His prediction that the Giants will beat the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII made him seem more like Carnac the Magnificent. “He’s a swami, man. He’s got all the answers,” Patriots defensive end Jarvis Green said. Burress did not back down from his prediction Wednesday. He was asked if his comments Monday were taken out of context. “Everybody has a job to do,” Burress said. He’d also like to avoid fines after forking over $32,500 to the NFL this season.wholesale nfl jerseys https://www.cheapjerseysgty4.top That’s a lot of trips to the drive thru window. “I look at it both ways,” Wilfork said Wednesday. “The [four] fines I did get this year, I got them. Oh well, I’m not crying over spoiled milk. But at the same time, everybody who has to strap their helmet up against me, they know I’m a pretty physical player and they know the style of play I play.
By DOM AMORE, January 31, 2008
There’s more going on in the desert this week than just a football game, and more to the game than X’s and O’s. A daily look at the rest of what’s happening in and around Glendale, Ariz., site of Super Bowl XLII. PHOENIX It can’t be easy for players and coaches not involved in the Super Bowl to come here. They do their duty, come to pick up this award or that, or lend their presence to some charity or promotion, but it can’t be easy. . .
Some of the biggest names in Super Bowl XLII, like Eli Manning, above, owe at least part of their success to the mentors who nurtured their talents. These players may be household names now, but during their schoolboy days they weren’t all destined to be stars. 29, exchanging the usual good wishes. Those phrases included, “We’ll see you again.” It’s not unusual for players to say that after a game, but it rarely turns out to be so prophetic. Outside of the Giants and Patriots, few suspected the Patriots would have to face the Giants one more time to complete a perfect season, in Super Bowl XLII. “I’m not surprised,” Vrabel said. And it does have more than one bar across the front. Jeff Feagles has heard those quips from the “kids” on the Giants. But he does still have the first helmet he wore in the NFL, with the Patriots in 1988, and he probably couldn’t get away with using it today. “It’s not made quite as well as the ones we have today,” he said Saturday, as the Giants finished their last practice at home before traveling to Arizona for Super Bowl XLII.