Super Bowl Prospects – Defense Doesn’t Usually Win

31st January, 2011 - Posted by writer - No Comments

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For the first time since Super Bowl XVII in Super Bowl prospects, the top 2 defenses in the nfl will be meeting.



The Steelers were first in the nfl in fewest points allowed whilst the Green Bay Packers were second. The Packers are 2-point favorites in Super Bowl gambling at SBG with the total showed at 44.5.

Super Bowl XVII between Washington and Miami matched up the top 2 defenses in the nfl and the total on the competition in Super Bowl prospects was showed at 36.5. It flew over that number as Washington won 27-17. It’s unusual in sports when the top 2 defenses in fact meet. The last time it happened in baseball was in the 1995 World Series when the Atlanta Braves beat the Cleveland Indians. The Braves had a great pitching staff that year that included Greg Maddux, John Smoltz and Tom Glavine. In hockey you should go back to 1999 when the Sabres and Dallas Stars met for the Stanley Cup. The Sabres headed the league in goals against whilst the Stars were second and it was Dallas who won the Cup. You don’t should go pretty as far back in pro basketball as it happened in the 2005 NBA Finals when Detroit met San Antonio. The Pistons had the top ranked defense whilst the Spurs were number 2. That series went seven games with the Spurs ultimately profitable.

Sixth Seed
Green Bay is just the second #6 seed ever to make it to the Super Bowl and the first from the National Football Conference. The simply other #6 seed ironically enough was the Steelers who in 2005 won their 3 road games and ultimately the Super Bowl. Clubs that just sneak into the playoffs generally don’t do well. The NBA has simply had one #8 seed ever make pro basketball Finals and the New York Knicks were dispatched in 1999 by the Spurs. The Edmonton Oilers made the Stanley Cup Final as a #8 seed in 2006 but lost in the Finals to Carolina.

Last Meeting
You might have forgotten the last time that the Steelers and Packers competed but it was a memorable competition. They competed in December of 2009 in a great competition that main 886 passing yards. Pittsburgh qb Ben Roethlisberger threw for 503 yards whilst Aaron Rodgers threw for 383. It was the highest combined passing yards ever in Football history in a game that had no picks. The clubs combined for 35 points in the fourth quarter alone and Pittsburgh won 37-36 on a last second TD from Roethlisberger to Mike Wallace.


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