NFL- New York Giants - The Road to Super Bowl XLII

As far as I know, this is the first time the NFL has released entire games for sale to the public. This is long overdue, but it's readily apparent that the NFL doesn't understand its own product (or, at least, how to market its own product). It's a bare-bones production that delivers exactly what was promised - the original television broadcasts of the Giants' playoff run - and little else (more on that below).

The chapters are broken down by quarter, instead of by drive. With each quarter lasting about 30 minutes of air-time, fans searching for individual plays will have to spend an inordinate amount of time on FF/REW. This is particularly problematic considering that this entire playoff run was defined by a single, spectacular play which fans will presumably want to skip to directly.

The only special feature is an uninspired commentary track by Michael Strahan on the Super Bowl disc. While sporadically insightful and entertaining, it's puzzling why they decided to feature commentary from only a single player that necessarily saw the field less than 50% of the time. It would have made much more sense for the commentary to feature either multiple players from both offense & defense, or coaches, analysts (a Jaworski commentary track would have been phenomenal). Alternately, they could have synchronized the original radio broadcasts from both the home and host teams, just to provide some variation at minimal production costs.

What's especially puzzling is that the market for this disc is presumably not the casual fan, but the armchair analysts seeking more insights into this most improbable of playoff runs. It's a step in the right direction for the NFL, but nevertheless a disappointment.

My favorite sports moment. To see the games again, is a thrill of a lifetime!!!!!!!

I am happy to have all three playoff games, and the final regular season game against the Pats, but the omission of the SB Trophy presentation, MVP presentation, etc...is a hugely glaring sore point for me. It definitely hurts my opinion of the set.

This is a great idea for the NFL. Releasing full games, including the Super Bowl. I bought it for one of the greatest regular season finales ever, Favre's last game (I'm a Packers fan), and one of the greatest and most significant Super Bowls ever. The NFL should do this every season. I would also like to see other teams get DVD packs. Maybe release a Top 5 games for each team. I think it'd sell really well for the NFL although it might take away from all those NFL Replay games on NFL Network.

Some things I didn't like was no widescreen and very little post or pre-game coverage. It's good though to get through all the hype and just see the game. I've already watched the Super Bowl twice since I bought it.

Having recorded all of the Giants playoff games in high-def, I was at least hoping for a wide-screen format so that I can delete the recordings on my HD-DVR which is taking up a huge amount of space. I hope there is a future version in the Blu-ray format or at least in widescreen. The picture quality is horrible and since it is in 4:3 you would have to upscale to full screen in order to at least approach anthing decent.