Appreciate this game

Sometimes we don’t appreciate what we’re seeing until we see it no more. So don’t let that happen to you in this Super Bowl. This is one of the great defensive battles we’ve seen in years.

7-3 with three minutes left in the third quarter, in a game involving the 2007 Patriots? That’s a game for the ages.

The Giants don’t have a fireworks offense, but New York certainly has been good offensively in these playoffs, and New England’s defense, while good isn’t great, so the Patriots deserve a pat on the back.

But this New York defensive effort is historic. Sort of a pro version of Oklahoma’s defense against Florida State in the Orange Bowl. No way did anyone think the Giants could hold down Tom Brady and the Patriots like this. But they are, with the thing that always works against a big-time passer. A ferocious pass rush.