Superbowl afterthoughts

I wouldn't put this Superbowl in the top 5 of the ones that I have seen. Maybe top 10 but I would like to think about that a little more.

I have heard the "experts" talk about the game today and most have good points, I would like to give my input.

I think the Patriots might have lost the game on their first possession.  I just looked up the game log and I thought there was another penalty other than Tom Brady's penalty for intentional grounding in the end zone.

I know for sure that at the end of the first quarter I was thinking the Pats were giving the game to  the Giants.

I heard Tony Kornheiser say he thought that Bill Belichick should not have challenged the ruling of a catch for the Giants Mario Manningham; but as I said to my TV (yes, I talk to myself and my TV sometimes,  hey I rarely have someone to talk to) Belichick had no choice but to challenge that.  I understand he only had two time out but since the catch happened right in front of him he MUST have thought it was not a catch, so what else could he do.

I said in my previous Superbowl post that I thought Tom Brady was on the downside of his career and I believe that even more now.  He looked slower and more indecisive to me than I ever remember.  And the throw to Wes Welcker was horrible.

I don't like dynasties and I never have; I think the Patriots one is over.

Finally, while Eli Manning had a great game; I would have given the MVP to Mario Manningham.  To me that play was the play of the game and a momentum stopper.

A couple more weeks until pitchers and catchers report to spring training.  I am sooo ready for that.