First of all, huge, HUGE win for the G-Men last night at home. I took away three key things from that game last night.
1. I am not buying the fact that the Bears are a legit team this year.
2. The NFC is a complete mess at the moment.
3. The Giants showed that they can become a legit team this year.
Let's take point number one. Like many other fans and NFL experts after the first 2 weeks of watching Jay Cutler and the Bears I was on the verge of jumping on the "Cutler Bandwagon." This team really looked liked the old Bears that went to the Super Bowl a few years ago, especially the defense. Cutler looked to be a perfect fit for the Mike Martz offense that was scripted to re-vitalize the Bears. However, after watching the game last night and also referencing back to their previous weeks, it seems the Bears have many issues to address. From what I saw that offensive line is very disorganized and let the Giants line take out two QBs and allowed 10 sacks and only 58 yards on the ground. I don't know if it was the Giants defense that just played really well or the complete breakdown of the Bears offense. Either way, I have several doubts in regards to this Bears team being able to beat those top-tier teams especially come crunch time when it counts. I am not buying the Bears just yet.
Number 2. After week 4 the NFC is proving to once again be a complete crap show this year. The NFC West is just god-awful (Go Rams!) along with the bottom feeders of the NFC North and South. No game is predictable any more. After watching the Super Bowl Champ Saints almost lose to the Panthers and the Falcons almost give one away to the 49ers, I just can't believe how up in the air the NFC is this year. The AFC isn't much better this year either but at least you still have some predictability there (at least for now, it's only Week 4). I will be completely surprised if have a few teams with 8-8 or 9-7 records that win the division the way things are looking right now. Overall, the NFC is just laughable right now and I don't see it getting any better as we are a quarter of the way through the season.
Finally, point number three. It seems that all the Giants need is a little drama the week before a game and they come out guns blazing and running on all cylinders. Giants safety Antrel Rolle had some discouraging words concerning the leadership on the team and aimed a lot his comments at Coach Coughlin. Former players such as Tiki Barber, Antonio Pierce and Michael Strahan also had some "words of wisdom" and were very outspoken during the week about the current problems with the Giants team. It seems the team and the defense especially took this personally and also took it out on the Bears O-line and Cutler. The running game (minus the key fumbles) looked good and is hopefully back on track if Bradshaw can stay healthy. Manning and the other offense players looked to be more in control after the debacle that was the Titans game last week. So if the G-Men can come out and play like they did last night every game then I definitley think they can still get back to a legit team in the league. Now as a Giants fan that game last night really raised my spirits ten-fold and really reminded me of the Super Bowl team of 2008 that rocked Brady and the then undefeated Pats. Maybe there is hope for this season after all.
-R.N.N.
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Eli Manning is an inconsistent hack. Sure the D got a lot of sacks that game, but you also have to look at the turnovers as well. With the Giants O-line being in shambles, your D isn't going to win every game. The o-line is sloppy. At the very least, the Eagles and Cowboys o-lines are putting up solid numbers with or without wins. I feel like Bradshaw carries the entire o-line. I googled blogs to see what's up in the NFC East blogosphere. Apparently everyone's on LSD. It's obvious that weeks 1-4 are "any given" Sunday weeks. I would wait until week 8 before really getting anywhere on predictions. Bye weeks are a huge factor in it as well. Of course, being in a mixed sports team marriage, I've learned to root for the Giants. Even so, at this point... Not impressed.
ReplyDeletePoints well taken. However, it doesn't help when all the Giants receivers can't catch a ball and I think about 99.9% of Manning's picks have been off tipped passes. Other than that Eli would be having a decent season stats-wise. The only numbers the Dallas O-line is putting up are the number of penalty yards they are giving up each game. Can't say anything bad about the Eagles O-line.
ReplyDeleteAfter the second half of season after the Giants started off 5-0 I think the game against the Bears they showed major improvement especially on the defensive side of the ball. That's all I'm saying. Obviously there is still MAJOR room for improvement in all aspects of the Giants game right now and going forward.
Thanks for the input! :)
****when i was referring to the Giants season, I meant last season! haha.
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