SI picked them to win the Super Bowl, other than that, most experts didn't even have them in the top two of the AFC North.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  rock_knutne;664762 wrote:A lie????? Before inserting your foot in to your mouth (like you always do).........only Peter King of SI picked them to win the Super Bowl, other than that, most experts didn't even have them in the top two of the AFC North.

  only peter king...their biggest NFL writer for the magazine and one of the most respected NFL analysts in the business.
• thavoice

  Heretic;664758 wrote:And then the team gets moved to Oklahoma City.

  Actually, to Butte Montana
• rock_knutne

  Raw Dawgin' it;664766 wrote:only peter king...their biggest NFL writer for the magazine and one of the most respected NFL analysts in the business.

  That's ONE person! King is one of very few who got it right.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  rock_knutne;664755 wrote:I totally want to suck your cock non

  
  this rock guy is really starting to show his true colors
• rock_knutne

  DeyDurkie5;664773 wrote:this rock guy is really starting to show his true colors

  There you go with the gay references again........true colors? Sure you don't want to come out of the closet?