How did the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots in the super bowl in 2008?

Answer 1

The New England Patriots lost to the New York Giants for a number of reasons.

1. The Patriots had no answer for the pressure that the Giants were bringing with a combination of blitzes and 4 man rushes.

2. Eli Manning played very well and made only one mistake (the interception he threw was the fault of Steve Smith, not Eli's)

3. The Giants held the highest scoring offense in NFL history to 14 total points.

4. The Patriots called three straight passes from the eight yard line on their final touchdown instead of running the ball (and the clock) on their first two plays.

5. Asante Samuel missed an interception on the Giant's winning drive that hit him in the hands. *

6. The Giants won by cheating, they held one of the Patriots defensive lineman allowing Eli to escape on their game winning drive. Also on another play one of the WR should one of their CB's and kept shoving him past the 5 yard limit and then caught the ball to keep their game winning drive alive.

*Written by a Patriots fan attempting to give due respect to the Giants for their win in Super Bowl XLII.

#6 is written by a Giants fan and I think my team didn't deserve to win and plus I wanted to see a team go fully undefeated.

Answer 2

They won by containing the most explosive offense in history until the final minutes of the fourth quarter when the Patriots took the lead. The Giants then pulled off a miraculous pass play when Eli Manning escaped a sure sack and launched a desperate pass caught on the helmet of David Tyree, leading to a Plaxico Burress touchdown with 30 seconds to go and a 17-14 upset.

Answer 3

They were not as good on the day. Too many spoiled oppurtunities