Superbowl XLVI

kmart6 · 23-01-2012 03:34AM #1

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Date: Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Location: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis

Scheduled Kick-off: 6:30PM ET(11:30 GMT)

Half-Time Performance: Madonna :rolleyes:

Patriots are the home team!

So here we go folks, after 17 weeks of Regular Season action, 4 Wild Card Games, 4 Divisional Games and 2 Championship Games all that's left is 60(providing we avoid OT;)) minutes of football between the 2 teams who have earned the right to be here! A rematch of Superbowl 42!

Let the discussion/disagreements/arguments/keyboard battles commence.....

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23-01-2012 03:37AM

New England Patriots

Eli to prove that he deserves to be considered an elite QB.

Hazys · 23-01-2012 03:41AM

Go Pats!!!!!

Chucky the tree · 23-01-2012 03:42AM

Forgot where it was being hosted, adds even more to it. Eli to win it in his borthers backyard and go one ring ahead of him or Peytons arch rival to win it while beating his brother?

kmart6 · 23-01-2012 03:43AM

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Forgot where it was being hosted, adds even more to it. Eli to win it in his borthers backyard and go one ring ahead of him or Peyton arch rival to win it while beating his brother.

The storylines for this one are great!

kryogen · 23-01-2012 03:46AM

New England Patriots

It is actually like a WWE storyline

spiralism · 23-01-2012 03:48AM

I think this was the one everybody wanted tbh

kmart6 · 23-01-2012 03:48AM

kryogen wrote: »

It is actually like a WWE storyline

First thing that came to mind after reading that was something like Kane stepping up to battle Big Show for the Undertaker!

kmart6 · 23-01-2012 03:49AM

spiralism wrote: »

I think this was the one everybody wanted tbh

Woulda been just as happy with the Harbowl...wouldn't have wanted any of the other possibilities!

Chucky the tree · 23-01-2012 03:49AM

spiralism wrote: »

I think this was the one everybody wanted tbh

Ravens 49ers in the battle of the Harbaughs would have been great aswell.

Utopia Parkway · 23-01-2012 03:49AM

New England Patriots

Don't think this is a good match-up for the Pats to be honest. The Giants still have that very good pass rush that gave so much trouble to Brady in 07 and Eli is better now than he was then and also has much better receivers at his disposal. And the Pats can be thrown on. A lot.

Pats can win of course but I think a lot has to go right for them. They will have to protect Brady far better than they did in 07. That day he spent the game running for his life mostly.

spiralism · 23-01-2012 03:54AM

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Ravens 49ers in the battle of the Harbaughs would have been great aswell.

It would too yeah, having said that their matchup on thanksgiving was quite poor and rather lopsided.

eagle eye · 23-01-2012 04:04AM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Don't think this is a good match-up for the Pats to be honest. The Giants still have that very good pass rush that gave so much trouble to Brady in 07 and Eli is better now than he was then and also has much better receivers at his disposal. And the Pats can be thrown on. A lot.

Pats can win of course but I think a lot has to go right for them. They will have to protect Brady far better than they did in 07. That day he spent the game running for his life mostly.

So I guess you don't like the Patriots pass rush then? Or the receivers that are Welker, Gronkowski, Hernandez and Branch? And the best Quarterback ever to walk onto a field?

kmart6 · 23-01-2012 04:05AM

eagle eye wrote: »

So I guess you don't like the Patriots pass rush then? Or the receivers that are Welker, Gronkowski, Hernandez and Branch? And the best Quarterback ever to walk onto a field?

Ryan Leaf isn't on the Patriots roster?!

spiralism · 23-01-2012 04:09AM

kmart6 wrote: »

Ryan Leaf isn't on the Patriots roster?!

Jamarcus russell got hired as waterboy:pac:

Clareman · 23-01-2012 08:20AM

I'm going to be in NY for this, woohoo, never been to the states for SuperBowl Sunday before, any advice of where to go would be greatly appreciated.

kmart6 · 23-01-2012 08:33AM

I'd imagine you'd be safe in nearly any bar, you'd just need to be in early!

bruschi · 23-01-2012 09:03AM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Don't think this is a good match-up for the Pats to be honest. The Giants still have that very good pass rush that gave so much trouble to Brady in 07 and Eli is better now than he was then and also has much better receivers at his disposal. And the Pats can be thrown on. A lot.

Pats can win of course but I think a lot has to go right for them. They will have to protect Brady far better than they did in 07. That day he spent the game running for his life mostly.

would agree with this to be honest. Giants have serious WR corps, and Eli has improved lots. they are on a serious run of form, and look good. The main thing to do to get to Brady is have a good pass rush, which is the Giants best defensive quality. Yes, the Patriots have a serious offence, and could beat most teams on their own, but it didnt click last night enough, and they needed the defence to see them out. If the Giants can shut us down like the Ravens did, I cant see the defence bailing us out again.

There are a lot of improvements that can be made, red zone efficiency being the main one, and BJGE showed his worth in the running game, but we need Brady to be at his absolute best, and the defence to be able to make some sort of stands. Patriots can definitley win it, but I still feel the Giants are that much more of a rounded team that they could beat us too.

Clareman · 23-01-2012 09:36AM

kmart6 wrote: »

I'd imagine you'd be safe in nearly any bar, you'd just need to be in early!

I was thinking that, I'm bringing herself away as a surprise for her birthday, I'm trying to figure out how I can say "Surprise you get to spend the day in a bar watching a sport you don't like/understand while I get progressively worse", I've a feeling my credit card is going to take a hammering in Macey's

The Showstopper · 23-01-2012 09:49AM

New England Patriots

Can't wait, go Giants

decies · 23-01-2012 10:46AM

Brady not going to play badly two games in a row, yes it will be close but we win close games this season. It was giants destiny last Super Bowl , it's ours now .

Johnny_Fontane · 23-01-2012 11:35AM

New England Patriots

decies wrote: »

Brady not going to play badly two games in a row, yes it will be close but we win close games this season. It was giants destiny last Super Bowl , it's ours now .

I know Brady said he played badly, but to be honest, the ravens forced him to play badly. I dont think he missed too many open receivers throughout the game, the gameplan was run dominated (after some great early work by Law Firm).

The baltimore D didnt actually get to him that much, but the secondary did pull off two amazing picks.

All in all, its going to be a great game I think. past history of both NE & NY in superbowls points towards something very close.

I hope it is!

Dohnny Jepp · 23-01-2012 11:39AM

This is the first superbowl that I can remember that I don't really care what happens or who wins .. .

Unregistered. · 23-01-2012 11:43AM

helimachoptor · 23-01-2012 11:47AM

New England Patriots

Giants for me and it's going to be Giants by 10 or more.

tallaghtoutlaws · 23-01-2012 11:49AM

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

I know Brady said he played badly, but to be honest, the ravens forced him to play badly. I dont think he missed too many open receivers throughout the game, the gameplan was run dominated (after some great early work by Law Firm).

The baltimore D didnt actually get to him that much, but the secondary did pull off two amazing picks.

All in all, its going to be a great game I think. past history of both NE & NY in superbowls points towards something very close.

I hope it is!

He missed that pass to Gronk. Gronk was wide open and would have scored had Brady thrown him the ball properly. That deep pass to Slater into double coverage is a ball he shouldn't have thrown also. They werent the only bad passes he threw there were a few more. As much as the Ravens pressured Brady, Brady played badly for his standards.

me-skywalker · 23-01-2012 11:49AM

Dohnny Jepp wrote: »

This is the first superbowl that I can remember that I don't really care what happens or who wins .. .

Similar feeling! Just excited by the prospect of a great matchup and great game! Gonna be a huge hyped game and so it should be!!
Great Offence meeting a Great Defence. However, I think the winner will be decided by the winner of the battle between the Giants O and the Pats D.

Last time I wanted the Pats to win for the undefeated aspect! This year I'm still undecided like the Steelers V Cardinals; I was able to relax and enjoy without any real attachment to either team. Although I was cheering for the Cardinals because my mate is a Steelers fan and the Steelers have Ben.

hdowney · 23-01-2012 11:54AM

New England Patriots

giants all the way for sure. and hopefully by a clear margin. as long as they keep their heads in the game there shouldn't be any major problems i don't think. but ya never know

Utopia Parkway · 23-01-2012 01:55PM

New England Patriots

eagle eye wrote: »

So I guess you don't like the Patriots pass rush then? Or the receivers that are Welker, Gronkowski, Hernandez and Branch? And the best Quarterback ever to walk onto a field?

I just don't like the match-up for the Pats. I think they match-up badly with the Giants. I would have fancied the Pats to beat the 49ers even though technically the 49ers have an even better defence than the Giants. The Giants can rush the passer with just their front 4 so won't even have to blitz. They will pressure Brady and on the other end they have a good QB and very good receivers and the Pats have been terrible defending the pass. I expect the Giants will try and do exactly what they did in 07 and try to batter Brady only this time they are much better offensively.

That's not to say the Pats can't win though. If they can protect Brady better and get a turnover or two they could definitely do it.

bruschi · 23-01-2012 01:58PM

Mike Reiss on Brady:
QB Tom Brady says he didn't get much sleep last night. Says his INT intended for Matthew Slater was play that mostly kept him up.

after a championship win, and he is thinking about the mistakes in his game. imagine if they had lost? his TD run showed what he was prepared to put on the line to get scores on theboard.

spiralism · 23-01-2012 02:25PM

Anyone else get the feeling that if the Giants pull it off TC will take the John Elway "ride off into the sunset ending" and retire a champion?

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