With less then a minute remaining in the game, it seemed like a miracle. Manning to Burress. Not Manning to Harrison or Manning to Clark, but Manning to Burress. Who would of thought the little Manning could do this.
Manning to Burress. With those three words, the Patriots run at a perfect season was over.
Before today, Feb. 4, people of Boston would have remembered the 2007 NFL season as the year of the Pats. Now they will remember the coming of age of Eli; the Pats going so far but not winning it at all and a season reminding us all why we play the game.
The images of players will last and stick in Boston fan's mind forever:
Moss scoring the record touchdown on the Giants to finally put the Patriots ahead for good in the final game of the regular season. In doing so becoming the first NFL team since the '72 Dolphins to go undefeated.
Bruschi and Seau hugging after Moss again puts the Patriots ahead in the Super Bowl.
Then Bostonians will remember Manning some how snaking through three Patriots lineman and then complete a ridiculous ( a word that does not come close to summing up that catch) to Tyree.
And finally, Manning to Burress.
The Patriots were over. Most of all the dream year for Boston and its fans was over. Boston fans were reminded and taken back to the days of Buckner, the Fridge rolling into the endzone, Bucky F'in Dent, Boone's home run.
What will that final touchdown be called by Boston fans. I hope Manning to F'in Burress, or Eillis F'in Hobbs (the corner who gave a perfect example to kids around the country on how not to defend a receiver).
Before the Super Bowl Boston fans thought they had it all. I would to if I was a fan. Red Sox won it; Celtics have the new big three or as the Sportscenter commercial calls it, The Boston Three Party (Scott Van Pelt is a genius), and most of all, an undefeated season in football.
Could this be the end to Boston's greatness? Probably not. But what the Boston fans have realized is sometimes it is too good to be true. They will look at the Celtics and look behind their shoulders at whom could get them and keep the championship away.
Boston is all about curses. They broke the Curse of the Bambino, but maybe they have a new curse. Curse of the Big Ego. Think about it. They went to lovable losers to big shot winners. Boston went from darlings of one Super Bowl and World Series to the teams no one wants to face. Super Bowl XLII reminded them of what they came from.
Now Boston will look at there sports history and see this.
8 Straight NBA Championships.
First MLB to come back after being down 3-0 in a best of 7 series.
Doug Flutie's Hail Mary to beat Miami.
18-1, the first NFL team to complete to obtain that record and not win the Super Bowl.
Well on the bright side the Pats did have THE best offensive season in NFL history and went 16-0 in the regular season. But I do not think Boston fans are thinking on the bright side.
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No dought that New England thought they could put on the uniform make an appearance and hoist the trophy, New York came to play. The next question for New England will be the investagation for spying the may have a suspended coach next year.
Boston becomes the best team to not win the superbowl, they may have an undefeated season but history will remember the superbowl loss, which leads us to the important question, best 18-1 team? i think we all know this answer DA BEARS
even the pats have something to FEAR
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