The Patriots march to perfection

The Patriots are on the verge of NFL, nay, sports history when they look to complete the perfect season this Sunday in Super Bowl XLII against Eli Manning's red hot New York Giants.

Now I've been hearing a lot about how the Giants are going to pull off the upset and how a lot of Patriots fans are scared about the Giants and I find myself wondering: how and why?

DISCLAIMER: Now before I go on this rant about how I feel the Patriots are superior in every way to the Giants, let me just say that in no way do I feel the win is a lock. I am a lifelong Red Sox fan so I know there are no such things as guarantees. That having been said, let's get into my reasoning...

Many people felt that the Patriots were in danger of losing the last game of the season to the Giants. However, I feel these misguided souls have forgotten a few key elements of that game. So let's recap...

1. The score looked closer than the game actually was. The Giants scored a TD with virtually no time left on the clock to turn a 10 point comfortable win into a 3 point nailbiter.
2. The Patriots offense struggled in the first half. However, Brady and Belichick quickly figured out the Giants decent gameplan and scorched the Giants in the second half.
3. Eli Manning played the game of his career. No doubt about it. Read it here first sports fans. Eli finally had a game where he played like a professional. He will not do the same thing this time around as Belichick will blitz the hell out of him and Eli will revert into his former self, turn the ball over multiple times and the Patriots will win this by a comfortable 13 points.

If you disagree with any of these above statements, or actually agree with me, I'd love to hear your take. Whether you feel the Patriots will win or they will lose, I'm all ears. But please, if you're going to make an argument, at least have some facts to back it up. I don't feel like reading a post that's all opinion based with no statistical argument whatsoever.