PITTSBURGH — Equipped with a record six Super Bowl titles, a 14-4 record, the No. 2 AFC seed and a veteran roster on the verge of three championships in the past six seasons, the mighty Steelers are 2½-point underdogs against the Packers for Super Bowl XLV.

“We like to go into every game as underdogs,” said receiver Mike Wallace.

For a team that wasn’t picked by many to win its division and told it would get off to a rocky start without its suspended quarterback (Ben Roethlisberger) for the first four games, being the underdog is a role the Steelers are eager to embrace.

“I think we do our best when we’re underdogs,” defensive lineman Chris Hoke said. “I think when you put our backs against the wall, when you tell us that we’re an underdog and we can’t do something, that’s when we fight and we’re at our best.”