The Super Bowl, Position By Position Break Down

Will there be too much Super Bowl Hype this week? Yes. The TV and radio stuff will be intolerable. Luckily, we have blogs who will find new slants and produce general entertainment such as the guy whose dog mutilated his Super Bowl tickets, which team is more likely to get in trouble before the Super Bowl, and even predicting what the hype will look like, as Cecilio's Scribe did a couple of weeks ago.

What will be tough to find, as you sort through the hype, is analysis of the actual game. While it'd be nice to get into how the Patriots offensive line stacks up against the Giants front 7 or how the Pats secondary matches up with Plaxico and crew, I just don't have access to the NFL game tapes like Ron Jaworski does, so I'll stick to who I'd rather have on the field at each position.

Quarterback: Who hasn't made fun of Eli Manning at some point this season? But, you gotta give the guy some props, he's stepped up big in the playoffs and he's led the G-men to the Super Bowl. Enough props to give him the nod over 3-time Super Bowl Champion and NFL MVP Tom Brady? No.

Edge: Patriots (Although I would take the Pillsbury Throw Boy over Matt Cassel between the back-ups. I love that nickname.)

Running Backs: While the Giants young backs Jacobs and Bradshaw have been lighting it up in the playoffs, I'm going to have to take the Pats combo of Maroney and Faulk here. Maroney is the most explosive back of the bunch, and Faulk's ability to catch the ball out of the backfield pushes the Patriots tandem over the top in this category.

Edge: Patriots

Offensive Line: Brady was only sacked 21 times this season, while Eli was only sacked 27 times. Both lines are solid. The Patriots line is just a little more solid.

Edge: Patriots

Tight Ends: As happy as Giants fans are that Shockey's out, I'll go with the combo of Benjamin Watson and Kyle Brady over Kevin Boss and Michael Matthews. Easy choice, I've heard of Benjamin Watson and Kyle Brady before, I had to look up Boss and Matthews names.

Edge: Patriots

Wide Receivers: Despite what Plaxico says, I refuse to think that anybody has a better receiving group than the Patriots. Plaxico has been off the hook in the playoffs, but even if you rate him ahead of Randy Moss (which I don't), the Wes Welker, Donte' Stallworth and Jabar Gaffney trio outshines Amani Toomer, Steve Smith and Sinorice Moss.

Edge: Patriots

Defensive Line: I like the Warren, Wilfork, Seymour and Green on the Pats line, but the G-men have them here. The Giants' big uglies are the strength of the team. Sack machines. This line is so good that it needs a cool nickname.

Edge: Giants

Linebackers: I like Antonio Pierce and Kawika Mitchell, but after that it's thin in the Giants linebacking corps. The Pats linebackers are old, but Seau, Bruschi, Vrabel, and Adalius Thomas sound like an alright group to me.

Edge: Patriots

Safeties: The Giants Gibril Wilson seems to be the real deal at free safety, but I lean towards the Patriots on this one, because Rodney Harrison is the only safety on either team that I've heard of. Crap, he's old as sh*t too, how about a push?

Edge: Push

Cornerbacks: I think both teams have good cornerbacks, but the Pats allowed 190.1 passing yards per game in the regular season, while the Giants allowed 207.3. That's enough to give the Pats the edge here.

Edge: Patriots

Special Teams: This fellow thinks that Domenik Hixon gives the Giants the edge in special teams. The same Giants special teams unit who's kicker Lawrence Tynes almost kicked away their chance at a Super Bowl in Green Bay? I'll settle for a push on this one.

Edge: Push

For those of you keeping score at home, The Legend's official scorecard has the Pats 7, the G-men 1, and 2 pushes. Looks grim for the G-men, but that's why they play the games. On any given Sunday.......