Super Bowl 2012: Passing Records Will Fall Due to Historically Awful Secondaries

January 29, 2012   ·   Thad Novak   ·   Jump to comments

Outstanding quarterback matchups are par for the course at the Super Bowl, so on the face of it, there’s no reason Tom Brady and Eli Manning should necessarily produce an offensive explosion next Sunday. What is different about Super Bowl XLVI, though, is that those great quarterbacks will be battling two of the worst defensive backfields in the history of the big game.
The Giants, in spite of an outstanding pass rush, finished the regular season ranked 29th in the league in passing yards allowed. Even then, they were 600 yards better than the Patriots, who placed 31st in the NFL with just under 300 yards allowed per game.
Even with the extra week to prepare for their respective foes, those two defenses don’t exactly match up well with a pair of top-five passing offenses. The result, more than likely, will be Super Bowl history in the making.
The Super Bowl record for combined passing yards is 649, set by Brady and Jake Delhomme of the Panthers in Super Bowl ...

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