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I agree with DI's take, but I'm not sure that I'd evaluate it like that. I'd look at it more like:
Patriots OL vs. Giants DL (pass): wash
Patriots RB/OL vs. Giants DL (run): adv. Patriots
Giants OL vs. Patriots DL (pass): wash
Giants OL vs. Patriots DL (run): adv. Patriots
Patriots QB/WR vs. Giants secondary: Patriots by a mile
Giants QB/WR vs. Patriots secondary: Giants by a mile
Patriots QB/TE vs. Giants LB/S: Patriots by a mile
Giants QB/TE vs. Patriots LB/S: Adv. Giants
Patriots kick/punt coverage vs. Giants kick/punt return: wash
Giants kick/punt coverage vs. Patriots kick/punt return: wash
Coach: adv. Patriots
All of that said, I definitely wouldn't weight all of these points equally, but I do believe that the Patriots overall have a real and fairly compelling advantage in this game. Mostly because I don't think the Giants' pass rush has the huge advantage over the Pats' pass protection that everyone is saying it does. The Pats' pass protection has been great.
I figure to look at the more direct matchups (OL v. DL, etc...) in other threads. Actually, it would be great if we could get various people writing the O.P.s for those threads, because I don't know if I'll be around enough to get to them all in time. I may end up dealing with an issue that will require me to be somewhere without computers for a while eek: ).
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