Sunday, February 5, 2012

The Last Super Bowl Preview That You Read



The Most important game in Patriots Universe is upon us…..
But this is not just one game. Or even “just a Superbowl” to me, this is almost cosmic!
Let’s look at this Memento style:
Feb 3rd 2008….This was supposed to be the greatest Team Ever. 19 And OH. My Boys, My Pats. But Tyree, Eli, Took that away. Now some kids in a 3rd world country have shirts that say “New England Patriots World Champions; 19-0” … This is a slap in the face. If I was rich, I would seriously go to whichever country had the “19-0” shirts, pay them extra in whatever money value system they use. Throw in some interest, a new T-shirt (Colts 2010 Champion shirts?? “2001 NY Giants Superbowl” shirts? Or ‘ 94 Steelers) and a big ”Thank you Mr. 3rd World Chief. Peace” . We need to preserve these shirts, people! For the future… Or Doc Brown and his flux capacitor will die in the old west.
Take it back to when I was a kid, and how we HAD to watch NY Giants because of the NFL blackout rules. Well, The “Patsies” sucked. I will always remember The 90 season with a record 1and 15 as the yr I loved our Losers, because they were OUR losers.
Then:
-Kraft, Parcells, and Bledsoe changed everything we knew about Hometown football.
-Belichick and Brady Changed it ALL, they Made our hometown team into a Dynasty.
-Brady /Belichick > Parcells Bledsoe
…. I think I can sum up the Drew Bledsoe era: I, WE Loved Drew for his gun slinging, his lack of short yardage accuracy, for his teenage-chill-attitude, as flawed as he was, we loved him. From his 1st game with the dolphins, to his last TD in Pittsburg in ‘01AFC Title Game, all of his TDs were powerful. After working to get through the Steelers, The 97 Packers Game was the first Wound.
“Bradichick” made us a Dynasty. Belichick and Pioli Built the team around unselfish Stars who have high Football IQ and a will to win. They brought in a new way to evaluate players. They put the word “value” in “evaluate”!. Our ‘Boys won in 2001-02, and then won 2 more in 3 years. I used to think NO victory was EVER going to be sweeter than the Victory vs STL Rams in NOLA. But I am wrong…
THIS Game will be the sweetest REVENGE! This is some story book shit! Another Victory vs a New York team! First in we broke the Yankee curse… But THIS is FOOTBALL, and The Pats are the ones who Stand above all. The mission: To write the Wrong written by Eli and David Tyree. And to beat that Bad ass pass Rush.
Belichick is the football Super Coach. He is able to harness all egos for a common goal like Phil Jackson, Leadership and focus from Krzyzewski, Credibility of Joe Torre; always ahead of the Curve like Red Auerbach. Mastermind like Professor X. He is The Braniac of NFL. The Picard of The Patriots. (Yes, 2 Patrick Stewart References); Attention to detail like John Wooden/Dean Smith; The Defensive Wizardry of Sun Zu; The Killer instinct like Suge Knight (too soon?), ok, Stone Cold Killer like Kobe.
Tom Brady. What can I say? He is Literally a Legend Leading the Offense through a Labyrinth of Defenses like he has a License to Kill. He is The Anniken Skywalker if He didn’t go Dark, The Drake of young money. Joe Montana 2.0. (Superbowl Completions: Tom 103 vs Joe 83. 4 games each.sportspool.com) read that again. Montana had Rice (2nd best player EVER),John Taylor, Brent Jones, Roger Craig (1st player to get 1k yards rushing AND receiving), The new (at the time)“West Coast Offense”, Brady has only PLAYED w one ELITE WR in his PRIME. (Moss). Brady HATES to lose. Its his one and only character flaw. He is so hypercompetitive. How do you get that way? All of his life he has been breaking through barriers. From Michigan, the 6th round pick, the “Peyton Manning is better” myths. All of this HAS to eat at him? Right? Even Jordan thinks Brady dwells on past slights! Why do you think he is a Legendary Gym Rat? Because he is complacent? Am I the only one taking note?
This win is Big, in the Big Picture. This is the 4th Superbowl in 7 appearances. Only teams w 4 Superbowl Victories: Steelers (6), Cowboys (5) and Packers (4). The Winner of this Superbowl will have 4 total. (NYJyantz 3-1). (Pats 3-3). So to further stress how important this game is in “big picture view”; if Pats lose, Giants move ahead of them in total Superbowl wins, they would have lost to the NY Jyantz 2x, and the Pats would have an overall record of 3-4 in the Superbowl (teams with 4 losses: Denver Broncos 2-4, Buffalo Bills 0-4 and Minnesota Vikings 0-4) .
Mike Ditka says:
“This Football game is going to be played by two tough Football Teams, With Tough Football Players and 2 Great Football Coaches. What this Football Game is going to come down to is this: Which Football Team makes the most Football Plays. This is the NFL, and this is a man’s game, a man’s Football Game. “
Anyways, I will never forget that day in Feb 2008. But this win could do some great Scar removal surgery. This win could ALMOST make up for #19. This game is #18.5. HOW bad would this be if NY Jiantz win? Those NY’ers with their crappy, uninventive sports-shit talk. They get confused when they can not say “1918” “26 rings” or “2008”. Sox took 2 of those away already…
Am I nervous?? HELL YEAH. They beat the Packers, they are a more balanced team, they are the favorite. The Giants Have a Great Coach in his own right, They have the “swag, and they have what kills every good-great QB, a Pass Rush. Their front 4 is enough to get pressure on Brady, so they allow themselves more guys to cover our Passing Game. We need to run effectively and run early. If you watched the Baltimore game, you would notice that our running game, while it wasn’t great, was enough to keep the Raven’s defense honest. Extra men up in the box allowed Brady to make the throws he needed to make. He would say he “sucked” but I say we won the game!! The 2 teams Tom Brady has the most problems with are the Ravens and the Giyants. Another thing: If the NY Jyantz win this week, they will be the first team to win with a 9-7 reg. season record AND got outscored in the regular season! CANNOT let this happen!
The X Factor(s):
-Our Tight Ends. NOT just Gronkowski, but Hernandez too. In 08 we did not have the TE’s that we have now. I’m willing to bet that these two guys strike much more fear in the Defense then Ben Watson and Kyle Brady. I’ll also take Benjarvis Green-Ellis, Stevan Ridley, and Woodhead over Laurence Maroney, K Faulk, and Sammy Morris!
Ok, I don’t care about your stupid commercials and all that. You can have your Doritos and Bud light laughs. This is a game for no distractions. If there is ever ONE game that you should live and die by each play it is this. I seriously want to win 55-10 (just as a little shout out to ‘Chitown Bears. I was only six but one of my very first sports memories was the Bears demolishing the hometown boys. (My other “first sports memory” is Magic hiiting some halfcourt shot vs Celtics in 84 or 85??) I seriously want to embarrass the Giants so bad. I have never said that about a superbowl, ever. I always ask for a competitive game. NOT THIS YEAR. Even IF we win by 100, I still will feel the pain. It’s like if you survive a fire but get burns on your face, the burns will always be there, even if you get rich from the insurance.
Pats Fan’s biggest fears:
Eli comes out accurate, Jacobs/Bradshaw run straight through our inconsistent Defense. The pass rush of the front four of the Jiyants gets to Brady, disallowing any kind of passing game. The Jiyants (mostly) weak secondary keeps the passing game underneath, taking away all big plays, making solid tackles with the first man to make contact on Welker and Co. The Patriots “bend but don’t break” defense (reg season 31st ranked (yards) Defense but 15th in points allowed per game = great “red zone” defense; Jiyants conversely, have the #27 ranked defense in the league, while allowing the 25th most amount of points) what that means is, our offense is gonna score, can the NY offense keep up? Which Patriots Defense is going to show up?? Which D do we get? The Pats dominant D that stifled the Ravens/Broncos or the team that looked horrendous against the ‘Skins, Colts and Dolphins this yr? I’m betting that the Dominant D. We have the Best coach in the league, a defensive Guru. He had 2 weeks to prepare for this game!
Why The Patriots WILL win:
Besides the fact that Tom Brady will have his BEST GAME EVER?? Ya, I said it, this will be the game that defines his greatness! His Coup de Gras, if you will. Im sure he has thought about Feb 2008 as much as he has had sex with a supermodel ( a lot, I would bet). That game is the type of stuff to make a man go crazy. A reason to go to the gym a little longer. Remember, the first game AFTER that super disappointment was the one against the Chiefs when he got injured for the year and (enter:Cassell) hads to sit out that whole season, thinking about his bad performance vs the New York, football Jiaynts.
Let’s be real though. The fact we have the best Tight End combo (Hernandez/Gronk) will eliminate the vaunted Jiyants pass rush. The 2 tight end set will spread their defensive ends out further to allow Brady more time and negate the pass-rush. Hernandez was the main guy last year, so don’t be shocked if he is MVP. I see Ocho FINALLY getting his due in this game, Maybe a TD, maybe a key first down catch, maybe even some huge block that frees Edelman or something. But doesn’t that make sense? Doesn’t Ocho-Cinco get rewarded for swallowing his Pride and being such a good soldier this year? What about Deion Branch? He has been relatively quiet. Bradichick will see this, and exploit whatever weakness that the Jiyants have. Just when you fall asleep on those quick hitting short passes to Welker and Hernandez…then BAM! Deep to Branch or Ocho. I mean, they went deep to Slater vs the Ravens! I predict an epic 4th Quarter collapse by NY Jiyantz. The Pats will be down 21 at the half, we will all feel like it’s over, then the BEST coach/QB combo EVER will make adjustments, and we will be celebrating like its 2002!
In the end, this will prove to be a Legendary Game ….The stakes have never been higher, I cannot think of another Superbowl (or even Pro Sports championship game) where there was so much was on the line; maybe the 98Bulls/Jazz series where you kind of had the feeling that The Bulls where not coming back the next season due to Jordan’s Free Agency/end of Phil Jackson’s contract vs last chance for Stockton/Malone. There has never been so many legacies on the line (Bradichick getting a 4th ring and redemption vs Coughlin/Eli getting #2 and vaulting up the all time lists). Never have I been so nervous before a game. I have never watched such a cosmically “must win” game. If The Patriots lose, we will have to listen to those “GD” obnoxious NY fans for an eternity. And you thought “1918 clap-clap, clap-clap-clap” was annoying. “Let’s call this 18.5 for #4” Call it what you want, but just understand the magnitude of this game. (I mean, Im already stressed out, I might break my 31 year streak of not smoking tobacco!)Don’t just do it for you, do it for the third world children who don’t need another Patriots Shirt!