Your analysis is about equal to and just as stupid as Baracks analysis of the economy. I mean really. Either you never played a game of football in uniform or you played too many games and got too many head slaps back when they were legal.
The pass from Manning that kept the last drive live was a circus catch from the receiver. Not the first time it happened in the game. Brady was right on the money with passes he practionally layed in the receivers hands and they dropped the pass. What game where you watching? Neither team was as good as the teams were four years ago. The best team was the Packers. 9 out of 10 times they beat the 7 loss Giants team, who happened to the worst running game in the NLF. The Patriots this year were Brady and nothing else. He got the team to the Super Bowl, inspite of them having one of the worst defenses in the league.
The reason Giants won the Super Bowl. And no hand was in his face to make him drop it. Brady was right on the money and the receiver dropped that he could catch in his sleep.
“NBC commentator Cris Collinsworth said Welker makes that catch “100 times out of 100.” I’d argue that 99 out of 100 would’ve been more accurate.
The Giants went ahead with a touchdown on the ensuing drive, and it would prove to be the last score of the game. 21-17 Giants was your final.
According to Greg Bedard of the Boston Globe, Welker’s having a tough time dealing with it. “It’s one I’ll have to live with,” he said as he fought back tears.
The Patriots did have a chance to come back after the drop and the Giants touchdown. They took possession on their own 20 yard-line with :57 to play, but again, drops buried them. Deion Branch dropped a ball on first down, Aaron Hernandez dropped one on second, and the Patriots were behind the eight-ball. They did get close to midfield for a Hail Mary attempt, but it was a pipe dream that wasn’t meant to be.
Of all things, the Pats were done in by a drop by Wes Welker. He was targeted eight times on the day, and caught seven balls. That’s the one he missed. He’s made a career out of having terrific hands and coming up with big-time catches in traffic. Not that this catch would’ve been the easiest one in the world, but it’s one you can usually depend on Welker to make. If you could pick any receiver in the world to make that catch, Welker wouldn’t be far down your list”