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In response to
"You can use that 'but, if' clause for every single game in the history of sports. It's a shit argument."
by
Shaun
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But, if....I'm not arguing who won -- the Giants won (and deserved to)
Posted by
Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz)
Apr 12 '17, 11:04
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I'm saying simply that saying "Eli was the reason they won" is absurd given how that game (and the 2012 game lesser so) went.
The Patriots in 2007/08 were putting up 35 points per game -- they put up 35 against you guys in Week 17.
They put up 14 in the Super Bowl. That wasn't because Eli held onto the ball for 40 minutes ala Parcells winning Super Bowl 25 against the high-octane Bills team.
It was because your front-four could get pressure on Brady and make him a normal QB instead of Tom Terrific. Because of that, Eli had a chance to achieve a modest threshold to win a game; 17 points.
It's the first Super Bowl in like 30 years that the winning team didn't get to 20 points. And it wasn't a miserable turnover affair -- it was good defense.
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