Hey, Packers are going to win the Super Bowl

I know some think this is bad luck, but the Packers are going to win the Super Bowl this weekend. No disrespect to the Steelers, but the Packers are in perfect position to bring the Lombardi Trophy back to Green Bay. Let me explain.

Before the postseason started, I told anyone who would listen to me that there was only one team that really worried me in the playoffs. The Chicago Bears. I was delighted when Minnesota beat Philadelphia and removed the scenario of Green Bay traveling to Soldier Field in the first week of the playoffs. I don’t necessarily believe that Chicago was the best team in the NFL (that distinction clearly belonged to New England), but they were the worst match up for the Packers. The Cover 2, the way they can force turnovers, the superior special teams, Forte, Peppers, their ability to win close games scared me. Luckily, the Packers survived two weeks ago and now play Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl.

Now, why am I so confident about the Packers on Sunday?

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I have no idea

but I admire your confidence and wish I could share it. The Bears are much worse than the Steelers. We obviously had a rougher time going through our piece of the postseason with the Eagles and Falcons, but Chicago kind of lucked into the NFC Championship game. Meanwhile, the Steelers had to beat the Ravens and Jets to get to the big game, luckily for them both at home, however.

I had written off Green Bay before the Atlanta game, acknowledging that our lack of depth on defense would cost us a close game there and not being able to stop the run. And yet, look what happened. We have to take the same approach to the Steelers that we did to the Falcons, I’m much more scared of Rashard Mendenhall than I am of Roethlisberger and obviously Pitt’s defense is much better than Atlanta’s (although Atlanta had the fifth best scoring defense in the NFL) so we’re not going to put up 48 on them.

by vitaminx on Feb 6, 2011 2:13 AM CST reply actions