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Found February 04, 2012 on Projo Pats Blog:
PLAYERS: Eli Manning,  Amani Toomer,  Victor Cruz,  Mario Manningham
TEAMS: New York Giants,  New England Patriots

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By Paul KenyonWhen the Giants beat the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII four years ago, Eli Manning was throwing passes to a totally different group of receivers than he will have Sunday night at Lucas Oil Stadium.

``In '07 we had great talent with Plaxico (Burress), Amani Toomer and Steve Smith who was emerging and really started playing well in the end of the year and the playoffs,'' Manning pointed out. ``I had three talented receivers who I had great faith to get open. There are some similarities in that matter with the guys now and the team, with Hakeem (Nicks), Victor Cruz and Mario Manningham.

``I'm just looking for matchups, if guys are double-teamed or they're covered,'' Manning said. ``I have to have faith in each one of those guys to get open and make some plays for us.''

Nicks said opposing coverage has changed as the season has gone along.

``I took a lot of double teams early in the season,'' he said. ``then Cruz came on strong. He...

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