I thought I did. I said they played well and took the game. But there were lots of breaks.
This is exactly what I meant; you say they did great, BUT... There were breaks on both sides of the ball and there are always breaks on both sides of the ball in every game. The Giants didn't win because of the breaks, they won because they outplayed the Pats. I know you tried to rationalize it in the latter part of your post, but the fact is you shouldn't even mention the breaks, because they were on both sides and were a non-factor.
But I still maintain that Eli wasn't the MVP. As I said, he played well, but there were a lot of lucky breaks.
And yes, I know, Brady has gotten many lucky breaks before too. You become good in part by creating the conditions for getting lucky breaks and taking advantage of them.
Then why doesn't Eli deserve the MVP? If Brady is good because he gets breaks and takes advantage of them, what did Eli do that was different? More Brady-loving double-talk.
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As far as Brady and the O-line, did you see sunday's game? They weren't very good then.
Exactly. That is precisely my point. Brady was hammered and they didn't win because he "couldn't create his breaks...."
And did you see his WR corps last year? Worst in the league and still they came within a few plays of the super bowl.
I think the Pats WRs last year were far from the worst in the league. They were in no way what they were this year, but last year they weren't even in the bottom 3 in the AFC East.
You can't throw 40 yard bombs when you have 2 seconds to throw.
1. Yes, you can. There won't be a receiver there to catch it, but you can hurl the ball as soon as it is snapped. It isn't like video games where you have to hold down the B button for 2 seconds to start glowing and let one fly down the field.
2. If you weren't talking about the physics of it, then why not look for the underneath stuff? The drive where they scored their second touchdown was all underneath passes, then letting his great receivers make plays in the open field. Maybe the coverage was good, and Brady doesn't have the pinpoint accuracy of the greats to thread the needle and squeeze one in there.
3. If you are saying that isn't the Patriots way, but instead they have to play long ball, then I interpret that to mean Brady a one-dimensional quarterback (hardly one of the best all time; Jeff George had a much better long-ball arm than Brady) who can only throw long passes to one of the best receivers in history, one who made some near-impossible catches this year to help Brady get that TD record he has. I think that is a disservice to Brady.
No, Brady isn't a great quarterback, he just lives behind a great offensive line. Take that away and you see just how mortal he is. Thank you, New York Giants for proving what I've said all along. Tom Brady is a good quarterback who doesn't force things because he doesn't have to, which cuts down on his mistakes. Look at sideline footage from most of the games in the season; he wasn't even sweating and his hair was still perfectly quaffed. Why? Because he never gets hit. It is easy to avoid mistakes if you don't get hit.
But I will say I was kind of disappointed in his performance in both the AFC championship and in the SB. He seemed to have lost a bit of the edge that has made him so good. Don't know why. Maybe it was the ankle, maybe he was tired, maybe he didn't care as much as he used to.
Maybe he's just a pretty boy who doesn't like to get hit in the mouth, and when he does, it screws up his ability to play catch. Who really knows?
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