My article on the Super Bowl will be coming later on today. The easiest thing to say is that the play of Eli Manning and the entire defence are the main reasons why the Giants are the 2008 Super Bowl Champions. Here are a couple of playoff stats to chew on ...

Defensive rankings of the Giants four playoff opponents:

Tampa Bay: #2
Dallas: #9
Green Bay: #11
New England: #4

Eli Manning threw six touchdowns and a 95.7 QB rating against these teams while completing over 60% of his passes. Manning only had one interception and that wasn’t even his own fault. That stat is even more impressive when you consider Dallas, New England and Green Bay were all tied for 6th for interceptions and the Bucs arguably have the best pass D of the four teams.


Offensive rankings of the Giants four playoff opponents:

New England #1 at 36.8 PPG
(Giants held them to 14 points)
Dallas #2 at 28.4 PPG
(Giants held them to 17 points)
Green Bay #4 at 27.2 PPG
(Giants held them to 20 points)
Tampa Bay #18 at 20.9 PPG
(Giants held them to 14 points)

So these four teams scored an average of 28.3 points per game. The Giants held them to 16.3 points per game. An unbelievable stat.

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