Originally Posted by Bama

Neither quarterback choked. It was an incredibly good game (though I was wanting the Pats to win). Eli stepped out from behind his brothers shadow with that last drive.

I will say this though. The Pats lost because of poor play calling. The Giant's D was stellar in taking the long ball away but the slant across the middle was open all game and until their final scoring drive when they drove down the field with 6 straight slant routes (and 1 run to the left) - they used it infrequently.

Even a 1st year offensive coordinator can figure out - you keep calling the same type plays until your opponent shows you that they have an answer for it. The had to bring in the linebackers to take away the long ball and that opened up the slant routes across the middle. Stopping the slant would have opened up the long pass (or at least give Brady time to throw it).

Congrats to the Giants - they played a great game!