Super Bowl Review
Well, that's it. New York 21 New England 17, not a pretty game by any means and not as high scoring as some thought it would be. I was surprised how well the Pats defense played, and when NE made it 17-9 I really thought it was over. New England was rolling along and their offense looked unstoppable, until that high ankle sprain caught up with Gronkowski or maybe it was just Brady's 34 year old arm under threw the ball, but either way Chase Blackburn got a huge interception that changed the game.
New England's defense held NY to a couple of field goals and held on to a 17-15 lead deep into the fourth quarter. Then a huge misconnection with Hernandez and Welker gave Eli one more shot at Super Bowl glory. His first pass was an amazing 38 yard pass to Mario Manningham that even Aaron Rodgers would be jealous of. Then with NY down to the 6 yard line and a minute left on the clock, Belichick pulled a Holmgren (Kevin, you will never convince me otherwise, Davis walked into the endzone) and let Ahmad Bradshaw score the go ahead TD rather than let NY run down the clock to 20 seconds. With :57 to play Brady took over, a few incompletions, a sack and a hail mary later, the Giants were standing in the winners circle again.
So, what now? Well, the Colts have until March 8th to do something with Peyton and in April we have the draft. Personally, I think Manning will be in Miami next year or for a dome team like Minnesota maybe. If it is Miami, they become a AFC East favorite. Oh, speaking of...for the fourth straight year I have chosen one Conference Champion correctly in August. My preseason pick this past year was Patriots vs Packers, next year?? Well, I really like the Saints hiring Spags to coach the defense, let's see what everyone else does.
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New England's defense held NY to a couple of field goals and held on to a 17-15 lead deep into the fourth quarter. Then a huge misconnection with Hernandez and Welker gave Eli one more shot at Super Bowl glory. His first pass was an amazing 38 yard pass to Mario Manningham that even Aaron Rodgers would be jealous of. Then with NY down to the 6 yard line and a minute left on the clock, Belichick pulled a Holmgren (Kevin, you will never convince me otherwise, Davis walked into the endzone) and let Ahmad Bradshaw score the go ahead TD rather than let NY run down the clock to 20 seconds. With :57 to play Brady took over, a few incompletions, a sack and a hail mary later, the Giants were standing in the winners circle again.
So, what now? Well, the Colts have until March 8th to do something with Peyton and in April we have the draft. Personally, I think Manning will be in Miami next year or for a dome team like Minnesota maybe. If it is Miami, they become a AFC East favorite. Oh, speaking of...for the fourth straight year I have chosen one Conference Champion correctly in August. My preseason pick this past year was Patriots vs Packers, next year?? Well, I really like the Saints hiring Spags to coach the defense, let's see what everyone else does.
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posted by The Red Mosquito at
8:25 PM
1 Comments:
Hey, I've never said that they didn't let Terrell Davis score, in SBXXXII. Just that no one has ever admitted to it. And their defense hadn't stopped Davis all day. ; )
I actually believe they did it, too. A game in Indy (coincidentally) had played out that way in week 11 or 12, the Packers last loss that season (and the Colts first win). That time they did not let the Colts score a touchdown and were beaten by a last second field goal.
Anyway, now it's time for you to 'fess up. You were really expecting a Giants win, right? And were just keeping your streak alive? ; )
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