Here We Go Again: Giants Are the Only Team That Can Beat Tom Brady’s Patriots

December 30, 2016   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

I was standing right in front of Tom Brady at Super Bowl XLII when he was told of a prediction made by then-Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who said the high-scoring Patriots would score just 17 points.
The prediction seemed outrageous at the time. The Patriots were annihilating teams that season, scoring 36.8 points per game. Brady and Randy Moss towered over the sport like superhuman beings, destroying every defense in their path.
I still remember Brady's face. He was almost insulted at what Burress said. He smirked and verbally backhanded Burress.
"We’re only gonna score 17 points?" Brady responded. "Ha, ha, ha. OK. Is Plax playing defense?"

Ha, ha, ha.
Burress would be right. More than right. The Giants would win 17-14. They had the Patriots' number. It seems the Giants always have the Patriots' number.
It would happen again in another Super Bowl. The Giants beat New England in Super Bowl XLVI, and I remember another inte...

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