I'm a fan of offense but I wouldn't say the low scoring first 3 quarters of this game were boring. I was constantly on the edge of my seat thinking the Pat's were going to get it going and the Giants kept stepping up on defense. It wasn't like it was 3 and out, 3 and out, 3 and out. Great game. The defense battle in the first half only intensified the excitement of the 2nd half. Great, great Super Bowl especiall compared to the SF, Dallas, etc. blowouts that were decided before the seats got warm.
All that great defense and yet both teams converted 50% on third down tries.
That is what makes a defensive struggle interesting. It's not the horribly boring run,run,pass punt but pass,run,pass,run,pass,pass,pass,run,pass,pass,run,punt.
If low scoring games were what the majority of fans wanted they'd play best four out of seven with 15 minute games.