It's all about the lead. New England came out of the first quarter of Super Bowl XLII trailing, 3-0, thus extending its trend of never having led in any of the four Super Bowls of the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick era.

But on the first play of the second quarter, after a faceguarding interference call against Giants LB Antonio Pierce on TE Ben Watson in the end zone at the end of the opening frame, Pa… More