sports.aol.com - 2/4/2008
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Notes on a trip to the Super Bowl . I thought the turning point of Super Bowl XLII was going to be when Giants linebacker Chase Blackburn failed to get off the field on a New England punt, giving the Patriots the ball back with first-and-10 at the Giants' 39-yard line after an illegal substitution penalty. But the Giants' defense stiffened, and eight plays later the Patriots faced ...
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Confused thoughts in the aftermath
Eye on Foxborough —
... so things are a little in flux right now. With that said, here's some questions that have to be asked. -- Whether they said the Tom Brady ankle controversy was a non-issue or not, could it have been that it limited his ability to throw the deep ball. It's been quite some time since we've seen Brady pass so erratically, especially with the deep ball. I don't care what the statistics say, Brady didn't look like himself. -- What was Bill Belichick thinking going for it on 4th and 13? MDS at AOL FanHouse already covered this , but for the first time in recent memory, a Belichick ...
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Yahoo! Sports - NFL News 2/4/2008
Plaxico Burress was absolutely wrong, Tom Brady! The New England Patriots quarterback couldn't get 17 points against the New York Giants defense, which sacked the NFL MVP five times and hit him nine more times while he was throwing. Michael Strahan, ...
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