A Giant Victory

The New York Giants have just pulled off one of the greatest upsets in NFL history. On Sunday, in SuperBowl XLII (42), the New York Giants defeated quarterback Tom Brady and his "perfect" Patriots 17- 14. The New England Patriots came into the game being touted as one of the "greatest teams ever", but were stifled by a ferocious Giants defense, and a poised Eli Manning. Tom Brady was sacked a season high 5 times and was unable to get his offense rolling for the first time this season. Brady hit the dirt and hit the dirt hard. Tom Brady was hurried all night by the Giants defensive line and the pressure caused by veteran Michael Strahan, and fifth year player Usi Umenyiora restricted Brady from throwing the deep ball. That is how you beat one of the the best quarterbacks to ever play the game. The Giants played their best game of the year and it came at just the right moment to derail the Patriots on their quest to the perfect season. About a week before the game Giants wide reciever Plaxico Burress predicted a Giant win and predicted the score would be 24- 17. When pretty boy Tom Brady was told about Plaxico's prediction he found it humurous that his record-setting offense would only score 17 points. The actual funny part is that the Patriots only managed to squeeze in a season-low 14 points in the most important game of the season, the Superbowl. The last time the Patriots lost before Sunday was in the 2006 AFC Championship game. That game was against the Colts and their star quarterback, Peyton Manning, the older brother of Eli Manning. In that game, Peyton Manning led the Colts to a comeback win over the Patriots and went on to win the Superbowl two weeks later.