Making the Super Bowl has enough perks as is, but the winning team on Sunday will get a bonus for making it to the championship game, but so will the losers.
According to Ralph Vacchiano over at The Blue Screen, each player on the winning team will receive $78,000 while every player on the losing team will go home with $40,000.
Sunday, the Giants play for their first Super Bowl title since 1991 and the biggest upset in football history. The Patriots play for a perfect 19-0 season and to be called the greatest team in football history. And at the same [...]

The Patriots once won games and championships based on their defense, but that is no longer the case. The Giants have relied on their defense to save multiple games and their season, and without the infamous goal-line stand of Week 3, the Giants probably aren’t playing in the Super Bowl. Actually, they definitely aren’t playing the Super Bowl and they probably finish the season around .500 or less and Elite is the goat of the city. However, that is not the case, though I am sure the bitter, heartbroken, embarrassed, devastated Dallas fans who chime in on this site wish [...]

Elite Manning is not Peyton Manning (yet), and I understand they are two different players and two different people. It is unfair for critics to try to judge Eli based on his brother as it is rare two siblings both become starting QBs in the NFL. When you think about it…there are 32 starting QBs in the NFL in the world. What are the chances two of the 32 come from the same family?
Here is a comparison of the two brothers after their first three seasons in the NFL:
Eli’s numbers are on the left. Eli has a 29-19 regular season record and 3-2 playoff [...]

The Giants aren’t the biggest underdog in Super Bowl history, but they are up there. Good news for them, there have been some major upsets in the past:

2003 

 Tampa Bay

 42

(+4)

Oakland 

21

 2002

 New England

 20

 (+14)

 St. Louis

 17

 1998

 Denver

 31

 (+11)

 Green Bay

24 

 1991

NY Giants

 20

 (+7)

 Buffalo

 19

 1988

 Washington

 42

 (+3)

 Denver

 10

 1984

 Los Angeles

 38

 (+3)

 Washington

 9

 1983

 Washington

 27

 (+3)

 Miami

17

 1981

 Oakland

 27

 (+3)

 Philadelphia

 10

 1973

 Miami

 14

 (+1.5)

 Washington

 7

 1971

 Baltimore

 16

 (+2.5)

 Dallas

 13

 1970

 Kansas City

 23

 (+12)

 Minnesota

 7

 1969

 NY Jets

 16

 (+18)

 Baltimore

 7

When it comes to special teams, the Giants and Patriots are somewhat on an even scale. I am not sure anyone on either club feels comfortable when Lawrence Tynes or Stephen Gostowski goes on the field with a lengthy kick and time running out. And I am certain neither team wants their chances at winning XLII on the shoulders of either kicker.
Tynes obviously hit the game-winning kick against the Packers, but he did miss two shorter kicks in the fourth quarter alone. If you let Tynes replay the game again, he most likely makes the first two and misses the [...]

The story about Tom Brady’s walking cast, his boot, his limp, and any other report that has surfaced since the AFC Championship can all be put to rest now that Brady is practicing. As if he was going to sit out the Super Bowl.For the past nine days Tom Brady’s status for Super Bowl XLII has been questioned enough that he has not left the front and/or back covers of multiple newspapers. The fact that this story has become such an event is the sole reason why this two-week layoff before the Super Bowl is ridiculous.
I mean if you like [...]

The Giants played the Patriots closer in Week 17 than any other team had done all season, leading for most of the game before surrendering their lead to Tom Brady and Randy Moss. The 38-35 loss was a monetum booster for the G-Men who were entering the playoffs on a bad not after having played poorly in the final weeks of the season. The loss to the Patriots gave them hope that they could play with any team in the league on any night.
If not for some stupid penalties by the Giants they might have been able to win that game. Had [...]

The Giants took a tough road to get where they are today, putting themselves in a tough position to make the playoffs and then a harder one having to play the #5, #1, and #2 seeds in order to win the NFC.After their losses in both Week 1 and Week 2, I thought they might not win a game givne their horrific play and the unknown status of then Eli Manning (now Elite Manning). They put up 35 at Dallas, only to give up 45, and then went on to lose the 4th quarter 21-0 to the Packers, who no [...]

The Giants held their last practice at the bubble this season as they get ready for the Monday departure to Glendale for the Super Bowl.
The big dance is now only a week away as the G-Men try to do the impossible and knock off the undefeated Patriots. We will begin the indepth coverage of the Super Bowl starting tomorrow with a week of analyzing the game. Here is this week’s upcoming schedule aside from random blogging:

 Sunday

 How the Giants got to XLII

 Monday

 Review of NYG/NE Week 17

 Tuesday

 Review of Media Day

 Wednesday

 Breakdown of Special Teams

 Thursday

 Breakdown of Defenses

 Friday

 Breakdown of Offenses

 Saturday

 What to Expect/Prediction

There are a lot of stories out about how the Giants have to manage the clock and how that is the only way they can beat the Patriots.
Well, I am not so sure that is the only way you can beat New England, but keeping them from excellent field position would be a start.
How many times last week did we see San Diego kickoff and the Patriots would catch it at their own 20 and return it to the 40, putting them a couple first downs away from FG range? The Chargers were basically handing out points to the Patriots [...]