Super Bowl the Road to Perfection: N.E. Patriots vs. N.Y. Giants

It’s late in the game and the fans are in a frenzy as Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are marching down the field with ease. It’s 3rd down and three, ball in Giants territory and Tom Coughlin and the Giants call time out.

Brady sets up in the shotgun as Randy Moss spreads left with Wes Welker in the slot and Laurence Maroney in the backfield. Brady takes the snap and drops back in the pocket. Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora put pressure on the pocket and Brady slips to the outside to evade Umenyiora. Strahan cuts off the run as Brady scrambles, He looks deep down field for Moss then left to Stallworth, Welker slides across the middle and Brady pumps and fires a perfect spiral to the leaping Randy Moss as he one hands the pass and stumbles into the red zone as he’s tripped up by a Giant’s defender.

It’s first and goal on the Giants one yard line. In comes Mike Vrabel and Junior Seau.

This is some of the action we will see and hear Sunday as the Patriots will be the home team in Super Bowl XLII. The New York Giants are coming off a ten game road winning streak, an NFL record, as they come into Glendale, Arizona as the visiting team. One of two streaks will come to an end Sunday night.

All the talk leading up to Super Sunday has been Brady’s high ankle sprain. Is he injured or is he not? Is this another one of Bill Beiichick’s mind gameshe’s playing with Tom Coughlin and the Giants?

The Patriots will be plotting and scheming against another Manning this day, as brother Eli takes center stage and brother Peyton will sit in the stands and squirm and grimace as brother Eli tests his skills against the undefeated 18-0 New England Patriots.

In their last meeting in week 17 the Giants came to play, with nothing to lose they put forth a game plan that catapulted them to the Super Bowl. Eli has been on fire as he looks more like an All Pro instead of the also ran QB that started off poorly in September and October.

The Giants will be ready and so will the Pats. Only one team can prevail and one team will go home with their heads hung low. I feel both teamsshould hold their heads high as they are the only two teams remaing to fight for the ultimate prize in the National Football League. They both deserve to be there in Arizona on Sunday.

Each team has plenty of weapons to thwart the other teams strengths. Each team also has their weaknesses that the other will try and exploit.

The Pats wide receivers are tops in the league and their running game is coming around in the playoffs as Laurence Maroney has averaged 122 yards in each of the playoff games. He hasn’t played much this year as the Pats have assaulted the opposing teams through the air.

This team has a lot of weapons and teams just never know where they will be coming from. The Giants are going to have to play flawless football on Sunday in order to bring home the ultimate prize.

The Giants boast a strong defense as Michael Stahan and Osi Umenyiora will put pressure on Brady for sure and Patriot fans will be watching every step Brady makes as he scrambles a few times out of the pocket. PLaxico BurressI believe will be the key to the Giants success on Sunday as he also is an extraordinary athlete and a deep threat much like Randy Moss is for the Patriots.

The Giants also feel they have a great running back in Brandon Jacobs. Some feel he’ll plow through the Pats and chew up a lot of real estate. His statistics just don’t prove that in my eyes. Other key players to watch for the Giants are Amani Toomer and Kevin Boss. Eli Manning is definitely going to have to play the game of his life in order to play toe to toe with Tom Brady and the undefeated New England Patriots.

New England Patriots 34

New York Giants 17

The Patriots team will end this season 19-0 and will be sitting in the kitchen with Mercury Morris and the ‘72 Miami Dolphins.