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Congratulations to New England. They showed phenomenal class under pressure right from the first minutes of the game when Eli Manning connected to Plaxico Burgess for a 52 yard run, then to Brandon Jacobs for a 7-0 lead.
A New England field goal by Stephen Gostkowski and a second quarter touchdown pass to Randy Moss put the Patriots back in the game, the single pass marking Patriot records for team points scored in a season, yards passing for Tom Brady and yards receiving for Moss. Fantastic! But a 15-yard penalty assigned to Moss for clowning around in the end zone forced them to kick off from farther down field, setting up Giants Dominik Hixon for a 74 yard touchdown run and immediately putting the Giants back in the lead ha-ha!After that the momentum kept swinging back and forth until half time, where the Giants left the field leading 20-16. By the third quarter the Giants were well ahead with a 12-point advantage, with Manning throwing a perfect game helped by phenomenal rushing in the form of Jacobs and an intuitive and aggressive defensive squad.By and large, Manning played a perfect game, only getting sacked one time that I can remember and suffering no fumbles or interceptions. It was well into the third quarter before the Giants were forced to turn the ball over for the first time. This brings to mind what I have been writing Eli Manning all along, that the dude is loaded with talent. The freakin TV announcers couldn't even bear to recognize his achievements, damning him with faint praise, because to credit his unique performance would put the lie to all the snarky things they have been saying about him all season.I don't have that problem. All my remarks about Manning are still posted on this site for the entire world to see, and his performance tonight proves my intuitions about his ability to have been totally on the money.Unfortunately for the Giants, they finally broke under the pressure of Tom Brady's superb passing ability and Moss' theatrical receiving, as Brady connected a terrific Hail Mary touchdown pass to Moss one play after they had failed to complete exactly the same play, which must have psychologically devastated the Giants, because after that the Patriots had all the momentum right up to the game's final minute, when the Giants rebounded to within 3 points of the Pats, but it was too little too late.All Hail The Patriots! They have collectively got the superior talent, no question. But in order to equal the Dolphins they still need to win the Superbowl as well. Ant since the Giants are still in the game, having secured their playoff berth last week against the Bills, we might just get to see a replay of tonight's fantastic matchup in January.Fantastic football. God Bless America!
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Posted on 12/30/2007
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