SAme could be said of the helmut catch 4 years ago, landed on helmut hands on top of the ball not around, it, ball hits the ground while still on helmut, not a catch plain and simple, watch the replays

again, watch the replay, his hands, unlike the helmut catch, were around the ball and under them, the ball did not touch the ground. I had to watch it a couple of times, but it is there.

I have seen the so called helmet catch replay dozens of times and each and every time it was called a completion. Go figure.

Patriot and NE Patriot Fan
 

I received this from my son serving in Afghanistan .. this morning


http://www.dvidshub.net/video/135504...patrick-darcey

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The "catch" was a catch, no question in my mine. BUT, when you watch the wide angle view of the entire play, there are a number of holding calls that could have been called against the Giants... just saying.

Look at the "scum" at the 15-17 second mark of the video. Again, it could have been called, but that is probably true of ANY "busted play" pass in any game. Just Saying... ;);)

Yes, I'm fully prepared for the grief I'll take for this post. :):)

I do agree with you and the call is the call, and you have to live with it,
lets us not forget that there were a pass or two after that that made the touchdown, not that play, so defense broke down after that, which is what blew me out of the water more than the catch

And the TV commentators say
 

When there are that many missed calls, the commentators say "It's nice to see the refs letting the boys play." :rolleye1:

You forgot
 

He might get his UGGS dirty.....At least Eli doesn't look like a soccer player begging for a yellow card every time het gets hit.

Giants 27 Pats 20
This score wins the Super Bowl Grid I am in also

The Pats are going down, here's why
 

The Giants have been the hottest team in football over the last month. They've won five straight games. The Patriots have only won 10 straight.


The Patriots were lucky to get here. Lee Evans dropped that pass that Sterling Moore ferociously ripped out of his hands, which was pure luck. Kyle Williams letting a punt he had no intention of returning graze off his knee? Typical great clutch play by the G-Men.



Eli Manning is more than just Brady's equal. You can't spell “elite” without him. He's the winningest winner that's ever won. He LOVES taking sacks. Can't be intimidated. He never forces a bad throw and laughs in the face of a pass rush. His legend grows like William Wallace's. He's 7 feet tall. Kills men by the hundreds. He'll consume New England with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse.


Brady? You can pressure him. Put him on the ground. He doesn't like to get hit. He gets rattled. Don't let the fact that that's been everyone's game plan for the last 11 years, three Super Bowl wins, two MVP seasons and last two weeks of playoff wins make you think it doesn't work.


Brady's played gawdawful in the playoffs, if you take away that unworldly, record-breaking job against Denver. And you must take it away. It doesn't count.


The Patriots looked terrible in some of their games, including that one they barely won in Washington. Sure, the Redskins beat the Giants by two touchdowns twice, but that's erroneous.


The Giants defensive front four are an irresistible force, as unblockable as a tsunami. There is no hope of stopping them with the Pats' measly three Pro Bowlers and best blocking tight end in the league.


The Giants can pound the ball with Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs. Don't get sidetracked by that whole “last in the NFL in rushing” thing.


Rob Gronkowski is missing practices and that's going to cost New England in a big way. Hakeem Nicks (336 yards, 4 TDs in the playoffs) is missing practices, but he'll be fine.


The Giants completely shut down the Patriots offense in Week 9. Besides those 17 points the Pats scored in the fourth quarter once they quit worrying about max-protecting Brady, spread New York out and played their own game.


Devin McCourty might have had a great rookie year but this year he's been a disaster so they had to move him to safety. Antrel Rolle was great as a rookie then was a disaster and had to be moved to safety. But that doesn't count, either.


Eli will shred New England's secondary, which was 31st in the league. Brady has no chance against New York's secondary, which was a whopping 29th.


Coughlin's superhuman brain operates on a plane of existence the human mind cannot comprehend. Don't let all those annual demands he be fired that fill the New York tabloids distract you from the truth that he's the greatest football intellect since the first coach ever crawled out of the primordial ooze and learned to walk on land. Besides, what does Bill Belichick know about winning big games?


Abandon all hope, ye who enter this weekend. I know I have. Now finally I can relax and have fun with the game.

full article here: http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/fo...-patriots-fans

Dave one question
Howcome these things will hurt the pats, but not the Giants for the same exact things

I think you are way too much of a homer here

SImple Example:
Giants record in the deplorable NFC 7-7
made the plyoffs

HUH? :confused: And this favors who?


HAHAHAHA Just re-read the article. Duh. It's tongue in cheek. I thought for a second it was a serious article.

Uhhhh..... Going out on a limb here but I think Dave R is being sarcastic. :D

Tongue in cheek. ;)

Well Now I feel sheepish LOL

Problem was it was making me sick to my stomach to read it and stopped about less than halfway through it LOL

Who cares?
 

As long as Brady poses for the camera. He's good at that. Eli's not so pretty, but you can't rattle him.

Here's to Brady spending most of the game under a pile of sweaty fat guys!!

GO GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!

:::Running really fast out of Patriots territory::::

Oh...and I hope you all have a great time watching the game Sunday!! I have to say, it's much less stressful and fun when one of my teams isn't playing.

Thanks Don
 

Not for nothin... but this is a great thread!

Thanks to all, lots of fun and helps kill the "waiting" until Sunday!

One thing I really miss, having just retired, is the office "squares" game. I found this one online, but I don't know whether there is time to sell it out.

http://100boxes.com/

Gotta love this...
 

Prediction? Some little kids are so smart! :laugh:


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Ohhhhhhh you are going to take soooooooooooo much abuse after the GAME.:laugh::laugh:

Get ready Tom they are coming for you!

http://youtu.be/iWLh8xHNUhQ

I am pretty certain that the Patriots will not crush the Giants but am praying that Gronk can play and the Pats can win in a real SQUEAKER. That is my heart talking. My head thinks that if I were a betting woman, the Giants might get my money though never would they have my heart. My hopes and my heart are with the Pats. My head seems to think that the Giants might be able to beat us but hope my head is wrong!

What is ironic about this, is with all that highlight film, they still put a lot of points on the board, and Brady had pretty good yards, and yes they still lost the game, but that was defense.
I do not believe this will be the case this year, I think Bellicheck will have something for the Giants D-line this year

now our defense, we have to make sure they show up

"nothing ventured, nothing gained" :rolleye1:

????
 

Do you know if someone will be available to help brother goober tie his shoes before the game?
And cut up his "big boy" breakfast for him?
"Aw shucks, PA"

While at Michigan..."At one point, Brady hired a sports psychologist to help him cope with frustration and anxiety and even considered transferring to Cal."

Oh poor baby. Can't wait to see how many shrinks he'll need after Sunday.:laugh:

a few
 

I would imagine several...one would think he will have a big head, after Sunday...
2 League MVPs
2 SB MVPs
4 SBs
Greatest QB to ever play in the NFL
Yeah, PN, you're right. My guess is that he will indeed need several shrinks after Sunday...to help deal with that type of success. Very good point by you!
Very astute (that means "smart"...in case brother goober is reading this)

Oh he'll have a swollen noggin on sunday alright, but it will be because of being sacked multiple times by the Gmen D.:laugh:

I haven't laughed so hard in a long time!!! I love it.

This is true. In some past games our defense was very week indeed. Hope they do well this weekend though.

What a wonderfully side splitting funny post. I do not remember laughing so hard in all of my years. I am going to try to sent it to other friends. Thanks.

Prediction
 

On Friday Lucas Oil Stadium collapses into a heap of brick and rubble. Some sources attribute the collapse to an isolated earthquake while others insist that Vince Wilfork tripped and fell down in the parking lot. The NFL scours the nation, but every possible venue is booked except for the field at Lakes Region High School. The teams immediately depart for Laconia Airport. Unfortunately the planes are diverted to Manchester due to their size and the players arrive in Meredith late Saturday evening after a 2 hour bus ride only to find that all of the hotels are filled with people attending the Pond Hockey Classic.

On Sunday, in a hastily devised pre-game ceremony, that oompah band that rides the trailer in the Center Harbor 4th of July parade performs the national anthem (that’s two gigs for the band this year!), Mr. Flyguy swoops in for the flyover, and Mr. and Mrs. Skydive parachute into the stadium carrying an American flag.

NBC doesn’t have time to relocate its camera crews and equipment, but the day is saved when APS agrees to snap still photos of each play and Don posts them on the Forum just as quickly as possible for the nation to watch. Unfortunately, APS only brings his super-telephoto lens. Consequently, it appears that Patrick Chung is sticking his finger up Eli’s nose on every Giants offensive play, every Brady pass seems to travel a mere six inches to a wide open Wes Welker, and every kickoff looks like 22 GFBLs violating the 150’ rule in Braun Bay.

Despite all of the challenges, it’s a magnificent spectacle. The game comes down to a Gostkowski field goal attempt with 3 seconds left and the score tied at 82. The snap is back, the hold is good, the kick is up, and… OMG -- streakers!! Suddenly a fair-minded group of fans clad in Giants jerseys storm the field in a vain attempt to prevent the disruption. In the mistaken assumption that the Giants fans are attempting to disrupt the kick, an even larger group of Pats fans charge the Giants fans. In the mayhem, the game officials are trampled, the players are reduced to trembling blobs of jelly by the sight of these hardy NH folk charging at them, and no one witnesses the field goal attempt. Roger Goodell dashes on to the field from the improvised Commissioner’s box (the back seat of a partially restored 1935 DeSoto) and snatches the camera from APS in a frantic effort to ascertain the path of the kick but discovers, alas, that the camera was focused on, shall we say, the wrong ball(s).

The photos do prove useful to local law enforcement, however, and on Monday police arrest Les, Hazelnut and ClosetExtrovert (who knew?) for public nudity, disorderly conduct and ice fishing without a license. Before they can be tried, huge crowds gather outside the Meredith Police Station demanding a little mob justice. Realizing they have a significant security problem, Police stash the trio where no one will ever find them – the Obama campaign office in Dixville Notch. The entire debacle might have become nothing more than a bad memory, but Les snaps after just three days without access to the dollar menu and Samiam spots him at the Plymouth McDonalds. The aftermath is just too ugly to contemplate.

My thoughts....

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Just Wondering
 

With all the stuff going on in Washington..SOME have suggested that the politicians should just COMPROMISE and agree with Democrats. :look:

SO: Why can't these two teams just come to an agreement to "level the playing field" and be NICE to each other..and present a Super Bowl that everyone will like. Let's just work across the aisle. It's the right thing to do...Right..?? :D Lets compromise with the Giants. NB

WHAT: Was it something I said...??

Shout out to Bill Belicheat
 

If you win make sure you destroy the tapes this time:laugh:

I'd like to thanks all you Giant fans
 

Can't wait to come back to this thread on Monday morning. After all the crap coming out of the Giants mouths this week and all the pundits picking the G men to win, I'm convinced more than ever of a Patriots win. There could have been no better scenario than for the Pats to watch and listen to all this nonsense for 2 weeks. Why would poke a sleeping bear?

To prove your'e the badder bear.

tom coughlins mug at the end of the game:eek:

LOL!!! And we were sitting there in jail saying, "Man, that was FUN!! Let's do it again!!!"

2 days away
 

Well...2 days away. I decided this morning, to make the drive from Exit 1, up to Moultonborough to spend the day on Long Island watching the Bruins at 12:30 and the SB at night, with my "summer people". Cruising up at 10, stoping at Guiseepis for a Bloody Mary at noon.
Anyway...Pineendles...I'm thinking of making a quick stop at "Camp Pineneedles" to place a Patriots flag on the entrance to your drive way. Watch for it in the spring...
GO PATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Time is getting closer
 

I'm jealous! Too far a ride to join you, but if you decide to plant a flag be careful, there are giants in the woods. See sasquatch thread.:laugh: