Eli Manning deserved his MVP award for leading the New York Giants past the New England Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI Sunday night.
And when the stakes are the highest, Manning is better than Tom Brady.
Brady had the two big miscues in Sunday's game. His intentional grounding call put the Patriots in a hole, and his ill-advised pass attempt was picked off by the Giants and snuffed a drive.
I'm still stunned that a Tom Brady-led team and a Bill Belichick-coached team couldn't put away the Giants. The Patriots led 17-9 early in the third quarter and didn't score again.
The Patriots needed a knockout punch and Brady couldn't deliver.
But don't take this criticism of Brady and taking credit from the Giants.
They deserved to win.
Manning's pass to Mario Manningham was picture perfect.
Compare that to Brady's pass to Wes Welker than was off by enough to have Welker drop it.
Manning's perfect in Super Bowls while Brady now has two losses.
That's not worthy of being mentioned with Joe Montana in Super Bowl lore.
But watch out for Eli. He still can add to his legacy.
