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New York Giants: Get Back To Being Best Team in NFL Again for Week 11 or Else

Posted by on 16 November 2010, 3:15 pm

The 2010 New York Giants have been pretty on-target with the rest of the NFL’s motto, which is completely unpredictable.

There is no leader of the pack as we enter the second half of the season. Never have more teams been named the best team in the NFL this season on ESPN after 10 games.

This is not due to an influx of sheer talent, but more due too penalties and sloppy play.

It seems like each team has a major flaw somewhere, and too many players just don’t seem to understand the definition of team anymore.

Now that my ulcer has subsided after watching the Giants host the Dallas Cowboys this past Sunday, I can admit that the outcome came as no surprise.

The Giants went into Sunday on a five-game winning streak, but the G-men started the season 1-2 and the one win was one of the sloppiest games I had seen.

The Cowboys record was an NFL worst at 1-7 before week 10. Add that to another Tony Romo injury, and a team of players who actually admitted they didn’t try.

Just thinking about how bad in it was Dallas made me sweat thinking of how pissed-off stanch owner Jerry Jones had to be, while having flashes if it were my New York Yankees not trying and the heads that would be rolling.

Jones finally fired coach Wade Phillips, promoting offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, who, it has been said, could run for president and win if he wanted to.

Then days before Sunday I look at the point spreads, which was obviously in favor of the Giants but by 15 points.

That spread seemed ridiculous if you consider the talented slackers on the Cowboys, a new motivated leader in Garrett and a team with nothing to lose.

The spread of the 2007 Super Bowl only gave the Giants 12 points against the undefeated, super-power New England Patriots.

This shocked my confidence, along with hearing the next day: “We’re now the best team in the National Football League,” out of Brandon Jacobs’ mouth.

The formula didn’t look to be in the Giants favor, as a cocky attitude and with a spread backing that notion up has never worked for the G-men.

The Giants are the best underdogs in football. Hopefully the embarrassing 33-20 thrashing they got from the Cowboys will put the Giants back to feeling that reality again.

The Giants are a darn good football team, and Sunday’s loss also was due to Eli having one of his seasonal off-games.

Manning has one to three of these games a season, where he can’t hit the slot and the receivers start to run the routes differently to compensate as the game gets deeper. But the defense sucked too.

Even with the Cowboys being hyped up, the Giants are a better team.

When a team consistently wins for five games in a row, the way the G-men did, one stomach-churning loss can be hailed as a bad day.

The Giants will surely be tested in Week 11 visiting the Philadelphia Eagles.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBnfUpQB4Lo

If you missed Monday Night Football this week, get on NFL.com and watch the replays or the whole first half of the Eagles playing Washington Redskins.

It is one of the best performances by a quarterback ever, thanks to the Eagles’ Michael Vick. Scoring 45 points in the first half was all due to Vick, and if this guy keeps getting better, I do not know anyone who can stop him.

Considering Vick outplayed the entire Redskins team himself, it will take the best team in the NFL to beat him.

What perfect timing for the Giants to prove themselves worthy of that title again.

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NFL: A Lady's Predictions

Posted by on 16 January 2010, 12:48 pm

Warner, Farve, Lewis, LT, Brees, P. Manning and the Jets. Regardless if your team is playing or not, the match-ups are all dramatic in their own right.

With the games just hours away, NFL fans everywhere cannot help their anticipation.

Here are my playoff picks:
(picks have been carefully picked by both fact and emotion)

Arizona Cardinals vs. New Orléans Saints – Saturday @4:30pm

This game will be a battle where the running games on both sides will be the deciding factor. Both Warner and Brees will pass and be successful at it. Warner is tough, again and Brees tends to struggle at the end of the season which he did again losing the last three regular season games. Brees needs to step it up for the Saints to have a chance and be the Brees from before Christmas.

If Beanie Wells (RB) can get by the Saints defense and put some solid yards on the board and presuming the defense can have another good week, Cardinals will win by a field goal.

GAME: Arizona Cardinals

Baltimore Ravens vs. Indianapolis Colts – Saturday @8:15pm

Manning vs. Lewis but for Baltimore to win safety Ed Reed will have to back Lewis by picking off the pass. Baltimore is hot and needs to start with he same dominance as against the Pats. LB Terell Suggs did not play in the regular season game against the Colts and if he can get to Manning the Colts will be in trouble.

Payton Manning is the main cause for the Colts as their defense, who needed the rest is ranked 24th in running defense and Ray Rice will blast by them if they are not perfect. Payton has not fared well in the playoffs when the Colts are not the Wild Card but history is in the past but it can affect a player’s mentality for the future.

Since I have said from being of the season, the Ravens will make the Super Bowl.
GAME: RAVENS

Dallas Cowboys vs. Minnesota Vikings – Sunday @1pm

Look, my emotions factor in because I am a NYG fan. Obviously, I cannot stand anything Dallas and I think Romo is over-rated.

Regardless, Brett Favre is better than Tony Romo. Favre should tire out the defense by giving the ball to Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor. Favre cannot get all fancy or start throwing it up for interceptions but the same goes for Romo too.

I have always said that the Cowboys need to run the ball more and then they will win. It worked last week against the Eagles and it is just far more reliable than Romo’s arm. Dallas is on the road which takes the pressure of 100,000+ screaming in your face and the teams seems to enjoy the lack of attention in other stadiums, pressure is off if they lose (till they get back to Dallas).

With Marion Barber coming off an injury, he did practice and is tough as nails of an RB. Barber back-ups are Felix Jones and Tashard Choice which give the Cowboys a three-headed monster that can exhaust any defense.

This will be a RB war and even with Peterson, with Barber healthier Dallas has a slight edge. This one is a close call.
GAME: VIKINGS

San Diego Chargers vs. New York Jets – Sunday @4:40pm

J-E-T-S, the most inspiring underdogs with a coach who has so much heart, you gotta love him. Rex Ryan is the answer the team and Jets fans finally found.

Heading into San Diego, where the Chargers have been quietly dismantling opponents, the Jets have the overall disadvantage. Mainly due to QB Mark Sanchez only being in his first season. Sanchez is great in his first year in NFL but he reminds me of Eli his first year or two. Sanchez needs to hand-off the football to the running game because interceptions need to be avoided at all costs.

The Jets offense can control themselves against the Charger defense. The question remains if the Jets Defense can cover San Diego’s Phillip Rivers and his arsenal of weapons.

The Jets have the #1 defense for a reason but Chargers TE Antonio Gates will be the difference maker because the Jets have to figure out who and how the D is going to cover him. Chargers WR Vincent Jackson will have his hands fill with the NFL’s best cornerback Darrelle Revis all over him. This frees up Gates and lets not forget about Darren Sproles, the LT Electric Glide, Legedu Naanee and Malcolm Floyd (aka. M-80 for his acrobatic moves at the height of 6’5).
GAME: CHARGERS


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“When Those Who Must Play, Can’t Play.”

Posted by on 22 September 2009, 12:10 am

The spotlight on Sunday was shining in three different directions. A new stadium, a team’s reputation on the line and a young pitcher who needed to shine.

In essence all the same theme…..WIN, WIN, WIN!!!

The perfect example of this is in a pre-game interview with Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones from this past Sunday. Play the video:

If not for the 105,000+ in attendance, the health of their owner or playing the New York Giants weren’t enough to qualify for greatest amount of pressure for a team, I don not know what is?

Toby Romo and the Dallas Cowboys were playing their first home game in their new, Jerry Jones coliseum against the New York Giants. Winning for the Cowboys in their new home seemed to inevitable when listening to owner Jerry Jones before the game.

Only to lose to the Giants by two points in the final seconds on Sunday, a divisional opponent and rival team was not what Jones, nor the Dallas fans had expected as their first memory in a new home.

Heads must have rolled and Tony Romo might have been hanged after throwing three interceptions. God nows what Jones said after the game to the team but considering he had not slept in days just imaging this game and the victory.

Maybe Jerry Jones should lay-off a little considering Wayne Phillips post-game interview started with how much he want this for Jerry.

Tom Brady and his Pats headed to the Meadowlands on Sunday to the Jets.

The Jets trash talking was nothing short of presumptuous but also genius. What if the Jets had lost the game, would any Jet fan have been shocked by the feeling of disappointment? No way!!

In a sense the team could not have hurt their reputation because they’re the Jets and the team they were trashing was the Pats. The worst scenario would have been a Jets loss but a pat on the back for a good try.

Earlier in the day up at Seattle’s Safeco Field, all eyes were on the mound to see how Joba Chamberlain would fair as the Yankees prepare for October baseball.

Joba knew what he had to do but cannot seem to do it since back in early August. The start yesterday was extremely unsettling to everyone, accept to Joba.

What positive things did this young man see in just three innings, allowing seven runs to score?

Is Joba delusional? At the very least the Yanks PR needs to prep this kid to keep those comments under the radar when speaking to the media after the game.

Click on the link below to watch this latest loss post game interview:
Joba’s Post Game Interview

After another bomb of a start on Sunday against the Mariners was not the plan the Yankees had in mind. Joba should be in tears when talking to the press. No one doubts that Joba probably cried himself to sleep last night but the pressure is on now.

One could counter argue that the Yankee bats were dead. Is it fair for a pitcher in Joba’s spot to continuously expect to be picked up all the time?

The Yankees and the “Joba Rules” seem to have no direction. Changing his status might be the factor that makes Joba so nervous because it is the focus of the fans and the media.

What to do about Joba?

Guess time will tell if Joba can show some hope and be of help to the Yankees down the stretch.

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The 3 Factors For How The Giants Beat Cowboys

Posted by on 19 September 2009, 9:12 pm
The NFL season going into week two will answer a lot of questions for all teams.

Will Sanchez play as well against the Pats? And can his performance be blamed on Coach Rex Ryan’s mouth?

The great AD will be running against a struggling group of Lions; will records be broken?

Will Trent Edwards listen to TO’s public cry to be involved more?

Why can’t Donovan McNabb play with a broken rib? Plenty of other QB’s have played with the same injury….Big Ben.

Will the Giants go into Dallas and win?

There are three components if the Giants are to defeat the Cowboys tomorrow.

1. The earth better light on fire tomorrow about the playing of RB’s Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw. The obvious weakness is the WR spot for the Giants. Talented teams like the Cowboys will take advantage, knowing some of the rookies are playing in their second pro-game ever.
The Dallas defense will know that running the ball is most likely what Eli Manning will relay on. That leaves responsibility on Jacobs and Bradshaw to bring their A-game.

Every Giants fan knows that Dallas is going to rush Eli all game.

DeMarcus Ware will be looking for blood as he has been a sack machine in the past against the Giants with Eli as the bull’s-eye.

2. O-line is top in the NFL so make the blocks to give the earth on fire room to roar.

Eli also needs some good blocking in the pocket to give him some time to hit a receiver.

3. Kevin Boss will be the guy who I would think Eli would throw some short passes too.

Boss is a talented Tight End but unlike Shockey he does not fumble. Eli can use Boss to muddle-up the Cowboys defense and the rate of productive completions is more dependable.

And obviously the Defense for the Giants have to play lights-out. Any NFL team has to have a demolishing defense to produce wins.

The reason the D-Men were not on the list is because I think that is the strength that is consistent for the New York G-man. It is their play that keeps us even contending to be a force to reckon with. It is the game playing lead by Manning that everyone will see on full display tomorrow.

Then opinions and questions will start to get answered.

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