To all the True Pats Fans...

Shouldn't Belicheat be fined for this?  If not by the league, at least by his own organization?  Yes... It sucks to lose, but you stand there and take it like a man.  You congratulate the coach, maybe Eli and Strahan and the leave with your head held high.  More than anything he vindicated all the slanderous talk about him.  

And yes steelerark, I would agree that was the most fun I could possibly have without the steelers winning.  I haven't had that much angst watching a football game since Jags in the playoffs.  

also pointed out by Peter King and I'm sure many more... Where was the coaching changes that make Belichick famous?  Brady's being harrassed all night long, hit something like 18 times.  And yet no change to a power running game like Maroney's been able to do this postseason, or bring a tightend and RB back to block?  Nope, let's keep em 4 wide and make do, we're the f-ing Patriots and we will get a perfect season on the arm of Tom Terrific.  Belichick, outcoached???  I'll be damned.

The only thing that soured the entire experience for me was the Big Ben commercial... Oh dear lord, Ben... You'll get payed this year, I promise. Just don't do any singing commercials again.  Can we put that in his contract?

that's what their fans get for supporting a team that cheated.  and to think the Pats fans got all defensive when they were accused of cheating, instead of taking it like men and saying "you're right, we cheated and i'm disgusted by it" (which is how i would feel).  boston is the lamest place on earth.  always has been.

Counting their Week 17 matchup, the Giants had spent three weeks over the past month and a half preparing for the Patriots and even had what amounted to a rehearsal game against them. The Giants were well-prepared mentally and knew they could compete physically. It's tough, when you're winning, to make changes to the way you do things. I'm not sure Belichick was outcoached so much as his players were just outplayed.  That last winning drive was a classic, three great third-down plays (including that low catch that led to the fourth-down conversion) and a catch by Tyree that goes down with Lynn Swann's vs. Dallas as the greatest catch in Super Bowl history.

I'm not sure turning to the running game would have made any difference. Maroney had something like 20 yards rushing and the Pats were getting 4-6 yards on short passes. They just couldn't protect Brady more than three seconds. With one less receiver, they get more double coverage. Losing their RG (Neal) fairly early didn't help especially with RT Kasczur being a weak link. That's not bad coaching, that's just a d-line kicking the shit out of the offensive line and linebackers and secondary executing their coverages. Now Brady knows what Ben had to deal with all year, and yesterday the Patriots would have been better off with Ben at QB.

But it was hilarious watching Belichick leave the field early. I think he initially honestly thought time had run out and sought out Coughlin for the handshake, but when he finally figured it out, decided he might as well keep going.  What a class act he is .... NOT!!!!

The play of the Giants front seven really showed something important for the Steelers. They need more depth and versatility in their 3-4. Giants backup linemen and linebackers came in and made big plays. A rookie DT comes in and gets a sack on the last seriees. You have to go hard every play and that means having enough fresh bodies with the talent to come in and go hard and make a play. I'd love the Steelers to come up with a big fast DE who can spell Keisel and Smith or even allow Smith to slide over to DT and present a true four-man front, at least on some occasions. You start blitzing Harrison or Woodley behind a good 4-man front and you will see some damage done.