Super thoughts

First of, they've gotta either move the Super Bowl to a Saturday, or declare the Monday following it a national holiday, it would be way more fun.

Was it really the unbelievable game a lot of people are saying it was? Close game, good game, for sure, but unbelievable? If the Pats rally back to win, then we’re in unbelievable territory, as of now, it was just a good game, and that’s about it.

I’m still a bit conflicted about the safety to open the game, guess I can go with it because there really wasn’t a receiver close, but something about it still seemed kind of weak. Not to mention, it’s a different game if the Giants are down 4, instead of 2, late in the game. That called played a bigger role in the game than I would've liked.

Speaking of the final moments, New England should’ve let them score much earlier. They eventually did, but it was too late to make a difference, and they burned a timeout in the process. Just let a guy run free behind the secondary with two minutes left and I bet they win, a field goal was inevitable at that point anyway, Billy Cundiff doesn’t kick for the Giants.

Where was Peyton Manning hiding during the game? Bunker someplace? I was astonished to not see 50 different shots of him at various points, guessing the producer of the game felt the same way, quite the chunk of time to fill.

Commercials featuring dogs are winners. There were a whole lot of crappy commercials yesterday, but every one that featured a dog was gold, take note advertising people. The Fiat commercial with the hot Italian broad seemed like a winner, until they showed the car. In order to properly equate things, she should’ve been a of hobbit-sized proportions like the guy she was slapping around.

Vikings, please do not give Mario Manningham a 4-year, $20 million contract this offseason. I know you want to, because you're desperate at WR, but DO NOT DO IT! He is what he is, a nice 2nd or 3rd option who makes some plays, gets hurt too often, and won’t be nearly as effective if asked to be The Guy. In other words, Bernard Berrian 2.0

How many times can a team fumble without the opponent falling on one of them? I’m not sure, but the Giants looked like they wanted to find out. Uncomfortable flashbacks to Fumblaya (aka, the 2010 NFC Championship game) there.

With the Packers winning last year, and the Giants this season, the NFL regular season is officially rendered mostly moot. Not totally, since you do have to at least qualify for the playoffs, and there still are fantasy championships to be decided, but winning more than 10 games is meaningless. Get in the playoffs and you can win the title, pure and simple.

Reading through all the prop bets before the game makes me furious I can’t legally bet on sports in one of the many nearby casinos. I wanted to throw $10 on a safety being the first score of the game at 16-to-1, but it needs to be in person, gambling on the internet just isn’t the same. And yes, one season of being able to legally gamble on football would likely make me furious that local casinos allow it.

The official glass half-empty/half-full thought of the week: It will be seven months before another football game happens, but pitchers and catchers report in two weeks, the Final Five happens in six weeks and the NHL playoffs are a scant two months away!