Super Bowl Reflections

I was bored by the first 3 quarters - disappointed that the Patriots couldn't figure out how to protect Tom Brady or run the football. The Giants' pass rush was outstanding, but Brady and the Patriots didn't go to hot reads or max protect blocking. They did throw a bunch of hitches and WR screens, but couldn't sustain drives with those plays. The multi-TE set that was successful running the football against San Diego didn't work against the Giants. They did have a solid drive in the 4th to take the lead - the problem was that they geared their strategy all season to score, score, and score some more. Their defense is old by NFL standards - it broke on the Giant's final drive (similar to last year vs. Indy). Harrison and Samuel dropped interceptable passes. The DL couldn't wrap up QB Eli Manning on the huge play to David Tyree - what a CATCH! WR Steve Smith got out of bounds converting a 3rd and 11 for a first down the play before the TD to Burress. The Giants were in a hurry-up mode, but never had to truly rush things. Something that neither FOX's Joe Buck or Troy Aikman noticed on the Patriots' last ditch effort: the 3rd down pass to Moss traveled 65 yards in the air ACROSS the field. Unfortunately for the Pats, the Giants secondary stayed home and didn't roll right w/ Brady. That was the only play that the Pats moved Brady the WHOLE game - surprising since his pocket was non-existent the whole game. I was disappointed that Belichick left before the Giants took the kneeldown to end the game. He should have shown the respect to allow the game to properly end.

Some things that didn't make any sense to me:
1. Why was HC Bill Belichick wearing a red hoodie? He'd worn some shade of gray the rest of the season, er seasons, including past Super Bowls.
2. Why the Pats passed up on a 49 yard FG on 4th and 13 in the 3rd quarter? 4th and 4 or 5 with Welker and Moss, ok. But not 4th and 13 the way they played in the first half.