Originally Posted by
BuddyBear
Again...who cares about these things? Why they continue to be part of the forum, I am not quite sure. Who cares about Tiki Barber? Who cares about a poster's favorite team? Who cares if the Giants are better or worse with Tiki? He's retired....his name should only be brought up if it relates to sports trivia or something.
We are here to find value and pick winners on sides of games....not to debate if the Giants are better with or without Tiki Barber. All we care about is whether a team covers or not, and that's it. You are suppose to be a gambler....there are forums out there for sports talk that address these issues.
Now to the important stuff, I am not sure, I think you might be overreacting to NYG performence the past 3 weeks like many others are. True, NE has been "struggling" as DH states despite somehow still being perfect, but 13 pts is a very fair line and if anything, it is already shaded toward the Giants a bit. Considering how poor the NYG secondary is, there level of playoff inexperience compared to NE, and the talent differential at virtually every position on the field I think you are underestimating NE and overestimating NYG. I have a slight lean as of now toward NE but we'll see how it goes. To me, right now, this is a NYG playing in way over their heads. They beat a very overrated TB team, then beat a Dallas team who was stumbling into the playoffs, and then beat GB which i feel was their most impressive win. Before the playoffs, they had done nothing.
However, their 10 games they've won on the road is very impressive and that should not be discounted at all. Plus Tom Coughlin is a very good coach so I can see making a good case for NYG but I need more than that.