Posted on 02/03/2008 10:54:07 PM PST by Cedar
The greatest Giant of all time -- LT -- was quoted last week as saying something like if you want to beat Brady, hit him hard and often. They did!
Ditto that. The Giants played a great game, led by their defense. The only way to beat the Pats is to keep them off the board and the way to keep the Pats off the board is to keep Brady in the dirt which they did all day long.
I'm a Pats guy, but the Giants deserve this win big time!
I can’t think of anything that rhymes with tyree. I’ll be curious to see what he calls it. It’s his life changing moment.
I don't think he got rattled. Some of his passes were affected because he was being hit as he released the ball, but when he wasn't being hit he was as good as ever. Look at all the completions he made to Welker and his last TD pass to Moss, not to mention that incredible incomplete pass he made downfield to Moss. That was what, nearly a 70 yd line drive throw after being planted in the turf all night.
I have never been so happy to see a team get beat because I have never liked Bill Belichick and his actions at the end of the game (I know 1 second seems minimal) lacked class. However, given his 4th and 13 decision and the Rams allegation before the game, he was probably trying to make it to the border.
LMAO!
That catch will be seared... SEARED... in the minds of those attending the Patriots Parade tomorrow in Blows-town.
Ole Archie sure is living a dream. Two fine young men who remind us football isn’t all about the thugs. Congrats to the Giants. They had a fantastic plan and executed it well.
Watched Brady all through his career at Michigan, and when he gets a little rattled, he has a tendency to start yelling at his O’line (because he can’t scramble to save his life) and his receivers even on obvious overthrows. Go back and watch the game and you will see all of this. The play that stands out to me is his floater he tossed 20 yards over Welker’s head and then he starts jawing at Welker as if it was his fault. This is the same receiver that digs his passes out of the dirt, makes mid-air adjustments to passes grossly behind him and keeps drives alive with his league high YAC.
I think Brady was a little rattled, still played at a high level but I will offer you this, the Pats O’line is not getting any younger and I think Brady has reached his high water mark and I think you will see a noticable decline from here on out.
Sorry if you are a Pats fan, because I know how I hate people bashing my team, but I can’t understand how Brady gets a pass with his “Baby’s Daddy” antics and I think Bellickick will probably be running one of the levels of hell (either the 8th or 9th) when he dies.
Amen...
And congratulations to Archibald Manning from an obscure Mississippi town of 2,000 who produced sons with character.
Thanks for the link. I did not see any holding by the Giants. I saw Patriots linemen sort of bumping into each other which allowed Eli (who was just determined to not go down) to break free.
What a play! Tyree’s catch - how did he not lose that ball on the way down????
Just a one in a million play. That’s what football is all about. Whew!
It looked like three Giants got their paws on Manning on that circus throw and catch to Tyree, but somehow he magically, and fatefully, managed to escape and the rest was beautiful to watch.
A play for the ages.
I watched an interview of Eli by Tiki this a.m. Subject didn’t come up.
There is an old adage in football "Quarterbacks play badly when lying on their backs staring up at grinning defensive lineman and linebackers."
One of the most impressive things about the Giants run is that their last three playoff games were nail-biters that came down to the wire. Most of the time, a team can survive one game like that in the playoffs, but end up emotionally drained for the next game. They also got the toughest playoff draw across the board.
How cool is it that Archie Manning has TWO sons with Super Bowl rings from different teams......and Super Bowl MVP accolades, to match. Unreal.
If Manning gets sacked, it's 4th-and-10+ and they likely don't convert to stay alive. If Tyree doesn't make the "circus" catch, a more reasonable 4th-and-5 comes up, but the the Giants are focused on getting a first down, rather than building off of the momentum.
Did anyone watching the game not just know, instinctively, that the Giants were going to score the game-winning TD after that play?
Wow. He had Patriot and Giants players trying to sack him. More amazing play than I thought.
From beginning to end, practically everyone put a hand or two on Manning.
AMAZING!
I'm with you. My problem with the Pats is that I consider Brady a "low-life" for his personal life, and Belichek...well there's too much to say about where he's lacking as a person...yet the press never mentions these problems.
Post game interview w/Belichek...compare that to post game interviews w/Dungy when he's lost. Here's a description of Dungy after the Charger's game.
"When the end arrived, Tony Dungy chose to stay a few moments more. Not to reflect on a career, and not to soak up a final memory. With most of his players already running toward the offseason, Dungy remained on the field at the RCA Dome on Sunday afternoon to congratulate the San Diego Chargers."...from a St. Pete Times story.
Belicheck has "no class" and is an arrogant guy...that's why the humbling they took was well deserved.
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