Eli Manning asked to reveal secret to beating Patriots in Super Bowl

Eli Manning is the only quarterback to have defeated the Bill Belichick and Tom Brady-led New England Patriots in a Super Bowl - something he did twice with the New York Giants.

The Atlanta Falcons would certainly like any information that could help them crack the code, and, lucky for them, the folks at NorthJersey.com asked Manning to reveal his secret.

"I don't think there's a secret formula," Manning said, sheepishly.

"It's not be down by two or be down by four with two minutes to go, can you create that scenario and then hit a couple very contested throws at the end of the game to win. I don't think that's how you want to draw it up," he said, referring to his Super Bowl XLII and XLVI triumphs.

"It's just kind of the way it worked out those games."

So there you go, Falcons. You'll have to create a little magic of your own.