Superbowl Breakdowns

With the Superbowl only days away it's hard for a Steelers fan like me not to get excited. So in this first rendition of the Superbowl breakdowns, today I will be focusing on the quarterbacks:

This is really a tale of two qbs. One was a journeyman that went from a grocery store worker to a gun slinging Superbowl MVP, and the other is a young play making stud out of college that has found ways to win through adversity and his own stupidity. I'll start with Warner.

Kurt has a big arm and is deadly accurate deep, and with the way the Cardinals offensive line has been playing he has enough time to hit one of his stud wide receivers easily. Both Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin are both premier wide receivers in the league and having Steve Breaston as the slot WR makes this a scary match-up no matter what type of defense the Cards are playing against. Warner has earned his spot in the Hall of Fame with this Superbowl bid and with a victory it would solidify his spot. The only weakness Kurt Warner has is his limited mobility and his non existent game when he has a heavy blitz ahead of him. If the Steelers can hold Warner to under 300 yards it would be a victory on their end.

Next Ben Roethlisberger:
Big Ben has had to rely heavily on the run game and been lopped into the manager type quarterback until the past couple of seasons. With Willie Parker being banged up all season, Ben has been asked to shoulder more of the offensive burden. In 9 games that he threw over 30 passes he has won 7 of them, and this game will be another one where he has to run the offense. Ben has been a master of the broken play and impromptu play making, and many of his critics say that is a negative trait, I say it may be his best trait. I watched the Steelers a lot this year and with the problems they had with their offensive line, he had to, and he did it often and it worked out a lot. But there is a downside to that, with Ben holding onto the ball longer than he should he often takes a lot of unnecessary hits making him constantly in pain. Since Hines Ward is back, and Santonio Holmes continues to be the play maker Antwaan Randle El was, I like Ben in this match-up. Arizona's defense loves putting pressure and Ben can definitely take advantage of that.