Both the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers are old NFL teams, meaning they were part of the NFL before the league merged with the AFL. Super Bowl victories by old NFL teams lead to full-year gains for stocks nearly 80% of the time.

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It's shaping up as an NFL classic--the Green Bay Packers vs. the New York Giants meeting at historic Lambeau Field, with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.

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After playing for the Green Bay Packers, New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings, NFL quarterback Brett Favre was back on the football field in Chicago throwing touchdown passes (and interceptions) again.

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One of my arguments stemmed from the fact that the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers have two of the most avid fanbases in the NFL. This claim is bolstered by looking at how each team ranked (Packers 3rd and Steelers 4th) in the most recent 2010 Harris Poll comparing team popularity among NFL cities.

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Star outside linebacker Clay Matthews of the Green Bay Packers is the son of Clay Jr and the nephew to NFL Hall of Famer Bruce.

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Obama deferred to them and reset his talk to speak a day later competing instead with the first night of NFL football: The New Orleans Saints at the Green Bay Packers with an 8:30 kickoff on NBC.

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It is just the latest billion-dollar deal from the NFL which kicks off its season tonight with a game between the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints.

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