I sat and watched, like millions of others Sunday night, as Eli Manning once again bested Thomas Brady Jr., the player that many labeled invincible.

As soon as the clock hit zero, herds of Giants fans ran down the halls of Tubman House, screaming and carrying on, something I wish I had the chance to do for my Ravens.

It did not take long for the reactions to pour in after what I thought was a relatively quick Super Bowl. Facebook lit up within seconds, covering my news feed with “GO GIANTS,” or “WE JUST MADE TOM BRADY CRY.”

Even Brady’s wife, Giselle Bundchen, gave her input on the outcome of the big game. Bundchen defended her husband, claiming that the Patriots’ receivers dropped far too many passes, which they did.

You get the idea: Everyone had their own opinion as to why or how the Giants dismantled a powerful New England offense.

I get it. Everyone is probably tired of hearing commentary about the Super Bowl, so I’m going to be creative with this column. Instead of just giving my take on the game, I’ll tell you what I wish would have happened in Super Bowl XLVI.

For starters, I wish that M.I.A. hadn’t flipped the bird to 114 million viewers during the halftime show. Good thing NBC blurred it out, because that was beyond inappropriate. But I digress.

As the confetti rained down on Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, I couldn’t help but think of Rob Gronkowski. It seemed to me that he was not anywhere near full strength, courtesy of Bernard Pollard.

I wish that Gronk had been at 100 percent so that the Patriots could throw everything they had at the Giants. If Gronkowski had been healthy, I think the game would have been much more interesting.

Without their biggest treat, the Patriots were left with Wes Welker, Aaron Hernandez and Danny Woodhead. This definitely isn’t an awful Plan B, but each played a role in the New England demise.

What if Wes Welker had caught the pass at the 20-yard line with four minutes to go? The Patriots could have taken a commanding lead with either a field goal or touchdown.

Let’s call it a field goal, so that Manning could drive down the field and score, making it a 21-20 game with just one minute left.

How did the Giants get that two-point lead again? That’s right: Brady gave it to them by letting go of a pass directed some 30 yards from anyone while he was in the end zone. I wish he hadn’t done that.

Just a refresher for anyone confused, if these events had happened, the score would read 21-20 going into the last minute.

This would set Tom Brady up for a chance to complete an 80-yard, Super Bowl-winning, career-defining drive. That would have been exciting.

I could have wished for Hernandez and Deion Branch to make crucial catches on the drive, but their drops actually made it more interesting, contrary to what Bundchen thinks.

Despite these mistakes, I wish Brady had brought the Patriots into field goal range, just so that Stephen Gostkowski could miss the game-winning kick wide left.

Karma would eventually defeat Brady and his team, not the New York Giants. Everyone would have forgotten about Billy Cundiff if that happened.

The Giants won the Super Bowl, but it could have been even more “super” if this chain of events happened. However, wishes don’t always come true.

Congrats to the city of New York, my floor-mate Dan and all other Giants fans on a great season. Enjoy it while it lasts, because next year is Baltimore’s time to shine.