SUPER BOWL REACTIONS

First off, what a game. Two years in a row, Super Sunday has lived up to its name with spectacular football games. Although the game started out slow, it sure picked up and was one of the best finishes I have ever seen from a Super Bowl. Admittedly, I was rooting for the Cardinals. I mean, how can you not root for Kurt Warner? (unless he's playing the Pack of course). Not to mention he once was a Packer, in 1994, fourth on the depth chart behind Brett Favre, Ty Detmer, and Mark Brunell. That was one pretty darn good group of quarterbacks.

Penalties and one very costly play call were the thorn in the side of the red birds last night. They were flagged 11 times for 106 yards, and many of the penalties either cost them drives or aided big drives of the Steelers. And that slant call on the goal line... WHAT WERE YOU THINKING TODD HALEY? You have the best receiver in football right now, who has proven that he can catch nearly anything you throw his way, and you decide to throw a slant: the most dangerous goal line play possible. If the pass is intercepted, there is no one to stop the player from taking it all the way back to the house, something Haley and the Cards learned the hard way. I know first hand the detriment that can be caused by such a play call. (In Turkey Bowl 2008, on the goal line, I intercepted a quick slant and returned it on a shortened field 80 yards for the touchdown haha) IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. Instead of possibly being ahead 14-10, or tied 10-10 at the half, Arizona trailed 17-7. That's possibly an 14-point turnaround. Give Fitz a chance Haley! Everybody saw later in the game what happens if you do.

Anyways, to get back to tying all of my ranting back to the Packers... According to my research on NFL.com, there are three members of the Pittsburgh Steelers who have once been part of the Green Bay Packers organization. First, tight end Sean McHugh was with the team in 2004 and played in one game. No official stats were recorded. Second, defensive tackle Scott Paxson, who after being signed by the Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2006, was let go and joined the green and gold for several weeks during the '06 regular season, only to return to Pittsburgh in January of '07. And finally, Dick LeBeau. The mind behind the newest version of the Steel Curtain. He was on the coaching staff in Green Bay from 1976-1979. Congratulations to these three former members of the Packers organization on becoming Super Bowl XLIII champions.