Tom Brady looked like Greg Brady last night. If not for Wes Welker and his hustling Yards-After-Catch average (which still didn't work out to too much), Brady would have looked extremely ordinary last night. 18 times knocked down.
I had thought that the Giants D needed to have a perfect gameplan to beat the Pats: pressure Brady, take the deep ball away, take your chances with the underneath route, no silly penalties, and win the turnover battle.
Brady pressured, no deep balls, underneath route given up but without too much damage, one silly pass interference that led to the first TD, and even in turnovers (plus two more for the Pats on downs).
Good enough.
I know it's only 2008, but that's the Catch of the Century right there. The whole play was simply amazing. Look at the replay: Manning should have been sacked about 4 times. The initial grab, the hand to the helmet, the tug on the jersey, and then almost getting tripped up scrambling away. And still he got that ball off and Tyree somehow grabs it, pins it, then controls it without dropping it.
Major props to the Giants. I have nothing bad to say about Eli Manning anymore. If anyone says he's still a crappy QB, then you obviously need to watch a bit more NFL, because you'd realize that he is now miles ahead of the QB he was at the beginning of this season.
Oh, and Belichick? Quit being such a damned sore loser. How embarrassing for him to act like such a child.