Big Ben

d.  The Steelers would start the game well, at some point fall behind, and in the 4th quarter, Big Ben would engineer a game winning drive.  This phenomena reared its head during the regular season, but in the biggest game of the year, Super Bowl XLIII.  Why is the leader of such a sub par offense (22nd in the league during the regular season) the engineer of so many come from behind wins? When examined, two major reasons can be found.

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breaking down each team's strengths and weaknesses and what Kurt Warner's favorite food is and what Big Ben likes in music and dislikes ...it's nice to have the game just a mere 24+ hours away. I do like the hype to an extent, but once you hit Thursday, Friday and Saturday of Super Bowl weekend...you're ready for the game!

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The stage was officially set after Sunday's two Conference games for the 43rd Super Bowl. The Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers both jumped over their last hurdles to go to the big dance. But don't ask either coach if they'll be satisfied with just making it. They want to win it! I'll bring you a in-depth 7 part preview of the big game as I'll give my prediction on the game on the 7th and final post. So let's get to it! This is the 'intro' post to the 7 part series.

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ame.  That being said he performed well and didn't seem to show any signs of rust.  Mabye Big Ben is on the mend.

Now we have 3 days to get ready for the Bengals on Thursday night f

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These other teams seem to be the desperate ones to me as they are practically begging me for Big Ben and D-Mac. It seems that they are in dire need of a QB and are trying to make me feel bad about my WR's. I think I'll be just fine without their trade but would it be worthwhile to trade

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kle on Garrard on that long run he made to set up their game-winning field goal.

The offense, and Big Ben, had scored points all year. Big Ben is great at brining the team back from be

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Every part of the team is somewhat to blame for the loss to the Jaguars. It is easy to point to certain areas - turnovers, penalties, play calling, etc. However, it really come down to poor execution on two key plays. First, the tackle missed a block on the Roethlisberger sweep on third down. Had he made the block and opened up a lane for Big ben, then we would be talking about how the Steelers would be trying to stop Tom Brady this week.

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o load up to try to stop it, which will open up the passing game, and take some of the pressure off Big Ben. If Roethlisberger has time to throw, he is good enough right now to challenge any de

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the Steelers deserve serious attention as valid playoff contenders for the following reasons.

1. Big Ben. Roethlisberger has been great this year and his numbers are not far from Brady's. Brady throws on almost every down and he even admits that sometimes he just throws it up and Moss makes the catch.

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