Superbowl XLIII Recap

Superbowl XLIII ended in dramatic fashion. The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals by the score of 27-23. The game winning play came with 42 seconds left when Ben Roethlisberger through a pass into triple coverage and Santonio Holmes caught it while barely getting his feet in bounds. This play gave last years David Tyree helmet catch a run for its money. Even though this was the highlight of the Superbowl, as it should be, overall the game was quite boring. Hardly anything was happening, all game it was just a lot of punting and I wondered if the match up would stay this way. As someone living in New York, at the start of the game I did not feel the intensity and it didn’t feel like a Superbowl. I guess I was just watching because I was a football fan and I would have to write a re cap of it for this website. Even though Kurt Warner did not win the Superbowl, he is most definitely a hall of famer. Think about, he has won a Superbowl with the St. Louis Rams and could have had another if his defense had played better yesterday. I know that the entire team is responsible for a loss but throwing three touchdowns with one interception in a Superbowl is a great game. Kurt put his team in a position to win and the blame is completely on the Cardinals defense. If twenty-three points is not enough room for an NFL defense to get a win, there is something wrong. You can argue and say that it was a great catch by Santonio Holmes but if the Cardinals defense was playing well all game that great catch would not have given the Steelers a Superbowl victory. On the other hand, the Steelers defense had a pretty good game; they allowed twenty-three points but in a Superbowl as long as you get the win points allowed do not matter. Compared to what other people are saying around the sports world I feel that Ben Roethlisberger did not have a great game he had one touchdown along with one interception. Luckily for him it was enough to get a win because of the Cardinals poor defense but generally speaking those types of numbers are rarely enough to do so. All in all Superbowl XLIII was a great game, at the beginning it was not too exciting but as the game progressed the action picked up. In my opinion these past two Superbowls have been the best in NFL history and hopefully for the fans every Super Sunday will be as exciting for years to come.

Daniel Weberman
NYchalktalk.com