Lowell and his Bruin kid Iggy disagree on the Super Bowl.
Dad,
I'm picking the Pittsburgh Steelers to win the Super Bowl this Sunday despite your pal Ira's case for
Now that Warner has gotten back to the Super Bowl, people are acting like Warner's been asleep for 5 years, and he's just coming out of hibernation to win one more Championship to cap off an illustrious Hall of Fame Career. But that's not the reality. He's a very good quarterback who needs great players around him to succeed. And even then, he can't afford to be hit. As soon as he gets hit, he makes mistakes. The Patriots roughed him up in 2001 and beat him, then the rest of the league followed that same blueprint against Warner until he got multiple injuries and had to lay low for a few years until people forgot how to play him.
I'm saying the Steelers win big. I'm also saying Matt Leinart makes an extended cameo when Warner gets hurt.
Hey Iggy,
I love when you're so opinionated - although you probably hurt Ira's feelings.
I'm picking
Iggy great to hear from you again. I love it when you post to this blog. However, you have the wrong QB getting knocked out. It will be concussion number two this year for Big Ben… if a QB gets knocked out. I believe the Cardinals will put more guys in the box and dare the Steelers to pass. You might recall that the Patriots did the same thing to the Steelers a few years back and easily won that playoff game. If the Cardinals can make some big plays early they will have a huge advantage as the Steelers are not explosive and their best receiver is playing hurt (if he plays). Warner doesn’t play for Martz anymore so you won’t see the 7 step drop back passes. I think Ira is talking about taking 3 steps back and hitting the slant pass. Less time…and way more effective. So I’m throwing your 2001 argument out as irrelevant. The Cardinals have the kind of receivers that can make something out of nothing and will give as good as get. They are big and physical and have attitude. They won’t be intimidated. The Cardinals are good but one wants to believe it. They are like the 1981-82 49ers. Even after they won the Super Bowl people still didn’t believe it and thought it was a fluke. Well Warner won’t be the QB for years to come but they have some real talent on the team and it’s going to show up on Sunday. Finally I’m rooting for them because I don’t want any team to have more Super Bowl wins then us.
IGNATZ STRIKES AGAIN -- Not much useful in the commentary by Ignatz. He is not quite as capable as he thinks he is. But then, every dad has to live with opinionated but ill-informed children.