All you "experts" think you know just what it takes to win the big game. Well, not to throw sand in your face, but we've got a few questions that will wreck some very popular theories. Hey, life's a beach. Luckily, we've also got some answers. If having a veteran QB matters so much, why does Ben Roethlisberger have a ring and Matt Hasselbeck doesn't? Because coaches play it safe in the Big One. During the past 10 Super Bowls, QBs have averaged just 236 passing yards per game. Four times, the winning signal-caller threw for less than 160 yards (including Tom Brady in his first Super Bowl and Big Ben last year). Another factor: the ignorance of youth. Getting there in your first or second year as a starter—as Roethlisberger, Brady and Kurt Warner did—makes it a lot easier to play loose, because you think you'll get back...
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