Official Superbowl thread

[Carolina_Packer]

Congrats to the Giants! They deserved the win by finding a way to get to Brady and by Eli once again being efficient and timely in his success. Their win takes the sting off the NFC Championship game a bit more. It's like they were a team of destiny. I noticed them doing a lot of the same things they did against the Packers again tonight, which proved to be the winning formula. With the Patriots doing what the Packers did and getting away from the run game, it made Brady and their offense more one dimensional and made Brady a sitting duck at times.

I'm happy with the outcome. We lost to the eventual Super Bowl champions in a close game (score-wise anyway). It was a single possession game, just like tonight. I'm glad that the cheaters didn't get their perfect season. I thought that they deserved to have the first game be a forfeit anyway. It would have been a much better punishment for them. I hope that the truth comes out this off-season about whatever they might have done in the past and that the NFL and Goodell have to answer for destroying the evidence so quickly.

[MJZiggy]

Is the paint done dry on the field yet?

Or the water done boiling for the heat packs?

Glad I've had chores to do during this game. As many predicted - the Pats would keep it close for the sponsors and blow the doors off this thing in the 2nd half. I see one or two scores for the Giants and 3 or 4 for the Pats.

Off to clean the fishbowl, pick up some new goldfish, get the dry cleaning, cut my hair and finish wedding planning.

Enjoy the rest of the game Rats.

Wonder if you regret that decision...Wait. Cut your hair? You cut your own?

[Bretsky]

Is Troy Aikman the greatest ever? He did very similar things in his career (take away the magical moss season that even made Culpepper look like the best ever).

Aikman had a Hall of Fame RB, a hall of Fame WR, and some future Hall of Fame OL on that squad foe each title.

When did Aikman have near the statistical career of this year

Truth be told if you look at Aikman's annual numbers you won't see any outstanding statistical years, even with a loaded offensive unit every year

You can say the same about Starr.

Very true

Huh??? Starr lead the league in passing in 1962, 1964 and 1966. Only Baugh and Young with 6, and Dawson, Staubach and Anderson with 4 have lead the league in passing more times than Starr did.

I believe he was referring to the Hall of Fame talent at key positions around him

[MJZiggy]

I'm a Brady fan so bring it on but if your a Favre fan, watch what you say. Brady didn't make the deadly mistake, did he??

I'm a Packer fan, not an indvidual player fan. That's gay.

Not so much if I do it... :P

[Patler]

I thought all, including the reference to Starr, were referring to:

Truth be told if you look at Aikman's annual numbers you won't see any outstanding statistical years, even with a loaded offensive unit every year

Sorry if I had it wrong!

[HarveyWallbangers]

I'm a Brady fan so bring it on but if your a Favre fan, watch what you say. Brady didn't make the deadly mistake, did he??

Brady was not good tonight. Two scoring drives. On the one drive, he made a bad throw that should have gotten picked off, but the LB made a bad play. On the second one, the corner fell down. I could have completed that throw. Of course, that's what happens when a defense plays well and harrasses the QB and stops the run. That's rarely happened to Brady this year (or in the Pats Super Bowl runs). He's now played average or worse in 5 of his last 7 playoff games. The Pats lost 3 of those games, but managed to win 2 of those games (both Chargers games) despite his poor play.

[Pacopete4]

we all bitched at favre for the game he played against the giants... who's game would u choose now?... Romo? Brady? Favre?.. shits sick when a 38 year old that had less talent around him basically douches on dudes that are supposed to be in their prime.. ahahaha

[b bulldog]

If Brett didn't throw the pic we may have won that game.

[b bulldog]

Brady wasn't good but as posted he wasn't bad. He wasn't good enough though to get it done. He had better numbers than ELi but he lost and thatr what is important.

[b bulldog]

92,76 AND 96 ARE HIS RATINGS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS IN THE PLAYOFFS, SORRY IF i DODN'T THINK THAT IS BAD. The 2 games against the Chargers have been his bad games, no doubt there. I have a feeling it will be a while before he gets back into this game again.

[RashanGary]

Anyone notice the officiating was fantastic last night? Barely noticed them. Rarely if ever did you see guys outwardly complaining because of a non call or a call.


Both teams are sound when it comes to penalties (that's part of it), but at the same time, the refs weren't making ghost calls or one sided calls either.


The only call I questionioned was the delay of game on Eli where the clock just hit zero barely and they blew the whistle. He's supposed to have 99/100 of a second after the clock hit's zero. He had maybe 1/10 or 2/10. It was premature but that probably happens from time to time. It wasn't blatant and it was a rarity in that game.

[The Leaper]

Brady wasn't good but as posted he wasn't bad.

He was pretty bad. He was inaccurate and indecisive. When you have Moss and Welker to throw to, you better do a hell of a lot better than Brady did last night.

His last 3 playoff games have been real turds, IMO.

[Carolina_Packer]

Brady wasn't good but as posted he wasn't bad.

He was pretty bad. He was inaccurate and indecisive. When you have Moss and Welker to throw to, you better do a hell of a lot better than Brady did last night.

His last 3 playoff games have been real turds, IMO.

I think Brady faced so much pressure, the footsteps were in his head at times. You gotta give the Giants a lot of credit for what they did defensively, and the Patriot defense could have held on that last Giant drive, but for the most part held down the Giants. The Giants just hung in there and were able to come up with the plays when they were needed, like the NFC Championship game.

[Deputy Nutz]

Is Troy Aikman the greatest ever? He did very similar things in his career (take away the magical moss season that even made Culpepper look like the best ever).

Aikman had a Hall of Fame RB, a hall of Fame WR, and some future Hall of Fame OL on that squad foe each title.

When did Aikman have near the statistical career of this year

Truth be told if you look at Aikman's annual numbers you won't see any outstanding statistical years, even with a loaded offensive unit every year

You can say the same about Starr.

Very true

Huh??? Starr lead the league in passing in 1962, 1964 and 1966. Only Baugh and Young with 6, and Dawson, Staubach and Anderson with 4 have lead the league in passing more times than Starr did.

Big deal that he lead the league in passing that wasn't really my point, his team had talent all the way around with a half a dozen if not more hall of fame players on it. Today, looking back at Starr's passing stats, you are not blown away by his numbers. The Packers of his generation had so many options on offense not to mention a very good defense, he didn't have to go out and single handedly win football games, similar to Aikman. When Starr's teams needed a play from him he usually made it, same with Aikman.

[fan4life]

This game proved, once again, that winning in the playoffs takes more than a great QB. Eli made the plays he had to, with tremendous efforts from his receivers, who were as tough and tenacious as the rest of the team; his O-line, that picked up the Pats' blitzes on the final drive; and his RBs, who kept drives alive in the 4th qtr by getting tough 1 and 2 yd gains for 1st downs.

Brady was under pressure all night, but got the ball to his mates Welker, Moss and Faulk on a 4th qtr scoring drive to give his team the lead. But the Pats' defense couldn't hold the Giants hard hitting, aggressive offense that wouldn't quit. When Brady got the ball back with enough time to get within FG range, the Giants' defense hit Brady and blanketed Moss, to preserve the win.

Much like they played GB, the G-men played a tough, physical game; they didn't worry about 'not making mistakes' - they just kept hitting on defense and firing away on offense. Their offense made enough plays to score when they had to; their defense held when they had to.

This game wasn't Eli vs Terrific Tom. It was the Giants vs the Pats.

The G-Men deserved this win, just like they deserved the win over the Packers. The game is a perfect example of why, especially in the playoffs, the QB doesn't deserve all the of credit or all of the blame for the outcome of a game. At the highest levels of football, it is simply too hard for one man to dominate the play for 60 minutes.