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lol@moss
sound like he's been crying.
:lol:
i know its hard giving a interview after you lose......especially when u havent done it in a while.
they seem like their reallllllllllllllly hurt.
;lol;


dont cheat.....play honest ball.
i hope bill gets fired.
 
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Eli Manning... "You Got The Touch!"

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Giants spoil Patriots' season
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By Greg Garber
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Updated: February 3, 2008, 10:40 PM ET

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Eli Manning

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Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, who passed for 255 yards, became the second straight Manning to win a title. Brother Peyton led the Colts to the Super Bowl XLI title last season.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- There was a palpable expectation of history here on chilly night in the Arizona desert. Super Bowl XLII delivered on that score, but history of a different sort was made Sunday.

The Giants, 12-point underdogs, ruined the New England Patriots' quest for a perfect season. New York, which lost six of 16 games during the regular season, prevailed 17-14 at University of Phoenix Stadium.

Quarterback Eli Manning, the game's MVP, lofted a regal, floating 25-yard pass to Plaxico Burress -- over Patriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs - to put the Giants over the top with 35 seconds left.

"The guys on this team and the run we've made, it's hard to believe -- it really is," Manning said. "The drive at the end there were so many clutch plays by so many guys. It is an unbelievable game and an unbelievable feeling."

Said Burress: "This is the greatest feeling in professional sports. For us to come out and win a world championship tonight -- nobody gave us a shot."

Somewhere, the 1972 Miami Dolphins (17-0) are popping their long-awaited champagne.

The Giants are nothing if not resilient. Because they were technically the visiting team, they won their 11th consecutive game on the road, including all four playoff games.

It was the second straight Super Bowl victory for a son of Archie and Olivia Manning, a tribute to good genes and diligent film study. The Colts' Peyton Manning won his first Super Bowl last season at the age of 30. Eli, who was also a No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft, is three years younger.

Manning completed 19 of 34 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns.

This was especially sweet for defensive end Michael Strahan and wide receiver Amani Toomer, the only holdovers from the 34-7 strafing by the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV. In addition, it was the third Super Bowl victory for one of the league's most venerable franchises, to go with the Vince Lombardi trophies won at the end of the 1986 and 1990 seasons.

"We shocked the world but not ourselves," Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce said.

The Patriots beat the Giants 38-35 in the final regular-season game five weeks ago, but the Giants gained a great deal of confidence in the process. On Sunday, they proved that first meeting was no fluke.

If the Giants had a dream scenario for the opening drive, their first possession, which consumed nine minutes and 59 seconds and required 16 plays, was it. Manning converted his first three third downs (a first-drive record for Super Bowls), but couldn't manage a fourth, when he threw too far underneath to Steve Smith. Lawrence Tynes, who won the NFC title game with an overtime field goal, hit one from 32 yards out to give the Giants a 3-0 lead.

The Patriots answered with a similarly muscular drive but, tellingly, came away with more. On third-and-10 at the Giants' 17-yard-line, linebacker Antonio Pierce, his back to the ball, hit Patriots tight end Benjamin Watson as he reached for the ball in the end zone. It was called pass interference and two plays later Laurence Maroney  who began things with a 43-yard kickoff return  finished it with a one-yard run three seconds into the second quarter.

It marked the fewest possessions ever (two) in a Super Bowl's opening quarter.

The Giants drove inside the Patriots' 20, when something happened to Manning for the first time in these playoffs  he was intercepted, but through no fault of his own. Smith bobbled a low ball and it popped up, right into the hands of cornerback Ellis Hobbs. The Giants' defense held the Patriots, but then the offense nearly turned the ball over a second time, but Ahmad Bradshaw recovered his own fumble.

Coming into the game, the key matchup appeared to be the Giants' pass rush  which produced a league-high 53 sacks over the regular season  versus the Patriots' offensive line. In the Dec. 29 meeting between the two teams, Brady was only sacked once, and that was minus two starters.

With all five regular starters in, the Giants sacked Brady on back-to-back plays midway through the second quarter. Kawika Mitchell, feigned a drop-back posture and blitzed. He and Michael Strahan both got a piece of Brady for a six-yard loss. On the next play, defensive end Justin Tuck blew inside left guard Logan Mankins and leveled Brady.

The Giants had a terrific opportunity to make it a one-point game, but a crazy circus play worked against them. Patriots' linebacker Adalius Thomas knocked the ball loose from Manning and Bradshaw tried to knock the ball out of bounds. It stayed in, and Smith recovered for what would have been a first down. But Bradshaw was flagged for an illegal touch and the Giants were eventually forced to punt.

The Patriots were driving down the field, when Tuck hit Brady again, this time from behind, and knocked the ball loose. The Giants recovered and a Hail Mary fell incomplete in the New England end zone to end a curiously quiet first half.

At halftime, the Giants had run 34 plays, to 27 by the Patriots, and possessed the ball for 19 minutes and 27 seconds of 30 minutes. And yet, they trailed by the modest margin of 7-3.

Tuck, who recently signed a contract extension, had six tackles at the half , two sacks and a forced fumble. Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo created pressure with a variety of looks (one time he blitzed two defensive backs), almost exclusively up the middle.

As a result, the Patriots had a paltry 81 yards and the offense looked disjointed and unsettled.

With the Spygate scandal and new allegations that the Patriots videotaped the St. Louis Rams, Belichick has been under fire for violating the moral spirit of competition. Just the same, his anal-retentive nature can be a plus. Belichick successfully challenged a non-call and a review showed that, indeed, linebacker Chase Blackburn was the 12th man on the field for a punt. The Patriots retained possession, but a Strahan sack eventually led Belichick to pass on a 49-yard field goal attempt.

And so, Giants continued to hang around.

On first down at their own 20, Manning flipped a pass to rookie tight end Kevin Boss. He caught it at the 39 and, when safety Rodney Harrison missed the tackle, it was good  very good  for a 45-yard play. A few plays later, Manning threaded a perfect five-yard pass through traffic to David Tyree and the Giants, almost inexplicably, led 10-7 with 11:05 remaining.

It was Tyree's first touchdown of the season.

Naturally, the Patriots came back. Brady moved them down the field, throwing underneath more often than not. And then, on the 12th play of the drive, Brady hit his favorite receiver, Randy Moss. The Giants elected to double Wes Welker inside and left cornerback Corey Webster alone with Moss. When Webster tripped on his backpedal, Moss was wide open for a seven-yard touchdown on third-and-goal.

Manning, however, engineered a terrific drive as time ran down. The signature play: Manning, ducking and spinning, somehow avoided a serve rush and Tyree managed to catch a 33-yard catch  he initially pinned the ball on his helmet with one hand  and the Giants had the ball at the Patriots' 24-yard-line. With 35 seconds left, Manning hit Burress with a gorgeous 25-yard touchdown pass and the perfect season had congealed, horribly, into the twisted wreckage of a shocking loss.

The Patriots started their final drive on their own 26 with 29 seconds left, but Brady had no magic to offer. Two incomplete passes and a sack preceded the final chance, with 10 seconds left. A long, long pass to Moss fell incomplete and the crowd went absolutely berserk.

For two weeks, the focus was on the Patriots and their date with destiny. Few outside the locker room in East Rutherford, N.J. gave the Giants much of a chance.

So much for perfection. The Giants will take a little something less.
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man yall better be glad you dont live here in AZ..that traffic is becoming a bitch! :lol: good thing me and some of the ppl i went with bounced early

clayizaiken said:
Eli Manning... "You Got The Touch!"
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that he does
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damn, only one NY Giant in the Pro-Bowl??? (Osi Umenyora)

he gonna represent for NY, tho...!

WAIT, LEMME SAY IT RIGHT...

THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPION NEW YORK GIANTS
 
Mrbonner said:
trru..but how the hell did Eli managed not to get sacked :eek:. If he did game over.

Best superbowl in yrs :dance:
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Yeah The Pats Fucked It Up By Not Sacking Him They Were Trying To Grab Him Instead Of Diving At Him That Was Dumb On There Part.
 
chitownheadbusta said:
lol@moss
sound like he's been crying.
:lol:
i know its hard giving a interview after you lose......especially when u havent done it in a while.
they seem like their reallllllllllllllly hurt.
;lol;
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I Would Be Crying Too, Man That's Deep Come All The Way To The Big Game Being Undefeated And Lose That's Hard To Swallow.

There Defense Was Too Old And Slow That's What Gave The Giants The Edge They Need To Get Younger Over The Off Season In Defense And They Should Be Back In Good Shape Next Year.
 
OK IMMA SAY IT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL U GIANTS FAN!

YOU BET MY COWBOYS BUT MADE UP 4 IT BY BITCH
SLAPPING NEW ENGLAND!

THANK U FOR THAT!

DON'T GET TOO FUCKING HAPPY!
COWBOYS IN 2009!

THE GAME WAS A LITTLE SLOW GOING UNTIL THE 9th minute of the 4ht quarter!!!!

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DANGEROUSBLACKMAN said:
There Defense Was Too Old And Slow That's What Gave The Giants The Edge They Need To Get Younger Over The Off Season In Defense And They Should Be Back In Good Shape Next Year.
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don't scapegoat the D.

it wasn't the D going 3 and out (how many times?) in the 1st half.

the D even gave the O the ball after the INT of eli manning. what did the O do with that? goose egg?
 
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Ten things we learned from the Giants' Super Bowl win
By Jeffri Chadiha
ESPN.com

The Giants hounded Patriots QB Tom Brady, sacking him five times and limiting him to one TD pass.
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- While all the talk leading up to Super Bowl XLII centered on perfection, on how the New England Patriots were one of the best teams ever, we forgot to acknowledge one simple fact: The New York Giants were playing better at this time of the year than their opponents.

We should've realized what was happening in the postseason. We do now. The Giants have their Lombardi Trophy after a 17-14 win over the Patriots. Here are 10 things we learned from arguably the greatest Super Bowl ever.

1. Eli is the Man

Giants quarterback Eli Manning finalized his stunning postseason run with that game-winning touchdown drive in the final minutes. He also gave the Giants a play that will probably turn up on every Super Bowl highlight film for decades to come. When Manning spun out of what seemed to be a sure sack with 59 seconds left and delivered a 32-yard strike to David Tyree, he showed the kind of heart that every team covets from its leader. It's fair to say that was one of the biggest plays in Super Bowl history.

2. Plaxico the Prophet

It looks like Plaxico Burress now has his own place alongside Joe Namath in the New York sports scene. He had only two catches Sunday but his second one turned out to be the game-winning touchdown. You have to give the guy credit: He had the confidence to say what the Giants privately believed. And you have to also applaud him for continuing to stay focused when the ball wasn't coming his way.

3. The Giants had the right idea

New York definitely got off to the kind of start it needed. By controlling the football for 19 minutes, 27 seconds in the first half, the Giants kept New England's prolific offense on the sidelines while gaining plenty of confidence. The first quarter was especially critical; the Giants held the ball for nearly 10 minutes while converting a Super Bowl-record four third-down opportunities on that first drive. That possession was enough to make the Giants see that this game wouldn't overwhelm them.

4. The ball wasn't bouncing New England's way

This game would've been much different early on if New England's defense had been able to hold onto the football. Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw fumbled in the second quarter, but wrangled the ball away from Patriots linebacker Pierre Woods to maintain possession at the Giants' 30-yard line. The Patriots also couldn't recover a fumble that another Patriots linebacker, Adalius Thomas, forced after sacking Manning later in the quarter. Finally, Patriots cornerback Randall Gay dropped what looked like a sure interception of an errant Manning pass intended for Steve Smith.

Sure, Patriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs intercepted Manning early in that period, but New England thrives on converting turnovers into points. It simply couldn't come up with enough of them.

5. New England still strong in the red zone

The Patriots defense has been stifling opponents inside the 20-yard line throughout the postseason and that didn't change Sunday. The Giants made two trips inside the red zone in the first half and wound up with very little. Their first visit resulted in a 32-yard field goal by Lawrence Tynes while their second drive ended with Hobbs' interception of Manning. We'll say this once again: You don't beat the Patriots with field goals. Fortunately for the Giants, they learned that lesson before their final two trips inside the red zone, both of which ended in touchdowns.

6. Where's Randy?

The Giants clearly learned a thing or two about defending the Patriots offense after losing a regular-season game to New England. One essential key was to contain Randy Moss, especially if you want to limit the big plays. In that first meeting, Moss produced six receptions for 100 yards and two touchdowns. On Sunday, he continued to be the same nonfactor he was throughout the postseason. Aside from scoring the go-ahead touchdown with 2:42 left, he finished with only five receptions for 62 yards.

7. Brilliance and bone-headedness

New England coach Bill Belichick obviously doesn't need spying tactics to see everything. His decision to challenge a punt play on the Patriots' opening drive of the second half -- he alleged that Giants reserve linebacker Chase Blackburn didn't reach the sideline in time to avoid a penalty for 12 men on the field -- allowed the Patriots to maintain possession at a critical point in the game.

Unfortunately for New England, the Giants defense wasn't going to cave in the face of that momentum. They managed to force the Patriots into another fourth-down situation that ended with another interesting choice by Belichick (he went for it on fourth-and-13 from the Giants' 31-yard line instead of attempting a 48-yard field goal by Stephen Gostkowski). Note to Belichick: Those three points could've helped your team in the end.

8. The Justin Tuck factor

The Giants third-best defensive end looked like a future Hall of Famer in this game. In the first half alone, Tuck led the team with six tackles, sacked Tom Brady twice and forced a fumble on the second takedown. Before Tuck started taking over, the Giants seemed to be feeling their way through the early moments of the game. After that moment, it was apparent that the Patriots would have protection problems throughout the contest.

9. Tom Brady is human

You have to admit it was strange to see the Patriots' Pro Bowl quarterback harassed as much as he was in this game. He was hit on more than half of his first 17 pass attempts in the first half alone -- the Giants sacked him three times and knocked him down six other times -- and Brady actually looked rattled at times. He couldn't stand in the pocket long enough to throw deep to Moss, and he even seemed confused at times. The bottom line: Brady faced his toughest challenge of the season at the worst possible time (he was sacked five times altogether).

10. Kevin Faulk's hurting hamstring

The impact of Faulk's left hamstring injury -- he limped off the field after the Patriots' first possession of the second half -- can't be underestimated. Faulk had been the best player on the Patriots offense during their AFC Championship Game win over San Diego two weeks ago, and he was just starting to give the Giants fits with his receptions out of the backfield on Sunday. Without him at full strength, the Giants lost one of Brady's favorite third-down options. And as talented as Laurence Maroney is, he's not as clutch in those situations as Faulk can be.

Jeffri Chadiha covers the NFL for ESPN.com.
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suckit, Colin Powell...
 
cranrab said:
don't scapegoat the D.

it wasn't the D going 3 and out (how many times?) in the 1st half.

the D even gave the O the ball after the INT of eli manning. what did the O do with that? goose egg?
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That's What I'm Saying The Pats Defense Was Slow And The Pats Offensive Was Not Clicking For Whatever Reason And Cause The Giants Had A Tough Defense So This Game Was Won By The Defense Not So Much Offense And The Giants Came Out On Top It Iz What It Iz Now We Can Move On And Wait For Next Season To See Who Will Be On Top.
 
Damnn i'm glad i'm not one of those diehard Bostonians that really love their hometeam, because this loss got me fucked up so i know they sick
 
Sun, Sep 9 at Dallas L 35-45

Sun, Sep 16 Green Bay L 13-35

Sat, Dec 29 New England L 35-38

PAYBACKS A BITCH

Sun, Jan 13 at Dallas W 21-17

Sun, Jan 20 at Green Bay W 23-20

Sun, Feb 3 at New England W 17-14


& EVEN CRAZIER THEY BEAT THEM IN THE SAME ORDER THAT THEY LOST TO THEM

THE REAL TEAM OF DESTINY

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