So are you ready for the Super Bowl yet?
This year's Super Bowl is between two teams with huge football traditions, there are too many Hall-of-Famers to count between the two teams. Green Bay has won more League Championships than any other team, and the Steelers have more Super Bowls than any other team in the league.
Title Town USA vs The Steel Curtain will pit two of the best defensive coordinators against one another; Packers' defensive coordinator Dom Capers and the Steelers' Dick LeBeau are arguably two of the best in the business, and with both of these coaches involved, you can be sure to see some zone-blitzing, a lot of movement, and a lot of match-up variations; these two coaches are very good at disguising defenses, as well as confusing the opposing quarterback and offensive units.
On the other side of the ball, these are two of the best quarterbacks in the league at finishing and keeping plays alive, both Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay) and Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh) are able to use their feet to either buy time in the pocket, or to scramble for a first down.
Neither quarterback is, by definition, a running quarterback; however, when the time is right and it is needed, either quarterback can burn the opposing defense with a 50 yard pass while on the run or a quick scramble to move the chains. There movement oftentimes make defenses break their assignments, leading to big plays; however, both the Green bay Packers as well as the Pittsburgh Steelers have disciplined defenses that understand how to keep the opposing offense in front of them.
Another aspect of the game that will be interesting to watch is how well either team runs the ball. Both teams have legitimate running games, both offenses can pound it out when necessary, and both offenses have wide receivers and tight-ends that will block down-field.
The receiving core of either team is top notch; Pittsburgh's Hines Ward is a tough experienced wide receiver that always makes it complicated for the other team's defense, Mike Wallace has the ability to outrun anybody on the field at any given time; there is the reliable TE Heath Miller, as well as rookie wide receivers Antonio Brown and Emmanuel Sanders, who have made some big catches this year.
The Packers may have the edge at receivers, they bring to the table veterans Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, James Jones, and Jordy Nelson, whom many say are the best receiving core in the NFL.
Regardless of how this game ends, if it compares to the last time these two met...get ready for some fireworks!
Pittsburgh and Green Bay met back on December 20, 2009, where both teams came out passing the ball (100 pass plays were called during the last contest), there were 73 point scored in that game between the two teams, as well as over a thousand total yards for the game.
Note: A factor in this game is Pittsburgh's center Maurkice Pouncey's ability to play, he was injured during the AFC Championship game.
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