Palmer�s Bowl Preview
Special Commentary by PalmerSucks
February 3, 2012
I�m going to make this short, as it pains
me to write the following: the New England Patriots will be the winners of
Super Bowl XLVI. Believe me, I take no pleasure in the idea � the thought of Belichick and Mr. Bundchen
raising the Lombardi turns my stomach.
What bothers me is that practically
everyone I�ve heard thinks a Giants�win is almost a foregone conclusion. I can
understand their reasons � that toasty Pats defense (which even Flacco lit up
for 300 yards); the Giants superior defensive line; the fact that Eli Manning
is a better QB than Flacco; the fact that the Giants have a better WR corps
than Baltimore; Brady having a sub-par AFC Championship Game; Gronkowski�s injury; oh, and that toasty Pats defense.
All of the above are valid points. Thing
is, I figureBelichick�s come up with some gimmick to
make up for Gronkowski�s crippled status.And
while the Giants do have an awesome front four, their secondary can be passed
on, too (Green Bay had receivers running free against them all day). For this
reason I think Brady will play a bit better than he did in Foxboro. Plus, again,
it bothers me that almost everbody seems to be
picking the Giants � the �people�s favorite� even though the line has New
England giving three points.
Yes, New England was fortunate to have
escaped the Ravens, but the fact is, the Giants likely should�ve lost to San
Francisco � and Eli Manning won�t be able to get away this time with the 5 or 6
heaves he tossed up for grabs against the 49ers. Nonetheless, both the public
and the pundits have caught Giants� fever � I�m beginning
to smell a set-up eerily similar to Super Bowl XXXV.
The last time these two teams met in the
big one, practically nobody gave the Giants a chance; now, it seems, everybody
loves New York. Back then, the Giants lost the regular-season meeting then
redeemed themselves a few weeks later � call it �Reversal Bowl� as this time it
might be New England losing the first game, then winning the revenge match.
Anyway, I hope I�m wrong and the
bandwagon�s right � we�ll see. For the sake of all that�s holy, Pretty Boy and
the Hoodie must be stopped.