I'll take a Super Bowl victory any way I can get it...
But that GREAT last drive by the Giants was weakened in terms of drama by the butt-first TD - plus had the Patriots scored at the end - the TD really would have come back to haunt them instead of just kneeling there.
Still, it has to be a kick in the balls to Belichick and Brady to lose to Coughlin and Manning like that again.
If the ball was inflated to 13.5 psi, it might have hung in the air for a half second longer, allowing Hernandez to deflect the ball higher and Gronk to catch the ball on the rebound.
If the ball was inflated to 13.5 psi, it might have hung in the air for a half second longer, allowing Hernandez to deflect the ball higher and Gronk to catch the ball on the rebound.
on that last drive were fortunate. Brady missed Branch for about a 20 yard gain and then Hernadez dropped one. Would have been a whole different drive. Instead of Hail Mary's, Brady probably would've been taking shots from the 20 or so ala Romo in '07. Talk about nervous.
The 4th and 16 conversion.. on the Pats final drive still annoys me.
Tough crowd in here!
I admit to getting annoyed that Hostetler didn't get the 1st down on the last drive against the Bills in XXV. Or that Allegre missed the extra point that would've given us 40 against Denver not to mention that garbage time TD we gave up. 40-13 sounds so much better than 39-20. LOL..sort of a "first wold problem" I guess.
But after watching it over and over again last time I watched I realized that it's the camera angle that made it look closer than it really was. Gronk had no chance at it
How close was it to being good, really? Because, in real time, from the moment it leaves his feet, it wasn't going in. Had he kicked it perfectly straight, it would've hit the upright. But then they always show the slow motion of the kick from under the crossbar, and the ball looks like it practically kisses the upright on its way by.
on the 4th and 1 in SB XLII is a huge play that doesn't get enough comment / credit. If Jacobs doesn't make a successful second effort, no Tyree catch, no "Manning lobs it ...".
Holy shit. I still get queasy looking at that play. Kinda like wide right in that sense, even though it shouldn't have been from a statistical standpoint.
I'll take a Super Bowl victory any way I can get it...
But that GREAT last drive by the Giants was weakened in terms of drama by the butt-first TD - plus had the Patriots scored at the end - the TD really would have come back to haunt them instead of just kneeling there.
Still, it has to be a kick in the balls to Belichick and Brady to lose to Coughlin and Manning like that again.
That is why I want NE to win this SB. Forever, it will be TC and the Giants that haunt Tom's and Bill's dreams.
I agree with you, to this day I still feel like he is going to catch that ball. In fact, I contend that a healthy Gronk would have caught that pass.
That's nuts. Gronk's health had nothing to do with him not catching that pass. He was too far away from it to catch it, healthy or not. It wasn't that close to being caught no matter how nervous it made us
i also cringe at the pass attempt to Moss at the end of SB 42.
But that GREAT last drive by the Giants was weakened in terms of drama by the butt-first TD - plus had the Patriots scored at the end - the TD really would have come back to haunt them instead of just kneeling there.
Still, it has to be a kick in the balls to Belichick and Brady to lose to Coughlin and Manning like that again.
Absinthe rocks.
Same way Hurricanes fans have to live with Flutie Flakes.
And the Moss play in XLII was painfully close too.
Absinthe rocks.
Haha, well played!
No one on the Giants could guard that guy
Hold them to a FG. Get the ball back with plenty of time left. Score a TD. Very plausible scenario.
Giants got fucked over on that phantom hold. We deserved that miss
Tough crowd in here!
I admit to getting annoyed that Hostetler didn't get the 1st down on the last drive against the Bills in XXV. Or that Allegre missed the extra point that would've given us 40 against Denver not to mention that garbage time TD we gave up. 40-13 sounds so much better than 39-20. LOL..sort of a "first wold problem" I guess.
every four years..
play the AFC East...
Tom on the hot seat..
yup...
have the NFL right where we want them..
I miss the Jacobs and Bradshaw backfield.
But that GREAT last drive by the Giants was weakened in terms of drama by the butt-first TD - plus had the Patriots scored at the end - the TD really would have come back to haunt them instead of just kneeling there.
Still, it has to be a kick in the balls to Belichick and Brady to lose to Coughlin and Manning like that again.
That is why I want NE to win this SB. Forever, it will be TC and the Giants that haunt Tom's and Bill's dreams.
That's nuts. Gronk's health had nothing to do with him not catching that pass. He was too far away from it to catch it, healthy or not. It wasn't that close to being caught no matter how nervous it made us