The Road to the Super Bowl

So the match is set, and it’s a good one. On one side we have the Pittsburg Steelers, led by two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Big Ben Roethlishberger. Oh and did I forget to say he was also accused of sexual assault two times, that the same number as championships he has won, weird. On the other side are the Green bay Packers, led by the air-apparent to Brett Favre, and the so-called WWE Champion, Aaron Rodgers.  The game will be decided on February 6^th at the Cowboy Stadium.

For the first four games of the season Ben Roethlishberger was suspended and not too many people had their eye on the Steelers. Surprisingly the Steelers went 3-1 in those first four games, with Charlie Batch as quarterback. Their four looses in the season came from the Baltimore Ravens, New Orleans Saints, New England Patriots, and the New York Jets. All four of those teams went to the playoffs and it didn’t look to good on the Steelers because they couldn’t beat a playoff team in the season. The Steelers did beat Atlanta in week one, their only win against a playoff team.  The Steelers had home-field advantage in both of their playoff wins. The first win came against the Baltimore Ravens, in what was an epic game. I had the Ravens winning that game but with a minute and a half left on the clock Rashard Mendenhall scored and gave the Steelers the win. Last weekend the Steelers played and won against the New York Jets. The Jets didn’t feel like playing in the first half of the game and the Steelers didn’t feel like playing in the second half of the game. But the Steelers won the game and that’s that. I also had the Jets in that game, so you can probably guess who I want to win in the Super Bowl.  But just think if the Steelers do win, Ben Roethlishberger might try to go for the three peat, three rings, and three sexual assault cases.

Now for the Green Bay Packers. Lots of people thought Green Bay was the favorite in the NFC when the season started but then came the injuries and people lost faith in the Packers. The Packers had a few bad looses to Washington, Miami, and my hometown team the Detroit Lions. (Just give them a couple years and the Lions will be a powerhouse, you just wait.) The Packers also lost to the Bears, Atlanta, and New England, all playoff teams. In the Wild Card game against the Eagles, Rodgers threw for three touchdowns and he gained his first playoff win. In the Divisional game the Packers dominated Atlanta and won 48-21. Last weekend against Bears was a great game.  Jay Cutler was the Packers favorite player. He played a couple snaps when the second half started and he wasn’t seen on the field again.  He did tear his MCL, that’s a good enough excuse not to play in my book. No one knows what could have happened if he did keep playing but I think the results would have been the same and that’s with the Packers going to the Super bowl. 

I’m not going to pick my Super Bowl champ until the game comes a little closer but after reading this you can probably imagine who I want to win the big game.