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New England Patriots vs New York Giants preview and live Game Trax

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   INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- MVP quarterbacks on marquee franchises. A rematch of a nail-biter from years ago, featuring plenty of of the same key characters. Madonna & plenty of Manning -- Eli, & Peyton, .This Tremendous Bowl definitely has all the makings of another thriller, the ideal finish to a season that began in turmoil & wound up the most successful in league history.The NFL could not have planned it any better."It's actually been a fun week here," said Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, seeking his fourth Tremendous Bowl ring in 11 seasons, & doing it in the city where archrival Peyton Manning has worked for 13 years -- if not for much longer, given his health issues & disagreements with Colts management. "It's a bit surreal to be playing in Indy's home stadium & to be practicing at their facility."The most popular storyline this week has been Peyton's pain in his neck. Or, , his status following neck surgeries in 19 months; whether the Colts will keep him around, at the cost of a $28 million roster bonus due in March; & whether he is truly feuding with owner Jim Irsay's rebuilding organization.It is been even weirder for Eli Manning to have led the Giants here, only to find his superb season & chase for a second championship overshadowed by large brother."I'm proud of Peyton. I have talked to him this week. None of that comes up," Eli said. "When I talk to Peyton, they does a great job of trying to keep me relaxed. (They) talk a small footy & discuss New England some. He is supported me this week. I do know he is working hard trying to get healthy & I'll support him on that."Eli, who will surpass his brother for NFL titles with a victory Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium -- yes, Peyton's Place -- claims his sibling's issues are irrelevant to this game, in which New York (12-7) is a 3-point underdog.While Eli would own championships with a victory, to for Peyton, Brady could tie his childhood quarterbacking hero, Joe Montana, & Terry Bradshaw with. Coach Bill Belichick would equal Chuck Noll with the same number.

    

    

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   To get it, the Patriots (15-3) must protect their crown jewel. years ago, Brady was banged around a lot by New York that it turned the Tremendous Bowl in the Giants' favor.Yes, they needed David Tyree's miracle pin-the-ball-against-the-helmet catch, then Plaxico Burress' touchdown reception to shatter New England's ideal season. But that victory was built on the inexorable pressure applied to Brady.The formula has not changed."We feel that they definitely have a strong group of men in the front," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. "It's the way they play & prefer to play. It is a pressure group, & they have played better in the back finish as well, probably because of the ball having to come out faster than it's at positive times in the work of the year."Brady definitely remembers the pain, physically & emotionally, from the beating they took on the field & the scoreboard."Any time you lose, it is a hard thing," Brady said. "We've lost Tremendous Bowl. I keep in mind waking up in Indiana the next morning after an hour of sleep thinking, `That was a nightmare, that didn't happen.' After time, you learn to move on & recover from it."The Giants got all over Brady again in the work of their regular season 24-20 win at Foxborough, the last time the Patriots lost. That victory preceded a four-game slide, & New York finally slipped to 7-7 before turning it around.Adding to the juicy potential of a down-to-the-wire reprise of 2008, both teams barely made it to Indy. The Patriots needed backup cornerback Sterling Moore stripping the ball from Baltimore receiver Lee Evans in the finish zone in the final seconds, then for Billy Cundiff to miss a 32-yard field aim that would have forced overtime."We feel blessed to be here, & I am positive they do, ," Patriots Pro Bowl nose tackle Vince Wilfork. "But they also know they deserve to be here, & they know they deserve it. They are excellent & confident teams."The Giants went in to overtime in San Francisco, using botched punt returns by the 49ers to advance.

    

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   Teams owned by of the key figures in solving the four 1/2-month lockout of the players last year. New England's Robert Kraft shuttled back and forth from the meetings to his dying wife's bedside late in the negotiating method. Myra Kraft passed away days before the lockout was resolved.His players wore a patch together with her initials MHK on the left side of their jerseys this season.Giants owner John Mara played an equally important role in the labor negotiations, and when both teams reached the Tremendous Bowl, Kraft mentioned "a definite karma" about the matchup."The fact that they was so dear to me and all of our players are wearing her initials above their heart is an endearing thing," Kraft said. "What they represented is important and I hope that special sense of spirit comes through.""I'm not necessarily happy to be playing Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, I'll tell you that," Mara joked. "But yeah, I am happy for Bob because they put his heart and soul in to those negotiations in the work of a impossible time for him and his relatives, so I think the success they have had is well-deserved."When they finally kick off Sunday, the largest stars will be Brady and Manning -- yes, Eli. Not halftime performer Madonna, but the quarterbacks on whose arms, wits and leadership this Tremendous Bowl will turn.On Sunday, we'll see which adds to his championship legacy with another Tremendous Bowl ring."They are both leaders on the field," Wilfork said. "I think that position you require to be smart, you require to be smart. I think you require to understand what is going on around you. I think both those guys have that."

    

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