Giants 27, Chiefs 16: Ho-hum, another easy win
by Ed Valentine on Oct 4, 2009 5:39 PM EDT
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PrintSunday's 27-16 victory by our 4-0 New York Giants over the 0-4 Kansas City Chiefs makes two weeks in a row now that the Giants have not really been threatened.
To tell you how lopsided this game really was, the folks at Arrowhead Pride were left cheering the 'great' fourth-quarter garbage-time performance by their Chiefs.
I would have preferred to see the Giants finish a tad stronger, but the fourth quarter was pretty meaningless. The Giants dominated all the meaningful portions of the game, as they should have. So, the victory express just keeps rolling.
I will be back in the morning with the traditional 'Kudos & Wet Willies.' By the way, that Steve Smith guy is pretty good, eh!
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I can see it now
Wet Willie for Tynes as he misses for the third game in a row.
I don’t think Carr’s stat line for the game is very good.
Kudos for Smith, Manning and Nicks who made his one catch count.
by G Fan in England on Oct 4, 2009 5:50 PM EDT reply actions
great win for us needless to say the game was never as close as the score indicated however im really worried about elis ankle. hope all is ok with him cause carr just looks uncomfortable
by g-men_fan on Oct 4, 2009 5:50 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
he looked great in the preseason
and now he’s playing himself out of the money for next season somewhere else… He’ll still go somewhere though… QB shortage in this league
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Oct 5, 2009 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions
#1 concern....
is Eli OK.
Nice win. Goose is still sort of right on Jacobs, tho while the last game it was more 50/50 tentative runs, this time it was more like 75/25. Jacobs is just fine. Bradshaw too.
Steve Smith may just set all kinds of records for a Gints WR this year. You’d think people would start gameplanning for him however at somepoint, so it should be interesting to see if he keeps this pace up.
D looks incredible like usual. Nice to get sacks to get on the board, but anyone who’s been watching knows they’ve been close. Fred Robbins is making me say Canty-who? already. #91 looked like #92 alot out there too, nice to see he’s pretty much back to speed.
Im sure Tynes will get killed in this thread, but whatever. FG kickers, especially ones coming back from an injury, are gonna miss kicks. He made 2/3. Whatever.
Love how the secondary looked even better with Dockery back there. Bruce Johnson is a steal ( From..THA U!), Webster made his one requisite bad play, that’s it, and TT looked great and makes Ross not being there OK (but I hope he returns at some point.
What the f$%k is the internet?
Random Question
Do NFL teams release a weekly depth chart to the media? I can never find an up-to-date one.
I think the fourth quarter
shows how much the lack of an effective quarterback can have a cascading effect on the rest of the team.
My new nickname for our #1 receiver is Steve “Always Open” Smith. That dude is… Always. Open.
Originally, 7-11 meant they were open
from 7AM to 11 PM.
things change.
like the GMen now having the BEST receiving corps in the whole f’cockta league.
by NYer in a strange land on Oct 5, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
In fairness
The offensive line didn’t give Carr any protection at all and the ground game wasn’t working either.
by Tucker Fredrickson on Oct 4, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
4-0
The G-men look good and have been playing outstanding football considering there were 18 players listed on the injury report today who were either banged up or on IR.
I’m very excited about our team this year. Hopefully, Eli Manning is OK and can continue to push his Iron Man streak to 76!
GO NY GIANTS!!
Finally put it to it rest
I think we can finally put the question of our WRs to rest.
By the way how about that catch and run by Nicks?
yea...
I didn’t think he was healthy enough to actually play until that one, but yea…he’s healthy.
I don’t know if it was the fact that Eli and HAM aren’t on the same page, like the announcers kept trying to instill.
They were on teh same page for the 1st three games. HAM had a bad game, tho most of those throws were pretty bad balls by Eli, tho very much catchable for HAM.
Most definitely a nice trio we’re developing, only gonna get better once Hixon is thrown back into the rotation. I still see Hagan before I see Ramses (who was out anyway as a healthy scratch), so who knows on him.
Also the TE’s in Becks and Boss are a nice tandem. Id assume he’s gonna get work more too.
I know a lot of people including myself want more throws to Boss, but that is simply not a main option in Coughlin and Gilbride’s offense. They’ll get him involved, but no where near Shockey with Fassel when they were here.
Oh…Steve Smith is good. Kinda wish that the action of catching a football wouldn’t trigger his legs to give out from underneath him, but he’s still good at catching the ball.
What the f$%k is the internet?
Beckum had a real nice grab out there
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Oct 5, 2009 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Eli
did his best to try and gimme a fuckin heart attack when I saw him go down…and I’m so excited about our recievers. Eli needs to stop throwing behind manningham. I guess he gets out of his breaks way too fast. So when they finally do get on the same page, our recieving core is going to be even more dangerous…I know the goal is the super bowl and not accolades, but we might have a couple of pro bowlers in Eli and Smith.
A thousand lips. A thousand tongues. A thousand throats. A thousand lungs. A thousand ways to make it true. I want to do terrible things to you.
by Nine Inch Nails on Oct 4, 2009 6:51 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
4-0
is 4-0, but is anyone else surprised at just how easy this opening schedule is? Washington, Tampa, Kansas City, and next week Oakland in the first 5 games – it’s about time the schedule-makers gave the Giants a break.
side note: i love how awesome this team plays on the road.
by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Oct 4, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions
I know Washington sucks so far...
BUt I don’t know if any division game with the Giants is ever easy.
What the f$%k is the internet?
Not to mention 3 road games in a row
Then after finally getting back home next week we go back on the road to face the high flying Saints. We needed these games, it’s about to get a whole lot rockier.
The Giants Are 18-3 in Their Last 21 Road Games
And that includes the one at Minnesota in the final week of the regular season last year where the Giants didn’t play their starters in the second half.
?
Road games are rocky? You been paying attention since 2007? Gint put on the white T’s and they are damn near unbeatable.
What the f$%k is the internet?
I think he refers to
how the schedule ahead is going to be getting a lot stronger in general, starting with the Saints.
That's what I meant
I’m well aware at how impressive our road record is, but we’ll have some serious contests coming. After NO, it’s the Cards on Sunday night, the never-easy Eagles, and Chargers before we get our bye. And I know it’s very early, but this isn’t likely to change: we only play 2 teams w/ losing records after that point.
I love Steve Smith
This was a good win. The fourth quarter was pretty terrible (4th down conversions are the worst), but I think if Eli was still out there we pick up a few first downs and milk the clock, so I’m not too worried. Just gotta hope Eli’s fine by next week.
After the game I was at a grocery store and an Eagles fan came up to me and said “Go Eagles…but I think your team is gonna steamroll everyone this year. Damn you guys look good.”
I love being a Giants fan in 2009
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
combine smith and manningham
and you have the best WR to ever play the game.
Looking ahead to New Orleans?
The Eagles were off this week, so I had the chance to watch the Giants. I was very impressed with your team. I know the Giants have been good for quite some time now, but Eli looked simply unstoppable. It looks like they’ll walk all over Oakland next week. And that leads me to my question:
Do you think the Giants will be resting some starters against the Raiders in preparation for the big match-up against New Orleans on Oct. 18? I’m asking because (as I understand it), the Giants have a few injuries already that might make them hesitant to let some guys aggravate their injuries on the field against Oakland.
I doubt it.
The Raiders suck, but there is no way you rest starters in week 5.
The only one I’d think that might have a chance of that is Eli, cuz of the injury. Even so, he’s always been a tough bastard and he’ll want to play and probably will.
As for the guys who are still injured like Sintim, Canty and Ross, I hope they play simply to get some game action. The Raiders are about as good a practice game as any regular season game can get, so I hope everyone plays.
What the f$%k is the internet?
Giants don't look ahead
They’ll be playing to win that game. It’ll be nice to see Giants Stadium again.
I like Giants stadium....
but for the actual players, it just doesn’t matter.
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They're true pros
They’ll play anybody, any time, anywhere. I love their approach to the game and that’s not just the players, but the coaches and upper management.
always great when
the Cowboys lose.
Man oh man, I checked into the Blogging the Boyz site and, well, cannibalism is too nice a word for what I saw going on over there! hehe The Cowboy fans emulate the drama that comes from their team.
Whining - what C-boy fans do when they're not bragging.
It’s like the Cowboys fans caught some bug from their time with T.O.: as soon as their team is down a little, they jump all over them. Bunch of evil little whiners there. I guess they’re just annoyed that “America’s Team” is tied for last place in the NFC East.
Life’s tough. Suck it up. Go Blue!
by Giantsfanindc on Oct 5, 2009 2:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Wide eye kid
When the camera zooms in on Steve Smith he looks like some wide eye home town kid.
He certainly is someone that “walks softly but carries a huge stick not big but huge”
I read an article last week, probably linked from this site
where Bradshaw talked about making his cuts on the sides of his feet. I thought it might feel that way to him, but…no way. Today on one play there was a front shot of him hiitng and going through a hole, juking and cutting. I swear that all the time (i.e. the split seconds it took for him to hit the hole and go through it) he was going full speed on the sides of his feet. Did anyone else see what I think I saw?
Boley looks great.
Nice snag by Becks
Nicks looked great on his TD. It’s might be hard for Hix to reclaim his starting spot.
I think Moose might have a point about the chemistry between Eli and Mario being not quite all there yet. Mario’s ability to blow past his cover untouched is remarkable. Hix seems to always have to absorb a blow before he travels five yards.
It has to be a one game thing,
cuz I doubt anyone who saw the Dallas game though Eli and HAM had any chemistry issues that game.
Eli threw a few bad balls to Smith too.
Eli’s not perfect, no QB ever really is. I think Moose and Goose really overanalyze the Giants and only take into account the game they are seeing.
He might have had some issues for this game, but its the only game the ‘chemistry issues’ as well as some suspect hands/awareness for HAM and even Nicks on one play showed up.
What the f$%k is the internet?
I dunno
Manningham was covered very tightly quite a bit of the time. He’s obviously still learning, and today was part of the learning curve. If Eli’s passes had been a little crisper, he might have had an ok day.
by Tucker Fredrickson on Oct 4, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
When Hixon Comes Back
He shouldn’t start at WR not only because of Manningham and Nicks, but also because we need him on special teams. We NEED to get Sinorice Moss off of punt returns. He lets too many punts hit the ground, and you only need to get a pinky on him to make the tackle.
agree...
but Hixon is not a bad WR, much better than Sinorice obviously, simply to just give a different look to the defense, or even to give HAM or SWISS a break.
What the f$%k is the internet?
Stram-BOLEY!
How about Michael Boley. It seemed like he was in on every play today. He was awesome along with Smith. Now I think Manningham should’ve caught three of the balls he dropped today. Now I think he caught the one that was challenged but the other two seemed like they were right at his chest.
"Eli Manning hurt his foot kicking Kansas City's ass!"
-Shannon Sharpe
by Major on Oct 4, 2009 8:47 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Awesome.
Rec’d.
"We'll show up tomorrow and do the same thing we try to do every day, kick Pedroia's ass in cribbage and try and win a baseball game."
by tito (eight and oh) on Oct 4, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I honestly felt Ham just had bad hands today...
The one pass was obviously behind, but you still have to make that catch.
On the big play down the sideline he had, that was right in his basket, and he didn’t initially make the catch there…but adjusted and made a big play. Hopefully it won’t go any further than this week.
"We'll show up tomorrow and do the same thing we try to do every day, kick Pedroia's ass in cribbage and try and win a baseball game."
by tito (eight and oh) on Oct 4, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions
I totally agree
Both his early misses were completely catchable, just happened to be on his back shoulder. You see receivers make that catch all the time. And if he hadn’t bobbled that perfect long throw it would have been a touchdown. But he sure has great concentration in situations like that.
by hopeforthefuture3 on Oct 4, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Geography lesson please....
And what team would you say “The Other Steve Smith” plays for at this point?
he might have better numbers...
but its cuz the Giants have a QB that knows what he’s doing. That kinda helps.
What the f$%k is the internet?
And by know what he's doing...
You mean he clearly understands which team he is supposed be passing the ball to…with Delhomme, sometimes I honestly wonder…
"We'll show up tomorrow and do the same thing we try to do every day, kick Pedroia's ass in cribbage and try and win a baseball game."
by tito (eight and oh) on Oct 4, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
It was a little sloppy out there
But I’ll take the win..I hope Eli is okay.. a heel injury took Simms out..but Eli seemed to be walking around okay, so hopefully nothing serious..Carr looked awful..Early on this season I thought he’d be starting somewhere next season..but now I don’t know. The score was deceiving though..We did control the game throughout.
Oh and Dallas lost!!yeah!!
Don’t tell my wife I said that!!…Romo stinks..He throws a nice tight spiral to nowhere..It was actually painful watching him..He almost got Williams killed on that crossing route. Williams took a huge hit in the chest..I doubt we’ll see him next week, although he did stay in the game..and for you KC fans out there, Marshall is an awesome reciever..He helped make a trounce into a fairly close game..
anyone see flozell's leg whipping today?
i saw at least one that wasn’t called. nothing tops a solid giant win more than a dallas/philly loss…
I saw it..
He is still up to his tricks this Adams guy..We can only hope that the league is watching this and does something about it..that is “pussy” football he’s playing..As I have said before he does not belong on an NFL field.
Our recievers..
Smith looks like the real deal..Today however It looked to me like Manningham forgot to bring his hands to the game with him..ouch!..He seemed today like he couldn’t catch a soccer ball out there from ten feet away. He is obviously still in a learning curve. He shows signs of potential greatness, then signs that he can’t be there when needed…My High School coach had a great line: “Hit you in a bad spot…Your f-ing hands!!!!!!!!”
Ham just needs to settle down a little
The guy is a hell of a runner and he’s got a pretty good head for the game. He just seems a little keyed up. He was ahead of a lot of balls and seemed to be trying to run before he made the catch. Sullivan just needs to spend a little time with him on making his play more fluid, getting Ham to seperate the catch from the run. Once that happens, that guy’s gonna be huge!
by Giantsfanindc on Oct 5, 2009 2:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Can we change "Kudos" to "Websters"
and “Wet Willies” to “Terrible Tynes”?
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
anyone watching the steelers.chargers game??
it was 28-0 steelers..
now its 35-28 steelers with 4 mins to go.. oh boy
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
How bout that direct snap to Bradshaw?!
Not a typical play for the Giants. I don’t know why they wasted it on KC, maybe they just wanted to see if it would work.
Hilarious!
When KG called that play last year in the playoff game against the Eagles (to Ward) it didn’t work and he got killed for it in the comments here. This time it worked, and he is getting praised. Ah, the life of an offensive coordinator.
Loving these practice games, but...
…I can’t wait to take on New Orleans! That’s going to be the biggest test in the first half of the season. Of course, I’m pretty sure we’re going to destroy them, and that will be pretty damn satisfying. Not quite as satisfying as beating Dallas on their home opener in the new Jones Masoleum, mind you. I still fall asleep grinning about that one.
In other matters, stop ripping on Tynes! Any man who can consistently kick 40+ yarders in the Meadowlands (swirling winds, anyone?) can be spotted a miss or two in lopsided games that don’t matter. Honestly, people, are we Philly or Dallas fans? Are we going to bust on our players for every little mistake? Give the guy a break. Believe me, his misses are probably bugging him a lot more than they bug you all.
Anyway, GO BLUE!
re: Tynes
With my wife watching the Pats in the other room, I walked in to see the Pats’ punter lose one into the end zone for a touchback when he was kicking from midfield. Earlier, I’d been saying after Tynes’ miss how lucky they were to have 2 straight money placekickers. After they were ripping their punter, I thought, well, they’ve got a great kicker, we’ve got a great punter. I guess one of 2 ain’t bad.
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Oct 5, 2009 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Super Mario's Going To Be Alright
I think you guys are overreacting about super mario. It’s clear that he and Eli have a timing issue, manningham gets in and out of his breaks as fast as any receiver I’ve seen and it’s a matter of Eli figuring out just when to deliver the ball, and does anyone notice that manningham is having trouble with those deep side line routes.
It’s because his hands are positioned a little too far apart when he extends them and he’s not picking up the ball right away when it’s passed so he’s miss judging it’s distance. All this can be correted with a little more practice.
Kicking Butt
I love to see the Jints off to a good start this year… use hope they can keep it going!
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