Super Bowl Predictions 2012: Why New England Patriots Are Destined for Victory

Tom Brady has a special distaste for the New York Giants.

And the Super Bowl will be where the New England Patriots star quarterback will get his revenge.

Not only did the Giants beat the Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl and destroy their chances at a perfect season, Eli Manning and New York walked into Foxborough earlier this season and beat the Patriots again. Ouch!

While the Giants 24-20 Week 9 win shows that it was a close game, a loss is a loss for the Pats; especially when the team they were facing has their number.

This time is different, though.

With obvious distain in his voice, Brady told ESPN following the team’s 23-20 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday:

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Offensively, I wish we would have done a little bit better in the red area; certainly not throw interceptions. I'm glad we won, glad we're moving on. We've won 10 straight, hopefully we can make it 11.

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Brady knows that he will have to do better than the 239 yards he threw against the Ravens for the Patriots to win. But the biggest factor to be corrected is the protection of the ball.

The star QB threw two interceptions and no touchdowns for the first time in what seems like an eternity. Despite the New England win, the Baltimore game had the feeling of the 2008 Super Bowl as well, until Billy Cundiff made sure history would not be made.

Brady threw for just 266 yards against the Giants in ’08, so you better believe that New York will use the same game plan that they used earlier this year and what Baltimore used to almost beat them in the AFC Championship.

New England is too smart to let the same game plan beat them twice on the biggest stage of them all. I expect Bill Belichick and his group of minions to develop a plan where everything revolves around three-step drops from Tom Brady.

If Brady can get the ball out before the stellar pass rush of the Giants gets in his face, the mediocre Giants secondary will be torched by the stellar pass-catchers that the Patriots have.

With enough time and space to make throws, it will open up the Patriots running game. Which, in turn, will also open up play-action passing attack.

All of the previous reasonings will guarantee that New England walks away victorious and Eli Manning limps home empty-handed.

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