The New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI tonight, beating the New England Patriots 21-17. The Giants pulled off the win with a 6-yard Ahmad Bradshaw touchdown run with :57 seconds left to go in the game. After the game, Eli Manning was named the game's Most Valuable Player.

Manning's final stat line was 30-for-40, for 296 yards, and 1 touchdown. He had a 103.8 passer rating.

Manning was also named the MVP for Super Bowl XLII, again beating the Patriots.

Super Bowl XLVI saw the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots, 21-17 tonight.

The game started off in odd fashion - with the AFC winning the coin toss for the first time in 15 years. The Patriots elected to defer, giving the ball to Eli Manning and the Giants offense. New York started moving the ball quickly, only to stall out and punt the ball to the Patriots after a 10 play, 35 yard drive.

The Patriots immediately put the first points on the board. Unfortunately for them, it was due to an intentional grounding in the end zone by Tom Brady - giving the Giants two points on the safety.

Following the free-kick, the Giants would drive 78 yards in 9 plays, culminating with a 2-yard pass from Manning to Victor Cruz. Following the extra point, the Giants would lead 9-0.

The Patriots would finally put points on the board for themselves on the next drive. Ending the first quarter and opening the second, Brady would direct a 10 play, 60 yard drive leading to a Stephen Gostkowski field goal. The two teams would then trade punts.

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I am pleased to announce that, starting tomorrow, we will have a guest contributor on the site. Kevin Kraczkowski, the Florida Panthers editor from SB Nation Tampa Bay, is going to be publishing a daily look at the 100 best Miami Dolphins in history. The posts will start tomorrow morning at 8am eastern and will continue until we reach the #1 Dolphins player of all time (just guessing - but I'm going to go with that #13 guy...).

Look for the first post 8am tomorrow.

The NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, spoke with Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic on ESPN's Mike and Mike In the Morning, today. During his time on the air, Goodell hit on the rule changes to protect players, football in Los Angeles, and rules for head injuries.

Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Goodell was considering moving toward NFL expansion to get a team back into LA. However, the commissioner had simply been saying, if the NFL does go the expansion route to add a team in LA, it wouldn't just add one team, but would go to a total of 34 teams to make sure they had an even number of teams.

When asked about that today, Goodell stated, "The number one thing we've got to get done is get a stadium built, that's going to provide that foundation for the team to be successful in that market place. It's the struggle we've had for, going on three decades. And we're going to have to find the right solution for that. Until we do, then you have to start dealing with how do you deal with the team. What team is it? Is it an expansion team? And that's the part that was misinterpreted. We haven't even got to that point yet. We aren't even focusing on the team.

"We'd like to be back there, but we've got to do it right, Mike. You don't go back there and fail; that could be, that's the worst thing we could do."

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According to an Adam Schefter report, sources close to Peyton Manning are saying, if the Indianapolis Colts were to release him, he would be willing to work a "flexible" contract with his new team. Basically, Manning would work a deal that would guarantee little money, with most of the salary in either roster bonuses, or on the field performance incentives. This could alleviate a lot of the health concerns teams may have for Manning, and make it easier to sign the leagues only 4-time MVP.

With all the reports that Manning likes South Florida, and owns a condo in Miami, along with the Dolphins reported interest in the quarterback, and now a "flexible" contract - Manning to Miami could be a real quest. Owner Stephen Ross is supposed to be in Indianapolis today - could he influence Manning without tampering with him?

Here are the Miami Dolphins news stories from around the web you may have missed over the last 24 hours:

Dolphins Quarterbacks:

Miami Dolphins: Is Peyton Manning the best Dolphins risk? - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
The Miami Dolphins' options are Peyton Manning, Matt Flynn and Robert Griffin III. The only certainty is the decision will decide this regime's fate.

Dolphins Defense:

Super Bowl should convince Dolphins about pass rushers
The easy thing to discuss in explaining the gap between the Dolphins and a Super Bowl team is by saying the quarterback play isn't good enough in Miami. Well, duh.

ProFootballWeekly.com - Dolphins ready for transition to 4-3 defense
The Dolphins will experience some personnel changes on defense under Kevin Coyle, but their aggressive style should remain.

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Last night, I asked all of you to nominate players not named Tom Brady and Eli Manning for the Super Bowl XLVI MVP award. After letting you guys pick possibly players, it's time to vote. Below you will find a poll for whom you think will wind up being the MVP - if it's not one of the two QBs.

SUPER BOWL XLVI: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012

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The NFL held its first NFL Honors show tonight, with all of the major awards being announced. The highlight of the night was, of course, the NFL MVP award, which was given to the Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers won with 48 votes, while New Orleans Saints' quarterback Drew Brees picked up the other two votes.

Rodgers is the first Green Bay Packers player to be named MVP since 1997. That year was the end of three straight MVP awards for Brett Favre. The award was presented to Rodgers by four-time MVP Peyton Manning. Rodgers told Manning, "We're all really excited to see you back on the field next year."

Since 2007, the NFL MVP has gone to a quarterback, with the New England Patriots' Tom Brady winning the award in 2007 and 2010, while Manning won it in 2009 and 2010.

Brees was not shut out of the awards, however. He walked away with the league's Offensive Player of the Year award, after breaking Miami Dolphins legendary quarterback Dan Marino's 27-year-old single season passing yardage record. Brees finished the season with 5,476 yards passing, along with 468 completions - breaking Manning's 2010 mark of 450. He also broke his own completion percentage record, set back in 2009, moving up one percentage point from 70.6% to 71.6%.

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Well the biggest game of the year is upon us yet again. There will be plenty of big stories to come out of this weekend. My question of the evening is who do you think will win. NOT who do you want to win.

Well all know that our division rival the New England Patriots are yet again at the big show and as such many of us as well as myself will be pulling for Eli and his New York Giants gang to come out on top yet again. What I want is who will win and of course tell us why? What is the difference in the two teams that will see one hoist the trophy tomorrow night and not the other?