Super Bowl Review: Packer Flexibility and Aggression Keys Victory

February 8, 2011   ·   Hayden Bird   ·   Jump to comments

When looking over the stats for Super Bowl XLV, the first thing that becomes clear is that, if you only looked at the stats, you’d have thought the Steelers won.
They had chalked up a greater number of total yards, including more than twice as many rushing yards, as well as more first downs, a greater time of possession, committed fewer penalties and recorded more sacks/quarterback hits.
Yet they were undone in the end by one crucial statistic which they were on the wrong end of: turnovers.
It’s become such a popular measuring stick for NFL success in recent years that focusing on it seems to be a cliché, like saying “they lost the game because they didn’t score enough points.” John Maddenisms aside, the turnover battle was indisputably decisive in this Super Bowl.
This was primarily because Green Bay fully exploited Pittsburgh’s uncharacteristic mistakes. Aaron Rodgers and the Packer offense scored a perfect three touchdow...

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