Sunday, February 03, 2008

Unbelievable

Holy crap. Holy crap. HOLY CRAP.
Updated (now with analysis)

MVP: Gotta give it to Eli. Not to say Eli dominated or was mistake free (the Adelius Thomas took 15 years off our New York fans) but I can't give the award to the group. The Eli shows he has muscles and speed as he pulled a Houdini before launching the ball and an amazing catch gets made play. That was the game changer. Look QB gets the blame, he should get the credit. He led the G-Men on a two minute drill to win the game. He out-Brady'd Brady. Plus after the beating Eli took, nice to see him rise above and put together a great playoff run.

Best Part: Oh so many great parts. The part that New England can't say they were robbed or it was a fluke or something. Giants physically beat them up. Brady got knocked around like I haven't seen this season. The o-line kept Manning pretty up right despite a running game that wasn't exactly dominating. Or maybe that Tiki was sitting at home and Shockey was shunned to the booze section of the stadium. But probably the most delicious (well outside of Simmons upcoming article) was Belichek trying to leave before the game was over. Just wonderful.

Most Surprising Part: I honestly expected given the two weeks off that the Pats coaching staff would get the better of the Giants. However I thought the Giants D-Coordinator did an outstanding job and the Giants had only one turnover on a fairly fluke play (Dear Steve Smith you had a great rookie year but don't bat the ball into the air) so outside of shutting down Plaxico the Giants offense didn't beat itself. Hats off to the Giants staff.....

The What If Moment: Again a lot of points but the one that stands in my mind was Belichek going for it on 4rth and 13 instead of going for the long field goal. What if they made that field goal? Anyone else wonder if that choice is made if Vinatieri is there? The points left on the board was the difference between a loss and a tie. Just saying....

Other Questions
-Will this go down as one of the greatest upsets or one of the greatest chokejobs?

- So how many people had Plaxico pulling a Broadway Joe? Or Eli winning the MVP when that other Manning watched from above ? Or the Pats held to 14 points. And Brady was incredulous over the 17 points prediction. HA

-Anyone want to bet that Simmons will compare this loss to Buckner?

- Who would've been more annoying the '72 Dolphins or this year's Pats over an undefeated season?

- Did Brady's ankle affect the outcome?

- So SuperBowl hangover for the Pats next year? Not going to bet on it but interesting to see how they respond....

--Will Eli continue to play like this next year?

-- Kosher Hot Dogs. I have them beating the Bratwurst straight up and defy anyone to prove it otherwise....

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