The last bell has rung and the fat lady has sung her last note.
The NFL Season has came down to one more game and two teams.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals punched their tickets to Super Bowl XLIII Sunday the 18th.
Arizona showed that the Warner-Fitzgerald tandem is arguably one of the best in football with a decisive win over the Philidelphia Eagles 32-25.
Kurt Warner connected to Fitzgerald three times in the first half for touchdowns, including one spectacular flee-flicker play in the second quarter for a 62-yard touchdown.
Point of note: If the opposing team is feeling loose enough and confident enough to run a play remotely resembling something you yourself did as a twelve year old in the empty lot then they are definately in control of the game and playing way better than you.
There is something almost magical about Larry Fitzgerald and his hands. He has to be factored into the same conversation as players like Jerry Rice and Michael Irvin.
On the flip side of the coin the Pittsburgh Steelers won the AFC Championship with a win over their bitter divisional rivals, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14. This game was billed as a marquee match-up of the NFL's 1st ranked defense and its 2nd.
Unfortunately for the Ravens they walked away empty handed. Their, thus far, unflappable rooking quarterback, Joe Flacco, began playing like a rookie for the first time this season. Against the Titans and Dolphins Flacco was performing rather well completing 20 of 45 passes as well as not throwing a single interception. The highly touted Steelers defense managed to keep Flacco to 13 of 30 as well as forcing three fumbles and three interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown by Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu.
Ladies and Gentleman your 2009 Super Bowl.
The NFL's 2nd best passing offense against the 1st rate passing defense.
My pick: Pittsburgh Steelers with the MVP going to Hines Ward.
Score: 27-17
As ESPN Page 2 columnist, Gregg Easterbrook, points out the winner may be decided by the Steelers mediocre offense or the Cardinals occasionally impressive defense. During the regular season the Cardinals performed rather poorly in protecting the pass. With two great receivers in Santonio Holmes and Hines Ward I am putting my money on the Steelers.
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i like the score prediction one of these teams will probably win by it, but which one? the cards are on a roll,they have balanced their offense ,found a running game,have stopped the running game of the 2 top NFC teams, the falcons and panthers,with their improved defense, and while you may like the steelers receiving duo of ward(who is injured) and holmes,the cards triple threat with the "freak" abilitys of fitzgerald is superior. Does all this say the cards will win? no, but they are not a sure loser in this game.Let me point out one stat that the pundits keep speaking in awe of and how it doesnt add up. The steelers have the no. 1 statistical defense in football, but who did they get it from, answer, their own offenseively inept division. they beat the ravens 3 times and beat the browns(no offensive tds in 5 of last 6 games!) and the woeful bengals twice. Easy for anyone to combine def. stats against that trio.One other tidbit, when the sttelers played the titans with the no. 1 seed on the line, the titans ,not to be confused with an offensive juggernaut ,pasted the steelers 34-10, with they mundane wideouts. in conclusion i think that the cards with their exp. QB a prev. superbowl MVP and the other factors mentioned above equal a shock the world 27-23 win over the steelers. my 2 cents. Enjoyed your blog, keep it up, i wont tell michael irvin you changed his name ,lol
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ReplyDeleteWhen can we start overhyping the same old storylines like "Ken Wisenhunt used to coach with the Steelers," and "Arizona has never won a superbowl before" and "Kurt Warner used to bag groceries"? As if we've never heard these before. That's ESPN's laziness for you.
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ReplyDeleteSo you get the winning team right, and dad gets the score right. Not bad. I'm sure the lady was happy with that outcome. And I see Holmes got the MVP. But that was a clutch play right there at the end.
Winners always want the ball.
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