First off, I thought it was a very good game. Seriously.
But I believe there's a reason the 9-7 Giants knocked off the 13-3 Patriots:
It's the same reason we lost to them in SB XXV. The NFC is just plain more physical...especially in the NFC East. And for all of his 'genius', Bill Belichek has become an AFC coach:
-His QB throws for 5000 yards
-Pass first, run second mentality
-31st in the league in defense
The Giants run first, pass second, and play tough, physical defense in the trenches where it counts. The only team in the AFC that does that is Pittsburgh, and their problem is that they've gotten old. Maybe the Ravens are a distant second.
These NFC East teams spend the entire season beating the crap out of each other, and whomever is left standing, meaning whomever has the least amount of injuries at the end of the season, generally has a shot at the title.
Look at the QBs that have won titles out of that division over the last 25 years. Do any of them strike you as world beaters? (Williams, Hostetler, Manning, Rypian, even Aikman) They're good players, but my feeling is that they managed their games, they didn't win them. The physicality of their teams won the games.
Even San Francisco, for as good as they played all season long was exposed in the NFCCG. Why?
Because they don't play anybody all year long, same as the Patriots. They beat up on us, Miami and the Jets, but cannot win the line of scrimmage when it counts against the big boys from the NFC.
I think that as the Bills rebuild, that they need to get out of that AFC mode, and try to rebuild in the image of the NFC East.
But I believe there's a reason the 9-7 Giants knocked off the 13-3 Patriots:
It's the same reason we lost to them in SB XXV. The NFC is just plain more physical...especially in the NFC East. And for all of his 'genius', Bill Belichek has become an AFC coach:
-His QB throws for 5000 yards
-Pass first, run second mentality
-31st in the league in defense
The Giants run first, pass second, and play tough, physical defense in the trenches where it counts. The only team in the AFC that does that is Pittsburgh, and their problem is that they've gotten old. Maybe the Ravens are a distant second.
These NFC East teams spend the entire season beating the crap out of each other, and whomever is left standing, meaning whomever has the least amount of injuries at the end of the season, generally has a shot at the title.
Look at the QBs that have won titles out of that division over the last 25 years. Do any of them strike you as world beaters? (Williams, Hostetler, Manning, Rypian, even Aikman) They're good players, but my feeling is that they managed their games, they didn't win them. The physicality of their teams won the games.
Even San Francisco, for as good as they played all season long was exposed in the NFCCG. Why?
Because they don't play anybody all year long, same as the Patriots. They beat up on us, Miami and the Jets, but cannot win the line of scrimmage when it counts against the big boys from the NFC.
I think that as the Bills rebuild, that they need to get out of that AFC mode, and try to rebuild in the image of the NFC East.
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