
Aaron Rodgers continued his brilliance in tonight's Super Bowl. When he had to be great, he was. Even though his teammates weren't helping him as James Jones dropped a wide open pass early and Jordy Nelson dropped three wide open balls.
Nelson stepped up big though as he hauled in the game's first score from Rodgers and caught the clincher late in the fourth quarter to seal title number four.
Pittsburgh was blitzed by Green Bay 14-0 in the first as Ben Roethlisberger was picked off by Packer corner Nick Collins who took it to the house for six. Roethlisberger fought back as he usually does and behind a touchdown to Mike Wallace and a rushing score by Rashard Mendenhall, the Steelers made it a game.
Rodgers, however, didn't care. he continued to stand tall in the pocket and toss pinpoint passes to his receivers who fortunately hauled them in when they needed to the most.
Injuries were abundant in this Super Bowl as star Packer defensive back Charles Woodson went out early with an arm injury and didn't return. Donald Driver also went out early with an ankle injury and did not return.
For the Steelers, Roethlisberger tweeked his knee in the first quarter but stayed in the game and showed no signs of worse for the wear later in the contest.
The Green Bay defense did one very important thing tonight... tackle. Every time that the Steeler backs or receivers got out into the open field, the Packers quickly brought them back to the ground.
There was a certain nostalgic feel at the game tonight, that the ghost of Vince Lombardi was looking out for his beloved Packers, and maybe he was. All I know is that the MVP, Rodgers was peerless. Rodgers now equals Brett Favre in championships by winning his first and puts to bed that eerie No.4 shadow that has hung over his head since he came into the NFL.
I really believe that along with two decades ago in the 80s, this generation has the overall best quarterbacks of all-time with Rodgers, Peyton Manning, Brady, Roethlisberger, Vick, Eli Manning, Rivers, Ryan, Brees, Favre and McNabb.
I mean, the late 80s, early 90s was the best with Favre, Elway, Marino, Montana, Aikman, Young, Cunningham, Moon, Kelly, Esiason and Simms, but what we are seeing right now is as close as it gets I think.
Anyway, Super Bowl XLV was great. Though I predicted Green Bay to win 24-17 and A.J. Hawk to be MVP, at least I got the winning team right and in the end that is all that matters. Hope everyone enjoyed my SBXLV blogs as much as I did writing them.
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