Stat of the Week
Shamelessly stolen from Gregg Easterbrook, writer of Tuesday Morning Quarterback, who informed the world before the postseason began:
The team with the most passing yards in the NFL during the regular season has NEVER, in 42 years, won the Super Bowl.
For the complete list of where each pass-leading team finished, as well as TMQ's explanation of why pass-heavy teams falter in the playoffs, see http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/080101&sportCat=nfl
Props to the Giants defense for shutting down the most dominant offense the league has seen in a long time. I've never seen Brady on the ground so many times in one game.