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Packers bring home trophy with 31-25 Super Bowl win
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Forget Lombardi on Broadway. Green Bay has the newest Super Bowl hit: Aaron Rodgers.
Capping one of the greatest postseasones for any quarterback, Rodgers led the Packers to their first NFL championship in 14 years Sunday. 31-25 over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Packers reclaimed the Vince Lombardi Trophy, named for their legendary coach who won the first two Super Bowls and is making his own star turn in New York these days in the play named after him.
Rodgers, the game's MVP,
thrilled his legion of Cheesehead
fans with a spectacular six-game
string that should finally erase the bitterness of the Brett Favre separation in Green Bay. He's now equal with Favre in Super Bowl wins, and he extended the Packers' record of NFL titles to 13, nine before the Super Bowl era.
"It's what I dreamt about as a little kid watching Joe Montana and Steve Young." Rodgers said, "and we just won the Super Bowl."
The Packers QB threw for three touchdowns, two to Greg Jennings, and the Packers (14-6) overcame even more injuries, building a 21-3 lead, then hanging on to become the second No. 6 seed to win the championship. Coincidentally, the 2005 Steelers were the other.
Rodgers threw for 304 yards, including a 29-yard touchdown to Jordy Nelson, who had nine
catches for 140 yards to make up for three big drops. Rodgers found Jennings, normally his favorite target, for 21- and 8-yard scores.
Then the favored Packers held on as Pittsburgh (14-5) stormed back.
"We've been a team that's overcome adversity all year," Jennings said, who noted injuries to Charles Woodson and Donald Driver.
Few teams have been as resourceful as these Packers, who couldn't wait to touch the trophy honoring their greatest coach — and their title. Several of them kissed it as Cowboys great Roger Staubach walked through a line of green and gold.
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