Giants won’t win division or Super Bowl
September 5, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Sports
NFL Football at its best. NFL Football at its craziest.
Eli Manning says, “Quote, quote, we will to win it all!”
There.
Had to say it. Someone had to say it and it might as well be you, because now the anti-Squibster e-mails will pour in.
As fans we can be very stubborn or at least this fan can be very stubborn. Just because a team wins the Super Bowl does not make them the best team. It does make them the Champions and that is important, because that is what all the players play for, to be Champions.
But let’s face it; did you think the Giants were going to win it all?
Hey, listen up; they were very impressive last year.
The Giants finished 10-6, and became NFC Champions after defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, and Green Bay Packers in the NFC Playoffs. They set the record for most consecutive road wins (which currently stands at 11 after the 2007-2008 postseason).
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Beating the Bucs, Cowboys, and Packers was impressive enough, but then they went on to beat the unbeatable Patriots, thus changing their name to the beaten Patriots.
And that was last year’s stuff.
Winning has a way of making you fat and happy and repeating is tough. Things change, too. There is no Strahan, for one. The Cowboys look tougher on paper, for another.
Yeah, yeah, they beat the Washington Redskins. So what. The ‘Skins are going through the new coach adjustment with some minor problems at the QB spot. Then again, maybe New York has some minor problems at the QB spot.
“It was a great opening to the season,” said Manning, who completed 19 of 35 for 216 yards and an interception. “There was a lot of emotion, a lot of excitement. You could feel it in the crowd. It was great to see Michael holding the trophy.
Almost that entire yardage was to Plax with 10 catches and 133 yards. Maybe the next team ought to guard Plax.
Anyway, you Giant fans can send your ‘Squibster is crazy’ comments now.
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