Superbowl

[The Masked Wolf]

yep...and they failed

[Gen. Volkov]

The Giants may have won but Brady was the better QB overall. (yes I acknowledge all you naysayers who will point to the safety, statement still stands)

That's great for him. He is now Peyton Manning. Better QB who loses to a better overall team. Bill Belichick and the Pats front office decided to dismantle their superbowl-winning defense one offseason. Let a bunch of good, but aging defensive players go on free agency, and tried to rebuild on the fly in the draft. That was 6 years ago, and they were pretty terrible. The next season, they got a bunch of offensive firepower, in the form of Wes Welker, Randy Moss, etc. and basically tried to be the Indianapolis Colts. That was 5 years ago. The next year they went 18-0 but lost the Superbowl to the Giants, because the Giants had a defense and the Pats did not. Since then they have somewhat replaced the Colts as the team that almost wins it all, but doesn't quite succeed, because they still lack a defense. Like the Colts, they have a good QB and all kinds of offensive firepower, but they don't have the formula that won them 3 Superbowls in 4 years anymore, which was a decent offense and great defense. The reason it works a bit better for the Colts is mostly just because Manning is that good. Though the Colts upgrading their defense a bit in 2006 is probably part of the reason they beat the Bears. Basically, what I'm saying is, in the regular season you can win a lot of games with a high-powered offense, but the recipe for a Superbowl win is a great defense and a decent to good offense.

[Dark Claws]

True. The Pats have a lot of offensive firepower. Really, if they had a decent defense, it would've been better. Their offense was great, they just had a key player injured. Their defense is same old, same bad. They were winning a lot this year because of that offensive firepower carrying them to the goal line. When one of their best cannons was injured, they had trouble recuperating. It really annoys me that Brady won't be a SuperBowl MVP just because his team didn't win. He played better overall. 

[Gen. Volkov]

Not that much better, Manning had a pretty good day too.

[Briar]

I think I heard the announcer say the the Pats had the 32nd or 23rd worst defense. So yea, there is only so much a team can do with that.

[Dark Claws]

30th best defense. Which makes them officially terrible.
And they still managed to sack Manning more than they sacked Brady.

[Gen. Volkov]

And they still managed to sack Manning more than they sacked Brady.

They had more knockdowns on Brady than the Pats had on Manning. Pats also had pretty much no running game. The Giants defense dominated.

[Firetooth]

Pah, African cup of nations is where it's at. Zambia vs Ivory Coast!!!!

[Gen. Volkov]

Pah, African cup of nations is where it's at. Zambia vs Ivory Coast!!!!

Get your kickball out my football thread.  :P

[Firetooth]

Get your ballthrow away from my football post. :P

[Gen. Volkov]

No no, see, it is football, not throwball, because everything in football comes down to footwork. QB has to plant his feet right to pass the ball well, WR needs good control of his foot motion to catch the ball inbounds. Everyone who carries the ball needs to be able to move very well on their feet, and juke other players off their feet. Football is all about how you move your feet in relation to the ball. Soccer, on the other hand, is about kicking a ball up and down a field. It's kickball. Footwork plays a role, but in the end it's all about kicking the ball.  ;)

[Firetooth]

Yeah well...err...go play your game of football where you throw the ball! Ha.

[Dark Claws]

Then what's kickball?

[Gen. Volkov]

Yeah well...err...go play your game of football where you throw the ball! Ha.

LOL. I will. Enjoy your kickball.

Darkclaws, kickball, as you know the term, is baseball with a bigger ball and no bat. It's kickbaseball.

[Dark Claws]

I am so confused.