G-Men are the team to beat in the NFC East

by pint glass on Jun 22, 2008 12:48 PM CDT Comment 33 comments

They are not only the champs, but they are clearly the deepest of all the teams in the division. Offense = depth. Defense = depth. Plax is unstoppable (ate the dallas secondary for lunch in week 1 before he badly hurt his ankle) and nobody on the Cowgirl D has the wavos to stick Jacobs at the line of scrimmage (see 1 yard TD run in playoff game). Dallas is definitely loaded, but if they get a few injuries (esp @ WR) its alllll over for the girls. G-Men in 2008; y'all just get your popcorn ready. Have a wonderful day.

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Depth? ha ha

Dallas has more Depth on defense than any other team in the NFL. We’ll see how well the “unstoppable” Plaxico Burress does against the best secondary in the league.

Even if he was unstoppable he still has to have a decent QB to get the ball to him.

by calebsmith on Jun 22, 2008 4:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Look at the playoff game

and you tell me who was the better qb. Eli played great, while Romo played at about a C+ grade.

by pint glass on Jun 22, 2008 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

don't look at ONE game

Look at the season and then tell me who the better QB is.

by calebsmith on Jun 25, 2008 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dumb Troll

Doesn’t even know how to spell “huevos”. His team got hot for a month and a Lombardi Trophy fell into their laps. Enjoy it while you can, troll.

by kindablue on Jun 22, 2008 4:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the correction kinda blue;

and you have no response to the fact that Dallas’ D is scared of Jacobs, bottom line. I have NEVER seen a cowboy stick Jacobs at the line of scrimmage in any game since he came into the league. You simply have no answer for him.

by pint glass on Jun 22, 2008 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I beg to differ

Roy Williams laid out Jacobs in the game in New York. I know, because I was there.

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by Brandon Worley on Jun 22, 2008 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

laid out?

yea ooooooooooooooooooooook

by pint glass on Jun 22, 2008 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yea, LAID HIS BUTT OUT ... as in popped him, stopped him... reversed him... and sat him down

I was there too…. and the crowd was silenced by the hit…

Oh, wait, half the crowd.

The other half was cheering!! Because even in Giants Stadium, there were TONS of Cowboys fans. Remember? To watch Romo and company pwn the Gints. I was also there for all of November and December… you remember? Those months when every Giants fan was calling in to WFAN radio demanding that Eli get benched or traded? Giants fans are supposed to be so great, but you were a fair-weather bunch last year!!!! Now suddenly the Eli bandwagon is full of trumpets… we’ll see how long that lasts when he goes back to his mediocre career passer rating to start the season.

Don’t go away mad, Troll… just go. As in buh…. bye.

Tar Heels football will surprise this year

by DalaiLuke on Jun 23, 2008 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

roy vs. Jacobs..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uePWRZZJq68

What about Roy laying the hammer on Jacobs in the clip and Brandon Fumbling..
check the tape 30 seconds in..

"Why everything that's supposed to be bad, Make me feel so good?"

by Wmillion on Jun 23, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then Your Memory Is As Bad

As your spelling. Roy Williams killed Jacobs at the goal line as he was going in for the tying touchdown, causing a fumble which Williams recovered.

Oct 16, 2005, 4th Quarter: 2-1-DAL 3 (1:26) B.Jacobs up the middle to DAL 1 for 2 yards (R.Williams). FUMBLES (R.Williams), RECOVERED by DAL-R.Williams at DAL 1.

Dallas is hardly scared of Jacobs. He’s a flabby, mediocre runner, and a flopping baby besides.

by kindablue on Jun 22, 2008 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

dude i saw the video

and williams didnt come close to “killing” Jacobs in any capacity whatsoever. He poked the ball out of his hands. And if dallas isnt scared, then where are the cowgirl defenders stuffing him at the line?

by pint glass on Jun 28, 2008 7:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then I Guess You're Blind

As well as illiterate and senile.

by kindablue on Jun 29, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

can't wait for these two games

not three…......that’s all I’m going to say…

by slash on Jun 22, 2008 6:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

dont believe tha hype

yea he got lit up that play, they got lucky!!! flashback-the last time the g-men won championship, Cowboys proceded to dominant the nex 3 out of 4, so lets go!

by bleedn blu on Jun 22, 2008 7:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The Midgets are the 2nd best team in the NFC East

I realize you are just a smack talking troll who wants to get us riled up, but let me lay down some facts you seem to have overlooked.

1) Cowboys beat the Midgets 2 of 3 times last year, and outplayed them in the playoff game. Were it not for a key 2 minute drive at the end of the first half and several unforced errors by the Cowboys in the 2nd half, your team would have gotten throttled.

2) Brandon Jacobs is just a smack talker like yourself. This Cowboys defense held him in check during the games he was able to finish/play.

3) Fans that are confident in their team’s ability don’t post this crap on another team’s blog unless they hate that team. You would only hate the Cowboys if you feared/respected them. This just proves that you know deep down the Cowboys are a much stronger team than your Midgets. We’ll let our team do the talking on the field this season.

T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003

by APerfectStar on Jun 22, 2008 7:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

you just

get your popcorn ready.

by pint glass on Jun 23, 2008 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t know how stoppable any #1 receiver is against a rookie corner

by Zak on Jun 22, 2008 10:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if the giants DIDN’T MAKE THE PLAYOFFS NEXT YEAR

green bay and arizona may be pretty good choices for wild cards, thus leaving new york out of the NFC playoffs

by Zak on Jun 22, 2008 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What depth?

This from the team who’s about to trade away their number one cowboy killer (Shockey) because they love kevin boss.

Depth in the secondary? I see one, maybe two average CB’s.

Depth in the pass rush? With Strahan retired, we’re looking at a team that has 2-3 good pass rushers, not 3-4 like before. It seems more likely to me that the NYG DT’s come back to earth and the Giants get run on a whole lot (see loss to Minnesota or 2nd quarter of playoff game).

Depth at WR? Please! Taking away Plaxico from that offense puts it in the same position as the Cowboys offense without TO.

Seems to me like there’s depth at RB and TE, with one about to change and one filled by a starter who has health problems. Whereas the Cowboys have depth at pass rush, CB, and possibly RB depending on how Felix Jones turns out.

by GhettoBear04 on Jun 22, 2008 11:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

"pint sized".......= brain size.....typical idiot Giants fan...

Even Michael Stahan ” The best Giant of all time” said Dallas was the best team…...period.

A true diehard Cowboys fan since 1975.

"If you don’t take him off the field as a coach, he will just about die out there," Jerry Jones said. "That impacted my decision. It’s a Michael Irvin-type work ethic. That’s what we are talking about with Felix Jones."
- Owner/G.M of the Dallas Cowboys , Jerry Jones

by BoyzRback on Jun 23, 2008 6:06 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Jealousy

He is just jealous that the Giants blog sites is basically dead. It makes sense he sees our site and how much activity it has on it and wants in..

"Why everything that's supposed to be bad, Make me feel so good?"

by Wmillion on Jun 23, 2008 12:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

lol...true....If he jumps on now, there still might be time for the "bandwagon"

Giants fans show up about once a decade to talk trash, cuz they seem to nose dive after every championship….in fact, I believe the year following both their previous titles, they ended up with an under.500 record…I see them being no better than 9-7 this year….if that..

A true diehard Cowboys fan since 1975.

by BoyzRback on Jun 23, 2008 4:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i'm not trash talking

i said dallas was loaded but the G-men are the kings of the east. If dallas wants more success maybe they should move to the NFC South where they belong.

by pint glass on Jun 23, 2008 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

not the kings

We won the division last year, and Philly the year before that. You won the super bowl, but you were only 3-3 in the division, tied for 2nd with the Was..

Kings??

I do appreciate you firing up the message board though, it is nice change of pace. I can respect your love for the Giants, even if you are way of base with your comments..

You mentioned Jacobs, but he never broke 100 yds vs us. He was well below his season average for YPC vs the Cowboys, also. So we already have him figured out- I do believe we knocked him out of game 1?

"Why everything that's supposed to be bad, Make me feel so good?"

by Wmillion on Jun 23, 2008 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

no response? pint glass?

"Why everything that's supposed to be bad, Make me feel so good?"

by Wmillion on Jun 24, 2008 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

thanks for the appreciation, the message board needed some spice.

I admit some of my comments are a little off base, but its just to get the blood boiling in dallas fans. honestly, i think that the g-men and dallas are evenly matched teams but i do think the giants have more depth.

by pint glass on Jun 24, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

depth?

At what position?

QB.
Even. Romo much better Qb in my opinion, but Eli has proved it in the playoffs and has a Ring.

RB
Even-Jacobs and Bradshaw-proven Combo
Marion is more well rounded then Jacobs, but Jacobs averages 5 YPC, and Bradshaw is talented-Even though he may get suspended

WR
Edge- Dallas TO better the Plax, Toomer is old.

TE
Edge- Dallas Witten is better then Shockey

O-Line
Edge- Dallas 3 Pro Bowlers

D-Line
Edge- Slightly New York, but no Strahan, this can easily change

Linebackers-
Edge Dallas-Demarcus Ware enough said.

CB-
Edge-Dallas T-new, Henry, Pac-man-Much better Trio Ross, Madison, Webster

Safety
Edge Dallas- 2 Pro-Bowl Safeties to None. Your best corner left for FA.. How does your starting free safety have one int?

I am not seeing the depth?

"Why everything that's supposed to be bad, Make me feel so good?"

by Wmillion on Jun 24, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heres what I think is most working against the giants repeating their sucess.

Point Differential. They only outscored their opponents by 22 points last year. Thats an average of 1.3 pts a game. While the Cowboys were at +130, the Pats at +315, Colts at +188 and Green Bay at +144. The Redskins were +24.

by houseofprime on Jun 24, 2008 12:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

interesting stat

they got the points when they needed them, which is what really counts, but the question is whether they can be consistent.

by scottmaui on Jun 24, 2008 1:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good stat

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: the Giants were a fluke in winning the Super Bowl. In any sport, scoring differential is a good way to see when teams are winning more than their “fair share.” A team that feasts on narrow victories is likely to have a letdown follow in the next year (and, by the way, I know Dallas won a couple of close ones last year).

I give the Giants all the credit in the world for their playoff run, but they are just not that good a team. Not even factoring in that they lost arguably their best player and leader in Strahan, I saw that team get manhandled by the likes of the Vikings last year at home, and they had a lot of lackluster regular season games.

There are two things we all need to remember. One, the Giants are the defending champions. Two, they beat three teams with nearly identical pass-happy offenses in the playoffs using a novel defensive front that depended on QB pressure, in large part due to the now-retired Strahan. In other words, it was an ambush, which depends on the element of surprise. Even if Strahan were still there, the same trick would not work twice because the Cowboys, Packers, and Pats would play it differently knowing what they know now. The hubris of Green Bay and the Pats to think they could succeed where the last team fell was the reason they lost. Take away Strahan and their pass rush falls from dominant to decent, with all due respect to Osi, Tuck, and Kiawnuka (spelling is wrong there I am sure). The Giants have no other dominant qualities (though they do have a pretty good running game). I don’t think the increased confidence from the Super Bowl run is going to make a huge difference on the field.

I see them finishing 3rd in the division, assuming no QB injuries to any of the teams. That may be good enough to make the playoffs, but I’m betting not.

Also, let’s not forget that the Giants were a drop by Samuel or a non-miracle catch from Tyree away from losing the Super Bowl. That said, congrats, and enjoy the view from the top while it lasts, because it won’t.

by grapejoos on Jun 24, 2008 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs