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No Disappointment: Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals Deliver a Classic
Posted by Frank Nevarez Categories: Pittsburgh Steelers, Arizona Cardinals, Editorials,
NBC’s pre-game coverage for Super Bowl XLIII included an interview with Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger. In it he remarked that in his first Super Bowl a couple years back he was nervous, didn’t perform all too well and had “rubbery legs.” This time Big Ben didn’t disappoint as the Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 in a game full of big plays and a great finish. Roethlisberger came through and didn’t disappoint. What about the rest of the game?
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Pittsburgh Steelers Win Super Bowl XLIII
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Pittsburgh Steelers, Arizona Cardinals, Editorials,
The Pittsburgh Steelers won the NFL’s 43rd Super Bowl, edging out the Arizona Cardinals, 27-23 in what will be one of the better Super Bowls ever played. Trailing 20-7 going into the fourth quarter, the Cardinals came back to score 16 unanswered points to take a 23-20 lead with over two minutes to go. Then Ben Roethlisberger coolly led a 78-yard TD drive to win the game for the Steelers who are now the best NFL franchise in history, winning its sixth Super Bowl, leading all NFL teams in history. Santonio Holmes was named Super Bowl MVP with nine receptions and 131 receiving yards and one TD. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin became the youngest coach to ever win the Super Bowl at the tender age of 36 and in only his second season as the Steelers head coach. Congratulations to the Steelers!
2009 NFL Hall of Fame Inductees
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, Editorials,
Wow, am I feeling old. On Saturday, the day before Super Bowl XLIII goes down between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers, the NFL introduced its latest paragons of the sport that will be headed to Canton, Ohio, home of the NFL Hall of Fame. Bruce Smith, Rod Woodson, the late Derrick Thomas, Randall McDaniel, Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson, and Bob Hayes are the latest NFL Hall of Famers. The feeling old comment is because I saw Smith, Woodson, Thomas, and McDaniel in their rookie years! That said, let me speak on some of these players.
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Super Bowl XLIII Preview - Arizona Cardinals Versus Pittsburgh Steelers
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Pittsburgh Steelers, Arizona Cardinals, Saint Louis Rams, Editorials,
The Fig Caption: Number 43 wants another trophy in Super Bowl 43… is it destined in the numbers?
The NFL’s 43rd Super Bowl goes down this Sunday, February 1st at 6:28 PM ET in Tampa Bay, Florida on NBC. The NFC champion Arizona Cardinals (9-7) hope to keep the postseason magic going as they face off against AFC champs, the Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4). The Cardinals had a more burdensome postseason path than the Steelers as Arizona needed to defeat the Atlanta Falcons (30-24 @ Arizona) in the Wildcard Round, take on heavily favored Carolina Panthers and light them up on the road (33-13 @ Carolina) during the Divisional Round, and finally, beat the Philadelphia Eagles in a close game (32-25 @ Arizona) during the NFC Championship Round. The Steelers on the other hand, had a first round bye, defeated the San Diego Chargers handily (35-24 @ Pittsburgh) in the Divisional Round, and beat the Baltimore Ravens in a closer match-up than the score indicates (23-14 @ Pittsburgh) in the AFC Championship Round thanks to a timely Troy Polamalu interception.
The road for both teams has been a long and taxing road, as only an NFL schedule could be, but on Sunday, one of them will reach the ultimate destination - a Super Bowl victory.
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Cardinals Hang On and Steelers Use Big Plays On Their Road to the Super Bowl
Posted by Frank Nevarez Categories: Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals, Editorials,
The Arizona Cardinals jumped out to a big lead over the Philadelphia Eagles, but the Eagles came all the way back to take a one-point lead in the fourth quarter. On the next series Kurt Warner led a fourth quarter drive, ending in a TD, and the Cardinals move on with a 32-25 victory.
It was a heck of a lot of defense as the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14. The Ravens were never ahead, but kept it close by taking advantage of good field position for their two scores. Pittsburgh used big TD plays by WR Santonio Holmes and an interception that was run back for a score by safety Troy Polamalu to knock down the Ravens.
Titans, Giants and Panthers Forget How to Play Football
Posted by Frank Nevarez Categories: Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, San Diego Chargers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals, Editorials,
I figured when I went 1-for-4 with my Wild Card playoff picks that it couldn’t get any worse. Wrong. I go O-for-4 this weekend. What the heck is going on? One playoff preview (from the experts) this past week stated “pick the home team” in the second round of the NFL playoffs. The reasons given: A) the stronger teams have earned the first week bye, B) these teams will play at home in the second week, C) they’re rested, and D) they have an extra week to gameplan.
So what happens? Other than the Pittsburgh Steelers, all home teams lose.
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Ravens, Chargers, and Cardinals Make Me Look Bad
Posted by Frank Nevarez Categories: Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, San Diego Chargers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals, Editorials,
I went 1-for-4 with my Wild Card picks. Only the Philadelphia Eagles came up with one of my predicted victories. Meanwhile, San Diego, Baltimore, and Arizona looked good and moved on despite my putting the “whammie” on them.
Arizona Cardinals beat Atlanta Falcons:
The Cardinals used big plays to wide receivers, Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin to pick up 14 points. Atlanta rookie QB Matt Ryan was very respectable in leading drives and providing Atlanta with a 17-10 lead going into the half. But the second half got off to a disastrous start as Arizona’s Antrel Rolle picked up an Atlanta fumble and ran 27 yards to paydirt. Arizona took a lead that they did not relinquish. Then Cardinal QB Kurt Warner delivered a nice drive to put it away.
Next up: Cards go to Carolina to meet the Panthers.
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Dean Browski Picks for NFL Week 17
Posted by Dean Browski Categories: Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers,
The last week of the regular season is upon us. I have grouped together those teams that must win in order to have a chance to make the playoffs and have come up with some interesting parlays and angles to play.
Season: 123-112-5
Last Week: 6-10-0
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NFL Xmas: Giants over Panthers
Posted by Frank Nevarez Categories: New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Carolina Panthers, Editorials,
Well, NFL fans, do you believe you received your just rewards? Not only did the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers provide one heck of a Week 16 contest, but they gave you a little extra by taking it to overtime! The best deliver in primetime.
The first order of business for the Giants had to be getting back to a grinding run game. Brandon Jacobs was the welcome re-addition everyone thought he’d be. But how about the career-night for the explosive Derrick Ward? However, it was the balanced attack of Carolina that made the early good impression as the Panthers maintained a lead for most of the game. WR Steve Smith always looks good when national exposure is on the line.
I didn’t notice exactly when the Giants’ vaunted defense finally kicked in. Things were seemingly going Carolina’s way as I recall RB DeAngelo Williams giving Giants’ linebacker Antonio Pierce the ‘ol stiff arm en route to a 30-yard TD run. This gave Carolina a 28-20 lead. Because this score was an answer to a previous NYG touchdown drive I figured the Panthers had risen to the occasion, were making a statement, and that the game and home field in the NFC was theirs.
Not quite.
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You Gotta Be Kidding Me Steelers, Bills, Giants!
Posted by Frank Nevarez Categories: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Carolina Panthers, Editorials,
Let’s just throw everything in the air and see what happens. That’s what seemingly happened this weekend in the NFL. Crazy endings and all sorts of things got mixed up. But this helter skelter nature has led to some interesting scenarios.
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