We we got to witness one of the best Super Bowl's ever. Pittsburgh laid claim to the greatest team in the NFL with a 27-23 thrilling victory. The game itself though was not very exciting until the fourth quarter.Pittsburgh took a 20-7 lead into the fourth quarter and it seemed like the Arizona Cardinals were done. But Kurt Warner only needed about 4 minutes to drive the Cardinals down the field and hit Larry Fitzgerald for a touchdown to cut the lead in half.
Then the Cardinals defense finally showed up. They forced a safety by the Steelers and received the ball back with good field position. Then Warner hit Fitzgerald for a 64 yard touchdown pass, and the Cardinals made the greatest comeback ever in Super Bowl history. Only one problem, they gave the Steelers too much time.
Ben Roethlisberger drove the team right down the field and hit Santonio Holmes for a perfect touchdown grab. Giving the Cardinals only :35 seconds left. Then Warner dropped back for a pass and fumbled the ball giving the Steelers their sixth Super Bowl win.
The Steelers all season has beat the odds. First they play the toughest schedule in the league and they hung around all season. The schedule probably did more for them than anything. They faced the toughest challenge and it prepared them for the Super Bowl. Here are some other thoughts:
Image Conscience: For a league that is image conscience, they had no problem giving the Super Bowl MVP to a self-proclaimed former drug dealer. Yes Santonio Holmes, won the MVP award. I don't understand this league. They worry about Pacman, Tank, and Chris Henry, but they have no problem handing the Super Bowl MVP award to Tony Montana.
I don't think Mike Tomlin likes the Gatorade bath: I don't think any coach likes the Gatorade bath. They are pointless and stupid and who likes to get a wet-sticky substance poured on them.
That being said, I don't think Mike Tomlin enjoyed it at all. He looked more upset with that, than the Fitzgerald touchdown pass that gave the Cardinals the lead. Once again its pointless, and they need to put an axe through that tradition.
How about them Refs: Once again, the referees are in question during a Steelers Super Bowl win. We all remember the controversy after Super Bowl XL. Well there are a lot of questions again. The Cardinals were penalized 11 times. Three of those calls against Mike Gandy were justified. But there were a lot of head-scratching calls.
Also why didn't the refs review the Warner fumble that ended the game. The calls in the game will once again be questioned for a long time.
Where does Roethlisberger rank? Ben Roethlisberger has now won two Super Bowls in his first five years. While he is not flashy like(Brady or Brees) or has the name like (the Manning brothers) the guy is a winner.
Right now I would rank Roethlisberger ahead of Payton Manning and one spot below Brady. Stats in the NFL mean nothing. If that was true Dan Marino would be the greatest quarterback of all-time. But Big Ben has two rings and the swagger to be in Brady's group.
Quick Thoughts:
- Did anyone see Larry Fitzgerald Sr.? And did you know he is a sportswriter in Minnesota?
- Did you know Kurt Warner used to bag groceries? Neither did I.
- I am still not the biggest Bruce Springsteen fan, but his performance was the best in a while.
- The NBC pre-game show was just terrible. Too many people, and to convoluted.
- I am glad I didn't see that idiot holding the John 3:16 sign during the game.
- Shouldn't Troy Polamalu get lasik surgery by now. He had to leave the game, to get his contact lens fixed.
- James Harrison showed why he was deserving of the NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
- Ken Whisenhunt and the Cardinals have nothing to be ashamed of. They played their butts off to make it a game and came up short. I became a fan of Whisenhunt after this game.
Next Year's Super Bowl Pick: San Francisco vs. Buffalo, sorry but I have been picking the same teams since 1990 and it will happen one day.
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