On the second episode of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's “Tom vs. Time” series, the legendary signal caller shuffled through an archive of his seven previous Super Bowl appearances. When he came across Super Bowl XLII, a stunning defeat at the hands of the underdog New York Giants, Brady couldn't help but cringe.

Transcribed by CBS Sports' Dan Schneier:

“Oh man, this is painful, just clicking on it, just – the 2007 Super Bowl. This one’s still painful… When you lose on the biggest stage, and you know everyone’s watching, and you’ve committed so much of your life to what you’re doing, you’re becoming a failure in front of everybody else.”

While both losses on the NFL's grandest stage to the Giants continue to eat at Brady, it's the first one that cuts the deepest.

Heading into Super Bowl XLII, the Patriots had an opportunity to become the second team in NFL history to go undefeated, and the first to go 19-0. All they had to do was beat Eli Manning and the Giants, a 10-6 wild card team that managed to win three straight road playoff games to reach the big game.

New England's high-powered offense was stifled by a New York defense that managed to get pressure on Brady consistently with just four rushers. Still, the Patriots led late before a miraculous drive, highlighted by David Tyree's helmet catch, put the Giants on top.

The Patriots got the ball back, and while scoring before the clock ran out was a long shot, a 3rd-and-20 play with 19 seconds remaining still haunts Brady.

He heaved a deep ball down the sideline to Randy Moss, but cornerback Corey Webster successfully broke it up. As the five-time champion watched the replay on “Tom vs. Time,” he was clearly still upset that the pass fell incomplete.

“This guy made the freakin’ play of his life,” Brady said. “And that was all she wrote. . . [expletive]. I’ll never let go of those losses. That scar tissue is too deep, it’s too thick.”