Glad We Could Help Ya Out There, Giants.

The Giants' Super Bowl win last night will be remembered for all the obvious reasons: toppling Goliath, ruining perfection, and the surprising rise of Eli Manning as a leader, a playmaker, an MVP. Amidst the Manning  lovefest, it may be easy for history to overlook the Herculean efforts of the Giants D, led by former Eagles assistant Steve Spagnuolo. And if the Giants gameplan looked familiar, it's because we've seen it before, and not just before Spags left for New York. As Ashley Fox points out:

The blueprint was created by Jim Johnson, and executed to perfection by the defense of his protege, Steve Spagnuolo. To beat New England, Johnson figured earlier this season, you must harass, rush, hit and hurt Tom Brady.

Not as easy as it sounds, but the Giants did just that. Of course, all credit is due to Spagnuolo. He perfected the plan that Johnson drew up, succeeding at almost completely shutting down the best offense in the history of the game.

>>Spagnuolo: The man behind the upset [Ashley Fox]

Comments

[Gladly]

If the NFL weren't obsessed with a single MVP, the Giants defensive front four would have shared the MVP and each gotten a car.

Now, someone please hire Steve Spagnuolo away from the Giants and preferably the NFC.

[meech.one]

I'm so glad the Eagles could help another team win the Super Bowl by utilizing our game plan.

[Kevin McGuire]

I'm sick of the Eagles fans who take some small portion of pride in the fact that it is Jim Johnson's "blue print" that eventually brought down the Patriots. If anything, it infuriates me more because apparently the Eagles have the game plan, but don't have the players to perform it? Sadly, I do not see the Eagles as an organization that will see the need to vastly improve.

They will say the Patriots went on a spending spree and they didn't win the title. They were the best team in the NFL though this year, Lombardi or no Lombardi. Care to argue that?

They will point to the Giants who used the same style defense they did and feel they are ok. As I said though, the scheme does not win championships. Players best suited for the scheme get it done.

A bitter congratulations to the Giants. I thought they had no shot in the game and they proved me wrong. They played a terrific game and deserve it.

So when is it our turn?

[deanyoungblood]

Our turn will come when we get a coach who knows what to do on Sundays other than stubbornly sticking with his precious game plan when it's not working. Andy is maybe the best in the business Mon-Sat, but it's been clear since he's been here that he's worthless on the sideline. See Super Bowl XXXIX.