Is Julian Edelman going to guard Victor Cruz in the slot?

Ya you have to assume that Edelman is going to be on Cruz. I mean, he was on Boldin and noone else is showin up to cover his ass. He'll get help on everything but those long drag routes which take time so if the Pats can get pressure they can at least contain the big play from him. With Nicks back you have to assume McCourty will be on him due to his size. Arrington on Manningham is what I would guess.

You never know though from Bill Belichick those slot receivers/tight ends were doubled alot of the game. As a Pats fan I'm nervous about their efficiency on 3rd down defense. They forced 17 3rd down situations against the Ravens and Balt converted 9 of them for over 50%...it's what plagued them last year.

Patriot defenders led the league in interception opportunity % and if Eli just goes chuck-n-duck like he does so often the Patriots will catch balls that the Niners didnt.....

Cruz most effective on 3rd down

I get the feeling brady will be locked in and bill will have a great gameplan. giants seconary very suspect. their d line is lights out. im still debating this one. prollly wont.drop my play until a few days before. I gottta getinjury updates, smack talk ect.....plus process all the info of stats

tom brady - check out his stats in afc championship games and the super bowl since beating the eagles for their last title* (video aided)

4 games @ indy (qb rating 79.5)-- vs san diego (66.4) -- vs giants (82.5) -- vs ravens (57.5)

on average 63% completion rate -- 237 yds throwing

thrown 4 tds 5 picks -- lost one fumble

those are far from what one would expect from tom terrific

Giants should be able to throw the ball all over the field in this game...

you really think that with  two weeks to look at film and prepare for the giants that bill is gonna put edelman on cruz one on one? i think you guys should be smarter than that. and dont compare what the giants defense did to san fran when comparing to how they will match up against the pats, alex smith was lost and scared to throw to anybody except davis who by the way torched the giants even with then knowing he is the only weapon in the passing game. the mistake the pats made the last superbowl against the giants was they were to stubborn to throw screens and run draws. expect wr screens to welker and branch and screens and draws to green-ellis and woodhead to counter the giants pass rush. pats offensive line is great at screen blocking and i see some good chances if they execute right. giants will get there points, manning is playing great ball and has lots of weapons but pats defense is playing much better with chung and spikes back especially in the run d. they held rice to his lowest output all year and wilfork is playing like a beast. i think this comes down to which linebacker group plays better filling holes and covering tight ends and backs out of the backfield. think its going to be a great game and cant wait till next sunday.

Arrington left in the second quarter, I don't have the status of his injury but that's why you saw so much of Edelman.

If Brady had cruz, hicks and manningham he would set td and yards records nobody would ever touch. Hell he had 5000+ yards just from welker, gronk and hernandez