Still played well enough to win.
Brady wasn't crap the running game was. 45 yards on 16 carries and not even 3 YPC. And like I said they had the lead late. The defense blew it.
While Brady was playing on a severe sprain, the offense wasn't very good that day and Mickey D was outcoached badly by Spags who said "fuk it" and did things in that game he hadn't done all year. Bill not trying a field goal on 4th and 13 at the Giants 31 in the 3rd Quarter was pretty idiotic.
The defense on the other hand, had turnovers handed to them on a silver platter, but they only mustered one INT by Manning who was badly trying to lose the game for them. They also had the Giants in obvious passing downs who needed 80 yards for a TD, but couldn't even hold them to a field goal. Pees had a terrible play call going zero blitz with Seau not wanting to audible out which Rodney wanted him to. Rodney had said he didn't argue because he trusted him.