Super Bowl

[Keith]

The Texans with a healthy Matt Schaub were better than both of these teams.

That is all.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Keith

The Texans with a healthy Matt Schaub were better than both of these teams.

That is all.

That was all I could think. Two seriously flawed teams with big holes. The nfl playoffs are a pick em for the top 6 or 8 teams. Just be good enough, healthy and catch some breaks. We missed our first chance as a team who was legitimately good enough.

[Nconroe]

Yeah, enjoyed the game, ads , and halftime show.

And Texans are right there.

[nunusguy]

In my book one of the most entertaining SB games with the outcome uncertain until, well to the very last play of the game. And the Pats could have just as easily been up with Manning/Giants throwing the hail marry at the end. How much difference did it make for the Pats with their big TE "Gronk" being basically a non-factor because of injury ?
Like most fans I'm still trying to figure out why the Pats were favored in the first place, but their defense did play better than I expected.
So what do you think, is Pierre-Paul now possibly the best Dlineman in the game ? And is Eli Manning as good as his brother and/or Brady ?

[WMH]

Brady sure looked rattled under the pass rush. Very jumpy, but still made a few plays here and there. I would definitely agree that not having a 100% Gronk was a huge factor. Pats D was respectable I thought.

Other than the Manningham catch/Eli throw down the sideline, I thought the game really lacked the "WOW" plays. Nothing special.

David Carr has a ring now. God Bless America.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by WMH

David Carr has a ring now. God Bless America.

As many as Peyton Manning. I've been trying hard not to think about this.

I see a number of areas where the Texans and the Giants are remarkably similar. They have better depth at receiver and a better secondary but both teams with with their pass rush and a controlled offense. I've never thought of Eli as elite but I'm being forced to revise that. One thing for sure is he reads blitzes well and does not make too many stupid decisions.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by chuck

As many as Peyton Manning. I've been trying hard not to think about this.

I see a number of areas where the Texans and the Giants are remarkably similar. They have better depth at receiver and a better secondary but both teams with with their pass rush and a controlled offense. I've never thought of Eli as elite but I'm being forced to revise that. One thing for sure is he reads blitzes well and does not make too many stupid decisions.

I think we have a clearly better secondary. Aside from CB#2 none of those guys would start for us. And when it is Allen on the field, even that position is not a big difference.

I think QB and WR are where the Giants are better. I also think their pass rush is a little more consistent. We have times where we cannot scheme pressure and the fact that we don't have elite individual rushers hurts us (1st 25 minutes against Baltimore).

But our run game, TEs, LBs (middle guys, since I am comparing our OLB with the DE), OL, are better.

Plus maybe the biggest difference, they didn't drop any punts.