The New York Giants beat the New England Patriots 21-17 Sunday to win Super Bowl XLVI. The Giants win their 4th Super Bowl in 5 tries. With the win they tie the Packers for 4th most Super Bowl wins only behind the Steelers, Cowboys and 49ers. Patriots drop to 3-4 in Super Bowls. They have now lost two in a row both to the Giants. Eli Manning was 30 for 40 (.750) with 296 passing yards and 1 TD and 0 INTs. He won his 2nd Super Bowl MVP. He is now the 5th multiple winner of Super Bowl MVP. Montana has 3, Starr, Bradshaw and Brady both have two. The game started out with the Giants score 2 points on a safety after Brady got called for intentional grounding in the endzone. The safety forced by Tuck was the first since Super Bowl XXV when the Bills forced one. Victor Cruz then went on to catch a 2 yard TD pass to make to 9-0 Giants to end the first. Patriots started the second with a 29 yard field goal and then to end the half Woodhead caught a pass for 4 yard to score a touchdown to make it 10-9 Pats at half. The Patriots got the ball to start the third and went down a scored a TD. Hernandez caught a 12 yard pass from Brady to make it 17-9 Pats. Giants added a 38 and 33 yard field goal to close the score to 17-15 Pats. Brady then threw an interception at the end of the third. The teams swapped possession to start the 4th. The Giants got with 3:46 to go down two. Manning went 5 for 6 on the drive with 76 yards and a great catch from Manningham. Patriots gave up a 6 yard rushing TD to Bradshaw to give the Giants a 21-17 lead with 59 seconds left after failing the two point conversion. Brady and the Pats could move the ball after 2 drop passes and the game end on a failed hail mary with 0 seconds left. I believe that Patriots could have won if the passes at end weren't drop. New York's defense was great forced a INT the only turnover in the game and the Giants offense was able to take up 37 minutes leaving Brady only 22 minutes the entire game. Also Mario Manningham was very good with 10 catches for 109 yards. Giants are the first 9-7 to win the Super Bowl. Eli Manning now has 2 Super Bowls and 2 Super Bowl MVPs both 1 more than his older brother Peyton. Both teams had great seasons. I expect to see the Patriots win the AFC East again and probably be the best in the AFC and have another chance for Super Bowl. The Giants though look really good but might struggle next year. The Giants can still win the NFC East but they have to watch at for Philadelphia who will be hungry next year and the Cowboys who want some revenge. The coin toss was won by the Patriots snapping the NFC 14 straight times. It was the first time since Super Bowl XXXI that the AFC won the coin toss.
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