Super Bowl Underdog Pick
February 4th 2011 - Special K            

 Pittsburgh Steelers (+2.5) vs Green Bay Packers

Here's the scenario: There's two minutes left in Super Bowl XLV and the game is close.
If the Steelers are winning, who do you trust more? Aaron Rodgers and the Packers offense or Troy Polamalu and the Steelers defense? No brainer. The Steelers defense will get it done. Rodgers and the Packers have not done well in come from behind games and I've watched the Steelers defense step up time and time again at the end of a game.
If the Packers are winning, who do you trust more? Big Ben or the Packers defense? This is more of a toss up. Big Ben has a Super Bowl comeback in his pocket but yet the Packers defense, specifically their secondary, has really come up with some really big plays this postseason. I'd still lean towards taking Big Ben.

Old Man Winner made an awesome comparison between the SF Giants and the Green Bay Packers in his bargain bet article. He could have even thrown in that Aaron Rodgers is from the Bay Area. However, he left out the reason why the Giants had so much success in the postseason:

FEAR THE BEARD


Take the Steelers +2.5 points this week