Steelers' Season Not So Super

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BUT PACKERS STAYING FOCUSED ON THEMSELVES

When the 2009 schedule came out back in April, this week's game looked like a tremendously daunting yet potentially defining opportunity - playing on the road in mid-December against the reigning Super Bowl champions.

Only the Pittsburgh Steelers aren't playing like defending champs of late, dropping five straight games to fall to 6-7 with faint, though mathematically viable, playoff hopes.

So what does that mean as far as how the Packers view the game? Not much differently, really. On Green Bay's side, it's the kind of game with playoff implications the team hoped to be playing this time of year. And as far as the opponent is concerned, the Packers know they're facing a successful, veteran team with two Super Bowl titles over the last four years that could snap out of its doldrums at any moment.

"You have to look at them as a team that plays with a lot of pride," quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "The..

Source: Packers.com
 

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