Published 3/8/2008
by Stew Winkel
at Bleacher Report - NFL
There is another article on this web site about how the Giants win over the Patriots was the game that saved sports. I saw this article on the main page now for several days. Each time, I chose to ignore it. I knew what it was about, obviously, and figured why subject myself to the pain I would have to feel all over again reading about how my favorite football team lost its chance at immortality to the Giants. But finally, today, I decided to read it. Very well written and even a Patriot fan must admit, a lot of it was very true. There is one part, however, of the Giants story that maybe isn't so storybook and maybe it detracts from this great feeling everyone outside of New England has. That is Eli Manning. I'm not talking about whether or not Eli deserved the MVP, or that if you review the game, he really didn't play all that well, or that in the Giants final drive he made about five plays that easily could have lost his team the game. I really am not because all that ...
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