Why BenJarvus Green-Ellis Will Be Super Bowl 46 MVP if New England Wins Sunday
Both teams will put a huge emphasis on passing and stopping the pass by pass rushing or using the secondary on pass defense. New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is going against the 31st ranked pass defense. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is facing the 29th ranked pass defense.
I think the pass rushes and pass defenses will play much better than their rankings. The one team that is able to create play action passes by running the football will win. I feel like the Patriots have the edge in that category.
The New York Giants run defense was thin at defensive tackle depth earlier this year. Even with the depth at defensive tackle, I feel like the Giants defensive tackles will focus more on block shedding while pass rushing so Brady has less time to get to the football.
The Giants weakest linebacker is middle linebacker Chase Blackburn. I feel like New England can keep Eli Manning off the field by running the football. I am also confident that New England’s front 7 will have more success at stopping the run than the Giants.
New England’s run defense held Ray Rice to 7 yards on his first ten carries. Stopping Ray Rice is a lot tougher than stopping Ahmad Bradshaw or Brandon Jacobs. Jerod Mayo, Brandon Spikes, and Rob Ninkovich can make stops at linebacker. Dane Fletcher can come in and rotate for Ninkovich on the strong side at left outside linebacker.
Running the football could go under the radar in this contest. There has not been a Super Bowl MVP at running back since the 1997-1998 season when Terrell Davis won Super Bowl MVP. Its been nearly 15 years since a running back has been Super Bowl MVP. I feel like that will change.
I’ll recap why I’m more confident in Green Ellis than the Giants ground game one more time.
First, Green Ellis may not split as much carries as the Giants tandem of Ahmad Bradshaw or Brandon Jacobs. Green Ellis will be out on plays where Danny Woodhead or Stevan Ridley is in. BenJarvus Green Ellis can run the football. Green Ellis had a few big runs against a Ravens run defense that ranked near the top of the league.
Second, New England’s front 7 is much better at stopping the run than the Giants front 7. The Patriots would not have made it this far without their front 7 stopping Ray Rice against Baltimore. Tom Brady did not throw a touchdown and New England still managed to win. Brady threw 2 interceptions and 2 more that would have counted if Baltimore did not commit penalties on the plays.
Third, and finally look at who the Giants faced to get here. The Giants defeated an undisciplined Falcons defense that could not tackle to save face in the wild card. Next, New York faced a Packers team that was more focused on run stuffing and interceptions than pass rushing and coverage. Finally the New York Giants faced a 49ers team that showed great effort, but was too inexperienced to take the next step. Go ahead and call Kyle Williams the goat. First year coaches rarely get teams to Super Bowls. Its amazing that Harbaugh got the 49ers to the NFC Title in the fashion he did straight out of Stanford.
New England faced two top notch run defenses anchored by the Denver Broncos and the Baltimore Ravens. New England won both of those games and is facing a weaker run defense that is much stronger at pass rushing by getting to the quarterback. New England has only surrendered 1 sack in two games to both Denver and Baltimore. I feel like the Patriots can defeat the Giants considering the fact that the Ravens had 22 different starters and backups that could play on NFL rosters.
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Your third point about looking at who the Giants faced to get here is way off…the Giants’ road was WAY tougher than New England’s….and I’m not really sure which defenses the Giants faced makes any difference in how Benjarvis Green-Ellis runs the ball.
You are under rating the Giants rush defense..they held Atlanta’s Michael Turner to 41 yards on 15 carries.
The Giants also held Frank Gore to 73 rushing yards. How many rushing yards do think Green-Ellis needs for New England to win Jeff?
Not really sure it depends on him, but if he somehow breaks 100 the Patriots will likely be doing very well
sure miss barry sanders