'Kudos & Wet Willies:' Kicking the Cowboys edition

what I was seeing from Osi and Boley as far as the running game. That’s where MBIII and Jones were killing us in between Guard and Tackle on that side. Something to be corrected.

deserves a wet Willie cause with him sucking so bad no way we win this one.

was a backbreaker, almost. Webster usually makes that tackle but didn’t and it damn near killed the Giants.

Big props overall to the team for winning with all these injuries. Another casualty is Tuck now, hopefully he was just kept out as a precaution (tho Im always a scared to hear the news with injuries to guys like Tuck).

But hey, we got Eli Manning. Maybe all that stupidty about how stupid it was to give the richest contract in the league to an ""average QB""…is well, plain stupid.

O-Line and Diehl get big credit for protecting Eli. I don’t think the running game is a concern, the 2 teams we faced are about as good as it gets as far as run stoppers, regardless of how Dallass did in week one.

And the run D too is not a concern yet, even if they did get gashed two weeks in a row. Remember 2007 when they were horrible? These 2 weeks remind me a whole lot of those weeks.

Except the fact that Eli is now an elite QB and we can over come that.

There are few things in sports more gratifying than seeing the Giants beat the Cowboys. For them to do it in “The House That Ego Built” in its Grand Opening, and in last second fashion is simply incredible. Honestly, this one goes into my Top 10 all time favorite Giants games.

This time a month ago most of the Giants press coverage and posts related to the unproven WR corp and bringing Toomer back.

Now, suddenly, no one is saying anything bad about our passing game, Mario is picking up YAC’s, Smith is catching most balls thrown his way and we still have Nicks to return from injury and Barden to master the step up in quality to the NFL.

I am not looking at this through rose tinted glasses, but perhaps this is the best WR corp the Giants have had since Eli has been on the team and possibly from when I have been following the Giants (1983).

As someone commented in the game thread (forget who), a couple of years ago Eli was becoming one of the best play action QBs in that area of the field. What has happened to it?

Anyway, absolutely great game by Eli. To do what he did in that stadium with that crowd & do it like he was playing flag football in the back yard …. amazing.

… I am dreading the Cardinals game most of all now? Not because the Cardinals necessarily scare me, but because it will be another horrible night of NBC’s awful coverage. Apparently, somewhere in between talking about how big Cowboys Stadium is, how magnificent the jumbo tron is, and comparing Jerry-World to the Pyramids and the Taj Mahal, there was a football game being played. A wet willy really seemed necessary for some of the worst football coverage I’ve heard. I don’t care how magnificent this stadium is; it will never be as important as the game being played inside of it.

The studio team was no better. I stopped watching the half time show the moment Tony Dungy said the Cowboys were dominating the game. I hate accusing anyone of a bias, but throughout the game there was very little coverage on the Giants team as a whole. My biggest complaint would have been them calling Corey Webster our "best" cornerback. Sure, I agree, but I usually find it helpful if you explain why he’s our best. Maybe the fact that he shut down Roy Williams almost all night?

Sorry, I don’t enjoy that kind of ranting, but that coverage was awful. If I didn’t enjoy crowd noise and the ambiance created by the sounds of the game I’d have just muted the TV for the entire game. Otherwise I really enjoyed this game. Not seeing the running game take off hurt, but I loved seeing Eli get over 300 through the air. I have one particular Cowboys fans who enjoys talking about how Eli isn’t good through the air. Can anyone tell me if the Giants wideouts are still an area of concern, because they were clicking on all cylinders from my eyes.

Overall, great game. Dramatic finish, some great plays, and yes, Lawrence Tynes has officially earned himself a reprieve from all mocking for the next week. He earned it.

Eli looked fantastic. To all the doubters that said he never carries us to victory, there you go.

Hey can we get a kudo to Romo? Without him we lose.

I think people said they’d rather have better quarterbacks than Romo instead of Eli. Romo sucks.

The play of the game (or call of the game), had to be AP changing the coverage just seconds before the Johnson pick 6. We may talk about him losing a step or not being able to keep up with Westbrook, but is there any doubt who the QB of that D is. That was a hell of a call by AP. Perfect counter to Romo’s audible.

but DAMN I dont know if my heart can take that every week. It was ounding that last 3:40.

And how about a kudo to Bradshaw for abandoning the play fake mid play and picking up the block to save Eli’s butt. That was a great play.

Obviousley I’m worried about run D and injuries but I’m still pumped about this win. The TV coverage of the Cowboys is a joke. Wheter its Monday night against Philly a year ago, Baltimore on the NFL network to close the stadium or last night the coverage is totally biased towards the Cowboys. It seems as if JJ is always parading around Cowboy greats and his team looses. The new Yankee stadium did not get this much attention when they played the first game in it, my god I’ve never seen the networks so in love with a good but not great team. Do you guys remember coming back before halftime NBC showed a clip of Romo, Barber, and Whitten then a quick clip of Eli. You would of thought Dallas was winning 24-0 it was 20-17 Giants! What a joke I’m so glad the G-Men pulled this one out JJ did not sleep well last night!

I think Wash & Dallas are totally disrespecing Eli and saying you have to beat us through the air and we don’t belive you or your WR’s can do it so it’s 8 or 9 guys in the box and man on man on the outside and Eli’s lived up to that contract the first two games. As bad as the run O has been the Giants have been very good in third and long the first two games because Smitty and Manningham are beating man coverage and Eli’s getting time. It will be interested to see how TB plays the G-Men considering both Dallas and Buffalo threw all over them. I agree with Ed I’m not ready to say Manningham is the “new #1” but his speed and quickness seem to create match up problems and he demonstrated great consentration on the ball last night. I was down on him in the preseason but he has been very good through 2 weeks.

is really coming into his own. he was such a big-play guy at Michigan, it’s good to see some of that translate to the pros.

we need to change the term of the Green Zone. it should probably be the Dead Zone (like the crappy Verizon commercials). 0-for-8 is embarrassing – i don’t have the stats in front of me, but i have to imagine that the Giants of the past five years have been one of the worst Red Zone offenses in the league.

it feels good that 11 years, 9 months, and 24 days after the Cowboys’ last playoff win (12/27/1997), that the Giants could go to Dallas and ruin their home opener.

it’s frustrating living in a place like Indy and watching the Cotls convert about 98% of their Red Zone opportunities, and then see the Giants settle for 3s or 0s.

and run defense seem to be the team’s main problems right now.

The Run D I can say is cuz of Sheridan dialing up too many blitzes and guys being out of position. Too many times I see Pierce or Phillips or Johnson darting up the middle or wrong side even, than Barber ran right past em.

I really think that’s all it is. Canty coming back, the secondary getting healthy (so the LB’s don’t have to worry about coverage as much) will only help

As for the Red Zone O? I think that a fade to Barden, or at least put him in the game down there, couldn’t hurt. Maybe spilt Boss or Becks out on the side.

Couldn’t hurt, not like anything else is working….

Bradshaw become the primary back as the game went on?

I liked it…he’s a small guy but he moves bodies and (as NBC LOVED telling us about Felix Jones last night) is a “home run” threat with his speed.

And what the hell has gotten into Eli, all of a sudden he’s impossible to sack??
He’s been very mobile within the pocket the last two weeks.

It was a very short completion but I still loved the scamble/spin-o-rama that Eli pulled off.

We all know when we have something on our mind we do not work as hard as we could.

I guess the mental toll played on AP last year which effected his performance.

the ham…? nah, i’m not feeling that. we need something a little more catchy, as long as he’s going to be catchy on field, you know?

We are 2-0 with problems to fix. This is actually good news. Coughlin is not going to allow the Giants to soak up this win. We have major issues of concern facing the Run D and our pathetic Red zone O. We must focus going down to Tampa Bay and improve both of these key portions of the game.

Wow Ham and Smith really impressed out there last night. As far as our running game goes. Gilbride came out very aggressive and we threw the ball down the field well. When somethings working don’t shy away from it. We passed the ball more than we normally do but it was working. Of course if this game had been played in the swirling winds of the meadowlands we might be saying something else…

better, although penguins fans may be a little peeved. M&M? Double M? The Man?

g men barely pulled it out, you should be thanking romo ,cause your offense truly sucked.

I begin to love Jerry Reese more and more. Another thing, Jay Ratliff is the best defensive player on the Cowboys. He is always blowing up a play in the backfield, that play on Bradshaw on the swing pass was ridiculous, he’s a stud.

minus the first play of the game, it shut down Washington in that regard.

It was pretty bad in the first half last night, but it didn’t get AWFUL until the second half after Tuck went out. I think getting him back next week, and getting Canty back whenever that is, will re-solidify the group and it will be fine.

What a bunch of bush-league cheap shot-taking, whiny little babies. The only player on that entire team I’d take is Marion Barber. That guy runs hard – he had a lot to do with making our run D look bad. (So did the incredibly overrated AP.)

But enough bitching. How awesome is it to pin an “L” on those pansies in their own McMansion!? It’s very awesome!

You know what’s more awesome? Eli Manning down by a couple points late in a game. There is no, repeat no quarterback I’d rather have with the game on the line. Could Saint Thomas-of-Brady deliver yesterday in the clutch? With Randy Moss to throw to? He could not. ELI! FREAKIN’! MANNING! He sucked last week. He was brilliant this week.

Manningham – a player.
Steve Smith – cash money.
O-Line – Playing Giants Football, my friends. That is Giants Football.

Stoked!

His defensive audible that led to the pick 6 tells his worth. AP is one of the best defensive QBs in the league.

is punting at UNC… There’s our clone right there.

AP is a stud. He runs that Defense.

I wasn’t really counting but was Dallas stacking the Box with 8. Because that will likely stop happening to us if Smith and Hammy keep up the heat.

That has everyone up in arms about Eli? He’s not gonna light up the board week in and week out. He’s just gonna win games. Period. He’s getting pretty good at these 4th quarter drives. Gotta admit, when the game’s on the line, he’s the man I want.

is talking about the game last night. Impressive stat, Giants r 16-3 in their last 19 road games. T

wouldnt the perfect kicker be the guy who ALSO makes the 19 yard FGs? Tynes not the worst K in the league but hes certainly not the best either, and i wouldnt mind have a better one.

good stuff. i was a little disappointed with the LBs and the run D, particularly blackburn, who continues to prove that hes a ST guy and not a starting D guy. and i would give more praise to the entire secondary for making romo miserable even without the dominant pass rush. so glad we won after i blew off half a night’s worth of studying.

why not?

You deserve the kudos coming your way. No excuses here, you guys were the better team Sunday. Here’s hoping we play each other twice more this season.