The Aftermath

That, my friends, was one of the best Super Bowls in a long time. Regardless of who you were rooting for, having a game of this magnitude come down to a drive inside the finally two minutes is as exciting as it gets. "The Play" or "Third and Five" or "Eli's Escape", whatever moniker that play ends up with, is the stuff of legend. if you haven't seen the highlight yet, look up "David Tyree catch" on youtube. Simply amazing for something like that to happen in that situation, but that's what it takes to beat the Patriots.


The Giants owe this victory to their defense. They did a great job of pressuring Brady and disrupting his timing. Five sacks is the most Brady has been sacked in any one game, and he'd only been sacked 21 times all season. They also did a great job of bottling up Maroney, who had been emerging more as a real running threat recently in the season. The decision to spy Kevin Faulk with a linebacker the whole game was critical as well.


In my pre-game post, I said it'd take an almost perfect game from the Giants to pull off the upset, and they managed to do it. They survived their own mistakes, including a terrible int, stalled drives, and a painful 12-men on the field penalty. Manning played a great game, and hopefully will have the New York media off his back for a little bit.


I hope everyone enjoyed the Super Bowl, I know I did. We'll be lucky if there's another one this good in the next decade. The focus of this blog will switch gears now. In a couple weeks I'll post the key off-season coaching changes and their fantasy impact, followed by any free-agent activity. Posts will be few and far between until the draft.

Hope everyone had a great season. Check back here periodically in the off-season and stay frosty for fantasy football- drafts aren't too far away (Anybody else want to do a June league?).