All things considered, the Patriots were better than the Giants in the 2007-08 season.

The New York Giants were a better football team then the New England Patriots in the 2007-08 season. Contention I : Schedule Comparison The Patriots went 16-0 in the regular season but they were by no means the better team. The Patriots were in the AFC East division whos other teams combined for a season record of 12-36 with all of the teams being outscored by a total of 369 points. These teams accounted for 6 wins in the Patriots record. The Giants however played in the NFC East division whose other teams had a combined season record was 30-18 and outscored there opponents by 190 points and the giants can attribute 3 of their losses to those teams. The Giants beat all three of the remaining AFC East division teams and only lost to the Patriots. NFL 2007-08 standings : http://www.nfl.com... NFL 2007-08 New York Giants Schedule : http://www.nfl.com... NFL 2007-08 New England Patriots Schedule : http://www.nfl.com... Contention II : Tendencies Randy Moss broke the longstanding receiving touchdowns season record with 23 narrowly beating Jerry Rice's 22 in the 2007-08 season. However Randy Moss only achieved this by getting on average over 6 receptions a game for all 16 regular season games. Jerry Rice however played in only 12 games during when he scored 22 touchdowns off of 65 receptions. You do the math. Tom Brady beat Peyton Mannings single season passing touchdown record by 1 touchdown. However once again the Patriots starter also threw 81 more times then Manning. This proves that they didn't earn the records from skill merely repetetiveness. Tom Brady's Career Stats : http://www.nfl.com... Peyton Manning's Career Stats : http://www.nfl.com... Randy Moss's Career Stats : http://www.nfl.com... Jerry Rice's Career Stats : http://www.nfl.com... Contention III : The Super Bowl meant everything The Giants and the Patriots met three times during the 2007-08 Season. Once in the pre season which is used primarily to test players for the regular season. It is rare to find all of the starters from any football team all on the field at once during a pre season game. The final score was 20-27 New England. The second game was the last game in the regular season. The Giants did play their starters but they saved some regardless for the game against the Tampa which mattered. Infact, if the Giants won the only thing that would happen is that they beat the Patriots. They wouldn't earn a higher spot in the playoffs or any awards. The Partiots however had there perfect season to protect and because they weren't a wild card team they would have a longer time to rest there players if they were injured in that game. Ultimately the Giants only lost by 3 points in a 38-35 game decided in the fourth quarter. Therefore the only game that should be legitimately A-Game vs A-Game was the superbowl. No significant starters sat out minus the Giant's Jeremy Shockey. To say that a team doesn't try it's best at the superbowl is like saying they forfeited 18 games before the superbowl. Not one of the Patriots told the media the reason they lost is because they didn't try infact many said the opposite and that they tried there best. To say a team wins through luck is totally acceptable but to say there isn't luck in any athletic event is a lie. NFL Pre-Season Schedule 2007-08 : http://www.nfl.com... NFL 2007-08 New York Giants Schedule : http://www.nfl.com... NFL 2007-08 New England Patriots Schedule : http://www.nfl.com... Contention IV : Spygate Scandal As much as I hate to bring this into the debate the Patriots have already admitted to using spygate to figure out their opponent's plays. Teams and Coaches were going so far as to claim that if the Patriots would have had a perfect season that they should have an asterick next to there name in the record books. I won't get to indepth about this but it questions the legitimacy in the Patriots "Raw Talent". I patiently await a response.