I hate to be the hater, but Eli sucked (sponsored by the player haters ball)

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by coggs

AS IF ANY OF US GIVE A FLYING FUCK WHO WON THE MVP. WE ARE THE FUCKING CHAMPS AND THE SIGNATURE STAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Relax dude, geez, clearly the guy is nuts. Eli played a hell of a game. The Tyree catch was a great play, but did you not notice Eli escaping from 3 guys right before he threw the ball? Give me a break, Eli won the game, classic performance. If you want to kill him when he plays bad (which I have) then give him some credit when he plays well (which he did). Eli deserved the MVP, he was the clear choice, and if you missed that I think you might have been paying more attention to the wings and beer instead of the game.

[beau_str]

personally, eli breaking tackles and throwing that pass at the end of the game to win it does it for me. no question, deserved. that is my opinion

[coggs]

Honestly thought it was going to go to someone on the D-line. Not sure off the top of my head, but they had 5 sacks I think and Brady was on his ass A LOT.

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by coggs

Honestly thought it was going to go to someone on the D-line. Not sure off the top of my head, but they had 5 sacks I think and Brady was on his ass A LOT.

Yeah, but when a QB leads a game winning drive with under 2 minutes left, its kind of hard to pick anyone else. The d-line did get to Brady a ton though. I bet he took more shots tonight than he did all year. Guess he's human when he doesn't get protection ... great gameplan, great execution.

[TrustinGibbs]

Originally Posted by coggs

Honestly thought it was going to go to someone on the D-line. Not sure off the top of my head, but they had 5 sacks I think and Brady was on his ass A LOT.

My Brother in-law is a G's fan and he thought Manning was the MVP but myself I thought it should have been Justin Tuck. The guy was all over Brady the entire game. The D-line set the tone and won this game for the Giants.

Makes me kind of mad cuz the Skin's could have drafted Tuck a couple of years ago. The guy is a beast.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by coggs

Honestly thought it was going to go to someone on the D-line. Not sure off the top of my head, but they had 5 sacks I think and Brady was on his ass A LOT.

I agree - should have been Tuck or Umenyiora (yes, I had to look up the spelling on that one).

[beau_str]

not to mention they would not have been in the SB if it were not for his long string of strong play through the playoffs. give credit where it is due. can't wait for next season.

[FRPLG]

And let's be honest, The Giants talent-wise are pretty thin offensively. Besides Burress they have:

2 mediocre to decent RBs with little to no value in the passing game
no discernibly good TEs with value besides blocking
1 average WR who caught the droppsies this year and scares exactly no one in the league
a bunch of no name fodder type WRs
a decent offensive line.

Not the makings of a great offense and any success had with this group can be attributed to Eli's play mostly.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

And let's be honest, The Giants talent-wise are pretty thin offensively. Besides Burress they have:

2 mediocre to decent RBs with little to no value in the passing game
no discernibly good TEs with value besides blocking
1 average WR who caught the droppsies this year and scares exactly no one in the league
a bunch of no name fodder type WRs
a decent offensive line.

Not the makings of a great offense and any success had with this group can be attributed to Eli's play mostly.

Not sure I agree here. I think the Super Bowl win gives everybody a huge boost of confidence, and I can see those receivers shaping into a formidable group once they all get on the same page with Eli.

In fact, all of their "no name fodder" wideouts are basically young, so they probably have nowhere to go but up. Steve Smith has the most promise, and David Tyree showed he can come up big when they needed it most. Add that to Amani Toomer (who was the one receiver who gave Champ Bailey fits) and Plaxico when he heals up, and I'd take them over the Redskins receivers any day.

Their O-line is good enough, while Jacobs, Droughns, Cedric Ward, and Bradshaw get the job done rushing.

None of them are 'Superstars' per se, but they just proved that you don't need superstars to win the big one.

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Not sure I agree here. I think the Super Bowl win gives everybody a huge boost of confidence, and I can see those receivers shaping into a formidable group once they all get on the same page with Eli.

In fact, all of their "no name fodder" wideouts are basically young, so they probably have nowhere to go but up. Steve Smith has the most promise, and David Tyree showed he can come up big when they needed it most. Add that to Amani Toomer (who was the one receiver who gave Champ Bailey fits) and Plaxico when he heals up, and I'd take them over the Redskins receivers any day.

Their O-line is good enough, while Jacobs, Droughns, Cedric Ward, and Bradshaw get the job done rushing.

None of them are 'Superstars' per se, but they just proved that you don't need superstars to win the big one.

The g-men are not an explosive offense but they can move the ball enough. I think they'll be tough next year but will have some hard times. It will be a crazy fight in the nfc east. I could actually see any one of the teams winning it. I would imagine that a no. of writers will have us finishing last when camp rolls around.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by BeastsoftheNFCeast

It kinda pissed me off that Manning got the MVP, I thought that he was the luckiest sob EVER for not losing that game. It seemed to me that on every throw he made in the 4th quarter, (except for one or two) he seemed to lean back, close his eyes throw the ball and pray that his reciever would catch it, and the overthow of Burress almost lost the game. I will give him props for fighting though, he got out of a few sacks where he should have been eating dirt. Even though I thought he should have thrown the ball away instead of scramble, I'm not going to complain about that point too much.

I will disagree with you on this point, I thought Eli played a fine game and he was much more deserving of MVP than Peyton was in last year's Super Bowl. Eli has progressed a lot this postseason, and it showed. You could've counted me in on the believers that Eli didn't have it in him to take the Giants 83 yards down the field to score the winning touchdown against an undefeated team, but he did it, and that drive will be remembered as one of the crowning points of his career, unless of course, this becomes the first of many high points.

[That Guy]

eli didn't suck, though he wasn't amazing. tuck should have gotten that mvp though (6 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 FF, lots of pressures).

[djnemo65]

I just can't believe I live in a world where Eli is a Superbowl Champion

[Rajmahal33]

If not Eli, who else would you have given it to? He didn't have the greatest performance but I think that play when he broke out of the sack and heaved it downfield is going to be one of the most memorable in SB history and possibly also his career.

I'm just happy to have won $300 bucks last nite (3rd Q and final game, blocks) and most importantly having Monk and Green in together!

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

I just can't believe I live in a world where Eli is a Superbowl Champion

............you could always leave .