Thank God, the new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuted at halftime, and thank God it looks amazing. If I didn’t see it and get doused by a wave of nerd excitement, I’d probably go to bed that night angry and miserable. So if it weren’t for Han and Chewie, or Finn about to engage Kylo Ren in a light saber duel, I’d probably rip the G-Men a new one.
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| It's amazing how something like this can soften the blow of the Giants' dumpster fire of a game. |
About Last Night
Well there really isn’t much to talk about here. Outside of the Episode VII trailer, the night was a real let down. But nonetheless, let’s talk about the good and the bad of this debacle. Obviously, there’s only way to break it down...
The Jedi
Their first offensive drive was downright surgical.
Later in the game when the Giants’ offense needed to get fired up, rookie Ereck Flowers stepped up, and gave the offense an impassioned talking to. I mean, ultimately it didn’t work, but I really like to see the young lineman assuming a leadership role.
Is that it? I guess their defense played okay? They got a few interceptions off of Bradford, but that’s about as impressive as Yoda using the force to juggle oranges.
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| The dude lifted an X-Wing out of a swamp. Who cares about some damn produce? |
Let’s list the awful plays that changed the shape of this game
-Larry Donnell’s fumble. (I don’t think it should be considered an interception)
-Weekly Coughlin doghouse resident, Damontre Moore’s egregious roughing the passer penalty that extended the Eagles’ drive. The Eagles ended up scoring a touchdown on that drive.
-The poorly executed 4th and 1 play.
-Eli’s interception that was taken to the crib.
-A ton of other plays in the second half that were fit for a blooper reel.
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| I dunno if Eli is surrendering, or if he and Chewbacca are having a Right Said Fred dance off. |
Let’s also mention that out of their five possessions, three of them went three an out.
By the second half, the defense kept on giving the offense opportunities to make some magic happen, but the offense couldn’t do anything. After a while, the defense was beyond gassed and quickly unraveled.
In short, it was a game that stunk worse than the bowels of a sarlacc pit. It was bound to happen eventually. Even their losses before this were well played for the most part. Monday night, just wasn’t their night. It’s just really unfortunate that this blunder of an evening came against the Eagles. Divisional wins are so valuable, and the G-Men blew that opportunity.
On to the next one
Coming up next week are the Dallas Cowboys. This game carries a lot of weight in terms of the NFC East standings.
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| It's a cumbersome nickname, I know. But, hey, if the shoe fits... |
The keys to victory are the same as every week. The offensive line needs to protect Eli and create running lanes for the running backs, the defensive line needs to get after Matt Cassel, and they have to win the turnover battle. If those three things happen, the Giants should send the Cowboys home with another loss.
Again, just like the Eagles match up, I honestly don’t know what to expect for this game. But, I don’t expect the Giants to put together such an embarrassing performance this week.
I don’t think the loss against the Eagles is indicative of where the Giants’ season is going. It was just a bad game, and the Giants always have them. So I’m not going to panic. If they come out on Sunday, and beat the Cowboys, everyone will forget about the Monday night beat down. BUT if they lose to Dallas again, I’ll be the first one to say “I have a bad feeling about this.”.
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| This will be me on Sunday night if the Giants lose to the Cowboys. |
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