49ers Rushing Attack: Of Beasts, and Bulldozers

A couple years ago the New York Giants shocked the New England Patriots with a 17-14 victory in Super Bowl XLII. The game was a spectacle of the American dream. The Patriots had bullied the entire league to reach 18 wins in a row, while the Giants came in as probably the biggest underdog in Super Bowl History.

The Giants would become the first NFC Wild Card team to win the Super Bowl behind a tough defense, an excellently laid out and well-executed game plan, a crafty young quarterback, a lazy (but super talented) receiver, and one out-of-this-world circus catch by an unknown.

They also brought with them a ball-control oriented running game that featured three very different running backs with three very different running styles nicknamed "Earth, Wind and Fire."

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