An Unremarkably Giant Super Bowl in Indy

Ahmad Bradshaw takes a seat in the end zone for the
game winning touchdown in Super Bowl XLVI

Giants 2 Patriots 0.  This is the head-to-head advantage the New York Giants have in Super Bowls against the New England Patriots.  It was also the score of last nights game New England ran their first play from scrimmage.

That being said, what was the story of this Super Bowl?

Having watched the whole game, I fail to see what the big story to take from this was.  Of course, we could take Eli Manning besting Tom Brady for the second time.  We could take Eli having passed up Peyton in the "titles won" department.  We could talk about the role Rob Gronkowski's injury had to do with the outcome of the game.  We could talk about the defensive prowess of Jason Pierre-Paul.  We could talk about how the Patriots and Giants could have played a more disciplined football game.  We could talk about what New England could have done differently on their last drive.

Honestly, it did not feel like anything special.  This was not Santonio making a catch in the corner of the endzone, it was not a ravaged city having their day in the sun, it was not Justin Timberlake sticking gum on David Tyree's helmet and it was not Peyton Manning or John Elway getting the title monkey off their back.

Ladies and gentlemen, this year's Super Bowl was nothing special.

I will remember this game as another failure for Tom Brady and Bill Belichick as well of the group of people I watched the game with.  The game itself was not special, for it lacked that signature moment.

Aside from that, congratulations to Eli Manning on winning his second Super Bowl MVP award.  Congrats to M.I.A. for your middle finger during the halftime show will provide us with stale, boring halftime shows for another seven Super Bowls.  You are truly the goat of the night.  I would also like to wish the best of luck and a speedy recovery to Giants Tight End Travis Beckum who tore his ACL in the second quarter of tonights game.

Now it is time for ESPN to tell us what to think of this game and First Take to spend 5 more days on Tim Tebow.

UPDATE:  ESPN has told us that Eli Manning is now a future Hall of Fame Quarterback and now a better Quarterback than Peyton.  He also told us that Mario Manningham made the catch of the game on the last drive on the sideline.  I can agree with that, but I can not fathom why they would compare that to David Tyree's catch.  As for Eli Manning, I can see him as a Hall of Famer but he's not better than Peyton and/or Brady.  Not yet.  Brady's receivers did not make plays.  People are already forgetting Peyton in his prime.

If you think that Eli is better than Peyton, Trent Dilfer has more Super Bowl trophies than Dan Marino. Rex Grossman has appeared in as many Super Bowls than Dan Marino.  That's the beauty of sports, ladies and gentlemen.  With every Super Bowl, a new sensation and a new hero is born.  That's the beauty of sports.

What this proves to me is that Eli Manning has lived up to every bit of the hype around him coming out of Ole Miss and more.  He is most likely a Hall of Fame Quarterback.  He is a hero in New York City.

As for Brady, his legacy should not be questioned.  If you question his legacy, shame on you (I'm looking at you Rob Parker).  Tom Brady won three Super Bowls and appeared in five.  He has spent the better part of his careers making players like Danny Woodhead and Julian Edelman better.  He was the only Quarterback since the 1970's to lead an undefeated regular season.  2 MVPs, 7 Pro Bowls and 2 Super Bowl MVPs.  He's 16-6 in the postseason.

Now Skip Bayless (yes, Skip Bayless) said something that made sense today.  His legacy took a "small hit."  That small hit is that Joe Montana will go down as a better Quarterback than Brady.  Brady is not Montana and will never be better than Montana.

Now Peyton Manning, he's a surgeon in the pocket.  He runs the Peyton Manning offense.  People are going to forget how he took the Pierre Garcons and the Austin Collies of the world and turned them into household names.  Peyton Manning has the greatest brain in NFL history.  Eli has not surpassed him.  Not yet.

Again, congrats to Eli Manning and the New York Giants.  Congrats to Tom Coughlin who might actually receive his props after this game.  Last night I saw a smile on his face.  He looks like a completely different person.  Congrats to Jason Pierre-Paul who put his extraordinary talent on display on a National Stage.  Congrats to Mario Manningham for creating a signature moment of his career.  Congrats to Mark Herzlich, who even though he was inactive, has a Super Bowl Ring.  What a way to say, "Fuck You" to cancer.  Congrats to Justin Tuck who played a great game that hardly anyone seemed to notice.  Congrats to Ahmad Bradshaw for having the most swag on a game winning touchdown in Super Bowl history.

But most of all, congrats to me for calling NBC doing a J.P.P. parody of the song O.P.P. by Naughty by Nature.  Yeah, you know me.