This game is your classical situation of excellent defense (Pittsburgh) versus excellent offense (Arizona). Conventional wisdom would say that a defense that can stop a great offense can win championships. I’ll stick with that here. The Steelers will win this game, though not convincingly. Kurt Warner (who no longer has blood pumping through his veins, but dust) is bound to fire off a couple of good passes to his talented receivers, possibly for TDs. However, don’t be surprised if Steelers safety Troy Polamalu picks off a couple of those passes, maybe taking one all the way to the house for a defensive TD.

Big Ben will play adequately as always and lead his team to victory. He will throw a couple of touchdown passes to Santonio Holmes, who will be the MVP of this game.

Score: Steelers 27, Cardinals 21

MVP: Santonio Holmes, WR Steelers