The NFL Thread 2011: New York Giants Win Super Bowl XLVI

[Euphoria14]

RolStoppable said:

Mendicate Bias said:

Euphoria14 said:
I was also hearing rumblings that the Pats might be a 3 point favorite in the Superbowl, but I want to know why that is.

Giants beat up Atlanta, then went on and beat the 1 and 2 seeded teams in their own buildings.
Patriots beat up a bad Bronco team and beat Baltimore, who happens to be the ONLY team over .500 that New England beat this entire year.

Then there is the fact that the Giants beat the Pats this season.


Oh well, Giants seem to do better anyways when they are the underdog.

That is the most annoying stat used by anyone in arguments against the Pats. The Patriots beat 6 teams this season that went 8-8, all of which would have had a winning season if the Patriots had lost to them (heck some they beat twice). Not to mention many of the teams the Patriots beat had a winning record and were on hot streaks when they played the Patriots, only self destructing after they played the Patriots (this could be due to Bellicheck being so good at exposing teams weaknesses that other teams take advantage).

Finally you being a Giants fan should know better than anyone that the regular season has no bearing on the outcome of a game in the playoffs

Let me recollect this season. On the Giants' schedule this year was the NFC West and the AFC East. In their own division, the Giants beat no team with a record of over .500, because there is none. In the NFC West, there was only San Francisco with a positive record to whom they lost. Against Green Bay and New Orleans, they lost. This leaves New England as the only team with a record of over .500 that they beat in the regular season. (Funnily enough, had the Patriots won that game, it wouldn't have helped to win against a team with a positive record, because it would have pushed down the Giants to 8-8 for the season.)

Then in the playoffs, the Giants beat a bad Falcons and a bad Packers team, on the weekend they lucked out against the 49ers (owe their victory to a muff).

So in summary, a Giants fan really shouldn't be talking.

That being said, I still hope they wipe the floor with the Patriots.

So that's it? Keep making excuses that the Giants beat nobody and in fact the teams beat themselves? Not our fault Errant Rodgers couldn't throw to a guy wide open because the G-Men defense had his rocked. Did you not watch the same game and see Aaron Rodgers lose his cool real early on?

The guy is extremely cocky and arrogant, these things happen and they happened because the Giants got to him. 

Eli didn't throw all those TD's and get the G-Men to 37 because Rodgers missed open passes.