Entering the fourth quarter, the Giants trailed 14-7. Then, they got hot. Lawrence Tynes hit two field goals and Eli Manning had a TD strike to tight end Kevin Boss. But with 21 seconds remaining in the game, Philip Rivers connected with Vincent Jackson to give the Chargers the the one-point win.

On the game, Rivers had three touchdown passes — two of which went to Jackson. Manning had two touchdown passes — one to Boss and one to Steve Smith.

While the Giants are plummeting, the Chargers are playing extremely well. They’ve won three straight games. Although LaDainian Tomlinson appears to be a shadow of his former self, the rest of the team is coming together nicely — especially the defense.

Next week, the Giants take on the Atlanta Falcons while the Chargers take on the Philadelphia Eagles.

Eli Manning and the Giants are struggling (Image: Zuma Press)

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Giants Lose Again, This Time to Chargers

The Indianapolis Colts look as bad as they have in the last half decade. Peyton’s relatively poor play has a lot to do with that. He had offseason knee surgery and he just hasn’t been able to play at his normal level. In fact, little brother Eli Manning has been better this season. A year ago, NFL fans would have laughed at the previous sentence.

There’s still a chance that Peyton can get healthy and lead the Colts deep into the playoffs. But even if he doesn’t we can at least expect him to make great commercial for the next few years.

Here is the Peyton Manning video of his Mastercard commercial:

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Peyton Manning Mastercard Commercial – Video

Now that I — to an extent — have gotten over the extreme elation and utter disbelief that led me to title my last two posts “Holy Crap,” I can begin to put the New York Giants Super Bowl victory into some sort of perspective. Firstly, I think the win certainly must have been very relieving for Ernie Accorsi. Accorsi, as you may remember, was the general manager who decided that Eli Manning was the future of the New York Giants. For Accorsi, Eli was an elite quarterback, and the Giants would be remiss to not get him when they had a chance. It was said he was looking for his second shot at John Elway, who refused to sign with Accorsi’s Baltimore Colts after they had selected him first overall. It was largely considered a serious misjudgment to compare Eli Manning to John Elway. Manning’s late-game heroics in this years playoffs make it less ridiculous to do so. (Manning even got it done in the Super Bowl, which Elway won on Terrell Davis’ team.) Accorsi is looking much more prescient than he did two months previous.

Some other thoughts after the Super Bowl:

-That Manning-miraculously-escapes-sack-and-Tyree-catches-ball-on-top-of-helmet play needs only a catchy nickname to put it up there with the iconic NFL moments. It’s probably doesn’t even need that, really.

-Was the Tom Petty guitar stage more or less oddly obscene than Prince’s guitar from last year’s Super Bowl?

-Plaxico looks like he might have the potential to be a pretty good football analyst. His 23-17 prediction turned out to be fairly accurate, and the Giants wide receivers might have had better games than the Patriot wide-outs.

-Justin Tuck has made a remarkable contribution from his odd pass-rush-tackle position. It’s one of the more interesting defensive looks in the league.

-I think I saw Brady get hit more in that game than the entire regular season.

- The award stage looked like some sort of alien ship.

- David Tyree had 4 catches for 35 yards in the regular season.

- Steve Spagnuolo probably earned himself a head-coaching opportunity in the near future.

- Bill Belichick’s wardrobe will probably have an extremely negative impact on the sales of red sweatshirts in the New England area.

- I expect to start seeing more of both Eli and Peyton in commercials. I can live with that being the worst thing to happen because of this Super Bowl.

(Photos by Elsa/Getty Images — Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

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Holy Crap, Part 2

Eli Manning to David Tyree: I’m not sure how that happened, but I’m pretty happy that it did.

Photo: ( Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

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Holy Crap