Here we are the morning after the big game. The New York Giants have defeated the New England Patriots 21-17 through another late game drive led by Super Bowl MVP quarterback Eli Manning and are claimed Super Bowl Champs just like four years ago. Well, what is to be taken out of the outcome of last night?
First things first. The Giants clearly deserved to win the game and I give MOST of the credit to them. With every win comes a loss, it's just part of the game and the Patriots did just so happen to make some blunders that didn't help them last night.
Lets start off with the Giants. Eli Manning wins his second Super Bowl and makes a claim for becoming a Hall of Famer. Once again in the most pressured of moments leads his team down the field with three minutes left highlighted by a great throw and catch to Mario Manningham, to give the Giants a late lead. I almost felt the same as Justin Tuck when he said that he was relaxed in those last minutes. Being that I am from New York, I was indeed rooting for the Giants to win. I've just seen it too many times before. It seemed as if every time Eli threw the ball I was almost certain it was going to be caught. It just goes to show you how accurate and clutch Eli is. Is he "elite"? Perhaps. That's just something that every individual has their own take on. As I said before I'd still take some quarterbacks before him but having Eli as an option is a damn good option. In my opinion is you want to label Eli anything, just label him a "Two Time Champion". That puts in in a class with multiple Hall of Famers along with Ben Roethlisberger and Jim Plunkett who very well can make it to Canton themselves. Oh and lets be clear on something. Although it was a great play, the throw and catch to Mario Manningham does not even come close in epicness to the David Tyree catch. "C'mon Son"
The Giant defense also should get some credit to holding the Pats to only 17 points. Yes I know Gronkowski was somewhat hurt, and I agree the Patriots didn't help themselves but 17 points is 17 points. It's almost a sigh of relief that a team with a good defense was able to win a championship. A huge play in the beginning of the game which was the safety to give the Giants a 2-0 lead. They knocked Brady around again and banged him up. He made uncharacteristic throws that he probably would make if he weren't as bruised. Plus Chase Blackburn makes an incredibly athletic play down field despite the ball being under thrown after Brady had to spin around defenders.
Now to the Patriots blunders. the big one everyone is talking about is the miscue from Brady to Welker that probably would've sealed the deal into a different outcome of the game. Welker blamed himself for the incomplete pass however Brady didn't exactly throw a perfect ball. I sort of put Brady on blame for that. Another shame on the Pats is their despicable defense. Although Eli made some great throws there were some really poor ones which probably leads to the indecision of him being an "elite" quarterback. The touchdown throw to Cruz could've easily been picked off if the defender was looking. Then not getting a single turnover throughout the game after all those loose footballs from forced fumbles and 0 recoveries. Then my biggest blame for the blunders of the Patriots was the call by Bill Belichick to allow Ahmad Bradshaw into the end zone with about 50 seconds left in the game. I understand that it was an easy field goal to make but how many times have we seen blunders for chip shot field goals being missed. I mean how did the Patriots get to the Super Bowl in the first place? Billy Cundiff. The Tony Romo botched extra point. I'm sorry but you don't let the other team score a touchdown!! You never know what can happen. They couldv'e blocked the field goal, possibly force a fumble. You take all the pressure on Tynes to hit a life changing field goal and put it on Brady to go down the field with 50 seconds left with 1 timeout left needing a touchdown to win the game. That shameful call kind of dampened the ending of the game in my eyes. It sort of symbolized the patriots admitting defeat.
The Brady Bunch fall to the giants again in another overall great Super Bowl. Say what you want but overall the best team ended up winning it all. Being that it has been seven years since they last won it all, could this finally be the end of the Patriots vaunted Dynasty?
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