The Giants? Really?

OK OK... now everybody's had two weeks to finish their blue Kool-Aid and many seem to be jumping on the bandwagon... as expected. But in all seriousness, do you really EXPECT the Giants to win?

Look, I'm a Jets fan and a New Yorker. So there's nothing more I'd like to see than a Bostonian sulking in a dramatic defeat over Tom Brady's injured body. Nothing, except maybe a wild Josh Beckett pitch to Curt Schilling's mouth but baseball is only an afterthought right now.

The Patriots are the better team. Simple as that, no bones about it. I don't know if any educated person can deny it. Now CAN the Giants win? Of course they can. Any given Sunday, you know.
There is really no way you can honestly predict a Giants win. I'm sorry. No way, and if you do, then you're just over-thinking it. The Giants are merely a matchup problem; much like the Jags were.

Yes, Brandon Jacobs is the last guy the aging, women's-hat-wearing Patriot linebackers want to see. But then again, they were the 4th ranked defense in the league. Yes, the Giants put up a fight the last time and only lost by three, but they DID lose by three. Yes, Eli has been finally playing like a Manning, but then again Brady's been playing like a Manning his whole career. Yes, the Giants won 10 straight road games, but the Pats won 18 straight games.

Now with all that being said, it means nothing this Sunday. Anything could really happen. The Patriots would probably win about 7 out of 10 matchups but you never know. On the very first minutes, Osi can invert Tom Brady's knee ligaments, Corey Webster could lay out Randy Moss and a wild, raging Brandon Jacobs can overrun the sidelines and give Belichick a well-deserved concussion. But hey, until one of these things happens, 7 out of 10 times is a lot. And that ratio is probably generous.

Personally, you know what result I'd like to see, but I really cant expect that, no educated consumer really can. If the Geeeeee-men pulled it off, I wouldn't be too surprised but the Patriots are the clear-cut favorites. Act like it.