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danimal's dead
The Pats looked old. The offensive line couldn't handle the Giants D, couldn't block anybody all night. The defense couldn't make a tackle when they teally needed one. Rodney Harrison got owned by Tyree on that amazing catch. They literally out hit the Pats and physically dominated them from start to finish. I hate to say it, but I think the Pats are done, they're gonna half to rebuild and add some youth and some toughness.
"Seriously, what else do you need to know about this game beyond that play and the 30-second loop of Brady getting pounded by various defensive linemen? The Giants played well enough to win, they were tougher, they were luckier and they wanted it just a little bit more. Now we live in a world that Tom Coughlin outcoached Bill Belichick in a Super Bowl, that Eli Manning outplayed Tom Brady in a Super Bowl, that a Belichick-era Patriots team lost a Super Bowl because they weren't tough enough"
from Bill Simmons article on espn.com today