Total, utter ix-nay on that “Snoozer Bowl” prediction. WHAT a game. For just one minute, my Eli hatred goes out the window — that was a superb defensive outing for the Giants and a downright gutsy, dare I say Patriot-ic final drive for their offense. TD pass to Plaxico? Ecstasy. The earlier, crucial Manning-to-Tyree pass? Simply legendary.
And finally, the discussion for once will be centered around how well the Pats’ opponents won by executing their whole game, not how the Pats’ few key plays in a game kept them on “the road to destiny” (often in spite of themselves).
The locker-room interview with Belichick at the end was a bit awkward. You would think a coach whose team had won 18 in a row would say something along the lines of, “We tried but came up short, Giants played a great game … still we had a great year and I’m proud of my boys, blah blah blah.” Instead, it looked like someone has just stabbed his mother.
In all, it was an interesting postseason. A wild-card beat two 13-win teams, and then succeeded in shutting down the greatest offense in NFL history. Nonetheless, I really do still despise Eli. I just needed his team to play garbage man against New England this year.
