You may not have known it from casually watching the game or reading the stat sheet, but Clay Matthews III (CM3) was the focal point of the Super Bowl. When Matthews was on the field, both the Steelers’ and the Packers’ strategies revolved directly around Clay Matthews.
Super Bowl XLV
Green Bay Packers 2010 Player Evaluations – Defense – Charles Woodson
As a free agent in 2006, cornerback Charles Woodson was not wanted by 31 of the 32 NFL teams. They thought he was a player in decline and that thanks to those supposedly diminishing skills, it wasn’t worth putting up with his antics.
Well, the one team that wanted him got him, and needless to say the Green Bay Packers are pretty happy with what Woodson has become.
Green Bay Packers 2010 Player Evaluations – Defense – Ryan Pickett
With the youth movement Packers general manager Ted Thompson infused into the Packers the past few seasons, long time veteran players have started to come at a premium. On defense, there were two that had had been around a “long” time that started in Super Bowl XLV and ironically were the only two Packers that had played in a previous Super Bowl. One was Charles Woodson.
Inside the Mind of Brett Favre During Super Bowl XLV: It’s MY Time
As I watched the Green Bay Packers celebrate their Super Bowl victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, one thought kept creeping in to my head that actually kind of surprised me: “I wonder what is going through Brett Favre’s head right now?”
Game Balls and Lame Calls: Super Bowl XLV Edition–World Champion Green Bay Packers
World Champion Green Bay Packers. The Vince Lombardi Trophy is back home. Here we are, nearly a few days after the Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 to win Super Bowl XLV and my feet are still nowhere near to touching the ground.