ATLANTA — No one has done it the way the Giants did it — not once, but twice. When Tom Brady closes his eyes and thinks of Super Bowls that got away, he must get awakened by nightmares of Justin Tuck, Osi Umenyiora and Michael Strahan rampaging in early 2008 and Jason Pierre-Paul joining in the fun early in 2012.
No one truly stops Brady, as long as he is upright and able to sling the ball down the field. In Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz., and again four years later in Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, Brady was not afforded that luxury.