NY Giants Win Superbowl, End Patriots Winning Streak

Rob Williams

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To the chagrin of Patriot fans all over (and the euphoria for anyone in Indiana state), the New York Giants have taken home the Lombardi Trophy, and a well-deserved one at that. It could be argued that most of the game was rather laid-back, but the last ten minutes were anything but. The Patriots looked to have the game locked down, but thanks to a perfect pass from Manning to Burress, the game officially belonged to the Giants.

Peyton Manning may be considered one of the best Quarterbacks of all time, but Eli is certainly headed down the same path, proven by last nights game. As a follow-up to the match, ESPN has a write-up of ten things learned from the game, with my personal favorite being "Tom Brady is human". Indeed, the way he took what seemed like twenty hits during the game noticeably shook him up and didn't bode well for the Patriots outcome.

Congrats to the Giants for an excellent victory.

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He was hit on more than half of his first 17 pass attempts in the first half alone -- the Giants sacked him three times and knocked him down six other times -- and Brady actually looked rattled at times. He couldn't stand in the pocket long enough to throw deep to Moss, and he even seemed confused at times. The bottom line: Brady faced his toughest challenge of the season at the worst possible time (he was sacked five times).

Source: ESPN
 

Merlin

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When????

I dont DO sports
Every since the Atlanta Braves went out on strike in the middle of a season...
High school sports are cool, they play for the fun of it.....

Merlin
 

On_Wisconsin

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I guess you wouldn't like the NBA Merlin (;)ya gotta love doublewings and flexbones and spread-options and veers ;))

Seriously...NE just got owned in the trenches on both sides of the ball. Explosive offenses exploded, especially passing teams like this one...not to mention Tom Brady collapses under pressure.

Congrats to NY from a miserable start and midseason. Wish it was my team, but they didn't deserve it in the NFC title game anyway.

Jon "damn I miss preps football" :D
 

madstork91

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Funniest thing... when eli made the pass right before the touchdown in the final minutes payton got up and started going crazy cheering in the press box. The lady who was talking to him got up and tried to high five... but when she realized she wasnt getting that she made a hugging motion, only to be blown off more when he went to lean against the railing making that idea impossible. He had no idea she was even there.
 

Rob Williams

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Funniest thing... when eli made the pass right before the touchdown in the final minutes payton got up and started going crazy cheering in the press box. The lady who was talking to him got up and tried to high five... but when she realized she wasnt getting that she made a hugging motion, only to be blown off more when he went to lean against the railing making that idea impossible. He had no idea she was even there.

Hah, I missed that completely. Once the touchdown was made, they zoomed the camera in to Peyton going wild, but I don't recall seeing a girl in the picture. Would have been humorous though.
 

Greg King

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Funniest thing... when eli made the pass right before the touchdown in the final minutes payton got up and started going crazy cheering in the press box. The lady who was talking to him got up and tried to high five... but when she realized she wasnt getting that she made a hugging motion, only to be blown off more when he went to lean against the railing making that idea impossible. He had no idea she was even there.


This made me laugh loudly. Thank you for noticing it too!
 

Rob Williams

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When the touchdown happened, I was more focused on the fact that my Patriot-fan buddies might be having a heart-attack. Luckily, none of them did.
 
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