Maybe this is why Burress caught that ball??

According to Boston.com - Ellis Hobbs was playing injured during the Superbowl. He had a shoulder injury he sustained in week 9 against the Colts, and a groin injury from the first meeting with the Giants. They say he had surgery on his shoulder last week, but should be recovered by the beginning of training camp.

Wonder how much the injury affected his ability to cover Burress in the game winning touchdown?

My last Patriots Post...

I hope this is my last Pats post until the NFL draft. Seriously. I have to stop wallowing in self-pity over the loss. I need to move on and get out of this shocked and depressed state. Bostonians all look sad, people are walking around dazed heads down - and the weather has been reflecting our collective mood. I feel like I've gone through a breakup. Like I wake up and something is missing, I've lost something...

If we had lost to the Packers I would have been upset, but not quite as badly. I really like Favre - he's great, but we lost to Eli? The guy that always has his mouth open looking stupid and confused? THAT GUY beat us? Stick a fork in my eye and be done with it.

But part of being a fan is dealing with the heartbreak. Boston has had such a good streak this decade that we forgot what it was like to lose. Young people don't know the heartache we've gone though. And really I don't even understand the heartache my parents and grandparents went though. My grandmother hasn't missed a Red Sox game in probably 8 decades. That's got to hurt.

But in '05 we lost to Plummer and the Broncos. And seriously that guy looked homeless and as if he played for the hell of it. He looked like some dude you smoked pot with in college - he just wasn't worthy of that win - wicked happy when the Steelers beat them. Where is he now anyway, oh he retired... And then we lost last year in '06 to Indy. That totally sucked, but at least Peyton is a really great QB. I'm sure if I was born and raised in Indy I'd be rooting for him. But I wasn't. I was born and raised in Boston! And this is just about football, never mind the heartbreak with the Sox for 86 years...

I watched the 93 draft when we got Bledsoe and I thought this is it. We are so going to win the Superbowl now! We had Parcells, Bledsoe surely it was in the cards for us? And we all know how that turned out... Then the Pete Carroll years? I don't even want to think about those. Then Belichick came along, and some unknown 6th round draft pick Brady steps up - and we were on top of the world. Untouchable. I think we all knew we wouldn't be on top forever, but we really hoped this year wouldn't be the one that it happened. It was. sigh.....

I think for us here in Boston sports are a part of us. Most people living here are just fans whether they wanted to be or not. Like baseball - I'm not really a fan (not like football). But I hate the Yankees and love the Sox - it was just built into me. Plus I don't think other areas of the country have the fans like we do. The only other two cities with fans like us that come to mind are: Chicago and NYC. But those cities have more than one team, so the people are split. It's not like the entire city comes together to root for one team like we do. They are too busy arguing which one of their local teams are better to join forces. But in Boston we have one team for each sport. It's part of the city's history here. It's who we are. I've gone to other cities and thought maybe I'll check out a baseball game but it's probably sold out... nope tons of tickets available. That NEVER happens here. People just don't understand what it's like unless they have lived here and let Boston into your soul.

I am boycotting Macy's

That's it. I'm done with that shit store. First it sucks - the stuff in there is mostly crap (at least in this area) - the San Fran and NYC stores are good. but I don't care - I'm done.

I got an email from them today and the headline was 'The Giants win it all! Celebrate with a Waterford Crystal football!' I thought are you fucking kidding me?? Like seriously - is this just to throw salt on the wound? Perhaps they purposely sent this to all their shoppers in MA, to make us HATE THEM! Assholes. They should have only sent that filth to their own people in NY. And it turns out they also emailed a whole shit load of other Bostonians.

At least Nordstrom's doesn't insult me!

I HATE the GIANTS

and I hate the Mannings. I just CANNOT believe that in the final minute the fucking giants scored to win the game. They only had to hold them off for 59 more seconds.

How could this happen? Our perfect red zone defense let up the biggest TD in their careers.

I am sick. I am in tears. I hate the giants.

I am more upset than I was in '86 and '96 but I think this one takes the cake. Those I knew were a loss early on. This was a loss in the final seconds.

I think this is as upsetting as when the Sox left Pedro in - in the 7th and he blew the game to the Yankees. I love NYC, but I hate their sports teams!!! Damn you NY!

Wow totally wrong

Eli managed to pull off the win... how did that happen? Every play he looks confused with his mouth open - maybe that is to throw off the defense LOL

What were they the 5th seed and they knocked of the #1 Cowboys? Interesting. I can't imagine they can pull off the win @ Green Bay. We'll see... could be the Pats and Packers in the superbowl like 96, but this time we win :)

Ummmmm WTF?

So what's up with the Miami /Giants regular season game being played today in England? Why England? And REALLY 0-6 MIAMI!??? I guess at least it's against the Giants who are doing pretty well. But that is like watching pros play against college students they are going to CRUSH Miami.

Are we trying to get the Europeans into American Football? Seems they are pretty rooted in Soccer - why would they suddenly latch onto American Football? As much as they try to get Americans into Soccer - it has never caught on here like it has in other countries. So why would it work the other way around? I mean I love football, I don't know why it's not popular worldwide - but I grew up on it so it's just embedded in me. And I DOUBT watching Miami - who frankly blows this year - will get people excited about football. Why not send the Patrtiots, the Cowboys, the Colts? A team that people would be EXCITED to see play?

And now Miami is going to be EVEN WORSE if that is possible - Ronnie Brown is out for the season - he needs surgery. I had him on my fantasty team - he was one of my big FP earners and now I had to draft someone else. Sucks. Lemon looks like he has potential to be a decent QB, and Miami does have Jason Taylor(maybe he should play for the Patriots next year??) but the team needs more than 2 decent healthy players. People want to see a close game - not a blowout. Maybe Miami can rally, but it's doubtful.

Wonder if the game is sold out, and how much the Brits will like it? Do they even know the rules of the game? The game is much more fun once you know what is happening. But whatever we'll see how it goes...