The Long Overdue Power Zone Superbowl Postgame

Super Bowl XLIII was an epic Super Bowl.

Back and fourth with lots of scoring from both teams.

Here's my long overdue analysis:
DEFENSIVE PLAY OF THE GAME: Without a doubt, the 100 yard interception return for a touchdown by James Harrison. Harrison showed why he was the NFL's defensive player of the year.
BIG BEN PLAYED MUCH BETTER HIS SECOND TIME AROUND
In Super Bowl XL, Big Ben was only playing not to lose. He played with poise and looked nearly flawless this second time around.
which leads me to...
SANTONIO HOLMES DESERVED HIS SUPER BOWL MVP AWARD
I have always felt that NFL Wide Recievers would be excellent tap dancers. After watching Santonio Holmes tap both feet down to haul in the game winning touchdown pass, I now believe that more than ever.

Back to the game, Holmes stepped up his game, and he had to. Particularly since Hines Ward was not 100 percent for this Super Bowl.

Two more points.
THE KURT WARNER FUMBLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REVIEWED
Without a doubt, the Kurt Warner "fumble" should have been reviewed. Forget the fact that I think his arm was moving forward as he got hit, the fact is that the Cardinals deserved one last shot to try to end the misery of their organization and their fans.

THE 2008 STEELERS ARE ONE OF THE NFL'S ALL TIME GREATEST TEAMS
I say this for more reasons than this ballclub just won an NFL record Sixth Super Bowl, but beacuse this group had played the NFL's toughest schedule, and they are holding the Lombardi Trophy. They were top notch in Offense, Defense, and Special Teams, and that starts with the head coach, Mike Tomlin.Mike Tomlin knows his stuff, and he has the Lombardi Trophy to prove it. I think in the future, Ben Rothelisberger will be mentioned in the same sentence as Terry Bradshaw. Why Not? He's already halfway to where Bradshaw is in terms of Super Bowl wins.

This Steelers team can only add to their legacy, especially if they repeat as Champions next season.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS: SUPER BOWL XLIII WORLD CHAMPIONS!

Big Ben To Steelers: "Get Me Some Tall Recivers!"

Ben Roethlisberger recently expressed a desire for the Steelers to acquire a tall receiver, which, at least to me, sounds rediculous. It made Hines Ward irate.

In Ben's defense, he didn't make the request in any kind of a way that was disparaging to the Steelers current receivers. In fact, he went out of his way to make the point that he liked them:

"I'm always going to ask for a tall receiver," Roethlisberger said in an interview with the Post-Gazette. "That's just me. Our receivers are unbelievable, but our tallest guy might be Hines. Or Santonio [Holmes]. Hines is going to say he's 6 foot, but he's 5-11."

That doesn't sound so inflammatory. But here are some of the things that Hines told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in response:

"I don't hear Tom Brady or Peyton Manning asking for that."

"I don't know, whatever he says. I have no idea. To me, it's a rare combination of receivers out there who are good and tall. We won a Super Bowl, we didn't have a tall receiver then. I don't see Tom Brady caring about who's tall or not. He got Randy this year, but he did it before without him.''

"To me, I have enough problems to worry about than what Ben wants -- I can't give him the contract. He wants a tall receiver? Why did we draft Santonio [Holmes]?"

What do you expect from a playmaker like Hines? Big Ben doing the "Our wide outs are too small" defense isn't exactly going to score brownie points with his receiving corps.

I'll say this for Ben: When he played alongside Plaxico Burress with the Steelers, Plax made a ton of plays for him. Any time Ben got in trouble, he'd scramble, and it seemed like he always ended up looking for Plax or Hines Ward downfield. They made a lot of plays that way.

This Quarterback-Wide Receiver dissention shows what's wrong with the Steelers. Big Ben is looking for a reason to show why they lost to the Jaguars. Ben would say "If I had a Wide Reciever the size of Yao Ming, I would never throw passes that were too high."

The request by Big Ben to grab a tall wide out is crazy. Hines Ward has every right to be upset with Big Ben. The decision by Big Ben to tell the Steelers to get him some tall receivers is right up there with the decision to ride a motorcycle without a helmet.