The New England Patriots beat a very charged up New York Giants tonight to finish the regular season 16-0 for 2007. The Giants played inspired football for the first 40 some minutes but the Patriots took over partway through the 3rd quarter to beat the Giants 38-35.
So, the Pats finished 16-0, Tom Brady finished with 50 TD’s and Moss finished with 23 TD’s, all single season records. Congratulations!
Well, as I mentioned in my last Patriots post, the Pats will play tonight against the New York Giants to finish the season undefeated. With the Giants playoff spot guaranteed and a date with the Tampa Bay Bucs in next weeks playoff game, the Giants have very little to play for.
The big debate this week has focused on the Giants coach Tom Coughlin. Some are saying that he owes it to history to put up a fight against the Patriots. Give me a break, he owes it to his team and to Giants fans to prepare the team for the playoffs. I’m not saying they should roll over and play dead, but to play your starters all 4 quarters in an attempt to defeat the Patriots is pretty silly.
On the other hand, the Patriots have very little (playoff wise) to play for tonight as well. But they do have several records to break:
The New England Patriots are 2 wins away from a perfect regular season. They are playing at home today against the Miami Dolphins (the last team to have a perfect season). It would have been much more appropriate if they were scheduled to play Miami on the last day of the regular season, but that game will be payed against the New York Giants next week (without TE Jeremy Shockey).