Giants Go Down, Tied for First

by hubcityraider on Nov 20, 2006 10:56 PM CST Comment 15 comments

I love it. Jacksonville has been hell on the NFC East 3-0. The stars seem to be aligning for a run at this thing. I heard several national prognosticators saying that Romo was their Pro Bowl QB along with Drew Breese today. The Giants are banged up and most importantly Eli might just suck for real. A win this Thursday and I'll start to count chickens.

Great week for the Cowboys.

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Romo in the Pro Bowl

One of my buddies told me he would buy my Pitt season tickets if Romo ever made the Pro Bowl. It will be nice going to see my Panthers free for many years.

"They're going to leave me over here by myself and thats when I'm gonna sink my fangs into them." - Terry Glenn

by Terry on Nov 21, 2006 7:21 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

actually 3-1

The Jags lost to Washington of all teams in OT. Remember though even if we beat the Giants in 2 weeks we most likely aren't going to have the tie-breaker since it's based on the divisional record. The Cowboys are 1-3 and the Giants are 3-0. We would still lead them in wins though so hopefully we won't need the tie-breaker.

Derek

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by DerekSTheRed on Nov 21, 2006 8:31 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

correct

we'll need at least a game lead over them to win the East. Considering how they are playing and that we play them in two weeks, its very doable.

"They're going to leave me over here by myself and thats when I'm gonna sink my fangs into them." - Terry Glenn

by Terry on Nov 21, 2006 10:20 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely

That game in the Meadowlands is going to be huge. There is no way for Dallas to win a tie-breaker over the Giants at this point so they MUST have the better record overall.

As poorly as the NFC as a whole has played, a 1st round bye isn't out of the question, either.

For Dallas to have a serious shot at the SB this year, I think they almost have to get that bye and home game for the divisional round. Paricularly if it's against Seattle.

It will probably take 11 wins to get into that position, though, so not much room for error. With 5 teams currently sitting at 6-4 and 3 more at 5-5 I've gotta believe someone is going to get hot here at the end.

by CowboyMike on Nov 21, 2006 3:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

While I appreciate you pointing this out

I resent the wording used:

The Jags lost to Washington of all teams in OT.

Of all teams? Though admittedly the list is short, I'm trying to think of who else the Redskins beat this year. Houston, Jacksonville, and <blank>.

Hogs Haven

by Skin Patrol on Nov 21, 2006 3:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

skin patrol

if you call that debacle in DC actually beating us, well then, thats just sad.

"They're going to leave me over here by myself and thats when I'm gonna sink my fangs into them." - Terry Glenn

by Terry on Nov 21, 2006 3:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

They got the 'W', we got the 'L'

That's all that matters.

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by Dave Halprin (Grizz) on Nov 21, 2006 4:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

x

My apologies if you were offended. I was merely trying to correct the original poster who said that Jacksonville really beat up the NFC East and was unbeaten vs. the NFC East this year. I pointed out that Jaguars lost to the Redskins in overtime.

The reason I said "of all teams" was because of the fact that Washington is in last place. If I told you that x team went 3-1 vs all the teams in a particular division, the logical thinking would be that the one loss was to the first or second place team. It is ironic that the only loss the Jaguars have agains the NFC East is to the last place team i.e. your Redskins.

No offense intended.

Derek

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by DerekSTheRed on Nov 22, 2006 9:56 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I was just messing around

Hogs Haven

by Skin Patrol on Nov 22, 2006 11:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Thought so

I just wanted to clarify in case you were serious. It's sometimes difficult to understand a poster's tone on a blog.

Cheers,
Derek

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by DerekSTheRed on Nov 22, 2006 12:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The Gints traded the better QB to SD

Rivers look much better and in command than lil Eli. I think the G'men made a mistake giving up all they did to get Manning. They should have held onto Rivers. But time will tell.

by APerfectStar on Nov 21, 2006 3:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I agree totally

I think Eli is highly overrated and was a number one pick because of his bloodline. I think if his name wasn't Manning, he'd be a 5 or 6th rounder sitting on somebody's bench right now.

"They're going to leave me over here by myself and thats when I'm gonna sink my fangs into them." - Terry Glenn

by Terry on Nov 21, 2006 3:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep

Rivers looks better to me. Funny how the Chargers draft day traded away Eli and Vick and all they have to show for it is Rivers and LT!

For our sake lets hope this Eli sucking thing is perminent. Still can't believe we lost that damn Washington game.

by hubcityraider on Nov 21, 2006 4:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Rivers looked better

in college also with over 70% completions through 4 years as a starter.

by lee3022 on Nov 22, 2006 3:42 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

But keep in mind

that offensive lines are a big part of good quarterbacking, and Eli's is hurting while Rivers' is doing pretty well. Eli may not be as good (he does throw erratically at times) but it's hard to tell at this point why.

by dunkman on Nov 22, 2006 11:31 AM CST reply actions 0 recs