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OK, its never too early to start talking about THE game. Here is a little primmer to start the conversation.
1. The 2007 game is completely irrelevant. All we need to know is that the Giants are are better offensively, and the Pats offense while just as good but vastly different that the one that played that fateful day. There are 46 Patriots who don't really care what happened then. P ;There are 36 Giants who couldn't give a sh!t either
2. All 2007 is, is a media story line, and the only factor it will be on THIS game is its potential cathartic effect it would have on Pats fans.
3. If we really want to compare teams we have to go back to week nine and the very close 24-20 loss. Here is where the discussion of the 2 teams should start.
4. The Giants were without 3 key players. Nix and Bradshaw on offense and Akamura the CB on defense- All three will play in this game
5. On the Pats side we lost BOTH Chung and Barrett during the game, and I think this was one of the games Connolly missed
6. This at the start of this game the Pats D was healthy Chung Barrett and Spikes all played, so its no coincidence that it was also one of the best games the Pats played on defense (relatively speaking). Here are some interesting stats
a. The Pats forced the Giants to punt 8 times
b. Manning's 3rd down completion rate was 28% (in comparison, Flacco's was over 60%)
c. And despite giving them 4 more possessions due to turnovers, the Pats defense allowed him only 250 yds passing
d. A key under reported stat was that the Pats also gave them 30 more penalty yds AND 3 first downs due to penalties. Obviously this has to improve
e. Arrington had a ticky tack PI that led to a Giant score, and Brown had that horrid needless PI that directly led to the winning TD. This was the game that proved to BB that WR's were a better option at Safety
f. The man guarding the TE on the winning TD was Tracy White- 'nuff said.
7. The offense created a LOT of yards (438) but relatively few points. The 4 TO's didn't help, as well as Goskowski's missed FG.
a. The Giant defense was pretty much the same one we will see, except for the addition of Akamura in the DB
b. The Pats had 87 penalty yds, and a lot of that happened on offense. Way too many for a home game.
c. We averaged 4.4 ypc in the run game but only had 24 attempts
8. Now all that was a half a season ago and much has happened on both teams that bodes well for them.
9. Here is one interesting stat from NFCCG. And I think it was telling. Eli threw the ball 62 times in what amounted to close to 5 quarters of play. He was sacked 7 times and hit an amazing 20 times during that game. Now I know we don't have the pass rush that the Niners have, but its getting better.
10. This tells us 2 things. One the Giants OL is suspect. Two, Eli Manning is one tough dude. That was a tremendous display of courage and grace under pressure. He made some big time throws under torrid fire, and came back for more. He quite frankly, is the anti-Manning Manning
Summary- I purposely didn't do much analysis here. I just put down some stats and facts from the season to start the discussion on what they mean. Add your own and lets talk about what they mean. A great case can be made for BOTH teams to win this game, that's why it should be a 60 minute nail biter....or not
1. The 2007 game is completely irrelevant. All we need to know is that the Giants are are better offensively, and the Pats offense while just as good but vastly different that the one that played that fateful day. There are 46 Patriots who don't really care what happened then. P ;There are 36 Giants who couldn't give a sh!t either
2. All 2007 is, is a media story line, and the only factor it will be on THIS game is its potential cathartic effect it would have on Pats fans.
3. If we really want to compare teams we have to go back to week nine and the very close 24-20 loss. Here is where the discussion of the 2 teams should start.
4. The Giants were without 3 key players. Nix and Bradshaw on offense and Akamura the CB on defense- All three will play in this game
5. On the Pats side we lost BOTH Chung and Barrett during the game, and I think this was one of the games Connolly missed
6. This at the start of this game the Pats D was healthy Chung Barrett and Spikes all played, so its no coincidence that it was also one of the best games the Pats played on defense (relatively speaking). Here are some interesting stats
a. The Pats forced the Giants to punt 8 times
b. Manning's 3rd down completion rate was 28% (in comparison, Flacco's was over 60%)
c. And despite giving them 4 more possessions due to turnovers, the Pats defense allowed him only 250 yds passing
d. A key under reported stat was that the Pats also gave them 30 more penalty yds AND 3 first downs due to penalties. Obviously this has to improve
e. Arrington had a ticky tack PI that led to a Giant score, and Brown had that horrid needless PI that directly led to the winning TD. This was the game that proved to BB that WR's were a better option at Safety
f. The man guarding the TE on the winning TD was Tracy White- 'nuff said.
7. The offense created a LOT of yards (438) but relatively few points. The 4 TO's didn't help, as well as Goskowski's missed FG.
a. The Giant defense was pretty much the same one we will see, except for the addition of Akamura in the DB
b. The Pats had 87 penalty yds, and a lot of that happened on offense. Way too many for a home game.
c. We averaged 4.4 ypc in the run game but only had 24 attempts
8. Now all that was a half a season ago and much has happened on both teams that bodes well for them.
9. Here is one interesting stat from NFCCG. And I think it was telling. Eli threw the ball 62 times in what amounted to close to 5 quarters of play. He was sacked 7 times and hit an amazing 20 times during that game. Now I know we don't have the pass rush that the Niners have, but its getting better.
10. This tells us 2 things. One the Giants OL is suspect. Two, Eli Manning is one tough dude. That was a tremendous display of courage and grace under pressure. He made some big time throws under torrid fire, and came back for more. He quite frankly, is the anti-Manning Manning
Summary- I purposely didn't do much analysis here. I just put down some stats and facts from the season to start the discussion on what they mean. Add your own and lets talk about what they mean. A great case can be made for BOTH teams to win this game, that's why it should be a 60 minute nail biter....or not
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