Will is be a Super Bowl or "Super Bore"
Will this years Super Bowl be a great game or will it be “Super Bore”
I am far from a Patriots fan but believe me, I feel that they will finish history in the making and win the game in pretty easy fashion, in the 14-17 pt range. To give Bill Bellicheck two weeks to prepare for the same team that they faced less than a month ago, tells me that the Pats will have every wrinkle available to confuse Eli Manning and cause him to stop playing turnover free football. The Pats have shown they can win a game 56-10, 38-35 or 20-10. This team has won games with a great defensive performance like they did against SD, holding them to 4 FGs and has won some games simply by outlasting their opponents like they did in the prior meeting with the Giants.
For the Giants to have any chance to win this game, they need to have a few different things happen. First they must control the ball with their very good running game led by Brandon Jacobs with Ahmed Bradshaw being the change of pace back. Second, Eli must continue his good play since the last game of the season vs NE where he has thrown 8 tds and only 1 pick (late in the NE game). Lastly the Giants must get a non-offensive score, either a punt block, kick/punt return, into return or a fumble return for a TD. Eli will have to continue to find Plaxico Burress and Amani Toomer. This tandem has been outstanding since Jeremy Shockey broke his leg late in the season. Also the Giants must try to pressure Brady with their very good d line led by Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora. They have to bring it and mix in coverage with blitz packages or Brady will shred their depleted secondary like he did to Jax, who did not blitz in their playoff game.
The Pats must guard against overconfidence but with their history of being in these spots and Led by Brady they will succeed in my humble opinion. Brady has had arguably the best season off all time a QB has had and for anyone to deny that is just a hater. Heck I am not a fan but have admired his ability to just be so cool under pressure and always seem to make the correct decision on this throws. Yes he did not play well vs SD but when he had to make plays, he continually got his passes completed to Welker, Faulk and Stallworth as SD did a great job taking Moss away. Laurence Maroney has also succeeded in the playoffs and I think he has gained a lot of confidence and will have another good game vs the Giants.
My final analysis has NE winning this game 34-17. As good as the Giants have been, I just do not see them keeping up with NE, who is built to succeed in great weather with their phenomenal passing game and will not have to worry about cold NE weather or wind vs the Giants. I hope its closer but I just do not see it happening.
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Originally Posted by Buff
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