Congratulations You Guys, the Giants Will Face My Pats In Another Superbowl
by Middlesex on Jan 23, 2012 7:47 PM EST
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PrintThere will be a Manning playing in that dome in Indy, but it won't be Peyton.
Another chapter will be added to the Brady-Manning rivalry, but it won't involve Peyton.
And when people talk about the New England/New York rivalry, they sure as hell won't be talking Sox or Yanks, and you won't hear anything about the Jets. They'll be busy sitting at home disappointed in their players, their team, and their coach while watching their two biggest rivals duke it out for the Lombardi Trophy. The beasts of the East are the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. Strangely, we can both thank the opposing team's special-teams and their freakish mistakes for making it easy for us to advance. Maybe it was Tebow.
The NFL Network will be reairing our last Super Bowl date in an hour. I might force myself to watch it, but why torture myself? That game won't give us much to analyze. Both of our teams have changed a lot since then, as you all surely saw when our teams met during the regular season. That mid-season game seems like so long ago. It was the first-time in years that Belichick's team lost two games in a row and it broke the home-game record. It gave the Pats so much more reason to hate the Giants more than the Jets, if only because they've been beating us and earned our begrudging respect. It led to Albert Haynesworth and DL-coach Pepper Johnson screaming at each other during the game on the sidelines.
Despite that huge win over my Pats, the Giants were still being doubted the whole way. And to think, people actually thought Coughlin might get fired. That was about as absurd around that time as when people were talking Brady's time coming to an end as the 5-3 Pats go 5-3 in an eight-game stretch. Pats have gone 10-0 since then, and the Giants smoked Green Bay at home.
Again, congratulations on making it to another Super Bowl. Your team deserves it just like my Pats deserve a chance at completing what we have begun calling the Redemption Tour.
I'll get into the next game later in the week. We have plenty of time to soak in the success of our teams.
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Congratulations to the Pats
and your fans as well. It is going to be alot of fun talking to each other leading up to the game.
This is so much better than NE SF or NYG BAL.
The truth. The REAL voice of reason
by tommy d. on Jan 23, 2012 8:27 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Thanks, and I agree;
I’m definitely glad it’s not NYG/Baltimore! I do have to admit that having it be NYG and not SF makes it a hell of a lot more interesting.
It is what it is
Honestly
I’m kinda scared of you guys. I have a feeling your team wants revenge REAL bad. I was really hoping Ravens but congrats on making it too. This is gonna get real interesting…
Nets Mets Giants All day Every day.
Beware the Lopez
NY Giants Tribute
by netsareboss on Jan 23, 2012 9:27 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, it'll be interesting alright. People might forget that in our meeting earlier this year
the Giants and Pats D’s shut one another out in the first half. It’ll be interesting to review the tape in light of the changes. I’ll be curious to know how the Giants have changed since that mid-season game.
It is what it is
We were out our main WR and RB in that game.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
And your starting Center.
Osi was also still banged up
It is what it is
there's some debate here
as to whether this team is better with our starting center, or better with Boothe at center and Petrus at LG, as opposed to Baas/Boothe
You PLAY to WIN the GAME.
Dear Tebow, please let the Giants beat the 49ers.
by Simms-McConkey on Jan 24, 2012 5:07 PM EST up reply actions
Not much debate we are better with Baas on the bench
by Late for Dinner on Jan 24, 2012 6:02 PM EST up reply actions
Certainly some debate amongst the coaching staff
But yeah, I agree we seem better off with Boothe
Ryan Miller was the true MVP. See my profile for rant.
It will be a great game, no doubt..
What a great story when you think about it..a damn re-match…That’s a good thing right there..
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
by Bobbiblue on Jan 24, 2012 1:27 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Rematch
As hyped as “redemption tours” for both teams have been this season, there is nothing that can be done to avenge the loss in Superbowl XLII. That was a different year and both teams had almost entirely different personalities from the ones they have now.
Had the Patriots won, they would have become undoubtably the greatest team in the history of football. However, they did not. Had the Giants been undefeated heading into this game it would be a far different story.
Regardless of what the media falsely hypes it to be, this matchup should be one for the ages. I respect both of these franchises for their consistent dedication to class and integrity and how it reflects through the owners and players.
Here and now, both teams have the opportunity, regardless of what happened in seasons of the past, to emerge and write a new chapter in NFL history; one that is completely separate from the last. Two entirely new teams from the 2007 squads.
One constant remains though from Superbowl XLII: the motto.
“Who wants it more?”
Regardless of anything that happens the next 2 weeks, when we look at the scoreboard at the end of Superbowl Sunday, we will know for certain who wanted it more.
Congratulations to the 2011 Patriots for getting to the dance. Should be an incredible game
Faith is a refusal to panic
by Commander Prime on Jan 24, 2012 1:53 AM EST reply actions
And for obvious reasons
Go Giants
Faith is a refusal to panic
by Commander Prime on Jan 24, 2012 1:55 AM EST up reply actions
Belichick is going to be brewing up some evil genius, I just know it
BEWARE THE HOODIE!
Getty Images / Pictured: Bill Belichick (seated), Tom Brady (left), and Eli Manning.
You PLAY to WIN the GAME.
Dear Tebow, please let the Giants beat the 49ers.
So Brady must be Vadar,
Coughlin is Ben Obi Won, and Eli is Like Skywalker.
Is Danny Woodhead a Jawa or an Ewok?
The truth. The REAL voice of reason
KG = C3P0 and PF = R2D2 ?
Eli is our King!
Works for me
To keep it going…
Antrel Rolle is Han Solo and JPP would have to be Chewbaka
The truth. The REAL voice of reason
So what's the mood over in the pulpit?
Confidence? Fear? Worry (about Gronk)? Excited (about the rematch)?
Round here my sense is we haven’t really moved on to thinking about the game yet. Personally I haven’t even started thinking about the matchups. That game against the Niners was legendary, a throwback game. Taking away from that game, I’d say get ready for a physical contest. 3 games in and the Giants have been hitting big.
Eli is our King!
Gronk is a throwback, he'll be fine.
He came back out and played towards the end of the game, Pollard be damn!
The mood at PP is a mix; (bleep) Bernard Pollard for nearly injuring a 3rd blue-chip Pat, utter excitement, and confidence. It feels like a time for this team’s redemption. It almost feels like it was meant to be. After our Week 9 loss to you guys we finally beat Rex Ryan at MetLife to get revenge for last year, went on a 10-game winning streak, got revenge on the Broncos for the 2005/2006 conference game, got revenge on the Ravens, and now it’s the dreaded New York Giants in the biggest game of all.
I on the other hand am nervous about my team’s flaws, as we will discuss later in the week.
It is what it is
its Giants Stadium, never Metlife
the Mets suck.
Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows
I was over there
the night after the win and they definitely know they are in for a battle. From what I read, on this night and the next day at least, they believe that this is “A Redemtion Tour” of sorts to right all the wrongs over the past decade culminating in righting the ultimate wrong of SB 42.
Plenty of smart, respectful fans was what I encountered. Although one guy did a Fanpost about how the Giants are arrogant but most posters disagreed with him.
Another guy started a bit of a shitstorm with a Fanpost dedicated to the Giants being lucky and he highlighted the fact that Joe Philbin’s son died and that had alot to do with GB losing to us. He even went on to ask “why is no one discussing the 800 pound gorilla in the room?” meaning the death of Philbin’s son is why they lost. I let him have it a little bit.
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Revenge is something that will be talked about
I personally don’t think it will be much of a factor. A lot of players on both teams did not play in the last Super Bowl.
Like others, I haven’t thought much about it yet. It’s too far away and all of the media hype is already too much.
But I think this game is great for football, not because of what happened in the last Super Bowl, but because of the fact that it is so rare for two teams to play each other in the Super Bowl more than once (especially within four years).
I expect a great game. At this point, the only matchup I’d rather see in the Super Bowl would be Colts/Giants, but with Peyton injured, that becomes irrelevant.
I will say that I have a feeling that somewhere in the cold-blooded Hoodie that is Belichick, he has a soft spot for the Giants which prevents him from beating us. Somewhere, the hooded genius has something that resembles feelings that he keeps hidden away from the rest of us.
Also
Let me add that I felt some sort of divine intervention led to these two teams playing each other. If the Ravens had beaten the Patriots, I feel the Giants would not have beaten San Francisco.
by Max Schwager on Jan 24, 2012 8:40 AM EST up reply actions
Missed 32-yard FG by Baltimore, 2 miffed punts by SF.....
..Tebow had a hand in this. Destiny.
It is what it is
Totally on point!
Rivalries are one of the greatest selling points of football. And a rivalry across conferences where the two teams only meet when they are both good enough to make it to the SB? In this era of FA? It’s awesome. If we can get it one more time in the next year or two it will be like Dallas Pit from the 70s.
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Personally I hate playing the Pats
Becuase I still consider Coach Belichick one of us,
by Late for Dinner on Jan 24, 2012 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
Coach gave us a lot of great years
Always wish he had got a chance to coach the Giants, Tuna made sure that didn’t happen.
by Late for Dinner on Jan 24, 2012 4:56 PM EST up reply actions
Luckily we'll be playing on a neutral field
So there won’t be any “scoreboard issues”
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
gotta love him
he called skip clueless a douchebag on air
You PLAY to WIN the GAME.
Dear Tebow, please let the Giants beat the 49ers.
by Simms-McConkey on Jan 24, 2012 5:09 PM EST up reply actions
Man...
My wife and I had our first real dispute about the upcoming game last night. She wasn’t too happy afterwards =).
I least I was still allowed to sleep in the bed _.
My Wife is a Patriot's fan...
"Giants rely on fumbles and stripping the ball. If the pats secure the ball, then the pats win, but if they fumble or let the ball get striped than the giants win. every game the giants play they always benefit from the other teams bonehead mistakes (fumbled or striped) not from thier skills. The giants are a dirty team, I can’t think of any othe team as dirty as the giants. They try to strip the ball as hard as they can because they know they can’t win a fair game." by EaglesNeedD on Jan 23, 2012 2:01 AM EST
Welcome!
No redemption necessary. Everybody’s just doin’ the best they can, which in the case of the Pats & Giants is pretty d**n good. I have tremendous respect for Brady, tho’ my respect for Belichick is slowly turning into concern — is this guy getting squirrely like Al Davis? Who can tell? Words with meaning rarely escape the hoodie in public. But the line between genius and insanity has always been razor thin.
Sorry, digression. I like the matchups for the Giants. If we beat Green Bay’s offense and survived SF’s defense, we should be able to win this one . . .
FINISH!
Im super impressed by Edelman
A WR playing CB in the NFL PLAYOFFS, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
So much respect for that guy.
yea I hope they think they can still do that
this ain’t gonna be Tebus or Flacco back there.
Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows
There's got to be...
a joke with “nose tackle” and “picks” somewhere in that.
by Zhou Kou Dian on Jan 24, 2012 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
Some story to him.
He was a QB in college. Turned into a WR in 2009. When Welker went down, he filled in against the Ravens, and was the pats best receiver that game. Plays special teams very well, and has been playing in the secondary admirably.
A QB turned WR/CB. A Troy Brown in the making?
I’ll take 11 players with heart on the field over 11 guys with just talent. Talent is fleeting, it goes away over time. Heart is what drives you to be better. To push yourself beyond what you think your capabilities are. To show us that when you strive, all things are possible.- SMP
there is no history
there is no future
there is only now
You PLAY to WIN the GAME.
Dear Tebow, please let the Giants beat the 49ers.
by Simms-McConkey on Jan 24, 2012 5:10 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
IT'S OUR TIME !
The Giants are ready for another Historical run to finish what they started… This time we know we are better than the Patriots even though many still consider us the underdogs ?? I don’t know if they have been watch our Giants play leading up to the post season ! The Patriots have improved a great deal since the last time we played them… We are extremely hungry / focused to finish the job & bring the Vince Lombardi Trophy back to N.Y. – WE ARE ALL IN – GO GIANTS !!!
Middlesex
I fully expect Gronkowski to play and would be thoroughly surprised if he didn’t.
That being said, is there any word on your site or anywhere for that matter as to what the actual injury is listed as for the big guy?
Like “high-ankle sprain”, etc. ?
Faith is a refusal to panic
by Commander Prime on Jan 24, 2012 7:58 PM EST reply actions
Ligament damage?
Ouch.
Of course he’ll play it’s the Superbowl. A few years ago, Terrell Owens played with two screws in his ankle, and Gronkowski is one tough man as well.
Ankle injuries blow hard though. I’ve had one and the bugger certainly slows you down, mostly when cutting. then again, I’m not a 6’6" staple on one of the best teams in the NFL, so idk how it will affect him, if at all. Hope the Giants prepare for and play him as though he’s at. Full power from start to finish.
Faith is a refusal to panic
by Commander Prime on Jan 24, 2012 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
Screw autocorrect on Apple devices
Faith is a refusal to panic
by Commander Prime on Jan 24, 2012 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
LOL @ Autocorrect
That damn thing makes me sound crazy sometimes when I send a text or something.lol
Gronk will probably have a tough time exploding from the line of scrimmage, and cutting. Being that he is 6’6 makes it worse because he then is actually applying more pressure… However it’ll be smart for the Giants to still prepare for him… The key as always will be jamming him at the line of scrimmage, thats how u throw off timing…
We should look at how the Ravens defended him and Hernandez
They did a pretty good job.
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Having Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, and Terrelle Suggs helps.
It is what it is
He was back out on the field towards the end of the game.
He was seen in a walking boot but year, I’m not too worried. He’s taken some crazy shots and just barrels ahead. I think the comparisons to Iron Mike Ditka are accurate.
It is what it is
Roethlisberger had a (possibly) nastier injury, he was back on the field after the half, but not the same for the rest of the year. That looked pretty nasty, he may play, but I wouldn’t be so sure he’s going to be effective.
Can I get some hot sauce for my doughnut?
injury
Those types of injuries always worsen later in the day and the next day… He won’t be 100%… From a scheme standpoint the Giants will still need to plan for Gronk, but he won’t be able to cut or explode off the line of scrimmage… I am sure the Giants will be play close to the line and make sure the D gets a jam on him…
I don't
He’s the best TE to enter the league since John Mackey. Kind of reminds me of Bavaro, but a bit more sure handed
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by Commander Prime on Jan 25, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
Belichick compares him to Bavaro.
by Revenge of the Fallen on Jan 25, 2012 8:28 PM EST up reply actions
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