Super Bowl XLVI’s five most valuable players

And Weatherford's other punt had a gunner standing on the goal line waiting for it to drop. It hit the 4 yard line or so, but the bounce took it out of the guy's reach. So he had 4 perfect punts, and but for the football bounce he'd have pinned them back there all 4 times.

Go JPP! Go Giants!

Ya nicks has a great game but he did fumble that the giants were luckily able to recover so that's why he's not one of the mvps

What about Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz

Excellent point re: the Manningham vs. the Tyree (overrated) catch.

i`ve been rigidly watching super bowls since vikings/chiefs~1969~seen alot of SUPER ones without a doubt...ten years from now this one~2012 edition~will be rated in the top three played to this point...steelers 1979 #2 and bears win over the patriots 1986 there in the third spot simply because it was so lop~sided... i was probly the only person on this side of the mississippi river to bet on the pats. but with 30 to 1 odds on a hundred bucks~

No Hakeem Nicks? Seriously? Should have won MVP, except he didn't score a TD, so nobody cares. Doesn't change the fact that he had the best performance of the night.

Can't believe that Nix didn't make the list. 10 catches?

What about the Giants who kept falling down on defense and faking injuries? Those guys are the real MVPs.

nobody even considers that tom laughlin flat out and straight up OUT~COACHED bill belichek once again and thus deserves his own name added to the list above . yes each and every one of the players considered for M.V.P. had their own significant input and impacted the game. but the coach called the game plan and had THAT game in control. and DEFINATELY owned the fourth quarter...

The only "ring" the Patriots will get is a wrapper off of a cigar.

Eli's great, but it was Tuck's MVP. He was the most dominant player of any player in the Super Bowl.

As for the Patriots, this was payback for Underwood being cut the night before. I think they could have used a receiver who could have caught one of those critical passes instead of an extra D-lineman that Belichick chose, but Brady didn't exactly distinguish himself throwing that first pass to no one and registering a safety, did he Giselle? If not for those 2 points Brady gave up, the Pats would be driving for either a tie or the win.

I really disagree with Eli winning the game MVP, I really appreciate that Steve Weatherford is on the list above, the results of his punts were something that helped the defense create their big plays.

I think they should have given it to someone on defense. Unfortunately there was no one player with the "statistics" but I think I'd give the award to JPP or Tuck, or maybe even both. It's been done before, Super Bowl XII. Eli played a good game, but the defense is the real reason they won.

David Tyree's catch was not 'something wacky that just happened'. It was a perfectly timed jump and an amazing effort of concentration to hang on to the ball. The Manningham play was also really good, but it's a catch you see at least once or twice a game if you're watching any game with good receivers.

You forgot the Pats in your list of valuable players on the Giants win. Tom Brady for chocking in true Hollywood style, Wes Welker for throwing away millions on his new crack under pressure venture with his partners Branch and Hernandez and last but not least to Coach Bill for calling all of those horrible plays... The Pats have FOREVER sealed their fate as a team of posers who can play better than anyone so long as no one's looking... Under pressure they crack and fall away like little kids...

What about Tom Brady? Oh I forgot, he lost! :)

BIG BLUE RULES...!!!!!!!!!!!

Tom Brady has shown his Human and Emotional side. a great person. The media and Giants should learn from him and learn to Respect other person. The Nasty talk from Press is unfortunate. Pats will beat Giants and Giants won by Fluke. there are not going to win next time.