Patriots 14.5 Point Favorite

[Bretsky]

The teams are closely matched.

Giants are a very hot team. Playing a WHALE of a game against the Patriots, then winning THREE playoff games on the road!? No bye week. Come on, give it up. They are the top team in the NFC right now.

They were the better team yesterday so they deserve to go the the Big Show. Kudos to the Giants

The Packers played a terrible terrible game on many levels and still almost won.

[Joemailman]

I think the Packers at their best are better than the Giants at their best. The Packers though ran into a very hot team that is not fazed in the least about playing on the road.

[Jimx29]

The pats haven't covered the past 5 weeks. The SB will be no different.

[GrnBay007]

Sheridan's odds has the Pats favored by 13. I wouldn't be surprised if the Pats beat them by double that. I think it will be a lame/boring SB.

[The Leaper]

The Packers and Cowboys are better than Giants in press hype only. I think the Giants PROVED they are better. They have excellent running backs. Plaxico Burress is a hell of a player. And how can you argue with what their offensive and defensive lines have done!?

The Giants secondary is WEAK...and that is precisely the area the Patriots can most take advantage of.

The Cowboys couldn't do it because Owens was less than 100%, and Romo and Witten were too busy seeing Jessica's jugs bouncing around their memory banks.

The Packers couldn't do it because it was too cold to accurately pass deep downfield, so the Giants could drop seven and press coverage on the first 15 yards very effectively.

The Giants are a good team...but it also takes a bit of luck to get to the Super Bowl when you are a wild card team. The Giants took advatange of that luck.

In Arizona, there will be no obstacle for the Pats passing game. Brady and company will SHRED that secondary...because the Pats OL is good enough to keep the Giants front four off Brady. The luck is going to run out for the NYG. They played almost a perfect game AT HOME against the Pats a couple weeks ago and still lost. I'm doubting they can play that well again against the Pats...and they won't have the home crowd (and weather) advantage.

[packinpatland]

I have to go for the NFC................and the fact that it's fairly well documented how I hate, dislike, loathe, get nauseated thinking about ,..............the Patriots

I don't want to know that we were beaten by the 2nd best team.

[GrnBay007]

NEW YORK (AP) - Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was photographed Monday with what appears to be walking cast on his right foot.

The Boston Herald and Boston Globe had the photos - credited to infphoto.com - on their Web sites. A video of Brady walking with a slight limp from an SUV to girlfriend Gisele Bundchen's apartment in New York is available on TMZ.com.

The Patriots beat San Diego 21-12 on Sunday and play the New York Giants in the Super Bowl in two weeks.

"Ah, you know, there's always bumps and bruises. I'll be ready for the Super Bowl," Brady said Monday during his weekly radio appearance on WEEI - before the photo and video emerged - when asked if his leg was injured. "I'm not worried about that. I'm not missing this one. I'd have to be on a stretcher to miss this one. There will be treatment this week. In games like this, you get a little nicked up. It's nothing serious."

Patriots spokesman Stacey James wrote in an e-mail to the AP late Monday night that the team had no comment on the photos.

Brady threw three interceptions against the Chargers in one of the worst performances of what has been a record-breaking season for him. Brady has started in 124 consecutive games, the third longest streak by a quarterback in NFL history.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7705600

[packinpatland]

Probably just a Bellechik ploy.

[Harlan Huckleby]

The Cowboys couldn't do it because

The Packers couldn't do it because

You're whining about the Cowboy injuries, when the Giants lost most of their secondary. AND BOTH THE PACKERS AND COWBOYS HAD A BYE WEEK TO HEAL!

Before the Packer game, you were one of the people insisting that the cold would not hurt the Packers! Man, you got the hutzpah.

The Giants are a good team...but it also takes a bit of luck to get to the Super Bowl when you are a wild card team. The Giants took advatange of that luck.

the Giants beat the Packers at the line of scrimmage, both sides of the ball. The Packers got PLENTY of breaks to stay in that game - like two missed chip-shot field goals, for starters.

Brady and company will SHRED that secondary...

Maybe, maybe not. Their last meeting ended 38-35. And the Giants will have two weeks for their secondary to heal.

I am amazed at how many bad sports there are in this forum. First people are excited because that the PAckers didn't have to face Dallas. Where's the competitive spirit? Then the excitement over the many Giant injuries going into the Championship game. And now all the sore losers denying the Giants accomplishments, and wishing them ill.

[denverYooper]

Probably just a Bellechik ploy.

That was my first thought when I saw the bit about the cast... But even if it's not a ploy, it's not like Brady thrives by relying on his mobility.

I became very apathetic about the Superbowl after last weekend. It'd be nice to see a close game but I don't care who wins any more.

[The Leaper]

You're whining about the Cowboy injuries, when the Giants lost most of their secondary. AND BOTH THE PACKERS AND COWBOYS HAD A BYE WEEK TO HEAL!

I'm not whining about anything. I'm pointing out that the Giants weakness...even when 100% healthy...is their secondary. The Cowboys and Packers both had difficulty attacking that segment of the Giant defense due to circumstances. Owens, a dominating receiver, was far less than 100% for the Cowboys. The weather reduced the size of the field the Packers passing game could work with. Those aspects certainly played into the Giants hands.

I'm not saying they don't belong in the Super Bowl. I'm saying they got a little lucky and they took advantage of it.

Before the Packer game, you were one of the people insisting that the cold would not hurt the Packers! Man, you got the hutzpah.

It should not have hurt them. I was unaware that our plan was going to be to go to max protect like 2006 all over again. With only 2 receivers running patterns and no running game, you can't win in the NFL.

I am amazed at how many bad sports there are in this forum. First people are excited because that the PAckers didn't have to face Dallas. Where's the competitive spirit? Then the excitement over the many Giant injuries going into the Championship game. And now all the sore losers denying the Giants accomplishments, and wishing them ill.

I was on the record as wanting to play Dallas.

I could care less about injuries regardless...they are part of the game. I never was glad about anyone's injuries...but a team should take advantage of them when they can.

I'm not wishing the Giants ill. I'm just well aware of the recent history of the Super Bowl, and I expect it to be another blow out. If it is, it won't be the Giants that win. Eli has managed the game well to this point. He can't simply avoid turnovers to win against NE. He will need to make great throws, and his relatively limited receiving corp will have to make a ton of plays. They played a perfect game more or less, AT HOME, and still lost to the Pats a couple weeks ago. If they don't play perfect in SB42, it will be an ass-whooping.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I was on the record as wanting to play Dallas.

ok, ok, good man.

I'm just in a RARE dickish mood.