Belichick even has something vital riding on this

Tom Brady has three rings, and is now on his second quest for a fourth. That would pull him even with Terry Bradshaw and, as he enthusiastically assured this week, his idol, Joe Montana. Even when he tried to deny that equaling Montana’s accomplishment was on his mind, he still admitted that growing up a San Francisco 49ers fan in his hometown, and watching Montana, defined his childhood and love of the game gucci bags. Losing this game, though, further taints what not that long ago was a perfect record. Montana and Bradshaw were perfect 4-0's. Going down to this Giants team, again, makes Brady 3-2. Nothing to apologize for, but not the same. The prospect of Eli Manning becoming 2-0 in Super Bowls also changes the entire conversation about him. It’s changed substantially already just this season—all the "elite" talk, backed up masterfully—and the change from that 2007 and that previous Super Bowl has been close to 180 degrees. Layer on the little-brother angle, and to everybody except the public Eli, it’s a mind-trip for the ages. In the house that Peyton built, at the end of a week where Peyton suddenly saw the sunset of his brilliant career on the horizon—and with Peyton having already fallen surprisingly in his own second Super visit—whatever toughness that has already been ascribed to Eli, at least double it as game time closes in. And double his reputation in the annals of the NFL if Eli wins … again … over Brady gucci shoes. Eli’s coach, meanwhile, is suddenly entertaining conversations about Canton, some six weeks after half the folks back home were wondering when Giants ownership would just pull the plug on him and his underachieving career. Yes, it’s another well-documented yet deeply perplexing development: Tom Coughlin getting called out by the masses, then getting lauded as an immortal. Twice, of course. This time, if Coughlin wins a second ring, beats the Patriots again, rallies from the depths again, why not make a case for him for the Hall of Fame? And what would beef it up more than defeating his former fellow Giants assistant, Bill Belichick, a second time? Belichick even has something vital riding on this. He’d despise losing here, no less than he despised it last time (and how premature might his exit to the locker room be this time?), and like Brady, a Super record with two losses just doesn’t look as good gucci outlet.