As
everyone already knows by now, the Giants won superbowl XLVI. It was an intense
game that had everyone on their toes. The giants owned the first half of the game,
beginning with Brady’s' intentional grounding call and Cruz' easy touchdown in
the 1st quarter. The giants knew they had to come out strong to gain momentum
in the beginning of the game, even with Manning being sacked twice, very early.
Even when trailing as the 2nd half began, it still seemed like a giants game.
It seemed to remain that way, even as everyone crossed their fingers when Brady
threw the Hail Mary with just 5 seconds left.
On
the contrary, some people are debating whether or not the Giants won, or the
Patriots lost. I say the giants played an amazing game, the defensive line
could have been better but they held their own. And Manning was extremely clutch,
as he always has plenty of time in the pocket. The giants played very well
under pressure, and recovered 2 fumbles. The Giants didn’t just play better
than the Patriots, who played horribly. Wes Welker seemed to have butter fingers,
Brady under threw to Hernandez and Branch. Coughlin/Manning beat
Brady/Belichick, they simply played better strategically and conservatively. In
the end, the Giants stayed aggressive, and the Pats just seemed like they couldn’t
get it together. If Brady could have executed plays better, and Gronk
were at 100%,I think the Giants would have still won.
On
a side note, I hope the next NY Championship I watch will include the Knicks….
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/super-bowl-xlvi-super-bowl-xlii-ny-giants-tom-coughlin-outcoaches-england-patriots-bill-belichick-article-1.1017793
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/super-bowl-xlvi-super-bowl-xlii-ny-giants-tom-coughlin-outcoaches-england-patriots-bill-belichick-article-1.1017793
Actually, I really think that the Patriots lost the game themselves. Due to a few bad coaching decisions and critical dropped passes.
ReplyDeleteOther than Tom Brady's interception, he had a pretty stellar game, although it doesn't look like it on paper or even watching the game. He was ready to win the championship, but his teammates weren't.
Brady's throw to Welker hit Welker's hands as perfect as a ball can hit them, and he dropped it. It was easily THE pass of his life, and he dropped it. That is unacceptable. If Welker makes that catch, the way that the Patriots were picking apart the Giants defense, that would have almost certainly ended in a touchdown to seal the game. But that didn't happen.
And the pass to Branch most definitely should have been caught by branch............same with Hernandez. Gotta make those plays. As Gisele said, Brady can't throw the ball AND catch the ball at the same time smh.
The safety should not have been the safety, for one bc no one was around him (the defender dove and clearly missed), and he was outside of the box.
But what stumped me, looking back on the game, was Belichick's coaching strategy at the end of the game.
Everyone watching the game new that that yojng Patriots D had about a zero chance of stopping the Giants, and everyone also knew that the Giants were going to waste as much time as they could, and smartly so.
So why not, especially once they got to the 30 and 20 yard line, just let them score a touchdown so that you can get the ball back with as much time possible? We have all seen Brady do his 2 minute drill countless numbers of times, as he even did at the end of the first half, and you know that tom Brady would rather have the game in his hands than in his defenses.
When in that situation, there was no smart decision but to let them score and give Brady the ball back with at least two minutes to go. And Belichick failed to do that.
Also, WHY did Belichick continue to BLITZ Manning? It did not work once, and they did it almost every other play on that last drive, to the point where Eli was reading it easily and throwing the quick pass and slant and gaining steady yardage.
Completely ridiculous play-calling, especially considering that the Giants have THREE deadly receivers.
Belichick needs to take a lot of this loss on himself. And the receivers. I don't really know what else Brady could have done.
To the Giants' credit, Manning and Coughlin both were on point 100%, and made the right play every play. Eli Manning is a hell of a quarterback, and has no fear in the clutch. Although he also had a hell of an offense against a young and BAD defense.
But it would be foolish to discredit their performance. The Giants won the game, but the Patriots also lost it.
The author of the article you linked to did an excellent job of analyzing the game.........
Gosh I'm pissed. If you can't tell, I'm a Patriots fan.
We'll talk about this in class, but I was so swamped on deadline that I did not get a chance to comprehend just how amazing of a game that was until a few hours later. The Super Bowl has provided some real competitive battles in recent years, which is great to watch - but awful for reporters on deadlines!
ReplyDeleteI believe that no matter what people are always going to give the patriots the benefit of the doubt because of the "dynasty" they have.
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