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Originally Posted by Tagger
Best game of the year ,, but hard to watch .. They were hanging off Brady and knocking him down the whole game .. Manning wasn't getting touched 85% of the game .. Is Eli the brother that ain't so good ?? He was lights out last night ,, precision laser arm . He made it look easy . I don't follow the Giants , so I don't know if they were playing way above thier heads last night . They looked a couple of clicks away from a championship team . Congrats Pats on your record breaking season .. saw every game but one .
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The Giants defensive front 4 is that good. I knew going into the game that Brady would be picking himself up more than he did all season.
Their linebacker play has been sporadic, but they kicked it up a notch. That kid Wilkerson (#59) hasn't played all season, and after last night, I have to wonder why. Torbor (#53) had the game of his life.
The weak link in their D, as you saw last night, is their secondary. You have to wonder why Moss wound up in single coverage by a safety on two straight plays--was that the D called, or did the corner screw up? The corners are mediocre (Madison) and horrible (Webster), and Ross is a rookie.
The Giants' offensive line is also very good, and Jacobs is a stud. Bradshaw was inactive last night. Droughns, the other RB, is a horror show.
Burress is playing on one leg, and Toomer is way past his prime. And Eli is Eli. He throws a lot of picks. Some, like the big one last night, are his fault by trying to force the throw into good coverage. Others are the result of blown routes by his receivers--Shockey being the worst offender. He tends to retreat instead of step up in the pocket under pressure, as Collinsworth pointed out last night, which results in his sacks being big ones in terms of lost yardage.
But the biggest problem with their offense, and the reason they're a medocre instead of a very good team, is their offensive coordinator, Kevin Gilbride--or as we like to call him, Kevin Killdrive. Their backup TE, Boss, had 6 catches including two for TDs in the first half, and became the invisible man in the second half. It seemed to me that his playcalling was more of the "play not to lose" instead of the "go for the kill" variety after the Giants went up 12. The other thing is, you saw at the end of the first half just how good Eli can be in the no-huddle. It seems like he plays better when he has to react and not think. Everyone has been wondering why the Giants don't go no-huddle more often. Eli doesn't waste TOs and get delay of game flags when he just steps up to the line and reacts to what he sees. All of his problems are mental. He has a gun and he can be as accurate as hell with good protection.
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