Super Bowl XLVI Matchup Set: New England Patriots vs. New York Giants
by Brian Galliford on Jan 23, 2012 8:46 AM EST
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PrintAfter yesterday's two thrilling finishes in conference championship games, the New England Patriots and the New York Giants will meet in Super Bowl XLVI, set to kick off in a little under two weeks.
New England made it to Indianapolis luckily, needing a dropped Lee Evans pass and a missed Billy Cundiff kick to avoid overtime - or worse - at home against the Baltimore Ravens, escaping with a 23-20 win. The Giants, too, were lucky, capitalizing on a fumbled punt in overtime to kick a game-winner and advance to the Super Bowl with a 20-17 win over the San Francisco 49ers.
These two teams famously met in Super Bowl XLII four years ago, when the upstart Giants ended the Patriots' dream for an undefeated season with a 17-14 win, with Eli Manning hitting Plaxico Burress for the go-ahead score late. They also squared off in the regular season this year, with Manning again playing late-game hero in hitting Jake Ballard for the go-ahead score with less than two minutes remaining in a 24-20 road win.
Now, the age-old question: do Buffalo Bills fans root actively for the divisional foe, against them, or simply to be entertained for four quarters on Super Bowl Sunday? Let us know in the comments section!
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It the underdog thing. Pats are favored by 3.5 right now.
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I’m not sure why. Not that either team has a great defense, but the Giants have proven pressure ability. The Patriots have occasional moments where Wilfork wakes up from his food coma.
I will be rooting hard for our false NY brothers over the next two weeks.
"Go check on the ribs!"
by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 23, 2012 9:03 AM EST up reply actions
Hatred
Simply put- I hate the Patriots. I hate everything about their franchise from top to bottom. If New England wins, my defense mechanism will be to shut the NFL off my interest grid until the summer. In all honesty, I wish New England and their fans nothing but the worst. They truly are the least likable group in pro sports and I hope they’re embarrassed in two weeks.
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by Port Royal on Jan 23, 2012 9:17 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
If Tom Brady doesn’t have his helmet on… it definitely looks like Eli’s going in for the smoocher.
by MattRichWarren on Jan 23, 2012 9:25 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
Ha ha ha
Rec’d times 1,000
Trample the weak, hurdle the dead!
by fansince83 on Jan 23, 2012 9:58 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
looks like marsha
is about to go for some Eli nipple with her right hand too :)
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by The Buffalo Kid on Jan 23, 2012 7:27 PM EST up reply actions
GO G-MEN
No self respecting Bills fan could root for pretty boy Brady to win + the G-Men won me $500 yesterday. Pretty boy Brady will probably go insane if Babyface Manning beats him one more time in the big one.
SO GO G-MEN!
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by The Buffalo Kid on Jan 23, 2012 9:28 AM EST reply actions
I was disappointed to see the Niners lose, but they wouldn’t have given the Patriots as much competition. Alex Smith had some Tebow-like stats well into the 3rd Q. I actually enjoy when the Patriots are in the big game. It then gives me a much stronger reason to care who wins, when I want nothing more than for the Patriots to suffer.
Imagine this: First play of the game, JPP and Osi hit Brady so hard he leaves with an injury. Mallet’s first pro game comes in the Super Bowl.
"Go check on the ribs!"
by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 23, 2012 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
Hoyer is number two on NE QB depth chart.
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When the job is finished no one remembers how long it took, just how well it was performed.
by Buffalo for Eternity on Jan 23, 2012 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
Really????????
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by The Buffalo Kid on Jan 23, 2012 9:57 AM EST up reply actions
Here you go: patspulpit.com
Cya later.
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by BuffaloBlueBlood on Jan 23, 2012 10:19 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
Option 4
Let there be blood.
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Option 5. Oh yes, there will be blood.
"Go check on the ribs!"
by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 23, 2012 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
I !!! DRINK !!! YOUR !!!! MILKSHAKE!!!!
thrrrup I DRINK IT UP!!!
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by NordicBillsfan on Jan 23, 2012 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
While I hate the Pats more than any team but the Jets
The Bills beat them. The Giants beat the Bills. I must root for the Pats because if they win, at least the Bills beat the team that won the SB.
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by fansince83 on Jan 23, 2012 10:00 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Makes it seem worse, honestly.
"Go check on the ribs!"
by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 23, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
I don't understand???
While I hate the Pats more than any team but the Jets
Why Bills fans hate the Jets so much???
Up until the last few years we kicked the crap out of them year after year, even when we sucked.
I can’t remember 1 painful loss to them before the Lossman fumble.
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by The Buffalo Kid on Jan 23, 2012 7:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The Patriots though.
I can remember so many bad losses from the last decade, I hate their guts with everything I got.
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by The Buffalo Kid on Jan 23, 2012 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
100% agree. We’ve had some horribly painful losses to the Pats. The Jets are nothing in comparison to them and the ’Phins.
by Dr. Brackish Okun on Jan 23, 2012 10:34 PM EST up reply actions
Can never cheer on Brady. Plus I would not say the giants got lucky. When your defense dominates like that a win cannot be said to be lucky. Alex smith was shut down and gore contained. It if wasn’t for the two big plays to Davis San Francisco wouldn’t have even been in contention
Ps this game made it clear to me that the bills can best improve by adding a player like Paul-pierce to its d line
by billsin2012 on Jan 23, 2012 10:01 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I’d be happy with a Mario Williams. They should break the bank for him.
"Go check on the ribs!"
by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 23, 2012 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
a player like Paul-pierce to its d line
You meant Pierre-Paul, right? I’m pretty sure our DL doesn’t need any aging basketball players. I can’t imagine it would help with run contain, at least.
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by WhyBillsWhy on Jan 23, 2012 11:33 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Just give me a good game.
The playoffs this year have been pretty awesome to watch, so I hope it trends to the SB. I will say this though, in their last SB meeting, I actually was rooting for Brady and the Pats. I respect the hell out of Belichick and I really wanted to see a perfect season in my lifetime.
So as long as the play dictates that I’m not changing the channel at halftime, I’ll be happy. Deep down though, I wish there was a way for both teams to lose!
Sure, Fitz aced the Wonderlic test...but he does not pass the Eyeball test...
No Doubt
The playoffs this year have been pretty awesome to watch
There has been much good football to watch, the Giants Niners overtime got the highest ratings for a game that wasn’t the super bowl, the NFL office must be lovin it.
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by The Buffalo Kid on Jan 23, 2012 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
The players love it too. They are guaranteed a percentage of income.
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When the job is finished no one remembers how long it took, just how well it was performed.
by Buffalo for Eternity on Jan 23, 2012 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
I root for two teams during the year...
The Bills and whoever is playing the Patriots.
GO GIANTS!
by SiriusRed on Jan 23, 2012 10:21 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Disgusted.
When Billy Cundiff missed that field goal, i threw up in my mouth a little. When Lawrence Tynes made it, I projectile vomited all over any real interest i had in watching Super Bowl XLVI. My two least favorite teams from each Conference, I couldn’t have picked a matchup I’d enjoy happening less. Go Bills
I voted Patriots
I don’t like them, but Buffalo doesn’t want to get good again in the midst of an NFC Super Bowl run. I believe that the weight of the NFC run, plus the Norwood miss, haunted them in Super Bowl 26, and beat them more than the Redskins did.
This Super Bowl is setting up a lot like the NFC dominated Super Bowls: Pats have great offense, elite QB, and a below average defense with some good players. Pats didn’t beat a team with a winning record until they beat the Ravens, and they got lucky to beat them. Sounds a lot like the Broncos and somewhat like the Bills.
Giants struggled through the wars of the NFC East, where 3 of 4 teams were good. Played the Packers twice. They played the Saints. And they played the 49ers twice. They went 2-3 agains those teams, so they’ve been through some wars. Defensive line is the best in football, secondary is OK. Offense isn’t dominant, but Manning is hot. Sounds a lot like the Giants and Redskins in the 80’s and 90’s.
Again, I don’t like the Pats, but I don’t want the NFC to start to put together a string of wins that an almost good Buffalo team has to fight through, again.
Re-starting the official Buffalo "Draft a quarterback in the First Round in 2012" campaign.
The NFC was far superior during the Bills’ SB years. I often wonder how good they end up if they played in the NFC.
"Go check on the ribs!"
by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 23, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
Think about now as around 1986
Was the NFC that far superior then?
Re-starting the official Buffalo "Draft a quarterback in the First Round in 2012" campaign.
Pats didn’t beat a team with a winning record until they beat the Ravens, and they got lucky to beat them.
They beat the technically 9-8 Broncos in the Divisional round, right? :-)
by MattRichWarren on Jan 23, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
And on that technicality, every team they played had a winning record (or was .500)...
…until they played the Chiefs at the end of the season.
by Richard Hill on Jan 23, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
Not the point, kind of twisting the facts
The point was, of the teams the Patriots played, they didn’t beat any teams that finished the regular season until Baltimore. It wasn’t a very hard schedule. The Patriots’ opponent’s win-loss percentage was tied for second lowest in the league.
Re-starting the official Buffalo "Draft a quarterback in the First Round in 2012" campaign.
Yep.
But you can spin the story however you want it. They beat 7 teams that finished .500. The whole “none finished over .500” line isn’t very helpful because the Patriots were part of the reason they finished .500.
The “weakest SoS” is valid and that’s what should be argued, not the “winning record” piece.
by Richard Hill on Jan 24, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
question RH – when is the horseshoe going to fall our of your teams ass?
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by J2 on Jan 24, 2012 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
Probably once Peyton anounces his retirement.
Then it won’t be fun going there anymore.
by Richard Hill on Jan 25, 2012 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
No spin
In the regular season, the Pats did not defeat a team with a winning record for the season. That’s what I said initially, and that’s completely factual.
The only room for budge on that comes in the playoffs, where it could be said that they defeated a 9-8 Broncos team. However, what I said was the first team the Pats defeated with a winning record in the regular season was the Baltimore. Again, completely based in facts.
Re-starting the official Buffalo "Draft a quarterback in the First Round in 2012" campaign.
the Pats defeated
you mean Baltimore lost right? Pats didn’t “win” the game per say – Baltimore should have won hence my horseshoe comment. Lee Evans!?!? oh man – the missed FG was icing on the cake.
seriously – Baltimore pulled a Buffalo Bills on that job
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by J2 on Jan 24, 2012 6:46 PM EST up reply actions
I’d like to see more on the Billy Cundiff routine / scoreboard operator mishap. I put no misdeed past the Patriots.
Re-starting the official Buffalo "Draft a quarterback in the First Round in 2012" campaign.
I made a post at the Pulpit:
You should read the attached Deadspin link as well. Very interesting. Don’t think it was malicious by the Patriots. Thought it was negligent by the scoreboard officials as well as the Ravens coaching staff (who knew the correct down and didn’t notify their kicker).
by Richard Hill on Jan 25, 2012 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
"for the season" is the key modifier.
Saying they didn’t beat a winning team is untrue. They beat plenty of winning teams. It’s just that those teams fell to .500 by the end of the regular season.
by Richard Hill on Jan 25, 2012 4:08 PM EST up reply actions
But they would have to play a great Pats team 2-3 times before they ever got a whiff of an NFC team in the SB.
by Dr. Brackish Okun on Jan 23, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions
Definately don’t want Brady and Belichick to win another Super Bowl. Only consolation would be that a WNY native, Gronkowski, gets a Super Bowl Ring.
by PineWoodsBillsFan on Jan 23, 2012 10:36 AM EST reply actions
Honestly, i’d like him to remain second fiddle to Joe Montana.
"Go check on the ribs!"
by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 23, 2012 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
How can you root for the Gaints?
Are you all to young to remember wide right. Have you ever met a Giants fan in and around NYC. They are the most classless fans in the NFL. While I am no fan of Belichick and that cocky condescending persona he puts on, he wins. Also, everyone responding on this thread wished it was Buffalo who picked up Brady. You hate Brady because he is good. And every QB since and including Beldsoe has sucked. I hate that Buffalo is such a laughing stock but I have to go with my fellow AFC East foe.
I can remeber wide right.
That’s on norwood, it’s not like they ran up the score like Dallas or the Patsies like to do. Super Bowl 25 was on us, because we didn’t have a kicker that could make a 48 yarder, I hate Dallas and the Skins way more than the Giants. Because the Cowboys and Skins ran the score up.
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by The Buffalo Kid on Jan 23, 2012 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t hate the Giants for winning XXV. I hate that the Bills put themselves in position to miss that kick. It was never going to be an easy kick, but they made it tougher on Norwood than it should have been. And i’m tired of watching the Patriots win everything.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 23, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
I hear ya
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by The Buffalo Kid on Jan 23, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
Dallas and Washington
Both ran up the score and the only saving grace we got was when Tasker knocked the ball from Leon Lett.
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by The Buffalo Kid on Jan 23, 2012 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
It was Beebe not Tasker.
"a play in which nothing happens, that yet keeps audiences glued to their seats". -Vivian Mercier - a description of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot"
According to Beckett, Godot was a metaphor for the Buffalo Bills :-)
Yep
My Bad
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by The Buffalo Kid on Jan 23, 2012 6:10 PM EST up reply actions
I was @ SB XXV
From our seats it was a painful second or two not knowing if the kick went thru or not~ we knew when the Giants and their fans were jumping for joy…
because we didn’t have a kicker that could make a 48 yarder
Some blame the holder~laces out..
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1 person who went to all 4 super bowl losses, what a way to throw 20K down the toilet.
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by The Buffalo Kid on Jan 23, 2012 6:12 PM EST up reply actions
Giants fans
are the sole reason I think I will end up finding myself slightly rooting for the Pats. I HATE that this is the matchup. I’ve grown up surrounded by cocky, ridiculous Giants fans my whole life, and now Im living in NYC so it’s only gotten progressively worse. Add in the fact that literally millions of people around me who dont know anything about football are now acting as if they are die-hard Giants fans and constantly talking sh*t and Im just not going to be able to stand it if the Giants win. I hate the Pats as a team more than I hate the Giants as a team, but I dont really have many Pats fans to deal with…this sucks.
Re: Poll
I might turn it on to watch the commercials. But as soon as play resumes, I’ll be going for more snacks.
I dont want to pick either team.....however
It has to be the Patriots. Being a die hard Bills fan and season ticket holder it has been an awful ride since the 90’s. However, I will almost always choose an AFC team especially from our division, even if it is the Jets who I can not stand one bit. We get to see the best team over the last 10 years, with the best quarterback of our time(splitting hairs with Peyton, but Brady gets the nod. And second to only Joe Montana IMO) We are watching a dynasty still. That doesnt happen very often, and while we are presently in the time of the dynasty, we dont get to take it in and enjoy it. 10/20 years from now when kids will say “wow you got to see Tom Brady and the Pats play?” We did. They are here for the foreseeable 5 year future. I am no Pats fan by any means but I am a football fan and they play the best brand. They don’t go out and dance after celebrations, then are business like in interviews all the way from the owner to the quarteback. They bust their asses for their coach and team. They may seem cocky only because they are winning. They are the epitome of what we all want. A well run team, with a no BS coach, and a winning charismatic ultra competitive quarterback. AKA…us 1988-1995. Every coach “cheats”, I do like Belichek alot less because he got caught, but he still is a great coach who gets his team to play for him every game every year for 10 years now. I really want a good game, down to the wire, with a Brady winning drive, and a game winning catch by Welker with no time left…..a revenge win might make this SB the greatest ever…..
NE v NYG in the SB is like...
the Phillies v Yankees (as a Met’s fan) in the WS, miserable. I guess… go SB commercials!
giants for four reasons
1) I hate the pats
2) I think it would be hilarious for the lesser Manning to have more championships than big brother and daddy put together.
3) Tynes the Giant’s kicker is British.
4) I hate the pats.
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by Let's Go Buffalo (UK) on Jan 23, 2012 1:08 PM EST via mobile reply actions
3a)
Osi is also British
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by Let's Go Buffalo (UK) on Jan 23, 2012 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
I hate to say it but I'm going for the Pats
Since I go back to the AFL vs NFL hated rivalry days I always go AFC regardless of what team is playing…
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Rooting for the Patriots
Bill Belichick is a football genius and I love the creativity he brings to the game, and the way he has been able to influence the defensive and offensive evolution of football.
G-I-A-N-T-S
Seriously. Do we even need to ask that question? Who can root for Bellicheat, Eight-Five and Marky Mark Brady with a straight face?
If Ryan Fitzpatrick does not take the Bills to the Big Game, ever, I will run through Harvard's campus wearing a Yale jersey. I am that sure. Or that crazy.
Rooting for Perry Fewell.......
The score dictated they pass
by norcaliangelsfan on Jan 23, 2012 5:26 PM EST reply actions
might as well throw in Kevin Gilbride too
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"Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances." - Sun Tzu
nah I dont care for him too much
Although im a huge fan of the run and shoot which he runs often…
The score dictated they pass
by norcaliangelsfan on Jan 24, 2012 3:23 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I wouldn't consider the Giants Offense a run and shoot
"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there." - John Wooden
"Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances." - Sun Tzu
My all time favorite Giants player is.......
Jim Burt
He’s from Orchard Park and when I was in high school, in the 80s he was making an appearance at a car dealership near my grandma’s in NJ. We went there and there wasn’t many people there. He had photos that he was autographing and when I told him I was from WNY he chatted a bit, even coached me up with some pass rushing technique!
What a great guy! I will never forget that day.
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by The Buffalo Kid on Jan 23, 2012 7:56 PM EST reply actions
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