2011-2012 Giants Season In Review, Week 3: Giants 29, Eagles 16
by Ed Valentine on Feb 21, 2012 4:00 PM EST
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This, really, was the game the New York Giants pointed toward from the day the 2011 NFL schedule was announced. Week 3 on the road against their NFC East nemesis, the Philadelphia Eagles.
The fact that the Giants defeated the heavily-favored Eagles, who most analysts assumed would win the division title in 2011, was the first inkling that maybe the 2011 season would be different than the three seasons before it that had all ended in disappointment for New York. After six straight losses to Philadelphia, some of them incredibly painful to re-live, the Giants went into Philadelphia and exorcised their demons. They also broke Eagles quarterback Michael Vick's hand and poked holes in the theory that Philadelphia had built a secondary that could not be passed upon.
The Giants jumped to a 14-0 lead, Eli Manning ended up with 254 yards passing and four touchdown passes. Victor Cruz announced his arrival with a 74-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown during which he made Eagles defenders Kurt Coleman and Nnamdi Asomugha miss. Cruz ended the game with three catches for 110 yards and two touchdowns.
The Eagles led this game after three quarters, 16-14. The Giants, though, started a season-long trend of dominating the fourth quarter by scoring the game's final 15 points.
The Giants were jubilant after the game: "We definitely shut 'em up," said Brandon Jacobs. Well, not exactly. It did, however, leave the Eagles stunned.
Here was my reaction immediately following the game:
"The Giants are depleted by injuries, for sure. This victory, though, should prove to everyone that there is still plenty left for the Giants to be a very good, very dangerous team. When they play mistake-free football they are still a team that can compete with anyone."
The victory put the Giants at 2-1 on the season.
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One of THE best feeling wins of the season.
"We will not be denied." - Antrel Rolle
by BigBlueIntervention on Feb 21, 2012 4:09 PM EST reply actions
+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin. NY Football Giants 2012 Super Bowl FN Champions!!!!!!
FN loved It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boooooooooom!!! Take that Shegulls!!!!
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin. NY Football Giants 2012 Super Bowl FN Champions!!!!!!
This
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
The NFL will now FEAR THE LOWERCASE ny
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 21, 2012 6:28 PM EST up reply actions
best game of the season next to cowboys
first game
I am a Super Bowl World Champion New York Giants fan
Cruuuuz
I liked his second touchdown even more than the first… Eli chucked it up and Cruz beat double coverage (including Asomugha) and came down with it.
Loved that pass-play receiving TD to/by Jacobs too that was a tone setter.
F-Yeah!!!!
by BigBlueDeadHead on Feb 21, 2012 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
+80
They were both beautiful in their own way. He would never turn back street this game.
by hit_hard on Feb 21, 2012 4:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
This is the game where Cruz started to make defenders bump into each other while he himself escapes for a long run/TD
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
This game deserves a "Splash One"...
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
clearly got lucky in this one
and we should give the trophy to the Eagles
Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows
Clearly
I mean who could imagine so many defenders could be this bad at tackling
"Tom Coughlins hugging Flava Flav, What in the world is happening here!"
-Rich Eisen
NWS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjZafEw3zE
"They got a big-mouthed coach, a big mouth and a big-bellied coach that talks too much and now it's finally time to shut up- Brandon Jacobs
Yet again
he used that same move against the Jets… just on the other side of the field, and like 30 yards back. Almost exactly the same thing happened
Nets Mets Giants All day Every day.
Beware the Lopez
NY Giants Tribute
I thought they had won the trophy...
for the offseason
The Possimpible - Where the possible and impossible meet - Barney Stinson
Big Blue View - Supporting the Catalina Wine Mixer since 2011
They played Jets for trophy in the offseason.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
The 'skins think they deserve it since they beat the Giants twice
I guess they think this is the BCS
"Sometimes you make a mistake and you get hit in the head." - Eli Manning
Crunked and Swagged out since 2011
"Let’s go out there like a bunch of crazed dogs and have some fun!" - The one and only LT
The only downside I saw to this game was the fact that the Eagles started to realize just how bad Casey Matthews was
"We will not be denied." - Antrel Rolle
by BigBlueIntervention on Feb 21, 2012 4:51 PM EST reply actions
I rememeber feeling like this after that game
"Tom Coughlins hugging Flava Flav, What in the world is happening here!"
-Rich Eisen
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin. NY Football Giants 2012 Super Bowl FN Champions!!!!!!
So far my grades read: "Fart One".."Fart Two"...."Splash One"....
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
good Grades Bobbie Good Grades
LOL!!!!
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin. NY Football Giants 2012 Super Bowl FN Champions!!!!!!
I think I need a legend
are farts good or bad in this instance?
I got a GIF for that!
Now is the time to prepare for the "one for the thumb!"
by Fester McDougal on Feb 21, 2012 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
Farts are bad news...Splashes mean you knocked the enemy out of the sky in flames...
Farts = Blimp
Splashes = Missile destroyed the bogie..
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
This was what most of us were doing at this point
"They got a big-mouthed coach, a big mouth and a big-bellied coach that talks too much and now it's finally time to shut up- Brandon Jacobs
He's the JPP of small animals
"We will not be denied." - Antrel Rolle
by BigBlueIntervention on Feb 21, 2012 7:46 PM EST up reply actions
Memories
JPP sacking Vick twice
Vick crying becasue the Giants hit him to hard
Victor Cruz.
Jacobs laying the wood on Trent Cole
And the best memory is Nnamdi getting exposed as anoverated corner.
Respect all fear none.
by Late for Dinner on Feb 21, 2012 5:43 PM EST reply actions
Canty's hit on Vick was monstrous.
"We will not be denied." - Antrel Rolle
by BigBlueIntervention on Feb 21, 2012 7:47 PM EST up reply actions
you let Eagles fans tell you
Nnamdi’s play wasn’t as bad as his stats suggest. i’m just glad the debate can finally be put to rest about who the best corner is.
Yes, I am a Giants fan. Now that we got that out of the way....
IMPEACH DOLAN!!!!
I bELIeve in ELI!!!! - Primetime -
The Big Boy Cometh....Team Jacobs
Marines say Oorah; BBVer's say SUAMBP! say it with me - Suuaahmbp!!!!
Man we really "broke" Philly that day.
Destroyed their whole psyche.
by BigBlueDeadHead on Feb 21, 2012 6:03 PM EST reply actions
"the first inkling that maybe the 2011 season would be different"
This. But not just against Phlly, but for the entire season.
I loved this game
Favorite moment of the whole 2011 season was Cruz’s first TD.
Only bad part about this game was that I made my 9 month old niece cry several times cause I kept screaming for joy.
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
The NFL will now FEAR THE LOWERCASE ny
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 21, 2012 6:34 PM EST reply actions
This game got me dancing
I got a GIF for that!
Now is the time to prepare for the "one for the thumb!"
by Fester McDougal on Feb 21, 2012 7:47 PM EST reply actions
Love this quote because it became all so clear on how true it was...
They got a lot of great players, but we got a great team. And that’s the key: We’re a team. — Ahmad Bradshaw
I got a GIF for that!
Now is the time to prepare for the "one for the thumb!"
by Fester McDougal on Feb 21, 2012 7:50 PM EST reply actions
And he is right..a Team wins championships not individuals..AB nailed it with this comment..
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
game was a must win
To begin to exorcise the demons of the previous year.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say if the Giants lost this game they could really have had a poor season, what with two division losses in the first three games.
More than that, the team might not have believed in itself enough to rattle off enough wins going in to the tough part of the schedule.
Now everyone will say Eli is in Bradys class. F*ck me
by PatNation85 on Nov 6, 2011 4:31 PM PST
by AJ_in_VA on Feb 21, 2012 10:09 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Oh yeah.
This game did a lit to build the confidence of the team.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Best game of the year other than the SuperBowl. This was it. THEY HAD TO WIN this won. And they did.
How could anyone hate the Cowboys more than those thug, pompous, slimy egglets? I didn’t hate any other teams we played this year. Other than the smug Saints, who had every reason to be smug. The eggs? I hate them. I hate their fans (other than my wife), and I hate that city. I hate, I hate, I hate! Hater gonna hate! This game, for me, was pure bliss. The absolute cherry of the evening was watching that felon hold his broken hand and cry afterwards. Loved it.
Hahahaha!!!!
You hate The Philadephia Sandhill Cranes????….Me too
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
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