Why this was the Greatest Super Bowl Run Ever

For those of you who watched Sunday's David vs. Goliath, you witnessed the end of greatest Super Bowl Run in the history of the NFL. No, they are not the greatest Super Bowl Champions, but they have had the toughest road of any other champion. The Giants were not only expected to lose big in the Super Bowl, but many did not even expect them to be in the playoffs. Being a wild-card team means that you have the hardest road to a championship; you must win all 4 games which are all on the road (depending on your record). Yes there have been many great wild-card super bowl champions, but the New York Giants are the greatest of the wild-card teams.
There has been a total of 9 wild-card teams to advance to the Super Bowl since the merge in 1970. Out of those 9 teams, 4 of them had all road games including the Super Bowl. The other 5 teams played the opening wild card game at home.
3 out of those 4 teams played a total of 4 games total (including SB). The odd team out is the 1975 Dallas Cowboys who only had to play 3 games to win the championship.
2 out of those 3 teams won the Super Bowl. The wild-card Patriots lost to the great Bears in 1985 season.
That leaves us with two wild-card teams left, the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2006 and the New York Giants in 2008. The Steelers went on to face the Bengals, Colts, Broncos, and Seahawks. The Giants played the Buccaneers, Cowboys, Packers, Patriots. Both teams played opponents with a combined record of 53-13. Since the records are dead even, lets take a look at the x factors each team had to face in their runs.
The Steelers had to go to Indianapolis and face the best regular season team (14-2). The Colts started the season 13-0, with a high powered offense as Peyton Manning as the captain. In the Super Bowl they faced the Seattle Seahawks who had the MVP of the league with Shaun Alexander.
In the NFC Championship the Giants had to go through the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau field. The same field where the Packers are almost invincible and the wind chill was -24 degrees. After that they faced the destined New England Patriots. The same Patriots who was 18-0 going into the game and had the MVP Tom Brady.
Going into Green Bay and beating the Packers is more impressive than beating the Colts in a dome. The biggest reason this run is the greatest is that the Giants beat destiny. The Patriots were supposed have the perfect season and be the greatest team in history. Beating a team of destiny solidifies the greatest playoff run ever.