The Pittsburgh Steelers have already won six Super Bowl championships. They’re looking like a team that’s ready to hoist a seventh Lombardi Trophy this Sunday night in Texas. Here’s a preview with analysis before you make your NFL Super Bowl picks:

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Green Bay Packers
Sunday, February 6th – 6:29 PM ET
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX
Broadcast: FOX
Odds: Steelers +2.5, Packers -2.5: Total: 44.5

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The Pittsburgh Steelers should be your choice this Sunday in Super Bowl XLV. Right after the conference championship games ended, there was a sense that Green Bay deserved to be the favorite. The Packers had just won three straight road games to get to the Super Bowl, and that’s exactly what the Steelers did when Ben Roethlisberger won his first world championship in the 2005 season. The Steelers, as the No. 6 seed in the AFC playoffs, tore through Cincinnati and then upset No. 1 Indianapolis to make the AFC Championship Game. Pittsburgh went into Denver and dumped the second-seeded Broncos to make Super Bowl XL in Detroit, where they topped the Seattle Seahawks in a defense-dominated ballgame. This year, Pittsburgh is the high-seeded team and its opponent is the six seed on a magical carpet ride.

This year, those making their NFL Super Bowl picks have know that it seems that the fun is about to end for the Green Bay Packers.

There are so many things to be said about the backdrop to the Super Bowl, an event that doesn’t promote character but certainly reveals a championship mindset in the players who compete between the painted white lines. Before Super Bowl XV in New Orleans, the Philadelphia Eagles – making their first Super Bowl appearance – didn’t get into any fights or experience any dissension, but they were incredibly uptight under the watch of vigilant coach Dick Vermeil. The Eagles, like any other first-time Super Bowl team, needed to savor and enjoy the experience of reaching the grandest stage in American sports, but Vermeil kept his team so fully under wraps that the Eagles were antsy and jittery when kickoff time arrived. The Eagles’ opponent, the Oakland Raiders, was a party-loving bunch of guys, and so while most teams generally succeed when they study game film, the Raiders – who had won the Super Bowl just four years before, in Super Bowl XI – owned a large sense of self-assurance. That cockiness carried the Raiders to a 27-10 win over the Eagles. The team that had been to the Super Bowl before (some of the 1980 Oakland Raiders weren’t on the 1976 team, but many of them were) outclassed the team that hadn’t been to the Supe on a previous occasion.

This is the same scenario facing Pittsburgh and Green Bay. Those making their NFL Super Bowl picks know that the Packer franchise has, of course, made four Super Bowls in the first 44 years of the game’s history, winning three of them. However, this Green Bay roster is almost entirely unfamiliar with the Super Bowl. Because of the two-week break following the conference title games (which didn’t exist for a period of time in the 1990s but was quickly reinstated after just a few years) plus the avalanche of hype and pageantry, it’s disorienting to finally play football amidst the commercial carnival that is the Super Bowl. Pittsburgh’s ability to successfully conquer the Super Bowl circus cannot be valued enough. The key point is not so much that the Steelers are an experienced team; it’s that the Steelers are experienced in the specific art of handling the Super Bowl rollercoaster of emotions. That will make the difference for coach Mike Tomlin’s men.

Steelers vs. Packers Super Bowl Pick: Steelers +2.5
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NFL Betting Trends:
Jets are 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games as an underdog of 3.5-10.0.
Jets are 14-6 ATS in their last 20 games as a road underdog.
Steelers are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 playoff home games.
Steelers are 8-1 ATS in their last 9 playoff games.
Over is 8-2 in Jets last 10 games following a ATS win.
Over is 4-1 in Jets last 5 playoff games as an underdog of 3.5-10.0.
Over is 5-0 in Steelers last 5 Conference Championships games.
Over is 4-0 in Steelers last 4 playoff games as a favorite.

Head-to-Head Betting Trends
Jets are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 meetings.
Under is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings.
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Baltimore Ravens (-115 odds) – Bottom line: No one is stopping Baltimore this year in the AFC North. The Ravens have a loaded defense, and even though some players like LB Ray Lewis and SS Ed Reed are aging, it feels like the team is constantly stockpiling talent through the draft. This year is no exception, as LB Sergio Kindle and DT Terrence Cody should have huge impacts. Look for the acquisition of WR Anquan Boldin to pay major dividends. Baltimore should have over 5,500 yards of offense this year as a team, and that could make it a dangerous team, not just to win the AFC North, but the Super Bowl as well.
My NFL Predictions: 13-3, 1st place in AFC North

Pittsburgh Steelers (+210 odds) – The Steelers could be in for a very long season. It is already well advertised that QB Ben Roethlisberger is sitting for the first month of the season thanks to his off the field issues. Missing the traded WR Santonio Holmes won’t help matters either. Neither will the loss of OT Willie Colon, who will miss the season due to injury. The defense should get SS Troy Polamalu back healthy, but there are still too many questions to buy what Pittsburgh is selling. Expect the ’08 champs to miss the playoffs once again.
My NFL Predictions: 7-9, 2nd place in AFC North

Cincinnati Bengals (+300 odds) – If anything comes from these drug allegations linked to RB Cedric Benson, the Bengals are going to be in a ton of trouble. The Comeback Player of the Year last season could be facing a suspension, which would put a ton of pressure on the shoulders of QB Carson Palmer. Whether it was because his receivers just weren’t great or that he has lost his touch, Palmer struggled all season last year, barely throwing for 3,000 yards. He’ll need to come a lot closer to 4,000 this year for Cincy to make any noise in division.
My NFL Predictions: 6-10, 3rd place in AFC North

Cleveland Browns (+1500 odds) – In another year’s time, the Browns might be a team to contend with. Even though this team has the longest winning streak in the NFL going right now at four games, Cleveland still knows that there is plenty of work to be done. We love the prospects of watching RB James Harrison run this year, but there isn’t a lot of talent on the rest of the team quite yet. That will change soon though, as GM Mike Holmgren is clearly changing the philosophy at the Dawg Pound. Some combination of Jake Delhomme, Seneca Wallace, and Colt McCoy should find a way to make this team respectable in 2010 by its own standards.
My NFL Predictions: 6-10, 4th place in AFC North

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