Super Bowl XLII

Last night I attended a party to watch the Super Bowl. I'm a fan of the NFL but with no Steelers participating in the game I had little interest other than watching to see the hated Patriots lose.

I already hated the Patriots just because they have beat the Steelers in the playoffs a few times. However, constantly hearing about Bill Belichick's supposed genius and Tom Brady's latest baby-momma is enough to make anyone develop a hate of the team. Oh yeah and throw in the whole Spy-gate scandal where the Patriots were caught cheating.

And of course this year the Patriots go through the regular season undefeated (16-0) and ESPN is flooded with stories asking 'Are the Patriots the best team ever?' and 'Is Tom Brady the best quarterback ever' and all sorts of other articles praising this team that WAS CAUGHT CHEATING without really taking that offense seriously.

Belichick in general is a very shady and unlikeable character as well. He's evasive, a poor sport, and not very classy at all. He's refused to shake hands with opposing coaches, runs up the score when leading by 30+ in the 4th quarter, doesn't answer questions about injuries, dresses like a hobo, talks in mono-tone, etc etc

Anyway, the Giants were huge underdogs in this game...I believe the Pats were favored to win by 12. I don't like the Giants but I certainly have nothing against the team. I've kinda felt sorry for Eli too since he's been scrutinized for his inconsistent play given he was the first overall pick in 2004 - and was surrounded by the drama involving his unwillingness to play for San Diego.

So it's good to see him mature and solidify the QB draft class of 2004. Now Rivers is the only one of the 3 QBs not to have a SB ring.

I only hope that Moss leaves the Pats in free agency as well as Asante Samuel. It would sicken me to see the Pats steal another prime player for pennies like they did with Moss.

The Giants have a beastly d-line and I hope teams learn to play the Pats more like the Giants did. Taking a chance with the receivers and blitzing to hit Brady. Brady is no god. ANY QB can look amazing given loads of time to throw. NE has a great o-line but simple math...bringing more people than they have back to block works most of the time.

I hope the Steelers can re-tool their defense to bring heat like the Giants. They'll probably stay in the 3-4 for next season but they need to play Woodley over Haggans. They also need Aaron Smith back and Casey Hampton back in shape. The Steelers d-line scared noone this year.

This has been a really disjointed post, oh well.