I had intended to post something first thing yesterday, but to be honest, I think I was still in a daze. I still can’t quite believe it. In the most incredible Super Bowl game in forty years, the Giants came from behind with just over two minutes left to beat the previously undefeated New England Patriots 17-14.The Giants started the game with a strong opening drive which took up nearly ten minutes. It was a a bit of a let down then when they came away with only a field goal. It seemed even worse when the Patriots took their first possession and scored a touchdown to make it 7-3 early in the second quarter.
The score remained 7-3 at halftime, thanks in large part to the Giants defense, which absolutely overwhelmed the Patriots offensive line, and in so doing, rushed, harried, hit and sacked Pats QB Tom Brady relentlessly.
The 3rd quarter was somewhat uneventful, both teams coming away with nothing. Then, in the fourth quarter, the Giants struck. Eli Manning found David Tyree on a perfectly threaded 5-yard pass into to the end zone, and the Giants were back on top 10-7.
Up stepped Tom Brady, and he marched the Patriots on a 82-yard drive , culminating in a touchdown pass to Randy Moss. 14-10 Patriots, and it seemed as though the Giants luck may have been running out.
However, there was yet another twist in the tale. Manning and the Giants continued to march down the field, converting a fourth down on a strong second effort by running back Brandon Jacobs. However, after picking up five on the ensuing first down, Manning’s next pass was incomplete. Facing a third and five, the Patriots decided to all out blitz. Eli was swarmed by at least five or six Patriot defenders. One of them even had a grasp on his jersey. Somehow, Eli wriggled out of the maelstrom, rolled to his left, and hurled a 38-yard pass to a waiting David Tyree. Somehow, someway, Tyree out-jumped two Pats defenders, squeezed the ball against his helmet, and came down on the Patriots 24 yard line.
It was a play that has to be seen to be believed.
Three plays later, Eli found Plaxico Burress all alone in the end zone with a perfect fade and it was 17-14 Giants with only 35 seconds to play.
The defense held the Patriots in check for those few final seconds, and the amazing journey was complete. The Giants were Super Bowl Champions. The perfect season for the Pats had been derailed.
Eli Manning had become a New York sports legend.
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Well, it wasn’t the most incredible Super Bowl in forty years, but I can understand that it can seem that way to you since your boys won it. It was a great game nonetheless. And if anything, it will go down as one of the three most famous, at this point.
Eli Manning has a Super Bowl ring??!! Are you freakin’ kidding me??? I shake my head in disbelief. Mediocrity has a new name- Eli Manning. And failure has a new name- the Pat’s offensive line.
Don’t be a hata just ’cause your boy choked on his own vomit during his team’s first Super Bowl appearance in 25 years.
It is a skewed world we live in. Jim Kelly and Fran Tarkenton don’t have rings. They both deserve them. But if Trent Dilfer, Mark Rypien, and Brad Johnson can win Super Bowls, then surely Eli Manning is deserving.
Give Eli 14 Super Bowl rings and he still is an average quarterback. I love you Giants fans who wanted to run him out of town by Week 8 only to worship at the alter of Manning now. Eli didn’t win that game, the defense did. It’s just a joke to me that such a crap team can win the Super Bowl. Arlen Specter will soon be writing a letter on my behalf. “The only thing giant about the Giants are their pussies.”
No one’s saying he isn’t an average quarterback. I count myself among those that wanted his head on a platter after that Vikings game, which for me was the final straw. However, he’s proven that’s he’s got another level, and was one dropped pass-turned interception away from perfection throughout the playoffs, and one must give credit where credit is due.
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