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Expect the unexpected. The Giants do. That mad scientist in New England is turning wide receivers into defensive backs and moving a 325-pound tackle all over the defensive line and switching from a 4-3 base defense to a 3-4 and back again all on one drive. Anything is possible.

"You never know what's going on in their minds up there," New York guard Chris Snee said on Thursday.

It is Bill Belichick in the Super Bowl, after all. Prepare for everything. Be surprised by nothing. The Patriots are, to put it mildly, flexible defensively.

Two of the keys to Super Bowl XLVI between New York and New England will be which team can better contain the run and pressure the quarterback. Although the Patriots gave up a whopping 411.1 yards per game during the regular season, they have clamped down in...

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