Not all the moments are individual plays, but, instead, the lasting the impressions had on the historical perspective, my overall football sensibilities, and some were simply Super Bowl moments that stuck out to me.
Watching this game with my favorite sports companion--my wife and I'm not just saying this to get brownie points, it's a fact--who happens to be a NYC-native but is a Jets and 49er-fan, was rooting for the Giants because she hates everything Boston (totally New Yorker attitude), has a disdain for Tom Brady's arrogance, and didn't want him to win his fourth Super Bowl that would have tied him with her beloved Joe Montana.
The New York Giants were giving 18-0 New England Patriots all they could handle, but the Patriots were holding on to a 14-10 lead late in the fourth-quarter. At this point in his career Eli Manning was basically Peyton's goofy and shy little brother who threw too many interceptions at the most peculiar times. Eli changed that perception forever with one of the most memorable plays in Super Bowl history when he eluded to the sack attempt of Richard Seymour and Ty Warren, threw up a prayer of a pass 32-yards down field and found little-known wide-out David Tyree, who wrestled the pass away from Rodney Harrison by holding on to the ball with his helmet as they fell to the University of Phoenix Stadium turf (who knew the University of Phoenix had a football team too).
Later in the drive, manning hit Plaxico Burris, who ran a textbook Slugo route, for the game-winning touchdown and earned MVP of Super Bowl XLII.
Now pundits are arguing if Eli is an elite quarterback and Dion Sanders is singing 'I believe in Eli' on the Sundays' when Eli plays well.
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