Super Bowl XLV Game Thread: Steelers at Packers

Are you ready for some football!??!?!

This one is for Reggie. I've only seen him play through replays and the like, but I felt his presence at Chicago. I hope it's here again today. I still don't believe he is gone.

Have the inactives been announced?

Can't just be for Reggie. Too many ither people to play it for.

Moms and dads, sons and daughters too.

Teammates and friends on the IR.

Old teammates who these guys beat up on or make look like fools in 100s, 1,000s of practices in HS and college.

Old coaches who taught.

How bout 23yr old pre-med students who took their tests for them at all those SEC schools?

How bout all the fans that did not give up faith this year, ya ya I know there were a few?

How bout all the Packers who never sniffed the playoffs much less the SB?

Let's go Packers... Bring the Lombardi home God damnit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To all our dads. Mine is watching from the Packers box seats in the great beyond.
I wrote this poem in his honor shortly before he died. The first letter of each line spells "Green Bay Packers".
Today this is for all our dads wherever they are.

GLORY YEARS

Glory Years in memory
Rarely a defeat
Even in the lean years
Expected a repeat
Now is not the 'next year'

Bart and Brett knew that.
Always there in spirit
Years can't change that fact.

Play like Hinkel, Hutson, Hornung
Accepting of nothing less.
Curly Lambeau's Field of Dreams
Kept Titletown as the quest.
Each year as he grows older
Reminders are too real.
Someday he'll be assisting Vince-should he stand --or kneel?

GO PACK Go! Do it for all of us.

I want this for Aaron Rodgers who dealt with: a starting QB that treated him like garbage, taunts and jeers from the Favre First Fans, and crap from the media that placed Matty Ice on a pedestal for being clutch with ZERO playoff wins and bashing AR for the same.

I want to see his legacy established for all to see - 2 wins over TOG, clutch play during the playoffs, topped off with a Super Bowl win.

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Originally posted by YATittle:
Have the inactives been announced?

That is a rule that should be changed for the playoffs, all players should be active at this point of the season.

Shirley Manson's (of Garbage) Facebook posting (Butch is Butch Vig of Garbage, big Packers fan)

kareemcopeland RT @Packers: Packers’ inactives: Harrell (3rd QB), Nance, Underwood, Gordy, Johnson, Dietrich-Smith, McDonald and Walden. Zombo starts for Walden.
2 minutes ago · reply

Johnson is the only mild surprise... Going with Hall and ST's.

Underwood??? who takes his spot?

No Quinn Johnson?

Starks, Jackson, Kuhn and Hall...sounds like MM is going to be chucking it deep today.

No Quinn Johnson? Well now...Does the "Freezer" get his chance today?

Hmmmmmm . . .

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"We're not playing the Super Bowl. We're playing the Pittsburgh Steelers." - Donald Driver.

I like it!

Thats the attitude that got us here.

I'll be out at a local establishment and miss todays posts.

Everyone keep their cool today - Our TEAM is the best. Someone will make a big play today for us!

GO PACK!

Walden out. No surprise.

I never saw any sense in the "de-activating" for games. It was explained if a team had 4 or 5 injuries, the de-activating would make things more "fair." ???

Enjoy the game all, those that are with us, and those that aren't. Nice dedication Boris.

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Originally posted by FreeSafety:
Underwood??? who takes his spot?

No Quinn Johnson?

Starks, Jackson, Kuhn and Hall...sounds like MM is going to be chucking it deep today.

Swain has played gunner on the opposite side of Bush.

Right, but Underwood has been active for most weeks, it looks to me that all the defensive linemen are active this week, that is unusual.

Looks like we should expect to see McCarthy spread out the Steelers a lot today. Honestly, I like it. Put the ball in AR12's hands and let him win it for the Pack.

Packers need to make Rottenberger beat them with that banged up OL, no Santonio, and having Shields covering Wallace alot.

Baldshaw was all over Rottenberger after his second "accused" rape. Now, he's been on him like brohmicon on Nall. Does Terry know what a hypocrite he looks like?

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Originally posted by TD:
.... and having Shields covering Wallace alot.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if one of Dom's "wrinkles" is to match Shields up w/ him, all game - keeping Woodson available for slot blitzes and covering Heath Miller . . . Tramon shuts down Ward.

"Son, you are the only guy with speed enough to stay with him. He's yours...ALL DAY."

Pack seems to be ready to play more 4-3 alignments with 6 DL active. Was this to confuse Benjie R. or the new center?

While it would be a dream to bring in alphabet after the season, the Packers have 3 solid-stud CB's. Shields is friggen incredible and plays like a 4 year veteran.

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Originally posted by Koopla Krash:
Pack seems to be ready to play more 4-3 alignments with 6 DL active. Was this to confuse Benjie R. or the new center?

Doubt that...Green and Pickett in on first down. Plus, Jenkins was too gassed in the 2009 game to be effective in the last drive of the game...this means more rotations, and possibly less dime initially...more 3 down linemen, less 2-4-5 nickle

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Originally posted by Pakrz:
Johnson is the only mild surprise... Going with Hall and ST's.

Evidence that they don't plan to run much?

Ron - I firmly believe Capers banks on confusing Benjie and the new center on the blocking schemes. Going to see a lot of unplanned 4-3, IMO. Having Jenkins and Raji blowing up the middle makes the life easier for cmiii and Zombo.

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Originally posted by Goalline:

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Originally posted by Pakrz:
Johnson is the only mild surprise... Going with Hall and ST's.

Evidence that they don't plan to run much?

Yep. McCarthy is giving the keys to AR12. Love it.

All of em picked the Packers except Baldbra.

i was shocked terry picked the steelers. he was the only one who picked the bears. good omen.

The journey is continuing. Enjoy everyone.

My brother is watching this from the Green and Gold sky. He was as big a Packer fan as there ever was.

I hope he's watching with Vince.

I am just enjoying this.... so freaking awesome. Not nearly as nervous as I was before the NFC Champ game.

LOVE THE JOURNEY!!

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Originally posted by Koopla Krash:
Ron - I firmly believe Capers banks on confusing Benjie and the new center on the blocking schemes. Going to see a lot of unplanned 4-3, IMO. Having Jenkins and Raji blowing up the middle makes the life easier for cmiii and Zombo.

Well...that would be a substantial "wrinkle," now wouldn't it???

I would be absolutely stunned if they went to a base 4-3, even on early "running" downs...

Oddly - I'm not nervous either. Maybe it's due to the couple 13/14 beers I have had but I firmly believe the Packers will win this game.

GO PACK GO

Ready to go - GO PACKERS!

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Originally posted by emak:
My brother is watching this from the Green and Gold sky. He was as big a Packer fan as there ever was.

I hope he's watching with Vince.

Me too man. I know my brother is cheering on getting hype like we did during the SB runs. Love this post.

Vocal masturbation courtesy of Aquilera... just sing the damn anthem and leave all the gargling notes for the pop records.