In fact, most Giants fans were THRILLED that they got him because now, instead of watching the Jets putrid offense attempt to put together first downs before/after the Giants play their game, they can now watch a significantly better/entertaining Jets team.

If you think that Eli should be thankful to his defense for winning the super bowl, then you might as well say that for the 5 of the last 6 Super Bowl teams.

Here are the last 6 SB winners and whether or not the D or O was the reason why they navigated through the playoffs and won the Sb

Raven – D won
Pats – I’ll give you O for 2 of the 3 (Ty Law)
Tampa – D won
Pitt – D Won
Colts- D Won, remember how bad Peyton was and how good Sanders was during that run?
Giants – D Won

I guess Peyton and Roth are also beholden to their D too

I agree with you that Eli is a huge dork though, I like making fun of him myself.