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Giants quarterback Eli Manning was the MVP in each of the Giants’ Tremendous Bowl upset wins over Invoice Belichick’s Patriots, however ought to he have been? In XLII, when the Giants upset the heretofore undefeated Patriots, Manning accomplished 19 passes in 34 makes an attempt for 255 yards, two touchdowns, one interception, three sacks, and a passer score of 87.3. And in XLVI, Manning accomplished 30 of 40 passes for 296 yards, one landing, no interceptions, three sacks, and a passer score of 103.7.
Manning had killer throws in each video games — the David Tyree helmet catch in XLII and the deep fade to Mario Manningham in XLVI — however Giants defensive lineman Justin Tuck had a legit MVP declare in each of these video games.
All through his profession, strain up the center was Tom Brady’s Kryptonite, and Tuck poked that bear for all it was price in each video games. In XLII, Tuck had two sacks, two quarterback hits, two tackles for loss, and he was the primary man within the Giants’ NASCAR fronts that the Patriots simply couldn’t determine. In XLVI, Tuck began the scoring by forcing an intentional grounding penalty from Brady within the Patriots’ personal finish zone, and he completed that sport with two extra sacks, three quarterback hits, and three extra tackles for loss.
Have been it not for Tuck’s efforts in each of these shut video games, the Patriots may very properly have received.
