Giants will beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl

Arguments for the patriots 1) They are actually expected to win 2) The Giants at one point were 7 - 7 3) Tom Brady vs Eli Manning 4) Patriots defense can be strong at critical times and does force more turnovers 5) Tom Brady has Superbowl experience 6) Pro bowlers 7) The Coaches 8) Team Stats 1) Patriots are expected to beat the Giants according to many sources, Vegas odds, and famous gamblers some of whom have predicted 13 Superbowls in a row correct and currently like the Pats in this one by about 3 points http://www.revengeofthebirds.com... http://www.foxnews.com... http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com... Now it could be argued that odds dont matter since the igants beat the patriots before despite being the underdogs, bit the same thing goes for the Patriots who were underdogs in 2001 when they beat the heavily favored Rams... 2) The Giants at one point were 7-7 during the regular season and only through a miracle (and several Tony Romo screw ups) did not become playoff eligible until the very last game. When they won the Superbowl back in 2007 the Giants had a record of 9-5 by week 15, but this year that record was at 7-7 implying that the team has only gotten worse. Now to be fair, the Pats that season by week 15 were at 14-0 and this season at week 15 was at 11-3 so they got worse too, but which sounds like a better team, 11-3 or 7-7?..... 3) The QB's between both teams are not easily comparable.... Brady has 3 Superbowl wins, 7 pro bowls, 300 TDs for 115 Ints and a QB rating of 96.4 E. Manning on the other hand.... hehehe, well.... He only has one Superbowl win, 2 pro bowls, 185 TDs for 129 Ints and a QB rating of 82.1 So to summarize, Brady is an A+ QB who has 2.61 TD's for every Int, And then Eli Manning is a B- QB who has 1.43 TD's for every Int..... QB wise the Pats have a huge advantage. 4) Patriots do have a shaky defense but the patriots defense does come through for them when the situation calls. At the very end of the Ravens game in the Championship game you may have noticed that a certain touchdown pass which was cleanly caught by Ravens wide receiver Evans had the ball knocked clean out of his hands even though he had perfect control over the ball resulting in an incomplete pass which would have cost the Pats the game. Pats have more interceptions than the giants (23 to 20) just as many fumbles recovered (11 for both teams) Interesting side note, the Giants are forced to punt way mroe than the Patriots have to (Pats had 57, giants had 82) http://espn.go.com... http://espn.go.com... 5) Superbowl rings say a lot about experience playing in high pressure scenarios, and each of the 3 rings Tom Brady has won came as a result of leading the Pats on game ending, game winning drives that result in field goals for the win. The one ring that Manning has on his finger came the same way and against the pats, but that game winning drive was more miracle from wide receivers than from skill from the QB... 6) Number of pro bowlers on each team this year, Patriots = 8, Brady, 6 on offense, 2 on defense Giants = 2, Manning, 1 on offense, 1 on defense enough said.... 7) The Coach can be the biggest part of a team. The 49ers may not have even gotten this far had they had a different coach, so how does the Giants coach compare to Bill Belichick? Coughlin Stats = 129-103 lifetime, 10-7 post season, 1-0 in Superbowls, coached from 2004 to 2011 Bilichick Stats = 175-97 lifetime, 17-6 post season, 3-1 in Superbowls, coached from 2000 to 2011 So not only does Bilichick have a far better coaching career in wins, but he is more successful in leading his team to wins in the playoffs, he has more experience winning Superbowls, has been with his team longer, and despite coaching for four MORE years still has LESS losses in the regular season AND in the playoffs than Coughlin.... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... 8) Right from NFL.com, here are the offensive rankings for both the Giants and Patriots Points.................. Pats = 32.1 (3rd)............ Giants = 24.6 (9th) Yards.................. Pats = 428ypg (2nd)........ Giants = 385.1ypg (8th) Passing Yards...... Pats = 317.8ypg (2nd)..... Giants = 295.9 (5th) Rushing Yards ..... Pats = 110.2ypg (20th).... Giants = 89.2 (DEAD LAST) Yes you read it right, the Giants have the-worst-rushing-game-in-the-entire-NFL meaning the soul of their offense lies in the arm of Eli Manning who on average is worse than Tom Brady in almost every passing category, Brady of course being part of a team that actually can use the running game effectively.... http://www.nfl.com... http://www.nfl.com... So offensive production goes to the Patriots by a nice margin Ill end here for now :)