Damn, it must feel good to be a Manning.
Two years in a row they stomped out Mr. California Cool. Peyton did it last year in the AFC Championship game. Eli did it this year in front of millions of people at the Super Bowl.
No wonder Gisele was hitting that red wine hard. Another Manning proved to the world that her boyfriend is a human being. But here’s the thing New England, you need to stop crying. It’s not that the Patriots were that good; it’s that you are that good. You think it’s easy to go 18-0? 16-0, no problem. Even Jamie Lynn Spears went 16-0. 17-0, cakewalk. A bunch of Floridian mammals did it back in ’72.
Going 18-0? Pat yourselves on the back!
Do you really think that as soon as the game was over every woman in the world said “Ew, Tom’s so ugly. I’m soooo into Eli now.” Then we proceeded to call Randy Moss and told him to go back to Minnesota where he can go continue making illegal left turns. Can you hear that? It’s the sound Bill Belichick sewing the sleeves back onto his hoodie. Listen closely; you’ll be able to hear Donte Stallworth on the phone with Sean Payton trying to weasel his way back into a black and gold uniform.
Did the loss to New York turn your perfect season to crap? No.
Records were broken this season. Goals were set and achieved. Franchise tags were placed. Even my mother knows who Asante Samuel is! So stop your bitching and accept the fact that you lost the Bowl of all Bowls by three points. You still made history.
Didn’t Brady and Moss break NFL records in a game six weeks earlier against the very same Giants? Yes, I believe they did.
Brady got sacked five times during the Super Bowl. Why? Because for the first time all season, he was vulnerable. Although an ankle injury didn’t stop Plaxico Burress all season, it took its toll on Tom Terrific.
And oh, New England you just assumed you were going to win, didn’t you? Shit, even the Giants assumed you’d cream them. Rightfully so, up until that point the entire nation figured you were created in some government experiment. But the truth came out on February 3rd.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Well, that sure puts it in perspective. Nice take. The pats IMHO are still the best team I've ever seen. We are so harsh in how quickly we we relegate them to the dustbin of history because they lost one game. I know, I know, it was the Super Bowl. But wake up, they're 18-1. I want to be 18-1!!!! Great perspective. Love your work.
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yellow fever about 1 year ago
I'd rather be 14-6 and win the superbowl.......
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Tim Seeman about 1 year ago
Every other team that has ever gone 18-1 has won the Super Bowl. That's what is going to distinguish this team, not the fact they won all their regular season games. Teams are remembered for Super Bowl wins. I'd rather be the '85 Bears losing their one game on a Monday night against the Dolphins instead of the '07 Patriots losing their one game on the Sunday they play the Super Bowl against a team they've beaten already during the season.
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Erik Frenz about 1 year ago
I'd like to put a few extra things into perspective:
Tom Brady - 50 Touchdown passes
Randy Moss - 23 Touchdown catches
New England Patriots - 589 points
New England Patriots - first team to complete an undefeated regular season under the new 16-week schedule
So what, they lost ONE game. Sure, it was the Super Bowl, but are you EVER going to forget 50 touchdown passes? 23 touchdown catches? 589 points? Of course not, those are records. NFL records, held by the NFLs best players. No one will ever forget 16-0. Associated with 16-0 is 18-1, but no one will ever forget 16-0 OR 18-1.
How much of a coincidence would it be if the Patriots went 18-1 next season...but won the Super Bowl? Sports Karma turns back around?
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Boy, some people have their eyes wide shut. I'm not a Pats fan but i can appreciate excellence. And this team is excellent. To be able to do what they have done over this decade is phenomenal. In the era of parity it is quite unbelievable. No they didn't win the the big one this year, but to suggest that only Super Bowl teams ore remembered is axxinine. Once again Elisabeth you got us talking and thinking. What's next?
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John McClory about 1 year ago
I was going to write about Brady being totally hot but it would sound weird coming from a guy and all. From a strictly hetero standpoint he definitely is though. Good stuff.
I also noticed in your bio that you're a Concordia University graduate. Me too! Concordia Unversity in Irvine, CA... but yeah
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Justin Robertson about 1 year ago
The Perfect Season- 18-1!!! What a great ending for Pretty Boy Tom Brady who is, I believe, a closet homosexual. Belichek cheated- and cheaters never win. The Patriots will be forever remembered as The Little Team Who Couldn't. Where is New England anyway?
Eli "Smith"
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John Fennelly about 1 year ago
The problem with a wining streak is the diminishing odds of sustaining it as the weeks pass.
By game 19, the Pats' luck had run out. The ironic part is that they still could have won this game.
The streak took the starch out of them. The Giants, who floundered around most of the season, hit a bead late in the season and all the talent they had been accumulating the past four years suddenly gelled.
Still, look at what happened in the game. The Giants needed divine intervention to win. That Tyree catch is a once in a century type play. That broke the Pats' back.
What really perplexes m, though is why they had 1-on-1 coverage against Plaxico in the red zone.
Streak over
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