How clutch is David Tyree? How didn't he get sacked on the Tyree catch? What happened to Brady being Brady? How did the Giants beat the Pats?
All these questions to be answered, right now.
David Tyree is the most clutch receiver in NFL history. That catch he made during the Super Bowl was the best catch I have ever seen in the 20 years on this planet. How does a person catch the ball with both hands then transfer it to his face? Then, keep the ball from hitting the ground and having Rodney Harrisson clawing and attempting to wrestle the ball from him. For a fourth receiver, he just got a huge pay-day based on one catch.
What happened at the beginning of the Tyree catch? How did Eli get away with 5 Patriots trying to tackle him as well as the feeling that he would be the goat if he was sacked on that play.
If Eli didn't keep fighting on that play, and went down, people in New York would be calling for his head, and saying he is not a tough quarterback. Now he is an excellent quarterback and people will be saying he is better than Peyton. Lets not get ahead of ourselves, Eli relied on that excellent Giants pass rush for most of the enitre game, and entire playoffs. I give Eli all the respect in the world, but he has to succeed with a terrible defence before I will say he is better than Peyton.
What happened to Brady? Blipp in the radar people. Brady is still one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. Today after he didn't do what he is known for, people will say he is an average quarteback or a system quarterback and not as good as he is. He just didn't have the magic that he ormally has yesterday. This only motivates him to become a much better quarterback. Wait and see.
The Giants beat the Pats by getting a ton of pressure on Tom Brady that he had never seen before this game. That defence pressured the offensive line and made them look ordinary. Also Eli did played a little defence himself. He kept the ball for an incrediblely long time. When the opening dirve was 10 minutes long, I knew this was going to be a close game. My Pats -11.5 bet went out the door in the first quarter.
I can admit I was wrong. I said the Patriots would win and would cover. My mistake. I didn't give the Giants the respect they deserved. They were a good team, but I thought the Pats would revert to the Week 4 Pats and score 50 points. I was completely wrong. Congrats to the Giants.
Finally the Big Game is upon us. Now that Media Day is over and all the parties have all started, even though people who throw the party, don't really attend. Now we begin the useless talk shows, and having Terry Bradshaw and Jimmie Johnson talking about the receivers choice in gloves for this weekend. I wonder if pre-game shows will hold off and only talk about the game for an hour, unlike the 4 hours that FOX is doing.
I am just waiting for the game to begin. The only problem about this weekend is that I have a hockey game of my own starting at 9:00 Eastern time. I will only be able to see the entire first quarter, and most of the second quarter until I have to leave. Too Bad, because when people ask me where I was when perfection happened, I will have to say "Playing the pass on a 2 on 1,".
In case you didn't get that, I am picking the Pats to win, now the question is will they cover? Let us look at a few things. The Pats morphed into a cold-weather team after spending the first 8 weeks as a warm weather team. No they are going to play on a fast field, with controlled elements. The last time the Patriots played in 70 degree weather, they hung up 50 on the Redskins. They had deep threats in the cold against the make-shift defence the Giants fielded in Week 17. This is making me lean towards a Patriot win, and them covering the spread.
But then you have a good Giants defence, who will be able to get that excellent pass rush. Strahan and Umenyiora will have a difficult time facing probably the best offensive line in the NFL. Generally a Brick Wall always beats a Corvette, according to the Big Aristotle.
I am going to pick the Patriots to cover the spread of 11.5.
Looking back at the past weekend in the NFL, something happened in each game that truely made it the best weekend in the NFL.
Jacksonville @ New England Nothing really happened that was earth shattering in this game, except for Tom Brady almost throwing a perfect game. Watching him on Saturday night was exactly the reason why for years when people ask me who I would choose, Brady or Manning, I have said Brady for years. He was so close that I have lost some respect for Wes Welker, simply because he ended the shot at the perfect game.
San Diego @ Indianapolis Nobody saw that game ending the way it did. If you say you picked the Chargers, you are a liar. No one saw that game coming, and what looked liked the worst game os the weekend, turned out to be the most interesting of the weekend. Philip Rivers shouldn't talk trash with fans, because he didn't win that game, Billy Volek won the game for the Chargers. When they showed him on tv yelling at some Colts fans, it showed how immature Rivers is as a person and a quarterback.
AFC Conference Game: New England wins 38-27
Seattle @ Green Bay How did Green Bay come back after a few fumbles by Ryan Grant, Farve became the old Brett Favre that led the Pack to the Super Bowl ten years ago. Also Grant ddin't let a few hiccups ruin his chance at a conference championship, after spending years on the Giants practice roster. He came back and set two records for yards and touchdowns. Seattle had a 14 point lead, and coughed it up even though all they had to do was keep pressure on the Packers and force them into more turnovers. The lack of a Seattle running game, proved they were not worthy to move on in the playoffs.
New York @ Dallas What happened to Dallas over the last month of the regular season, Dallas had clinched home field advantage, and didn't play their players like the Giants did. Dallas didn't show anything that warranted the number one seed in the NFC. they were terrible in the game, even thourgh they had the ball for two long drives and turned them into touchdowns. The Dallas defence didn't step up and stop a New York offense that it had stopped twice earlier this year. Dallas was playing with a ton of pressure, and New York was playing loose.
There were a lot ofsurprises this weekend from the NFL, only one game went the way most people predicted it, including my self.
I thought the Seattle was largely underrated this season, even though they play in the worst division in all of the NFL. For any team to go into Seattle and win is always a tough thing to do. Seattle was 7-1 at home during the regular season, 8-1 overall. There are a lot of things that come into play with playing in Seattle, like the weather and the crowd. Now that Seattle has moved on in the playoffs, maybe they will get some respect going into their game with Green Bay...Let's hope Matt Hasselbeck doesn't predict that "We want the ball, and we're going to score" My Pick: Green Bay, but close.
The New York Giants will travel to Dallas to play the Cowboys for the third time this season, and Eli Manning showed some flashes of brilliance this weekend. He finally impressed me, and I know my opinion doesn't really matter about how good Eli is. But now the Giants have to go into a hostile environment in Dallas, with a better team on the other side of the ball, and a better pass rush coming at him this weekend. My Pick: Dallas wins going away.
The best game of the weekend, didn't really start until the fourth quarter. When the Steelers finally woke up and made it a game, they couldn't do what they normally do, get pressure on the quarterback. David Gerrard looked impressive, and I know he ws largely impressive during the year, but I think Jacksonville is a little to over matched when it comes to facing New England. My Pick: New England big.
The most uninteresting game of Wild Card weekend was the Chargers vs Titans game. This game was borderline, similar to the NBA--- unwatchable. The game had no cache, it had no flair, even thought we had probably the most potent offensive player in the game in LaDainian Tomlinson, he was largely shut down. He averaged 2 yards a carry, and was a minimal impact in the passing game. I love watching LT play, but yesterday was absolutely disgusting---and not in the good way. It as a boring game from start to finish, and I found myself changing channels between a movie and golf. SD will get a rude awakening this weekend when they play in Indianapolis. My Pick: indianapolis big.
Also, here is my pick for the CFB National Title Game tonight. A close game after OSU takes and early quarter lead. Les Miles will then fire up the troops at half-time, and LSU comes from behind to win the game. Final Score: 28-21 LSU.
The Ravens have absolutely nothing to cry about, You lost the game, the officials did not "job" you guys, you folded like a house of cards.
Finally somebody got burned with this timout tag thing that everyone is doing, Thank you Mike Shanahan, burned you guys when you stopped Tom Brady on 4th down. Even your coach said that you were in the wrong scheme, even though you stopped the guy. Don't cry about that, and I know you aren't.
Next the penalty calling. Every single penalty call against your team, was legit. Ben Watson was held and that could have been the winning touchdown. Every single call against you guys was legit, and you're looking for a convenient excuse to explain why you lost your "Super Bowl".
What about Derrick Mason grabbing all of Asante Samuels jersey when Mark Clayton caught the ball on the New England 2 yard line, I thought they were against the Patriots, looked like they helped you guys on that play, to almost pull off the upset of the century.
Then what about Bart Scott, doing his best impression of Eric Bedard, throwing the officials flag like it was a 90 mph fastball. You can't let emotion get the best of you, and pull a bonehead move like that, and expect not to get a flag.
Losing creates bitterness, and then you look for excuses, Like McGahee saying the calls were "bogus", just a bitter guy. Saying that you were battling two teams, the Pats and the Zebras, another excuse from a losing team.
Quit your whining and take your loss like professionals and go to work next week.
The NFL has never seen an offense as potent as the current New England Patriots. How can you stop such a juggernaut? THIS JUST IN: YOU CAN'T!!!
I have been saying this for years with my friends, Tom Brady is the best quarterback in the NFL hands down. Everyone has been telling me that Peyton Manning is the best quarterback because he owned the single season touchdown record and he is the best pure passer in the NFL. Brady won three championships, with no-one playing at the skill positions, he didn't have Marvin Harrison or Reggie Wayne, Edgerin James, Joe Addai and Dallas Clark. He had David Patten, Jabar Gaffney, Deion Branch, David Givens and Reche Caldwell. Have we heard from these guys since they left New England because they though they were better than they are. Not one.
Brady never had receivers until this year and now that he finally does, he is getting some love. Now Manning has injuries and is using a depleted offense and he is struggleing, unlike Brady who consistently made receivers who wouldn't start in the CFL and turned them into champions. I will say it again, Brady is better, 3-1, Nuff Said!!
I would love to have either one of these guys starting for my team, but if given the choice I would tkae Brady because he makes people around him better. He finally has weapons and is obliterating the competition. People will say it is all Belichick not taking his foot off the gas and running up the score, but Brady and his receivers still have to execute. He is just better.
Both are good, but Brady is head and shoulders above Manning, this year.
