XLV or Die

On to the Super Bowl...

No matter who was going to be playing in this game I would probably have got on here and went on and on about how this is time to become a champion, etc.  That is the attitude that all the Packers & Steelers have at this moment.  But before I get into some analysis or insight into this coming game I wanted to do a quick post about some things said in the offseason.

This summer a lot of people were picking the Packers to go to the Super Bowl.  A lot of the Packer players were very confident in their chances to make it as well.  Take Nick Barnett, our starting middle linebacker.  As the clip shows, he stated on July 2nd that this season was "Super Bowl XLV or Die," obviously a strong statement.  Then, in August after the Packers first scrimmage of the year, Jermichael Finely, the outspoken budding star of a TE declared his goal for the season in a classic line in the post game interview "One Word... Dallas Texas Super Bowl Baby".  


The ironic thing is that our two boldest players in the offseason turned out to be right, but unfortunately both got injured within the first 5 weeks of the season.  Both were unable to participate in the Super Bowl run that they saw coming.  Barnett's injury paved the way for Desmond Bishop to step up into the role that he always knew he could fill.  Jermichael's absence has definitely been much harder to fill, but the Packers offense has found its way through using 4, 5 WR sets, rookie TEs Quarless & Crabtree, and veteran TE Lee.

One way or the other it has turned out to be the Green Bay Packers in Dallas Texas Baby, and lets hope no one dies after Super Bowl XLV...