| RolStoppable said: That wasn't barely, there was at least half a yard of room left to the sideline. So much bitterness in your post. |
I didn't know half a yard was so much room (half a yard is barely in my book even for NFL). When they slowed it down he had the tip of one of his foot still on the ground right before it lifted (when he had total possession). I had the entire game on mute so I didn't pay any attention to what the announcers were saying or anything. I just looked at the play and it was all luck on Eli part (he even threw it off his back foot) and all skill on the receiver. It also helped that both defenders weren't even looking for the ball. Basically, it reminded me of the helmet catch because that was a thrown up for grabs ball too. If anything I would credit most of his team more than him. He managed the game decently and didn't make too many mistakes but that is about all you can say about him. Bitterness in my post? Well I know good football when I see it and that really wasn't that good of football last night. Patriots were sloppy and had ton of penalties (crucial penalties on New England like when they stopped a drive but got penalized for 12 man on field). Giants couldn't stop fumbling yet kept maintaining possession. I could dwell deeper into the game why I wasn't impressed but I'll just stop and forget about the NFL for now.
Basically, I don't like it when a sport has the championship decided on just one game. The Giants beat the Patriots during the regular season I give you that, but I don't consider them the better team unless they won a best of 3 series in the playoffs. Sure you can't have these series for football because it is too physically "demanding" (I'd argue less than what it was a few decades back). Basically, I hate having one game decide it all. Sports with championship series will show who the actual better team is. Super Bowl just reminds me of stupid ass BCS game.
