Just in the last 24 hours:

*The Post is taking a simple, heartfelt e-mail Brady’s wife sent to her loved ones and acting like they’ve Wikileaked a stack of Bush Administration faked WMD memos:

“My sweet friends and family,” the e-mail began. “This sunday will be a really important day in my husband’s life. He and his team worked so hard to get to this point and now they need us more than ever to send them positive energy so they can fulfill their dream of winning this super bowl . . . “So I kindly ask all of you to join me on this positive chain and pray for him, so he can feel confident, healthy and strong. Envision him happy and fulfilled experiencing with his team a victory this sunday. “Thank you for your love and support. Love, G :) ”

Gisele’s pleas for prayer make her sound a lot less confident in the Pats’ chances Sunday than her “Tommy.” Earlier in the week, he brazenly told a crowd of Patriots fans at a pep rally in Massachusetts: “We’re going down there, and were going down there for one reason . . . hopefully we’ll have a lot more people at our party next weekend.” That boast sounds like the kind of arrogance the Patriots engaged in before Super Bowl XLII four years ago

*Jets beat reporter/ ballwasher Rich Cimini says that Brady has gone from great clutch QB to basically Abe Vigoda in the last few years:

…Brady would’ve added, “Actually, I’ve been an average postseason quarterback for a few years.”That’s right: Tom Brady, average… Cool Hand Tom has turned cold…In the Week 9 loss to the Giants, he actually flinched on a third-quarter pass play, ducking from a pass-rusher when no pass-rusher was there. They had him seeing ghosts.

*And the Giants’ self-restraint is fighting a losing battle against their mouths:

There has been a steady stream of cocky comments from the Giants, with the most recent example from Chris Canty. The defensive tackle had a message for Giants fans in an interview with New York’s NBC affiliate. “Get ready for a great game on Super Bowl Sunday,” Canty said. “And get ready for a parade on Tuesday.”

Ordinarily I’d be spitting fire about this.  I’d be belittling the supposedly tough NY sports press acting so much like the anchor chicks in some minor TV market that they might as well be wearing Eli jerseys and calling the Giants “we.”  But I won’t.  Not this time.  The NY media and the Giants players have convinced me.  The Pats are doomed.  They’re planning parades while Brady’s wife is praying for his life to be spared.  Brady is the biggest choke artist in the history of the NFL.  He’s terrified of the unstoppable Giants pass rush (0.5 more sacks per game this year than the Pats) that he’s going to turtle so bad he’ll make Super Bowl XX Tony Eason look like Mickey Ward.  The Giants might have lost 7 games this year and 2 to the Redskins and got outscored by their opponents 400-394, but they might as well be 18-0. They might have been dead last in the NFL in rushing, but the Pats defense can’t stop them.  The Pats D was 31st in the league while they Giants were a lofty 29th. They’re the hottest team the league has seen all year, winners of 5 to New England’s paltry 10 straight.  The situation is completely hopeless and all the Bulletin Board material in the world can’t help the Patriots now.  Thanks, New York, for setting me straight at last.  Now I’ll be ready for the major, inevitable asskicking that’s coming.  @JerryThornton1