Randy Moss reflects on losing to Giants in Super Bowl XLII
Randy Moss
Less than three minutes separated  Randy Moss  and the New England Patriots from the first 19-0 season in NFL history  but the All-Pro wide receiver knew victory was far from certain.
It was Feb. 3  2008  and  Moss  had just hauled in a 6-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to give the Patriots a 14-10 fourth-quarter lead over the Giants in Super Bowl XLII.
âI was actually hesitant to kind of celebrate  because I knew there was a lot of time on the clock â  Moss  told the Daily News. âOur defense wasnât able to really slow down the Giants offense. With that much time on the clock  I just had to keep my fingers crossed and just hope that we could come up with a big play.â
Saturday marks the 10-year anniversary of that epic Super Bowl  and  Moss  remembers it well.
Itâs also the day that  Moss  finds out if  he  will be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.
Although Manning was crowned Super Bowl MVP for his late-game heroics  the Giantsâ swarming pass rush led by Michael Strahan  Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora deserves just as much credit for constantly pressuring Brady â fresh off an MVP regular season where he tossed a then-record 50 touchdown passes â and limiting his ability to throw downfield to  Moss .
 Randy Moss  caught a touchdown in Super Bowl XLII. (David Duprey/AP)
âThere was really nothing they did against me â  Moss   40  said. âThey single covered me  they played in zone  they played in man. But the Giantsâ game plan was if the Patriots are going to try to get the ball deep to  Moss   weâre going to make them pay for it. And if they do get it off  heâs going to get hit. They had a very solid defensive game plan for them to really cut out a lot of things that we did well.
 Moss   who caught a record 23 touchdown passes during that regular season  finished with 5 receptions and 62 yards on 12 targets in the Super Bowl.
Less than three minutes separated   [TGT] and the New England Patriots from the first 19-0 season in NFL history  but the All-Pro wide receiver knew victory was far from certain.
It was Feb. 3  2008  and   [TGT] had just hauled in a 6-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to give the Patriots a 14-10 fourth-quarter lead over the Giants in Super Bowl XLII.
âI was actually hesitant to kind of celebrate  because I knew there was a lot of time on the clock â   [TGT] told the Daily News. âOur defense wasnât able to really slow down the Giants offense. With that much time on the clock  I just had to keep my fingers crossed and just hope that we could come up with a big play.â
Saturday marks the 10-year anniversary of that epic Super Bowl  and   [TGT] remembers it well.
Itâs also the day that   [TGT] finds out if   [TGT]   will be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.
Although Manning was crowned Super Bowl MVP for his late-game heroics  the Giantsâ swarming pass rush led by Michael Strahan  Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora deserves just as much credit for constantly pressuring Brady â fresh off an MVP regular season where he tossed a then-record 50 touchdown passes â and limiting his ability to throw downfield to  Moss .
  [TGT] caught a touchdown in Super Bowl XLII. (David Duprey/AP)
âThere was really nothing they did against  [TGT]  â   [TGT] said. âThey single covered me  they played in zone  they played in man. But the Giantsâ game plan was if the Patriots are going to try to get the ball deep to   [TGT] weâre going to make them pay for it. And if they do get it off  heâs going to get hit. They had a very solid defensive game plan for them to really cut out a lot of things that we did well.
  [TGT] finished with 5 receptions and 62 yards on 12 targets in the Super Bowl.