Even though I, personally do not believe that kicking should be a part of football as I think that you should have to go for two or go for it on fourth down every time, it doesn't change the sad but true fact that the great game of football unfortunately includes kickers.
Many past Super Bowls have ridden on the legs of these wimps. Some, like Adam Vinatieri of New England have been heroes, while other like Scott Norwood of Buffalo have had to live with the agony of being "the goat" for muffing a game-winning kick for the rest of their lives.
While Norwood is the real life Ray Finkle and I don't expect a new goat to come from this game, Pittsburgh and Green Bay's kicking games are definitely polar opposites.
Pittsburgh has relied on the steady, beefy leg of Jeff Reed in the past but decided to let Reed go before the season this year. The replacement... Shaun Suisham. Suisham is a Redskins and Cowboys reject who has been chastised in the past for missing "easy" game-winners.
Green Bay on the other hand has Mason Crosby. Crosby, out of Colorado has a huge leg and is capable of booming long field goals and possesses dead-eye precision.
I have to give the edge to the Packers here because of Suisham's haunted past. If Reed was still in black and yellow, then it would probably be a push.
However, I do not think that this game will come down to a kicker, god let's hope not, but if either kicker wants to impress me, don't drill a 50 plus yarder but instead get out there on a kickoff and baptize somebody. Kickers... what a joke.
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