Steelers MMQB: Super Bowl XLVII Weekend Wrap Up
By Kim Myers
Ray Lewis looking up to heaven following the Ravens 34-31 victory over the 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII, or the ceiling of the Super Dome. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports
What We Learned in the Super Bowl XLVII Weekend:
- Jerome Bettis snubbed from HOF for another year
- Adrian Peterson wins the Orange Peanut…MVP
- Ray Lewis talks murders before Super Bowl
- Lights go out in Super Bowl for everyone and then just for the 49ers
To all those Steeler fans that thought it would be better to root for the Ratbirds so that the 49ers wouldn’t tie the Steelers for the most Super Bowl wins, how’s that working out this morning? Not as satisfying as you thought it would be maybe? Yeah, I didn’t think so. The worst possible scenario for a Steelers fan has come true, the Ravens are the Super Bowl Champions and Joe Flacco is the MVP. Ew. Grab your big gulp of haterade and take some cheap shots with me.
Another Super Bowl weekend has passed and yet again the NFL’s 6th all-time leading rusher has not been voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jerome was snubbed yet again in favor of a HOF class that included Warren Friggin Sapp as a first ballot HOF’er. Nice connections with the NFL Network huh Sapp? How on Earth Sapp is a first ballot HOF’er and not even Michael Strahan is I have no idea, but I can guess that Sapp is probably already having his bust appraised to be pawned to cover his debts. The 2013 Pro Football Hall of Fame class is as follows: Warren Sapp, Cris Carter, Jonathan Ogden, Larry Allen, and Bill Parcells. The two senior selections were Curley Culp and Dave Robinson.
The NFL Honors awards show has gone the way of any typical awards show now for some reason. It was held Saturday night and has finally settled the debate over the MVP for the league. Adrian Peterson took home the award along with the award for Offensive Player of the Year. Whoever was in charge of this shindig really dropped the ball by not presenting Peterson with an orange peanut for either of those awards. That would have been comic gold. Peyton Manning took home the NFL Comeback Player award and naturally the NFL Play of the Year was the Ravens converting the 4th and 29 against San Diego. So officially nothing has gone the way of Pittsburgh this sports year. Some things have been self-inflicted and the rest just seems like we’re being punished for something doesn’t it?
The coverage of Ray Lewis and his last ride has been disgustingly constant like a bad case of diarrhea and the crescendo naturally was the Super Bowl. Ray Lewis sat down with Shannon Sharpe for an interview prior to the Super Bowl on Sunday and for some reason decided to address the families of the murdered young men from that fateful night in Atlanta in 2000. In what can be gathered from his otherwise mindless blubbering about God and his will, Lewis actually took the opportunity to inform the murder victim’s families that “God makes no mistakes.” Seriously, he actually said that. Also adding to the at the very least, insensitive comments Lewis said in response to how he would address the families who still hold him responsible for the slayings,
"“If you knew, if you really knew the way God works, he don’t use people who commits anything like that for his glory. No way. It’s the total opposite.”"
That makes sense. Ray Lewis couldn’t have played a part in those murders because he’s now so Godly and God wouldn’t have let that happen if he was a murderer. So that’s that I guess. What an awful piece of vile trash to say something like that. And that’s not the only Godly nonsense Lewis spewed during Super Bowl Sunday. Naturally Lewis was for the most part invisible during the game because he rarely plays a part in any actual football plays anymore, but it still credited for half a million tackles in the playoffs. Lewis is also taking credit for Jacoby Jones’ 108 kickoff return touchdown to start the second half. Lewis said that he was told (by God presumably) to place his hands on Jones’ chest before the play and what followed was not by the skill of Jones or the missed tackles on the 49ers special teams, but the divine intervention brought on by Ray Lewis. Awesome.
Thankfully for the 49ers, following that miraculous kickoff return touchdown the lights inexplicably went off in the Super Dome for a total 34 minutes. The Ravens were holding onto a 22 point lead at the time and looked to be in total charge of the game. In the first half Joe Flacco threw 3 touchdowns like it was nothing and Colin Kaepernick was off in his throws and running. After the power was restored, the 49ers exploded on offense and defense scoring 17 unanswered points and forcing a Ray Rice fumble. Unfortunately for the 49ers the refs’ purple was sticking out from under their jerseys the entire game. I’m not saying the game was fixed, but it’s worth pointing out that of the total 7 penalties that were called in the entire game, 5 of them went against San Francisco. The Ravens seem to be the only team that gets the benefit of defensive pass interference calls these days, which seems to cause their “just let Joe chuck it up in the air” offensive scheme to work so greatly. Must to every Steeler fans dismay, Joe Flacco was named Super Bowl MVP and will now be paid an embarrassingly large amount of money this offseason by Baltimore to continue his “eliteness” for them for years to come. If Flacco knows what’s good for him he’d be awful nice to his offensive line and wide receivers once he gets his big money because without them playing out of their minds and catching anything and everything almost in their reach, Flacco and the Ravens don’t get passed Indy in the first round.
Well, there you have it Steeler Nation, the 2012-13 NFL season is a wrap. Stay tuned to Nice Pick Cowher all offseason long to fulfill all of your Steeler needs with undeniably thorough draft coverage by Dom, breaking news by Craig, offseason storylines by Lori, and smart ass remarks by yours truly. Here We Go Steelers!
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