'Kudos & Wet Willies,' NFC East Champions Edition

cannot disagree. Boley has beentackling well recently on the TE. instead of 12 yard plays because of his tackling they are 5 yard plays..

Yea the COughlin TO was a brain lock.

Gillbride did not give up on the run either . BTW Ware has become a legit 3rd down back, like it or not!!!!!!

Did Prince hit the field for any defensive plays I did not see him?

our pass rush is hard to stop, i’m very excited to see them get after matt ryan

I damn near died laughing at that one…He’d have caused an accident…

Hey Bobbie off topic but do you watch family guy. I was watching the one were they meet Jesus and they had taken peters record while he was asleep. Peter came out and yelled and Chris said
" so you figured it all out huh? You couldn’t leave well enough alone could you" my question is what movie is this from sound familiar

even David Diehl played well.

That’s when you know it’s a magical night

where art thou

who’s your fav nipplehead

props to Reese on some home runs in the UDFA market

3 DBs to look at each before the snap and do the chicken dance

It only confused our team

To The best OL coach in the NFL
and to a DC who is finally fitting the system the the strength of the players instead of the players to the system.

Every body deserves a wet Willie except Bomar only good player the giants have ever had. Lol

is an extra-terrestrial?

He appeared from nowhere

he has powers that cannot be explained

To Terrance Newman, for letting not one but two giants leap over him….Seriously who said white men can’’t jump! LOL

do they start Rodgers or Matt Flynn?

is getting better at the slide…..thank you Willie Randolph

Thomas negated his contributions with a STUPID penalty, and Blackmon isn’t a punt returner, he’s a ball security option on punts. Since he dosn’t add anything on returns, his sole rational for being used is ball security on punts, and he messed it up. Still a nice game overall, with lots of contributions from unexpected sources – Pascoe, Hank the Tank, Diehl (who’d have thunk it), etc. I actually thought Bear’s hurdle for the the first down set the tone that the Giants would play with energy, and as you mentioned, without it, the long TD play to Cruz doesn’t happen as we’d have had to punt if Bear had gone down. Also loved seeing Eli make the diving fumble recovery. Hate to have the QB take a hit on a play like that, but it needed to be made, and unlike some of the pretty boy quarterbacks who’d be fluffing their hair watching the ball bounce down the field, Eli made it.

I was just watching some highlights of the Giants SB win over the Pats .. Justin Tuck was unreal playing on the inside in that game .. I didnt realize back then since he was kind of an unknown ..
Glad to see him back there and playing hard again !!

that was HUGE. IN fact, Eli’s quick thinking essentially recovered 2 fumbles for us, what with him drawing Ware offsides on that one play.

I watched that preseason game and thought he plays like steve smith from carolina…..but its preseason. Who knew he would be amazing!!! Still have reservations here and there but this team has a chance, lets do this!!!

I like our chances against the Ryans.

With this years schedule and injuries, it’s great to be in. And to beat the Cowboys to get there is the icing on the cake.

Two Cowgirl fans were sitting next to me and I was high fiving Giant fans on the other side of them all night. In your face!

I have to say Fewell simplified the D in the nick of time and it didn’t hurt to have Osi back.
With Osi, Tuck, Boley and Phillips all in at the same time helps a lot.

cruz is electrifying, helps draw attention away from Nicks. Where was Manningham? Beckum?

1- If the team that showed up in the second half of the Jets game and the first half of last night shows up in the playoffs…. WATCH OUT
We looked hungry and fired up. and it scared the hell out of the Cowboys, they knew they weren’t prepared for to meet the Giants intensity. this game was won in the first quarter.

2- I loved the offensive play calling in the first half!!! this did not look like the Giants that we have seen all season.. creative play calling, throwing to the RB’s. It looked as if someone else may have been calling plays. with that said, KG was definitely calling the plays in the 3rd quarter.

3-same goes to PF… aggressive defense, playing to the strength of the players…. i cant help but wonder if the players,TC or the front office pulled KG and PF aside and said “go take a look at Big blue view, these guys have figured it out, why cant you?”

4- some individual stuff that really stands out to me.
- Eli Manning: i know I have been beating the drum for him all year and here is why. when they are playing bad, he takes all of the blame.. when Eli Plays well, he deflects it all and praises his Teammates. he is humble and a class act… But Eli is simply a great player. he extends plays, and really does a phenomenal job covering up the problems with the O-line, Play calling, and dropped passes.
-Cruz and Nicks: this is such a dynamic set of Wr’s. special shout out to Nicks!! i saw #88 out there with a key block on just about every big play we had on offense. He looked slow and not 100%, but he was selfless all year and contributed in any way that he could. Cruz is just Cruz.
-Travis Bekam/ Hyno: these guys made some nice plays!! sure it might get overlooked, and i have no idea who called pass plays to the full back but i love it!! Beks made some nice catches with guys hanging on his too
*side note: what does this team look like when the O-line is fixed? I can see something truly special
- JPP: this guy is everywhere on the field like nothing i have ever seen before.. how does he get down field 15 yards to make a play when he started off rushing the passer?
- Osi: say what you want about his quest for a new contract. This guy IS a team player! and he is still a great player. he loves his teammates and will go to war with them regardless of his feelings on his contract. always liked Osi
- the secondary: your never going to totally shut down Dallas WR’s but they did a really nice job. D-Line doesnt get 6 sacks without these guys playing well.

Matt Flynn is better than Brett Favre

And we all know what happened next.

From the Falcons website:

We played without Turner and with Jenkins dropping a TD. Down by 14 in the 4th, Matty forced OT where we lost the toss and never saw the ball.

I’d say the Falcons have developed mightily since then:

Turner+Snell+Quizz > Snell
Spoon > MoPete
Moore > Coleman
Dunta > Meh-The-ATL-Version
Julio > Jenkins
Edwards > Chauncey Davis

Meanwhile, Victor Cruz is the only noteworthy addition on the Giants’ side of the Ball. Their Oline has been revamped which lead to worse run blocking, but Eli’s development and Cruz let that Offense look just as potent as that one back then. Their D should be just as mediocre as it was back then (great Dline with questionable back 7), but ours has improved by leaps and bounds: from +6% DVOA to -6% DVOA, or a swing from place 20 to place 7 as it stands right now.

I think this is doable.

What are your thoughts? I guess they will find out who JPP and some of the other editions are when we play them huh. Nick had how many yards this year and Ballard? Wow they are in for a rude awaking.

No holes for. RBs, what is Baas doing. Diehl is a rusty gate, once good no longer.

But let the party continue . Beatty back next year, Petrus and Brewer develop, JR will boost Oline.

JR ’s biggest off-season task is the OL.

I hope Fewell goes more man to man. That little dink and dunk stuff kills us every game.

The Giants finally showed up.

I won’t bother to repeat what has been said, great play by all with a coupla dumb moves from Thomas and Blackmon.

A few thoughts…

Yes, this means that TC and his team will be back.

No, I am not happy about it for long term reasons.

Yes, the team played great and I give credit where due.

No, I do not think this means the end of the erratic swings.

Yes, this is an upswing, I think more wild rides ahead.

I think this means Spags goes to Eagles, I’d still like to replace Fewell with him. D has been good for two games, I am waiting for PF to go all Radio on us again. Spags to the Eagles is bad for us. Hope Castillo makes his play and keeps the job.

KG, good calls but how long does this last?

Overall, I am very curious why KG and PF changed their styles. Not like them. Hmmmm.

This game showed what we can do with a good game plan and good attitude. I want more.

BTW, one TV guy said “finally, the Giants are healthy”. No, this was done with a patchwork team and a bunch of walking wounded with their hearts on fire. Congrats to all for a win well deserved.

What a performance by the Giants. Still not feeling the love for the coaching though, sorry. And to start with, by the way, no I don’t think TC should be let go at this point. But lets be serious here, that game was won last night because the Giants had some extraordinary players do some extraordinary things. Is anybody really going to argue that the Giants were doing something scheme wise on either side of the ball that was at all impressive?

On defense, they came out in a normal looking defensive set and were demolishing the Cowboys. They were lucky to even get a long field goal try. I know thats a novelty for us fans but stopping outsmarting yourself is an unusual thing to be excited about. Second half starts and all of a sudden its all NASCAR and Radio mode and guess what? It still doesnt work. 6 sacks in the game, none of which came in the 3rd quarter (ok the last play of the 3rd but I think the point stands). Plays like the TD thrown against Ross just leave me scratching my head. How the hell does the defense get lined up like that? Sure looked to me like he was playing the fade right off the snap and was expecting help underneath. It was a giveaway, thats for sure.

On offense, I actually think Gilbride calls a pretty good game for the most part, but damn does he ever get aggressive / passive at weird times. Passive at the beginning of the second half when one good drive can basically put the game away, and all of a sudden going all aggressive throwing the ball up 10 in field goal range with time running out late in the 4th. Last week it was up 2 touchdowns and deciding the best plan would be to attack the best corner in the NFL. He sure knows how to give a fan a heart attack thats for sure.

Ed asked in the other thread if there was anybody out there who still thinks TC should be let go. I think I would turn that right around and ask if there is anybody out there who still thinks this team has a lack of talent? Terrence Newman alone got hurdled by like 520 lbs. of Giant ballcarrier. Just like the coaches drew it up, I’m sure. Victor Cruz is the best big play threat I’ve seen in my 25 years or so of watching the Giants. Good thing for injuries or we’d still be debating if that Jets preseason game was a fluke. Manning has been simply unbelievable. Some of the field level replays last night were just surreal… he’s not hitting wide open guys, he’s weaving balls through defenders in a lot of cases. They have 3 legit pro bowl talent level guys at DE.

This team, even with the injuries, has the talent to play with anybody. The only question is if they will be put in the right positions to use those talents effectively. Atlanta will be a much bigger test… we’ll get to see if last night’s game was just a series of lucky breaks, or if this team really may be starting to peak. Looking forward to watching it.