{"id":3442,"date":"2009-01-31T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/super-bowl-xliii-preview-steelers-cardinals\/"},"modified":"2009-01-31T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T02:00:00","slug":"super-bowl-xliii-preview-steelers-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/super-bowl-xliii-preview-steelers-cardinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl XLIII Preview: Steelers-Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Pittsburgh Steelers will try to bring the Super Bowl back to the AFC, while the Arizona Cardinals are looking to cap a Cinderella playoff run with an upset. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Super Bowl XLIII kicks off Sunday, February 1 at Raymond<\/st2:GivenName> James<\/st2:middlename> Stadium<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> between Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>‘s top-rated defense and Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>‘s fourth-ranked offense. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 7-point favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total is sitting at 47. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Steelers defeated Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> 23-14 as a 6-point favorite in the AFC Championship Game. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (35.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ben<\/st2:GivenName> Roethlisberger<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> passed for 255 yards with a 65-yard touchdown strike to Santonio<\/st2:GivenName> Holmes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Troy Polamalu ran back an interception 40 yards for a touchdown. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals upset Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 32-25 as a 3.5-point underdog in the NFC Championship Game. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (47). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kurt<\/st2:GivenName> Warner<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> passed for 279 yards with four touchdowns for Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, and Larry<\/st2:GivenName> Fitzgerald<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> caught nine passes for 152 yards with three touchdowns in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Regular season records:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 12-4 SU, 9-7 ATS
Arizona: 9-7 SU, 9-7 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in February are 1-0
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing outside the division are 6-4<\/p>\n

Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:
When playing on grass are 6-4
After being outgained are 5-5
When playing outside the division are 5-5
After playing Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Pittsburgh is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
Pittsburgh is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 5 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona’s last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Arizona is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Pittsburgh Steelers will try to bring the Super Bowl back to the AFC, while the Arizona Cardinals are looking to cap a Cinderella playoff run with an upset. Super Bowl XLIII kicks off Sunday, February 1 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay between Pittsburgh‘s top-rated defense and Arizona‘s fourth-ranked offense. Oddsmakers currently have … Continue reading Super Bowl XLIII Preview: Steelers-Cardinals<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}