Giants chatter

Comments from Giants players after Super Bowl XLII:

QB Eli Manning
(on the win)
“The guys on this team and the run we’ve made, it’s hard to believe—it really is. We had a great fight and the defense played outstanding. The drive at the end there were so many clutch plays by so many guys. It is an unbelievable game and an unbelievable feeling."

(on the game-winner to Plaxico Burress)
“It was just a fade route and they came with an all out blitz. They had been playing zone coverage. They came with an all out blitz and the corner sat because he thought we might run something short. He ran right by him and made a great catch to win the game.”

WR Plaxico Burress
(on winning the Super Bowl)
“This is the greatest feeling in professional sports. For us to come out here and win a world championship tonight – nobody gave us a shot. Can somebody give our defense some credit? Them guys were out there playing phenomenal. We just hung in there all game and kept executing, never got down on ourselves. It came down to one play and we made it.”

DE Michael Strahan
(on the defense setting the tone against the Patriots)
“We felt like we could do that. We’ve done that all year. I guess everyone thought that we’d done it all year, we led the league in sacks, we do it in the playoffs and supposedly when we get against the Patriots, we’re supposed to not be able to pass rush. That’s what we do. We stop the run as well. Our guys do what we always do. There was nothing special. We felt like we could do it from the beginning and did not listen to anyone who said we couldn’t.”