14 Years Later, Tom Brady Can’t Get Over Eli Manning’s Giants Spoiling His Dream Run

Tom Brady has seven Super Bowl championships. However, his regret of not having nine rings on his fingers still lives on to this day. Brady and the Patriots were almost there. Until the New York Giants and Eli Manning swooped in with one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history. In a recent press conference, Brady couldn’t speak about resilience without bringing up the shocking 2007-08 season.

Losing to Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals after a 35-7 loss to the 49ers had to be tough for the five-time Super Bowl MVP. However, these little bumps on the road are not going to derail Brady from his mission. Especially with all that he has endured in his decorated footballing career. What’s a regular-season loss compared to a Super Bowl loss after having a flawless 17-0 season?

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“I’m trying to teach my kids about resilience, trying to teach you know because it’s important for all those things. When you don’t go 17-0. You don’t stop the way it goes, you could quit. You could take an easy way out. Find a way of not playing games. I don’t know. I don’t think there’s a lot of rewards in that at the end,” Tom Brady said in the pre-game presser before facing the Arizona Cardinals on Christmas.

Tom Brady is haunted to this day by the helmet catch from the NY Giants

The New England Patriots were favorites coming into the matchup for Super Bowl XLII with Tom Brady and Randy Moss leading the offense. New England led for the entire game. However, with less than a minute on the clock. Giants signal-caller Eli Manning showed some spectacular footwork in the pocket and avoided a sack in the pile, slinging the ball high and long. And it looked like a Hail Mary attempt to come back. But the miracle happened when David Tyree caught a miraculous catch using only one hand and his helmet. The Giants scored on the next drive from the Patriots’ 21-yard line to seal Manning’s first Super Bowl.

Brady’s 2008 wounds have certainly healed after winning four more Super Bowl rings after that. TB12 won three with his Patriots and the last one in 2021 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. However, the loss taught Tampa Tom a lot about learning to deal with adversities.

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Yes, Brady and the NY Giants met again for a Super Bowl in 2012. And Eli Manning came out on top of Brady again. But that didn’t deter the NFL’s most-winning quarterback to march on and create history.