The day has finally come. Super Bowl Sunday. The final chapter of a rather anti-climactic season. As predictable as this season has been, I've still managed to log a 4-6 record picking these playoffs, and these two teams have contributed to that record in different ways. Of the the four games I picked correctly, two of them were games New England won, which doesn't make me a genius because everyone has been picking New England since late-April 2007. Of the six games I've picked wrong, the Giants won three of them. I stand 2-0 picking New England games and 0-3 in picking Giants games, so something has to give today.
Super Bowl: New York Giants vs. New England Patriots
The ridiculous amount of senseless coverage the media gives the Super Bowl in the two weeks leading up to the game has had me laughing even harder than usual. Not because a player said something funny or another player got arrested the night before the biggest game of their lives, but because of the media members themselves analyzing this game. I would say that I've seen about 40% of the media, whether it be on television or on the internet, picking the Giants to win this game. So let me get this straight.. all of you people who have been worshipping the machine that is the New England Patriots all year long, and yes I mean ALL OF YOU, are now picking them to lose the biggest game of the season and break up their undefeated season? And for what reason? Because the Giants ONLY lost to them by three points a month ago at home in the final week of the season in a meaningless game other than the fact that it cemented New England into regular season history forever? And it's all the same people who a week prior to that were saying the Giants were going to lose in Buffalo and thus be eliminated from the playoffs because they had no chance of beating the Patriots the final week of the season. This is why I can't wait to become a part of the professional media because I can say one thing all year long and then completely change my opinion on a whim based on no real logic.
Look the Giants are a great story. Eli Manning has had a great postseason and who doesn't feel good for Lawrence "thank god they aren't calling me Scott Norwood, Jr." Tynes after he saved his career with that 47-yard kick in overtime to send New York to the Super Bowl? But this is the Patriots we're talking about here. They've been here before, in case you forgot, and rather recently. They've won four, or excuse me, three (it will be four after tonight) of the last five Super Bowls, and still have many of the same pieces in place from those championship teams. The scary thing about it is that the pieces that aren't the same are better than the ones that were there before. Take for example the Super Bowl MVP from their last title in 2005, Deion Branch. Yea, that MVP was replaced by some dude named Randy Moss. An old Corey Dillion has been replaced by Lawrence Maroney, and the 95-year old slot receiver, Troy Brown, has been replaced by Wes Welker, who led the entire league in catches this year. Is the defense old? Sure it is, but it's never been about the players on defense during their reign, it's been about the brains behind the defense. Yes, I'm talking about Bill Belichek. You didn't think wide receiver Troy Brown in his mid-30's was truly a great cornerback did you? Of course he wasn't, but Belichek made him look competent for the time he had to fill in. Belichek will throw everything he has at Eli Manning today and it will be a great experience for him to refer back to someday, but for today, it will be a nightmare. Any offense the Giants get will be from the running game and their little bolt of lightning, Ahmed Bradshaw. That may work in the Giants favor because that means the clock is moving and the Patriots offense is off the field; however, I can't see it working long enough and manufacturing enough points to win the game.
So yes, Plaxico Burress, the Patriots will outscore you today and they will score more than 17 points in doing so. And yes, fans and media members everywhere, we are going to see history today whether you like it or not, and I'm not talking about the Greatest Upset in Super Bowl History. The Patriots are going to win this game going away because that's just what they do. Whenever they hear that the media thinks they may have a test on their hands, they pull through with their best performance of the season. Anyone who is upset about that can blame the wonderful media because the Patriots successful march to history is entirely their fault.
Patriots: 37
Giants: 17
MVP: It will be Tom Brady, but if I had to guess someone else I would go with Wes Welker.
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