Friday, February 1, 2008

I kind of feel like I have to do this

I was thinking of breaking down the Super Bowl expert style. I've been reading the articles and listening to the radio and trying to gleam every piece of information I can get my greasy hands on, but it keeps coming down to the same thing. The Giants have the best defensive line in football. The Patriots have the best offensive line in football. Whoever wins that battle wins the game. It's a lot of pressure on that Giants unit. All they have to do is stuff Lawrence Maroney and get to the untouchable Tom Brady without any help from the linebackers or secondary. Mostly because the linebackers and secondary are below average at best.

When it's all said and done, a couple of key points keep kicking around in my head. The Patriots under Bill Belichick are nearly unbeatable coming off of a bye week. The Giants under Tom Coughlin are nearly winless coming off a bye week. I start to think to myself that if Osi and Strahan can get good pressure on Brady and get his jersey dirty, if Eli can limit his mistakes and Plax can make a couple of big plays, and if the Giants can establish and stick with a running game to dominate the time of possession, hey, they got a shot, right? Then I remember the key fact that just does not get discussed on the talk show because this is the most hyped event in the world. The Patriots may well be the greatest team of all time! The Giants are a nice story, but they are not the greatest team of all time! Seriously, I wonder if the Patriots will cover because they've never won a Super Bowl by more than 3 points, but Super Bowls historically have been blowouts and the Patriots are the greatest team of all time! Look for the Pats to win and to cover. Fuck.

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