Early in the third quarter, we saw an indication of the obstacles Green Bay had to overcome to get to Super Bowl XLV: injuries, penalties and dropped passes.
Charles Woodson was unable to return to the game with a collarbone injury. Nick Collins is back in, but Sam Shields is still questionable and Donald Driver has a boot on his foot, so it appears unlikely that he will return.
On the Packers' first possession of the second half, they picked up 15 yards worth of penalties. Then on third down, James Jones dropped what would have been a sure first down.
On the Steelers' opening possession of the third quarter, they turned to their run game to drive down the field, capped by an eight-yard touchdown run by Rashard Mendenhall.
On Green Bay's ensuing drive, Nelson dropped another pass, forcing the Packers to punt again.
Can the Packers overcome their roadblocks as they did to get to the Super Bowl?
The answer still appeared to be yes at the end of the Steelers' next drive. Frank Zombo sacked Roethlisberger to stall the drive, setting up a 50+ yard field goal attempt by Suisham.
To say the attempt sailed wide left would be a gross understatement.
But the Steelers now have the ball in Packers territory.
Stay tuned.
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