The Patriots will announce on Wednesday that Tom Brady will be the emergency quarterback only for the Super Bowl. Brady has been in Rochester, Minnesota seeking a second opinion after his original diagnosis by the Patriots team in Boston. Essentially they will state that Brady has a broken bone requiring surgery near his ankle, that while not particularly painful, could shatter if tackled violently and would require at least 18 months of rehabilitation and could potentially end his playing career. This has been communicated to league sources so that merchandising and television sponsors have sufficient time to prepare.
I use the Onion for my sports news.
Giants: 'We Almost Beat The Patriots Once, We Can Almost Beat Them Again'
NEW YORK—As they come closer to their Super Bowl clash with the formidable Patriots—the team they nearly defeated in late December—the Giants are confident that they can come close to beating the undefeated AFC champions on football's biggest stage.
"This team has already tasted victory against the Patriots," head coach Tom Coughlin said Monday. "By which I mean we were so close to victory that we could taste it. True, we did not actually experience that victory, but we came as close to beating them as anyone else has this season. That's the kind of team we believe we are, and I think the Super Bowl will prove that."
Couglin and his assistant coaches have been painstakingly breaking down game films from their Week 17 meeting with New England, analyzing every vital, near-victorious second for anything that might help them come that tantalizingly close to winning for the second time in as many months. They acknowledge that the Patriots are very good indeed, but the Giants believe they can draw on the experience of that near-victory, the confidence they discovered in barely losing to undefeated New England, and the lessons learned in forcing Bill Belichick's juggernaut to come from 12 points behind and beat them in the final minutes.
"This team really believes they can come close to winning the Super Bowl—very, very close," Giants quarterback Eli Manning said Tuesday after spending the morning watching film of his Dec. 29 home loss, film that laid bare the crucial interception he threw to Pats corner Ellis Hobbs. "We can come so close to beating them, so very, heartbreakingly close, that every player here will take it to their graves."
"This will be one to tell my kids about, that's for sure," Michael Strahan said. "If we can pull it off and almost beat these guys, they'll be showing those highlights until the end of time. When I die and come before those Pearly Gates, St. Peter himself will look down at me and say 'So, Michael, what was it like to be an eyelash away from winning that Super Bowl against those Patriots?' And Heaven itself will hold its breath while I tell them how we almost did it."
Meanwhile, in Foxborough, the Patriots are being careful not to give the Giants any bulletin-board material.
"Yeah, they good, they good," wideout Randy Moss said when told of the Giants attitude. "They got a good team. I guess we can't get too upset if they think they can nearly pull it off. Plus, hey, you got to admit, it ain't bragging if it's true. And they did nearly almost come close to practically beating us, come to think of it."
"Didn't, though," Moss added. "18 and oh, baby!"
Still, the Giants refuse to be completely intimidated.
"We stood up to them once, hit 'em in the mouth, and made them beat us," Coughlin said, noting that in the previous meeting, the Giants defense put the Patriots in the challenging position of having to score three times over the last 20 minutes of the game, which the Patriots naturally did with time to spare and without apparent effort. "And mark my words, that's what we're going to do in the Super Bowl—meet their strengths with ours, play as hard and as fast as we can, and force them to eventually beat us."
"Oh, crap," Coughlin added. "Crap. We're going to lose the Super Bowl."
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Giants: 'We Almost Beat The Patriots Once, We Can Almost Beat Them Again'
NEW YORK—As they come closer to their Super Bowl clash with the formidable Patriots—the team they nearly defeated in late December—the Giants are confident that they can come close to beating the undefeated AFC champions on football's biggest stage.
"This team has already tasted victory against the Patriots," head coach Tom Coughlin said Monday. "By which I mean we were so close to victory that we could taste it. True, we did not actually experience that victory, but we came as close to beating them as anyone else has this season. That's the kind of team we believe we are, and I think the Super Bowl will prove that."
Couglin and his assistant coaches have been painstakingly breaking down game films from their Week 17 meeting with New England, analyzing every vital, near-victorious second for anything that might help them come that tantalizingly close to winning for the second time in as many months. They acknowledge that the Patriots are very good indeed, but the Giants believe they can draw on the experience of that near-victory, the confidence they discovered in barely losing to undefeated New England, and the lessons learned in forcing Bill Belichick's juggernaut to come from 12 points behind and beat them in the final minutes.
"This team really believes they can come close to winning the Super Bowl—very, very close," Giants quarterback Eli Manning said Tuesday after spending the morning watching film of his Dec. 29 home loss, film that laid bare the crucial interception he threw to Pats corner Ellis Hobbs. "We can come so close to beating them, so very, heartbreakingly close, that every player here will take it to their graves."
"This will be one to tell my kids about, that's for sure," Michael Strahan said. "If we can pull it off and almost beat these guys, they'll be showing those highlights until the end of time. When I die and come before those Pearly Gates, St. Peter himself will look down at me and say 'So, Michael, what was it like to be an eyelash away from winning that Super Bowl against those Patriots?' And Heaven itself will hold its breath while I tell them how we almost did it."
Meanwhile, in Foxborough, the Patriots are being careful not to give the Giants any bulletin-board material.
"Yeah, they good, they good," wideout Randy Moss said when told of the Giants attitude. "They got a good team. I guess we can't get too upset if they think they can nearly pull it off. Plus, hey, you got to admit, it ain't bragging if it's true. And they did nearly almost come close to practically beating us, come to think of it."
"Didn't, though," Moss added. "18 and oh, baby!"
Still, the Giants refuse to be completely intimidated.
"We stood up to them once, hit 'em in the mouth, and made them beat us," Coughlin said, noting that in the previous meeting, the Giants defense put the Patriots in the challenging position of having to score three times over the last 20 minutes of the game, which the Patriots naturally did with time to spare and without apparent effort. "And mark my words, that's what we're going to do in the Super Bowl—meet their strengths with ours, play as hard and as fast as we can, and force them to eventually beat us."
"Oh, crap," Coughlin added. "Crap. We're going to lose the Super Bowl."
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does anyone else find thread titles in and of themselves entertaining?
You can tell people think about them before they type them. This guy, for instance, stated what superbowl will be played and even used roman numerals, as if we didn't know he was talking about the superbowl coming up next weekend.
Other people use punctuation marks at the end of their thread title for effect, the period for example is commonly used.
You can tell people think about them before they type them. This guy, for instance, stated what superbowl will be played and even used roman numerals, as if we didn't know he was talking about the superbowl coming up next weekend.
Other people use punctuation marks at the end of their thread title for effect, the period for example is commonly used.
whats really funny is that people actually think that a foot injury is a big deal for him. lets face it, the guy usually has all fukin day and never gets out of the pocket and if he does, its at a turtles pace. the guy has got to be one of the slowest people on the team and gives absolutely 0 threat of running more than a few yards. put a boot on both feet, its not gonna change his game. as long as he is awake and his arm isnt broken, he is playing and they will throw 80% of the time until they get a big lead. jmo
I have a feeling he is more hurt than we think. I watched the Giant game and when he came off the field, he went and sat by himself and thats not him. He always goes over to his players and talks to him. I have a feeling we are going to be in for one big surprise here. I hope I am wrong because I got N.E.-155 to win the super bowl
