You’re probably now thinking one of two things:

1. Timmy, you’re an idiot.
2. Timmy, you’re dead wrong. And you’re stupid.

I may be an idiot, but I’m calling the Pats out now, finally, in Week 17. This week they will lose to the New York Giants. How can this be possible? Well, let me propose my reasons and you can be the judge.

First, the Giants are playing at home. Everyone knows the Pats don’t lose much in Foxburrough, this season especially. While the Giants playing at home shouldn’t say much in terms of fan support (they are apparently hocking their tickets to Pats fans by the hundreds), the Giants will at least have the advantage of being well-rested from being at home. Not to mention Giants stadium is incredibly difficult to play in. It’s cold, it’s windy, and it’s cold! The Giants don’t even play well there half the time, and it might catch Brady and Moss out of their element.

Second, for some teams resting their starters is important. For the Giants, I think it’s more about momentum. They need some steam to kick them into the playoffs. They’ll be playing in the Wild Card game and haven’t had a very consistent running game all season with carries being taken from Jacobs, Ward and Droughns all season due to injury across the board. A big game Saturday, and they could get an emotional boost that even the 2005 Steelers would be envious of.

Third, Tom Coughlin is on the hot-seat (of course, when is he not?). It’s not very realistic to expect the Giants to go far in the playoffs this season, and it’s probably even less realistic to expect them to beat the Patriots. But if Tom Coughlin doesn’t at least take a shot at stopping what many are calling the greatest NFL team ever, what does that say about Tom Coughlin? Many fans of the Giants might side with resting the starters because playoffs are more important, but I would say (and I’m sure there are Giants fans who would agree with me) that Tom Coughlin needs to grow a pair.

Fourth, Eli Manning sucks. But if he can go toe to toe against Tom Brady and take down the mighty Goliath, don’t you think people might start to believe?

Fifth, and most importantly, the world will be watching. This game was originally billed a NFL Network exclusive that nobody would see. Since they struck a deal with the major cable networks to allow anyone with NBC or CBS to watch, we’re all going to want to see the Patriots make history on Saturday night, right? Won’t this bring in more viewers than the Manning v. Manning opener of the 2006 season?

The bottom line is that the Giants have a ton to prove against a mighty adversary on an unstoppable path to making history. If you don’t think the real Giants will show up on Saturday night, I’ll take that wager. Do the Giants even have a shot against the Patriots playing for everything? Well, that brings me to point number seven.

Seventh: To finish the job the Eagles couldn’t get done.

Who's with me?