Superfan: Giants vs. Bears UNCUT (12/4/07)

Finishing with a Bang
By Blue-Blooded

I don’t know if it’s my excessive experience playing Madden, or the recent fantasy craze, but I think my whole experience of analyzing a game as I see it has been severely warped. I find myself spending more time worrying about Eli’s completion percentage than I do what the score is in the 2nd quarter. In worrying so much about the Giants’ lack of performance, my frustration got to the point where a simple six-point lead seemed like it was twenty. Well, the Giants (lack of) play in the first 56-or-so minutes certainly didn’t help anything. But I digress.
In my warped view of things, I seemed to have forgotten that it isn’t how you start, but how you finish. While that may seem like a negative critique of the Giants’ last several seasons, here it was a good thing. Eli played well when it mattered most, bringing us back from behind on the road in hostile territory.
Of course, we’re very lucky we were playing a more-than-lackluster Chicago Bears team who did everything in their power to give us the win. We also gave Joe Buck the opportunity to discuss what sort of a threat Rex Grossman can be when he’s playing well. Ouch.
But, alas, we got the W. We’re 8-4 standing atop the NFC Wild Card standings. The Lions lost again. Both the Redskins and the Eagles lost. Our defense looked real sharp from the second half on. Osi’s back on the sack-wagon. I no longer have to wear my ridiculous-fitting jersey, which I’ve traded for a cooler throwback G-Men T-shirt. I’ve also found a new lucky charm to have while watching the Giants at home, which is, for whatever reason, a glass of iced diet soda. And despite the running backs seeming more and more like Giants’ versions of Keyser Sose each passing week (one minute they’re here and the next, poof, they’re gone, just like that…), we’re still getting production out of the backfield regardless of who’s back there. Also, Brandon Jacobs should be back real soon. And, like I said before, DON’T SLEEP ON AHMAD BRADSHAW. The guy’s really quick.
Regarding Eli, I’m just not sure. I was absolutely ready to trash him here while watching the game on Sunday, until the last few minutes. That game was like a microcosm of this whole season. Split-quarterback-personality-disorder. I can only hope we get the better of his two on the field each drive. Now, I don’t know what’ll happen. What I do know is that if this were happening in the second-half of last season, Eli probably wouldn’t have led us down the field for a game-winning drive. So there’s certainly progress to be noted. It’s like the reverse of a bad party hook-up. It may feel ugly and wrong the whole time, but the next morning, you’ll realize that winning is all that really matters.