As far as Antonio Pierce is concerned the bigger they are the harder they fall - and as quarterbacks go they do not come much bigger than Tom Brady.

The Giants' mean defence has 'taken care of' Tampa Bay Buccaneers veteran Jeff Garcia, the golden arm of Dallas Cowboys Tony Romo and Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre during their passage through the NFC play-offs.

And Bermudian Pierce is now ready to prove the doubters, the naysayers and the non-believers wrong when the Giants go to battle in Super Bowl XLII against Brady's history-making New England Patriots.

Three-time champion Brady has orchestrated the Pats record 18-match unbeaten streak with Gridiron immortality beckoning should they complete their relentless assault on the Super Bowl.

"We went against every quarterback, everybody say you can't beat that guy," linebacker Pierce said in the New York Post.

"You can't beat Jeff Garcia, you can't beat Tony Romo, you can't beat Brett Favre in the cold weather. And now, you can't beat Tom Brady.

"That's beautiful. That's what we want."

Pierce appears to revel in the Giants underdog tag and was actually pleased when teammate Jeff Feagles lost the overtime coin toss to send the Lambeau Field faithful into raptures. They believed their team would go down the field and win.

"I told Feagles to lose [the toss] on purpose," said Pierce during the postgame locker-room celebration. "We wanted to go out and show what we can do."

Pierce said in the New York Daily News: "We'll probably be the biggest underdogs in Super Bowl history if we win.

"But that's OK. We've come to terms with it. In the 2007 season, that's what we've dealt with. We've been called the underdog overachievers."