Yesterday's Super Bowl was definitely one of the most exciting I've watched. Two great teams really fought it out all the way to the very end. It was sixty minutes of drama well played on both sides.
It was not anywhere near the surprise upset that the Jets pulled in SB III. Having watched the Giants beat the Packers two weeks ago, I thought they showed they could hurt anyone. Their pass rush was superb and Eli was nearly flawless against the Pack. He had found his stride in the previous games going back to the time they faced the Patriots in December. So I really expected he would keep it together and the defensive line would challenge anyone successfully.
What really helped the Giants was the injury to an offensive guard in the Patriots' line. It is harder for an offensive line to work with subs having to play. The Giants showed what having a healthy o-line means. Eli hardly got his shirt dirty where Tom will have a huge laundry bill!
I like to think the Pack would have done well against New England in light of the success of the Giants. After all, GB took the Giants to overtime before losing while the Pats couldn't do it. If the Pack had made the SB and if the Pats' o-guard had been injured early in the game, who knows how well the Packer defense would have rushed Tom.
But that takes us to next year if we want to see such a thing. I expect to see the Pack and Giants fight it out again because both have many young players just now coming into their own. Hopefully, next year, the result will be different and it will be Favre v. Brady in SB XLIII.
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