re: 2011 Game of the Century featured 42 draft picks

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1. neither team had a QB that could complete a TD pass during the entire game.
2. Neither team had a WR that could run a decent route and get open for a TD pass during the entire game.
3. Neither team had a RB who was good enough to break a tackle or two and score a TD.

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Well, I believe there is one QB, 5 RBs (including the #3 pick in the 2012 draft along with last year's NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year) and 5 WRs (including a 1st rounder) that played in that game now in the pros. So there was no shortage of extremely talented skill players.

It was just great D that night on both sides. Bama thought they were approaching a TD on a trick play/pass from Maze, but Eric Reid (another 1st round safety) made an unbelievable interception and wrestled the ball away from the WR at the last second.

Great D is hard to beat. See record-breaking Peyton Manning in Super Bowl.