Whats even funnier is I was going through scenarious in my head of which excuse you would use. Unfortunately this wasnt one of them. Oh well.
None-the-less, I think the "manning sucks against NE" arguement should be out of the window now after he has beaten them by a combined 26 points the past 2 seasons IN NEW ENGLAND.
I think even YOU Hollywood Donahoe can admit that this game should have been more of a 13-17 point win by Indi. The refs blew a few calls for NE, but not as damaging as they were for Indi. That 1st down call before the half was RIDICULOUS. It should have been PI and the ball placed on the 1st yard line instead of illegal touching and your field is crap .. on which Vinateri missed a couple FG's.
Brady's QB rating this game: 34.0
Manning QB rating this game: 93.1
This season:
Brady: 1800 yards, 14 TDs, 8 INTs
Manning: 2300 yards, 17 TDs, 3 INTs
Record: Indi v.s. NE past 2 seasons:
Indi - 2
NE - 0