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Saturday, December 21, 2013
Steelers/Packers matchup...
the Steelers are not the same team,as in Super Bowl XLV,the very last time these teams played,won by the Packers,31-25... however,in 2009,they played in Pittsburgh,and the Steelers won 37-36,on literally a last second touchdown pass thrown by "Big Ben" Roethlisberger... even though the Steelers have won six Super Bowl trophies(Lombardi Trophy),they have an article up on their blog,still moaning about Super Bowl XLV,named "the loss that still stings."... i guess they want to remind the players what happened that day... head coach Mike Tomlin said in some bulletin board material this week that he would have drafted running back Le'Veon Bell,instead of Eddie Lacy,and the organization put out an article trying to bolster their decision,and belittle(my opinion)the Packers' decision to draft Lacy,who many pundits said was the steal of the 2013 NFL Draft... Bell is a stud,but has only 646 rushing yards,this season,so far,but Lacy has 1,028 rushing yards,this season,so far(only 78 yards to break Packers' rookie rushing record-1,105 yards set by John Brockington(an underrated Packers' running back),in 1971)... the Steelers' defense can still hit like a ton of bricks,but has not made many big plays this season... through free agency,and injuries to LaMarr Woodley,the Steelers' pass rush has been ineffective most of the season... the keys to a Steelers' victory will be the offensive line blocking for Roethlisberger,Bell's running,and how Roethlisberger plays overall,in the game,because the Steelers' defensive backfield can be had over the top... now for the Packers:the run defense in the second half of the last two games has been good,but honestly the drawbacks for the Packers is the play of "starting" quarterback Matt Flynn in the first half of all the games that he has started(he has sucked to be blunt),giving the Packers' defense major headaches,by simply not being on the field having long drives,and the Packers falling behind to every team that they have played in the first halves of games,like scoring only three points,against the Cowboys,last week... the keys to a Packers' victory will be the play of Flynn in the first half,the running attack of Lacy,and James Starks,along with the entire defensive team play:can they respond like they did,against the Cowboys,in the second half,and can the Packers play an entire sixty minutes,finally,against Pittsburgh??? if they do not,the Steelers have enough offensive firepower to simply beat the Packers,period...
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