"Wes Welker was targeted eight times by Tom Brady in Super Bowl XLVI. He caught seven passes.

But it's the one he didn't catch that will stay with him for a long time.

"It's one of those plays I've made a thousand times,'' he said somberly during a postgame press conference after the Giants' 21-17 victory. "Just didn't make it.''

The play he just didn't make occurred with the Patriots leading, 17-15, with 4:06 remaining, facing a second and 11 at the Giants 44.

Convert the first down, and there's a reasonable chance they'd be able to run out the clock since New York just one remaining timeout."