by John Buffone
For football fans in New York, New England and cities everywhere, all eyes will be glued to the action Sunday night when the Giants take on the Patriots (-3) in Super Bowl XLVI. The Patriots will try to avenge their 2007 Super Bowl loss the Giants in which New York ruined the Patriots’ aspirations at a perfect undefeated season. To the chagrin of Pats fans everywhere though, the Giants are primed to once again defeat the Patriots become champions. When it comes down to brass tacks, New York simply has a better football team than New England. The Giants come into this game on a hot streak that they have been riding since the playoffs started and have the mental edge after they were able to defeat the Patriots back in November by a score of 24-20. Though the Patriots offense gets all the limelight (most concerning the ankle injury to tight end Rob Gronkowski), the Giants offense consisting of quarterback Eli Manning and receivers Hakeem Nicks, Victor Cruz and Mario Manningham have posted more points than New England in the postseason and have a better bolstered running game with a healthy Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs. As far as the defenses go, it isn’t even close. The New York defense is at last, fully healthy and is much better equipped than the Patriots defense that ranked 31st overall this season. That being said, the Giants are just better in more aspects of the game right now and will hoist their fourth Lombardi Trophy.
