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2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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2) No Koppen - Dan was a decent center but in that SB Tuck repeatedly came rushing between the tackles and got to Brady....I think Connolly and even Wendell are better at pass blocking than Dan was.
3) Gronkowski,Hernandez,Branch and Welker are arguably a better overall receiving corps than Moss,Welker,Gaffney and Stallworth and the Giants cant simply double anyone because that leaves at least one man open every passing play.
4) No dreck in the backfield like Phony Maroney - Teams respect a hard runner like BJGE more than the dancing fool we had in 2007..... BJGE made a statement yesterday to respect the run because he will burn you if you don't.
5) Red Zone Defense is much better than it was in 2007 - I think the way this defense is made,Eli doesn't get that easy toss to Plaxico to end the game
6) Our linebackers are younger,faster and likely not to wear down late in the SB like it looked in 2007
7) Tom Brady wants revenge over the Giants ruining what might have been the greatest season ever.
8) You don't beat a Belichick/Brady team 3 times in a row......I do not believe that a single team has ever had a 3 game win streak against the Pats since Belichick arrived and the Giants won the last 2 meetings.
9) No 9-7 team ever won the Super Bowl
10) Brady is well known to play extremely well in roofed stadiums...I don't believe the Cardinals stadium in 2007 had a roof.
any more reasons?...please feel free to add any or disagree with anything I posted
I like our chances in this game......A Lot...and this comes from a very Pessimistic sports fan.
Admittedly, I do like the Giants reasons better than ours:
1. This Giants team is better than their '07 team; this Patriots team is worse than our '07 team
2. They beat us at on our own field without Nicks or Jacobs
Those are both stronger points than any of ours. But, at the same time, I think both fanbases should just expect this to come down to the final wire. We've played them three times since '07, and none of those games were decided by more than 4 points. The last two games have involved a combined seven "game winning" drives in the fourth quarter, had the defenses held.
The thing I like for the Pats: most of their players have not won a Super Bowl. I think they will be very hungry, and they know there is no hand of fate, despite that last kick. The Giants, I think, feel invincible right now.
If the Giants play with their pass rushing lineman more then we need to run the ball straight at them. Seems like we lose patience with the running game even when it is going well. If we establish it early the play action will open up and they will have no answers for it. Stopping them will not happen but if we can get a couple turnovers and another stop or two I can see the pats winning somewher in the 34-24 ramge.
you mean like the easy toss eli had to beat us this year ? ilove the pats but someone in the next two weeks needs to really explain how the giants defense can be slowed down? and someone needs to explain how the pats opened up as a 3.5 pt favorite? just don't see it yet.....
you mean like the easy toss eli had to beat us this year ? ilove the pats but someone in the next two weeks needs to really explain how the giants defense can be slowed down? and someone needs to explain how the pats opened up as a 3.5 pt favorite? just don't see it yet.....
I agree, we ran the ball well on Sunday and then just stopped?!?!? WTF!??!?! Trust the law firm, especially with a lead. I don't think the NYG secondary is as athletic as the Ravens secondary was. Their D Line is an A+ caliber line though. Four super tough performers.
3) you know it's probably easier to defend this current crop of receivers than the 2007 group. You had a deep threat, a short threat in Welker, plus another deep threat in Stallworth plus a decent possession guy in Gaffney, plus Watson had a decent year that year as a TE. That team could use the whole field, whereas this current one doesn't have the players to do so.
Sorry but you are dead wrong on this. Gronk is worth more than the sum of three of those receivers. I don't know a head coach who wouldn't trade Moss, Stallworth, and Gaffney for Gronk in a heartbeat.
Nobody has mentioned that the Pats were winning
both those games late.Just have to go for the kill
this time.
Nobody has mentioned that the Pats were winning
both those games late.Just have to go for the kill
this time.
you mean like the easy toss eli had to beat us this year ? ilove the pats but someone in the next two weeks needs to really explain how the giants defense can be slowed down? and someone needs to explain how the pats opened up as a 3.5 pt favorite? just don't see it yet.....
It's retractable, just like the field surface.