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Giants vs. Vikings, Open Thread

NEW YORK GIANTS (12-3) GAME #16 MINNESOTA VIKINGS (9-6)
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Date: December 28, 2008 Location: Minneapolis, Minn.
Time: 1 p.m. EST
Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrdome
TV: FOX
Radio: WFAN (660 AM)
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Here is your final regular-season Open Thread for 2008. Let's hope the Giants beat the Minnesota Vikings today. More importantly, let's hope the Giants don't suffer any major injuries.

Enjoy the game!

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Coughlin is right

YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Dec 28, 2008 11:33 AM EST reply actions  

ed

What happened last week in fantasy? I though I’d be playing you for the championship

by queler on Dec 28, 2008 12:27 PM EST reply actions  

Who knows?

Even the best teams lose sometimes.

by Ed Valentine on Dec 28, 2008 1:02 PM EST up reply actions  

For a team

with nothing to gain from this contest, it feels good to see this team play hard still.

by ProudYankee on Dec 28, 2008 1:37 PM EST reply actions  

If we're

gunna look that uninspired on Off. Take the 1st team outta the game.

by ProudYankee on Dec 28, 2008 1:47 PM EST reply actions  

How many long runs up the middle

are we gonna have to give up before some people admit that we need to find a more athletic MLB next year?

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 1:50 PM EST reply actions  

AP

had 8 yrds on 7 carries plus a fumble before that play. We still stuff the run.

by ProudYankee on Dec 28, 2008 1:50 PM EST reply actions  

Is the turf at the Metrodome slippery?

I’ve seen at least three guys slip and fall down already.

by JoshNY on Dec 28, 2008 1:50 PM EST reply actions  

That TD is on AP

Here we go again, but he went all the way to the outside and left his gap in the middle unprotected. Watch the replay and that’s all him.

by Ed Valentine on Dec 28, 2008 1:50 PM EST reply actions  

AP

Caught up in the wash. He has become a liability. Is Chase the ML of the future?

by nyfaninsouthaustin on Dec 28, 2008 1:51 PM EST reply actions  

Does Ahmad

look like he gallops when he runs lol?

by ProudYankee on Dec 28, 2008 1:52 PM EST reply actions  

Alright Ahmad

that’s his best return of the season. In fact, I think that’s the teams best non-Hixon return all year

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 1:52 PM EST reply actions  

Ward

Should be closing in on 1000.

by nyfaninsouthaustin on Dec 28, 2008 1:53 PM EST reply actions  

Damn

that cost Ward his 1,000 yards, as well as the TD.

by Ed Valentine on Dec 28, 2008 1:55 PM EST reply actions  

Baldinger

What is up with that crooked pinky?

by nyfaninsouthaustin on Dec 28, 2008 1:56 PM EST reply actions  

Ward looks

hungry for 1000 yrds. How may does he need?

by ProudYankee on Dec 28, 2008 1:58 PM EST reply actions  

he's exactly half-way there

he came into the game needing 62 yards, and he’s got 31 so far

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 2:00 PM EST up reply actions  

never mind

I can’t do math. He needed 52 yards, so he’s only 21 yards away…

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 2:01 PM EST up reply actions  

Anyone watching any of this Pats-Bills game?

the wind is RIDICULOUS. The goal posts keep getting blown over, and field goals are getting pushed around like crazy (NE just missed like a 30 yarder)

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 1:58 PM EST reply actions  

I am

it’s ridiculous, with the wind.

by Ed Valentine on Dec 28, 2008 2:37 PM EST up reply actions  

Tavaris

Is aweful. Think what this team would be with a mediocre QB. Kiehl looking good.

by nyfaninsouthaustin on Dec 28, 2008 2:02 PM EST reply actions  

BTW - anyone else think Brad Childress is a chicken-sh!t

for not showing the Bears score in the stadium there?

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 2:23 PM EST reply actions  

Ben Roethlisberger

carted off the field in Pittsburgh. I’m a believer in playing your guys till the end, even in “meaningless” games, but that’s the danger…

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 2:24 PM EST reply actions  

Big stop there on 4th down.

I like the call declining the penalty

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 2:30 PM EST reply actions  

Nice job there, Eli!

And Dominick!

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 2:32 PM EST reply actions  

me too

he’s flat-money. The only times he ever misses are when the center gets leaped and the kick gets blocked

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 2:35 PM EST up reply actions  

Awesome

9-10. While they have everything to play for and we just want some revenge.

by ProudYankee on Dec 28, 2008 2:35 PM EST reply actions  

Any chance

Eli comes back out for the 3rd, or is it Carr-time? And if it is Carr, will we still see Ward, I think he needs 5 more yards for 1,000?

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 2:35 PM EST reply actions  

Good first half

Except for that one bad play against the run.

by Ed Valentine on Dec 28, 2008 2:38 PM EST reply actions  

and the double penalty play

could be 16-3 us if things broke our way on those two plays.

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 2:42 PM EST up reply actions  

Yep

But that was Koets, who never plays, and won’t in the playoffs, so I am not worried about it. That ‘hold’ on Hixon was a phantom penalty.

by Ed Valentine on Dec 28, 2008 2:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Carr > Romo

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 2:49 PM EST reply actions  

Carr

looks like he’s got some wheels…who knew

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 2:49 PM EST reply actions  

Ward

If he has a big second half he could lead the team in rushing. Congrats to him and Jacobs for becoming the 5th 1,000 yard tandem in NFL history

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 2:51 PM EST reply actions  

wow

nice play. Carr to Darcy Johnson – a play I never hope to see in a non-week 17 game for the rest of my life

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 2:54 PM EST reply actions  

lol

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 2:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Darcy Johnson

needs to take that first down signal and stick it in his pocket, or somewhere else less complementary. I freakin ’ hate that showboating crap, especially from a scrub.

by Ed Valentine on Dec 28, 2008 2:55 PM EST reply actions  

Beauti-mous!

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 3:04 PM EST reply actions  

yup

I forget what it feels like to be able to give up a first down w/o the other team already being inside the 50

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 3:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Peterson's having a Barry Sanders day

1 big run, and only 14 yards the rest of the game

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 3:08 PM EST reply actions  

ah

Corey just dropped 6 points

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 3:10 PM EST reply actions  

lol @ that female Vikings fan

who couldn’t figure out what happened on that play

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 3:24 PM EST reply actions  

I think "Baldy" waves that finger around

like it’s some kind of war trophy.

And no, I’m not referring to Brad Childress.

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 3:46 PM EST reply actions  

Playoffs?

Would would you rather face the Bears or the Vikings?

by nyfaninsouthaustin on Dec 28, 2008 3:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Tough to say.

They seem about equally suck-tastic.

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 3:56 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm amazed at all these playoff teams losing today.

Or in danger of losing anyway.

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 4:00 PM EST reply actions  

I hope the Vikings miss this.

Because I’m just in that kind of mood.

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 4:01 PM EST reply actions  

same here

13-3 sounds a lot better than 12-4

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 4:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Good job, Tom!

LOL!

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 4:04 PM EST reply actions  

that sucks

but as far as losses go, that’s about as good as they get. I mean, we barely lost despite playing our backups the whole second half and no Jacobs the whole game. Still, I wanted to win that…

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 4:05 PM EST reply actions  

Loss

But who cares? Played pretty well except for two big plays on defense (and one was when a guy fell down). Got a lot of good things done, and now it’s on to the playoffs.

by Ed Valentine on Dec 28, 2008 4:10 PM EST up reply actions  

I know it's not important

but if the Giants do win the Super Bowl, it would have looked much better in future years to look back at a 13-3 team than a 12-4 team. That one win separates decent SB Champs from the ones that get talked about for years.

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 4:15 PM EST up reply actions  

What sucks more is Tampa losing.

Morons. Now either Dallas or Philly will be in the playoffs.

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 4:11 PM EST reply actions  

did you see the last play

Garcia held the ball for about 2 hours and got sacked. Pathetic. You’ve gotta get rid of the ball in that situation. Well, I’m rooting for the Eagles now. They scare me less than the Cowboys.

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 4:14 PM EST up reply actions  

No they didn't show that here.

I had Drew Brees gagging on a chance to set the passing record.

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 4:18 PM EST up reply actions  

Now

Let’s just root against the Cowboys.

by Ed Valentine on Dec 28, 2008 4:18 PM EST reply actions  

This is for the 6 seed, right?

The Falcons are locked into the seed, is that correct? In which case the winner of this plays the Vikings?

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 4:25 PM EST reply actions  

Correct.

Hopefully they kill each other.

Because I’d expect the winner will be in great shape to beat the Vikings.

That also leaves Atlanta to play Arizona – should be a win for them too. So Atlanta would move on to Carolina and the winner of this game will play us. Get ready.

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 4:27 PM EST up reply actions  

McNabb is not actually good, right now.

He’s bad, in fact.

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 4:30 PM EST reply actions  

On a random note

I think the most disappointing thing about losing before was that Carney actually missed a field goal. I thought he was perfect…

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 4:32 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah had he made it we would have at least forced them to score a TD

and I bet we could have prevented that, but, oh well. On to the next.

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 4:46 PM EST up reply actions  

This Eagles-Cowboys game is awesome

Watching the Cowboys implode is thoroughly entertaining, even if it is against my 2nd most-hated team. The gap in my hatred between the Cowboys and the Eagles is bigger than the gap between the Eagles and everyone else

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 5:45 PM EST reply actions  

LOL @ Romo

and the Cowboys in general.

Wade Phillips is the most clueless man on the planet. Pacman hands out free points before the half. The QB has the authority to override the coach’s decisions. Whitten and Romo draw up plays for TO now. That whole organization is in disarray.

Come on back, Terry!

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 6:09 PM EST reply actions  

Holy Schneikies.

Jerry Jones face just shunk by 3 more notches.

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 6:15 PM EST reply actions  

Yep - they just showed him up in his ivory tower

looking like someone shoved a bottle of RealLemon™ where it’s not supposed to go.

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 6:17 PM EST up reply actions  

Just LOLLERSKATES

at the Cowgirl performance. Phillips is fired by 5 AM tommorow, almost like an execution before sunrise.

by DoctorK16 on Dec 28, 2008 6:17 PM EST reply actions  

Absolutely.

Despite the nepotism Phillips has enjoyed in his own career, he’s actually a blue collar type of coach, and is the absolutely wrong guy to manage this collection of criminals and prima donnas.

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 6:19 PM EST up reply actions  

I know I really shouldn't

and please – at least give me credit for not posting over there – but I had to stop by Blogging the Boys to see how they’re doing today, and mined this gem from the comments:

is phillies D getting tired?

by AustonianAggie on Dec 28, 2008 6:15 PM EST

tired of running back td’s

by Deke on Dec 28, 2008 6:16 PM EST

+ +

lollers!

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Dec 28, 2008 6:52 PM EST reply actions  

yea

I’ve been reading their boards for the last hour. It’s hilarious.

The best thing about today: The Eagles won’t fire Andy Reid or get rid of McNabb, and the Cowboys might blow things up. I think we just clinched the 2009 NFC East title!

Also, with the exception of whatever is about to happen in the next 17 seconds, with the Jets at their own 1, Favre’s last meaningful pass was an interception. That’s twice now his career has ended with a pick. If anyone ever tries to argue that he’s better than Montana, Marino, Elway, or even Manning or Brady, I will laugh in their face.

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 7:13 PM EST up reply actions  

damn

he got to throw one more pass…at least it was an illegal forward pass!

by cjmulrain on Dec 28, 2008 7:19 PM EST up reply actions  

What a day!

Cowboys humiliated…Pats out of the playoffs…Favre may finally retire for good….Now if only those crybaby Chargers lose my day will be complete…..

by giant fan since 57 on Dec 28, 2008 7:16 PM EST reply actions  

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