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These Giants found magic again
February 12
New York Post
 
"The "Miracle on Ice" 1980 U.S. men's Olympic hockey team didn't come back four years later and beat the Soviets again. N.C. State, after shocking Hakeem Olajuwon and Houston, didn't come out of nowhere in the following NCAA tournament. Rollie Massimino and Villanova didn't get a rematch and once more coach the Wildcats past the Georgetown Goliath. The Miracle Mets of '69 didn't repeat. James "Buster'' Douglas shocked and knocked Mike Tyson out once, not twice. Doing the seemingly impossible is difficult enough the first time. Getting it done again is not the way it's supposed to work. The beauty of a magical season is that it is isolated in time, never to be duplicated. The 2007 Giants"
NY's Bradshaw: 'I don't see' Cowboys winning Super Bowl with Romo
February 11
Dallas Morning News
 
"First, the Giants knocked the Cowboys out of the playoff picture with a 31-14 thrashing during the NFL's final regular season weekend. Then, the Giants got hot and pulled in their second Super Bowl in five years, and took a shot at the Cowboys' moniker of "America's Team" during their championship parade. And the hits just keep on coming. During an interview with the NFL Network this week , Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw took a shot at the Cowboys and their quarterback, saying he doesn't think the team will ever win a Super Bowl with Tony Romo at the helm. "I don't see it happening," Bradshaw told the network. "I don't think they believe it. They're America's Team. If America doesn't"
Giants' Mike Sullivan, one of Eli Manning's mentors, hired as Tampa Bay Buccaneers' offensive coordinator
February 11
Newark Star-Ledger
 
"Eli Manning's development at quarterback helped earn the Giants a Super Bowl victory. Tonight, one of the men who fostered Manning's growth earned a new job. Mike Sullivan, the Giants quarterbacks coach the past two seasons, was hired by former Rutgers coach Greg Schiano to be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' offensive coordinator. The move was first reported by ESPN.com. "We are very fortunate to add someone like Mike Sullivan to lead our offensive coaching staff," Bucs coach Schiano said in a statement released by the team to announce Sullivan's hiring. "He is a man of character and a complete football coach who fits with the kind of football team we are building here." This past season,"
Giants asst. headed off to Tampa Bay
February 11
New York Post
 
"Mike Sullivan, an original member of Tom Coughlin's Giants coaching staff in 2004, is leaving to become the offensive coordinator for the Buccaneers. Sullivan spent six years as the Giants' receivers coach and the past two as quarterbacks coach. Sullivan helped the Giants' receivers develop into a top group, and helped quarterback Eli Manning produce the best season of his career in 2011-12. Those accomplishments, and his work over the past eight years, clearly did not go unnoticed by Greg Schiano, the former Rutgers coach who last month was hired as head coach of Tampa Bay."
Best Super Bowl moment didn't occur during game or halftime
February 10
Detroit News
 columnist John U. Bacon
"t's been five days since the Super Bowl, just enough time to give us a little perspective on the whole thing. Was it a football game? A concert? A competition for the Clio Award? Or some bizarrely American combination of all three? Let's start with the least important: The football game. You might have caught bits of it, squeezed between the ads and the show. How could you tell when the game was on? Those were the people who ran really fast. For the Super Bowl's first 30 years, most of the games were boring blowouts. I suspect even the players can't recall the scores of those snoozers. But the ads and the halftime shows were hard to forget, and often featured a member of the Jackson family"
Eagles can learn lesson from Giants
February 10
Courier-Post
 
"Another Super Bowl has passed, which means Eagles fans are left wondering for the 52nd straight championship-less season why some other team was getting a victory parade and confetti dumped upon them. But this one has to hurt the Eagles more than most, and not just because it was the New York Giants, their NFC East rival, which won the Super Bowl, beating the Patriots 21-17 Sunday. It's because, in many ways, the Eagles could have been the Giants."
Giants receivers know how to run routes; Dez Bryant makes up his own
February 10
Dallas Morning News
 columnist Gerry Fraley
"Comparing Dez Bryant to Giants receive Victor Cruz. Fraley: The Giants receivers seemed to know the routes they were running, unlike Dez Bryant who makes up his own as he goes along. Victor Cruz and Dez Bryant have been in the league the same amount of time. Who would you want right now?"
Belichick on video tape: 'Make them go to Manningham'
February 10
New York Post
 
"If the Giants have any reservations about re-signing Mario Manningham they might ask Bill Belichick for a referral. The Patriots coach by now knows how valuable the fleet receiver can be. Manningham burned, scorched and singed Belichick's strategy in Super Bowl XLVI, as the defensive mastermind pleaded with his players down the stretch to continue to focus their attention on Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz, daring Eli Manning to throw to Manningham or Bear Pascoe. With the Patriots leading 17-15 prior to the Giants' game-winning drive, Belichick told his defensive players, "This is still a Cruz and Nicks game," according to the recorded audio NFL Films collected for NFL Network's SoundFX"
Tuck says it's 'unfortunate' Jets coach isn't with Giants
February 10
New York Post
 
"Super Bowl euphoria may have gone to Justin Tuck's head. The Giants defensive end was actually complimenting coach Rex Ryan and the Jets when he co-hosted "Good Day New York" on Thursday. The FOX show played footage of Tuck saying, "one thing you can be sure of is whose house it is" at MetLife Stadium during the Giants' Super Bowl celebration. "That's not me taking a poke at the Jets, that's just how we feel," Tuck said. "We feel as though that's our stadium . . . And the Jets have every right to feel the same way. We're very confident in the fact that we are a team to be reckoned with, and will be a team to be reckoned with for a long time.""
Victor Cruz looks to shed 'underpaid' label following record-breaking season
February 10
New York Post
 
"Judged strictly on production based on dollars earned, it is hard to imagine another player in the NFL who provided a bigger bang for the buck than Victor Cruz. His 2011 salary was $450,000 and for that money he broke the Giants' franchise record for receiving yards, put together one of the greatest pass-catching seasons in team history and electrified fans with his big plays and end zone salsa dances. Well, nothing lasts forever and it sounds as if Cruz is anxious to shed the "underpaid'' label attached to his name. "I think I was paid, you know, relative to where I came in this year and, you know, I came in as a free agent so that's the salary I was on, so I don't feel like I was"
As NY Giants take aim at Super Bowl repeat, here are the five questions Jerry Reese & Co. face for 2012 Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/ny-giants-aim-super-bowl-repeat-questions-jerry-reese-face-2012-article-1.1019587#ixzz1luuDk9Es
February 9
New York Daily News
 
"The work on 2012 has already begun. While the Giants commence their victory tour, which will have them taking bows all over the city and country in the coming months, general manager Jerry Reese has already turned the page. He has begun talking to the agents for some of his 21 unrestricted free agents, and his army of scouts arrive in East Rutherford on Friday to begin prepping for the scouting combine back in Indianapolis in two weeks. PHOTOS: SUPER BOWL CHAMPION GIANTS ON PARADE "We never stop that," Reese said during Super Bowl week. "That process never stops." And nothing gets in its way: when the Giants were busy preparing for the NFC Championship Game, Reese left his team for a few"
Victor Cruz: "I feel like I deserve to be paid more money at this point"
February 9
Pro Football Talk
 
"Last year, Victor Cruz earned $450,000. In return, the Giants received a franchise record for receiving yardage, with 1,536 yards. Next year, Cruz is due to make $490,000. He believes he should get more. Appearing on a special non-live edition of PFT Live, Cruz talked about winning the Vizio Top Value Performer Award, which goes to the NFL player who does the most for the least money. I told Victor that, several weeks ago, finalist Matt Forte said he'd prefer not to be nominated for the award, because it means he's underpaid. So I asked Victor if he thinks he's underpaid. "I think I was paid, you know, relative to where I came in this year and, you know, I came in as a free agent so"
Giants RB Jacobs apologizes for saying Gisele should 'shut up'
February 9
NFL.com
 
"Giants running back Brandon Jacobs issued an apology Wednesday night for his Tuesday remarks to reporters that Tom Brady's wife, Gisele Bundchen, should "stay cute and shut up." "Given the fact that it's a colleague of mine's wife, I do apologize for saying that, because I shouldn't have said that," Jacobs said, according to ESPN. "It's his wife and I should respect that just as much as anyone else." Jacobs stood by his comment about Bundchen being cute, however. "No question, he should take that as a compliment," Jacobs said. "If he finds something wrong with that, then that's his problem.""
Eli Manning and World Champion NY Giants were the NFL's Drama Kings this season
February 9
New York Daily News
 columnist Mike Lupica
"It is late at Lucas Oil Stadium on Super Bowl Sunday, and the Giants' locker room is still crowded with players and media and family and excitement and noise and enough energy to light the whole place. Maybe it is an hour since Tom Brady's desperation pass into the end zone has been knocked out of the air, bouncing on the turf before Rob Gronkowski can even make his dive for it. Archie Manning and Olivia Manning are outside the back door of the locker room, waiting in the hallway and they're with one of their daughters-in-law, Cooper Manning's wife. All of them are talking about the Super Bowl game they have just watched, how similar it is in so many ways to the one the Giants and Patriots"
Five issues champion Giants face in quest to repeat
February 9
New York Post
 columnist Paul Schwartz
"If it was easy, everyone would do it. Most Super Bowl champions barely wait for the last piece of confetti to fall before assessing the immediate future and deciding the time is ripe for a repeat. Usually, it is the breathless optimism of a team, flush with victory, unable to consider it can ever be knocked off the top of the mountain. Getting back isn't impossible, but it's close. The Giants cannot be evaluated solely on what they did in their 6-0 closing run because in other years their 9-7 regular-season record would have kept them out of the playoffs. As the celebrations continue and the Giants bask in the afterglow of their Super Bowl XLVI triumph, the clock already is ticking as far"
Giants Blue 'em away
February 9
New York Post
 
"Remember when the teacher said the final exam would count for half your final grade? Those who were killing it all semester were bummed and those who were slacking were pumped. Well, the Giants after an uneven and often uninspiring regular season barely got to the playoffs, but, once there, aced test after test, finishing with a flourish. No one will claim the Giants are anything close to a perfect team, not even after they put together a near-flawless, six-game winning streak that started with a pounding of the Jets and ended with another escape job in the Super Bowl against the Patriots. There were issues that contributed to a 7-7 record after 14 games. The Giants nailed their last"
Giants' Pierre-Paul: Give Umenyiora 'what he wants'
February 9
New York Post
 
"Jason Pierre-Paul wants Osi Umenyiora back with the Giants, saying the team should meet the defensive end's needs. "I think it's very important," Pierre-Paul told The Post last night. "Give him what he wants, man." Pierre-Paul has spent the last two seasons playing on the same defensive line as Umenyiora, and he believes there is great value to having the two of them, plus Justin Tuck, on the same front. Speaking last night at an appearance at Macy's in Manhattan, Pierre-Paul raved about Umenyiora and the Giants' superb defensive line."
Giants' Terrell Thomas hopes for recovery from knee injury
February 9
New York Post
 
"Terrell Thomas admitted watching the Giants from afar and seeing the Super Bowl run from up close was a "bittersweet'' experience. The injured cornerback missed the entire season following knee surgery and has no contract for next season. "I want to come back,'' Thomas said yesterday on SiriusXM NFL Radio. "I've been in talks with the organization and we're pretty much on the same page. Obviously, we've got to get the job done but I definitely want to come back to the Giants. The fan base is great. First-class organization. Why wouldn't I want to come back to the 2012 Super Bowl champs? I would be a fool to leave right about now.""
Giants' David Diehl played in Super Bowl XLVI with injured hand
February 8
Newark Star-Ledger
 
"David Diehl saw Chris Snee's sons Dylan and Cooper doing confetti angels on the field. He was asked about (twice) winning a Super Bowl even though many said it couldn't be done with him at left tackle. And he finally revealed he played most of this season with a broken hand. The emotion of it all overcame the 6-foot-5, 319-pounder today. "This is a team game and not only myself," the nine-year Giants veteran said after the rally at MetLife Stadium, when asked about his hand. "We've got tough guys on this team. That's the thing. We talk about 'all in.' It's not about yourself, it's about the guys lining up next to you." His voice cracking and his eyes watering, Diehl added: "I'm getting"
49ers, Giants play to a draw in charity event
February 8
San Francisco Chronicle
 
"As Harris Barton's opening drive hooked low and left of the fairway – the third straight unimpressive tee shot by the 49ers – head coach Jim Harbaugh turned to his teammates and said, "The Giants are feeling awfully good about themselves right now." Not to worry. The 49ers came back to acquit themselves well in Tuesday's charity shootout at Pebble Beach. Barton and Dwight Clark teamed to win two holes in the alternate-shot format, as did Will Clark and Matt Cain of the Giants. One hole was halved. As was the case last year, a sizable gallery followed the football/baseball players-turned-golfers as they played Nos, 1, 2, 3, 17 and 18. Harbaugh and quarterback Alex Smith, neither of whom"
Warner doesn't buy that Eli is already Hall of Famer
February 8
NFL.com
 
"Kurt Warner has spoken: Eli Manning is not a lock for the Hall of Fame, despite many in the media suggesting the Giants' quarterback has punched his ticket following his second championship win in Super Bowl XLVI. "I fully disagree with that," Warner, an NFL Network analyst and one-time Super Bowl champion, said Tuesday on Arizona Sports 620-AM in Phoenix. "You know, because I know we put a lot of weight on championships, and rightfully so. But championships are won as a team, and I'm fully convinced of that. You never see one guy -- a great player, great quarterback -- carry a team through the playoffs and into a Super Bowl and win a Super Bowl that way. I've never seen it. You know,"
Eagles, Giants have better odds than Cowboys for 2013 Super Bowl
February 8
Dallas Morning News
 
"The new NFL champs have barely been crowned for three days, but that doesn't mean the oddsmakers in Vegas are taking a break from football. Early odds for Super Bowl XLVII have already been released, and according to betting website Bovada.lv, the Cowboys fall somewhere in the middle of the pack when it comes to title hopes. Bovada pegs the Cowboys' odds at 18/1, the rough equivalent of about a 5% chance to take home the Lombary Trophy in 2013. Those odds tie the Cowboys for 11th in the league with the Detroit Lions and New York Jets."
Parade, party close curtain on Giants' championship season
February 8
New York Post
 
"As the conquering heroes returned to their home to bask in the afterglow, to soak up the last full-throated cheers from an adoring and appreciative fan-base, players who have been through it before as well as first-timers all agreed they never have been to a better party. There was no stopping the Giants down the stretch of the season, in the playoffs and especially in Super Bowl XLVI, where they came back (again) to defeat the favored Patriots 21-17, in front of plenty of blue-clad loyalists out in Indianapolis. Home is where the heart is, though, and yesterday home was where the Giants concluded the public portion of their day-long celebration."
As Giants soak up love, they know there's no better place to win
February 8
New York Post
 columnist Steve Serby
"Eli Manning began walking off the field at MetLife Stadium, a place of sheer Bluephoria that had unmistakably become Giants Stadium, his arm around his wife, Abby, and soon the championship face of the championship franchise was all alone, walking tall and proud toward the tunnel, waving at the fans who were standing and cheering for him and moments earlier had serenaded him with "MVP, MVP, MVP" when he addressed the estimated crowd of 40-45,000. I caught up to Manning, and now it was the two of us, and when I joked that all the cheers were for me, not for him, he playfully elbowed me."
American Eli-dol
February 8
New York Post
 columnist Mike Vaccaro
"Suddenly, he is more than a quarterback, more than an athlete — more than a champion, even. Suddenly, Eli Manning in 2012 has become equal parts Elvis from 1956, John Lennon from 1964 and Derek Jeter circa 1999. Suddenly he is part idol, part icon: part Johnny Bravo, part Conrad Birdie, part Joe Hardy. The Giants roamed the Canyon of Heroes yesterday, then crossed the tunnel to capture the Jersey suburbs, too, and they kept preaching their magic mantra of team, togetherness, triumph. But even on a squad of stars and a roster bursting with celebrity, there is little doubt who is first among the equals."
Osi's contract not a primary concern
February 8
New York Post
 
"Osi Umenyiora not only thinks the Giants can repeat, but wants to be part of pulling it off. Although it might have been the emotion of the moment talking, the Giants' veteran defensive end stated an uncharacteristically strong desire to remain in blue after the adulation of the parade and MetLife Stadium rally yesterday. As some of the estimated 45,000 fans at the stadium rally chanted "One more year!" at him yesterday, Umenyiora sounded as if a renewed trade demand was the least of his intentions. Asked if he wanted to be back with the Giants, Umenyiora said: "Of course! I mean, look at this! We can win again!""
Generous Justin's gift to teammates: Here's Johnnie!
February 8
New York Post
 
"Those grins the Giants were sporting yesterday during their trip through the Canyon of Heroes may have gotten a boost from a nip or two of "Blue" booze. Moments before the Giants left the Meadowlands to celebrate their incredible Super Bowl win, each member of the team — including the coaches and the front office — were given a custom engraved 750 milliliter bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue whiskey, a gift from gregarious defensive end Justin Tuck. "I wanted to give the guys on the team, the coaches and everyone who got us to Indianapolis a personal gift to thank them for everything that they've done," Tuck said."
Giants' Ballard, Beckum facing surgeries
February 8
New York Post
 
"The Super Bowl was not kind to the position of tight end for the Giants, as two of them, Jake Ballard and Travis Beckum, yesterday attended the celebratory festivities hobbled and walking with the aid of crutches. Beckum during the 21-17 victory over the Patriots was diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. It was believed Ballard went down with damage to his meniscus cartilage, but the Giants revealed that Ballard also tore his ACL in his left knee and, like Beckum, will require reconstructive surgery that puts the 2012 season in doubt for both of them."
After Wes Welker's Super Bowl drop, company drops 900 pounds of Butterfinger bars in Boston
February 8
New York Daily News
 
"Wes Welker's costly drop in the fourth quarter did produce one positive for Patriots fans in Boston: Free snacks. Folks walking around Copley Square in Beantown Tuesday stumbled upon a mountain of Butterfinger candy bars and a sign that reads "Thank you, Wes Welker." Welker, of course, dropped a pass from Tom Brady with the Patriots clinging to a 17-15 lead and in need of a first down to try to salt the game away. The drop — or bad throw by Brady, you be the judge — led to a Patriots punt and Eli Manning led the Giants on an 88-yard game-winning drive. The operation behind the stunt is pawngo.com, an Internet pawn shop based in Denver that wanted to have a little fun an insert itself in"
Brandon Jacobs has message for Brady's wife Gisele: Shut your mouth on football matters
February 8
New York Daily News
 
"Gisele Bundchen is a supermodel, not a football analyst. And Brandon Jacobs thinks Tom Brady's wife should remember that the next time she wants to diss somebody on the field. "She just needs to continue to stay cute and shut up," he told reporters. Moments after Jacobs' Giants defeated the Pats in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, Bundchen was critical of New England's wideouts, blaming their mistakes and not her husband Brady for the loss."
Giants TE Ballard tore ACL, could miss next season
February 7
New York Post
 
"Giants tight end Jake Ballard suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee early in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLVI and, following reconstructive surgery, will miss at least eight months, making it possible he will miss the entire 2012 season. The Giants already knew that another tight end, Travis Beckum, went down in the Super Bowl with a torn ACL, putting his 2012 season at risk. Ballard immediately after the 21-17 victory over the Patriots did not think he tore his ACL, saying he believed he suffered damage to his meniscus cartilage but not to any ligaments. The Giants revealed Tuesday that Ballard did tear his ligament."
Champion Giants celebrate in NYC
February 7
ESPN.com
 
"After winning Super Bowl XLVI, the New York Giants were treated to a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan, presented the keys to the city and then honored in a ceremony at MetLife Ceremony in New Jersey on Tuesday. Nearly one million fans attended the Giants' second ticker-tape parade in five years along the Canyon of Heroes. The parade began at 11 a.m. at Battery Place and Washington Street, before continuing north up the Canyon of Heroes to Worth Street. Tons of blue and white confetti fell and fans chanted "Let's Go Giants!" as a float featuring Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, defensive captain Justin Tuck, coach Tom Coughlin, general manager Jerry Reese, co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch,"
Manning trio — Archie, Peyton, Eli — truly terrific
February 7
Denver Post
 columnist Woody Paige
"A few months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, Archie Manning returned to the family's stately Greek revival home in the city's Garden District. "Water got up beyond knee level, but the house isn't damaged that bad — except it was broken into by looters," Archie told me then. "I had two big stacks of signed Peyton and Eli jerseys I would donate to charities. All the Peyton jerseys were stolen. I haven't told this to Eli, but all his jerseys are still on the table.""
Peyton Manning says he 'couldn't be prouder' of younger brother Eli
February 7
Indianapolis Star
 
"Peyton Manning was anything but a casual observer of Super Bowl XLVI Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. He had a vested interest, one that primarily zeroed in on New York Giants' quarterback. That would be younger brother Eli. "Couldn't be happier for him,'' Peyton said today. "Couldn't be prouder. It was a special night.'' With Peyton looking on, Eli led the New York Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots. Eli completed 30-of-40 passes for 296 yards and directed the game-winning 88-yard drive in the game's final minutes. He was named the game's MVP, just as he was in Super Bowl XLII when the Giants also beat the Patriots."
Pierre-Paul's big Super Bowl hurts Eagles fans
February 7
CSN Philly
 columnist Dave Zangaro
"Jason Pierre-Paul is the one (of many) who got away. If you listened closely during the Super Bowl on Sunday, you could actually hear the collective groan of Eagles fans every time the Giants' second-year defensive lineman made a play. Pierre Paul was the 15th pick in the 2010 draft after the Eagles left him on the board and went with Brandon Graham from Michigan. This season, Pierre-Paul had 72 tackles and 16.5 sacks and was an All-Pro. And he played like it in the Super Bowl."
From New York, nobody wins championships as well as the NY Giants
February 7
New York Daily News
 columnist Mike Lupica
"It had been one of those nights when we were reminded that even though they have won just four Super Bowls in their history and eight NFL championships in all, the Giants can still feel like the biggest team we have, and that includes the Yankees. The Yankees are there in the playoffs every year, of course, and have won an epic number of World Series. The Giants win better. Now, second time in four years, they win better than any New York team ever has. Say it again: You can put all the other great seasons up against them, Namath and Seaver and Willis Reed and whatever you think is the best Yankee victory of them all. Nothing beats what the Giants have done to the Patriots in these two"
If Giants' Super sequel doesn't fuel turbulent Jets' relaunch, nothing will
February 7
New York Post
 columnist Bart Hubbuch
"Hey, what time is the Jets' parade this morning? What's that, you say? It's the Giants rolling up through the Canyon of Heroes ... again? That's funny, because we could have sworn Rex Ryan's best-selling book last summer — and just about every interview the coach has done the past three years — stated emphatically that New York was a Jets town now, that the staid, fussy Giants were practically Old Europe and that a Gang Green Super Bowl was written in stone. What Jets fans got instead over the past seven weeks — and for the next several months to come — must feel like an NFL version of Dante's circles of Hell: a shambles of a season, followed by never-ending locker-room drama, followed by"
Coughlin played cards right by showing 'love'
February 7
New York Post
 
"The coach who felt tough love was the only way to drive a team learned he could drop the tough and show the love. Tom Coughlin could not recall if he ever did it before, and acknowledged not long ago he never would have considered doing it, ever. The night before his Giants played like champions, Coughlin told his players he loved them. There is no tangible way to measure how much a part that revealing display of emotion played in another stunning performance — this time, like four years ago, using an Eli Manning-inspired, last-minute touchdown for the winning points in a 21-17 comeback victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI."
Giant ticker tape set to fly downtown
February 7
New York Post
 
"Rabid Big Blue fans will flood the Canyon of Heroes today to watch Eli Manning and the Super Bowl champion Giants march up Broadway — and a lucky 500 will get to attend an exclusive City Hall ceremony afterward. Officials doled out 250 pairs of tickets after holding an online lottery for New York residents. More than 50,000 people had entered. The winners were notified at 2 p.m. and had six hours to rush to Midtown to claim their prize. "I ran 15 blocks to get here. I'm sweating profusely, but I was so excited to win these tickets!" said fan Dominick Pace, 25, who read about the lottery in The Post yesterday morning and was the first on line to claim his prize at the Official NYC"
Eli: The greatest
February 7
New York Post
 columnist Steve Serby
"He stood outside in the uncharacteristic warmth of early February, his MVP press conference over, when I asked Eli Manning why he loves being quarterback of the New York Giants. "Obviously it's the greatest city in the world," Manning told The Post, "and the greatest organization in my mind, and it's an honor to play for the fans in New York and play under Coach Coughlin. It's been a fun eight years, and obviously it's been very special winning this championship and something I'll always remember." I asked him what his message would be to Giants fans when he rides down the Canyon of Heroes for the second time in four years and holds the Lombardi Trophy to Big Blue Heaven and Blue York City"
Giants land in Newark to heroes' welcome
February 7
New York Post
 
"The conquering heroes are home! The Super Bowl champion New York Giants partied all the way from Indianapolis to Newark Airport yesterday, where they received a rock-star reception from their New York-area fans. Stepping off their chartered flight to a bagpipe rendition of "Amazing Grace," the Giants pumped their fists in victory and pointed at the hundreds of waiting faithful. MVP Eli Manning got a reception fit for a king at a parade in Disney World in Florida before his appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman" in New York. And wide receiver Mario Manningham — who caught an incredible sideline pass in the game's final minutes — shopped at the Times Square Modell's with"
Magic feet the key to Manningham miracle
February 7
New York Post
 
"Kevin Boothe saw Mario Manningham's remarkable, championship-changing catch more than once. "I was watching it probably about 10 times [yesterday] morning because I didn't sleep. Just watching 'SportsCenter' over and over again," the Giants' left guard said, hours after his team's 21-17 comeback Super Bowl XLVI win. "And I still can't believe he made that catch." On the first play of the Giants' Lombardi Trophy-winning drive against the Patriots, Manningham hauled in a 38-yard pass in which he beat double coverage, snared Eli Manning's perfectly pinpoint pass and kept both feet inbounds."
Rolle lets ring do the talking
February 7
New York Post
 
"After emerging as an emotional leader for the Giants down the stretch of the season, safety Antrel Rolle seemed almost drained and overwhelmed immediately following their dramatic Super Bowl victory. "This is the only reason I came to New York,'' said Rolle, a former Cardinal. "My mother will tell you, I care less about money, I care less about a ring, I care less about a parade, the only think I care about is us going out there and giving 120 percent and let's see what the outcome will be. No one can take this away from us, no matter what. They can say what they want to say, they can put us down, they can say we got lucky, they can say we won because [Rob] Gronkowski was hurt. We're going"
New York Giants went from low point against New Orleans Saints to high point in Super Bowl XLVI
February 6
New Orleans Times-Picayune
 
"The low point of the New York Giants' 2011 season was probably their Week 12 trip to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, when they lost a 49-24 blowout to the New Orleans Saints. It was their third straight loss at the time and dropped their record to 6-5. They didn't collapse, though. And they didn't collapse after a narrow 38-35 loss to the Green Bay Packers in Week 13. And they didn't collapse after a 23-10 loss to the Washington Redskins in Week 15 that dropped them to 7-7. Instead, they rallied to become the first 9-7 team ever to win a Super Bowl, beating the New England Patriots 21-17 on Sunday night in Super Bowl XLVI."
Eli Manning says his second Super Bowl title is 'a lot bigger' than family bragging rights
February 6
Newark Star-Ledger
 
"Peyton Manning was so proud of his little brother, that he wanted to make sure Eli Manning got all the credit he deserved for the Giants' Super Bowl XLVI win. Yes, Mario Manningham made a fantastic catch on the pivotal 38-yard play down the sideline that keyed the Giants' 21-17 win against the Patriots. But after the game, Peyton Manning was raving to his brother about the throw. "He was mad, he said everybody was talking about how great of a catch it was," Eli Manning said this morning, as he accepted the MVP trophy. "He said it was a pretty good throw, also. It's a brother looking out for me. He was proud of me and happy for me." Eli Manning has now won two Super Bowl rings, one more"
Manning is the man for Giants
February 6
Chicago Tribune
 columnist Dan Pompei
"Super Bowls most often are won and lost at two points of the game. The first point is the beginning. That's when teams make statements, establish patterns and take control or lose it. In the opening minutes, Giants quarterback Eli Manning was so precise you would have felt comfortable if he were putting a scalpel to your sternum. He was, in fact, operating on the Patriots. He completed his first nine passes, which set a Super Bowl record. More importantly, he helped the Patriots to a 9-0 lead, first by setting up his defense for a safety, and then by completing a 2-yard touchdown pass to Victor Cruz. Early on, the only way to prevent Manning from completing a pass was to put him on the"
'D' lets 'em walk right in
February 6
Boston Herald
 
"Coach Bill Belichick is never one to shy away from unconventional decisions, and he made another one late in Super Bowl XLVI last night. With the Pats leading by two points and the Giants on the opposing 6-yard line, Belichick called for his defense to allow running back Ahmad Bradshaw to score. And he did, putting the Giants up 21-17 with 57 seconds left. It was a move that caught some players by surprise, with linebacker Brandon Spikes describing his reaction as, "Wow." But to those who have been around Belichick, it wasn't much of a surprise. "I liked it," quarterback Tom Brady said. "It gave us a chance.""
Another Giant fall
February 6
Boston Herald
 
"The losses stay with him, and into the offseason, Tom Brady will lay awake and ponder. What if his late pass to Wes Welker had connected? What if that final Hail Mary had bounced the other way? Haunting questions. He won't be alone trying to answer them. The Patriots suffered a crushing 21-17 loss to the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI in front of 68,658 at Lucas Oil Stadium yesterday, sending the team into a disappointing offseason. Just like in Super Bowl XLII, the Giants issued them a nightmare. There was no miracle like the one the Giants used in 2007, as a last-ditch deep pass that fell harmlessly to the turf. "It all comes back to making plays," Brady said. "You make it, you're"
Giant mark on record
February 6
Boston Herald
 
"Back in the day, the New York Giants made Bill Belichick. He did his part by crafting not one but two defenses that catapulted the Giants to Super Bowl victories, and in doing so he established his credentials as head-coaching timber. If the Giants do not win Super Bowls XXI and XXV, then perhaps Belichick never becomes a head coach. Or maybe he does become a head coach, but his career takes him on an entirely different timeline that does not pass through Foxboro. You never know. So when the day comes when Belichick travels to Canton, Ohio, to make his Hall of Fame induction speech, he'll be talking about those Giants years. Yet he will forever be haunted by this franchise. The Giants"