Back on the Wagon
By SuperFan
Sundays can never just happen normally for me anymore. First it was my roommate being all up on our couch (I know it sounds ridiculous, but it’s important nonetheless). Then, it was helping my cousin kick his door down. This past Sunday, our satellite dish’s channel guide BETRAYED me. Before I called it a night on Saturday, I made sure to check the guide to see whether or not the game would be on locally. To my pleasant surprise, it said it would be. However, when I woke up around 9:30-ish the next morning, the guide displayed not my G-men, but the Cowboys-Rams game! I had thirty minutes to wake up, shower, and find a bar airing my game. Luckily, notebook in hand, I arrived in one just after kickoff.
It was a pretty cool, low-key dive bar here in Culver City. Go figure, I wasn’t the only Giants fan in the bar. The bartender was a nice guy, and seeing as how it was 10:00 in the morning I didn’t really feel pressured to by a whole bunch of drinks just for sitting there. That’s not to say there weren’t a handful of guys throwing a few early morning drinks back. I remember walking in and hearing one guy order a jack and coke, and it clearly wasn’t his first of the morning (what he ordered was a “jaghhh ann cochhlll”). A buddy of mine met me at the bar, because he too didn’t want to have to settle for watching the Cowboys at home (although it sure was a great game to glance over at time and time again during commercial breaks).
The game wasn’t the most electric to watch, nor was it flawless. Aaron Ross is still in a bit of a funk, though he’s very talented and should get right out of it. Brandon Jacobs still runs like a monster, and takes on average five opposing players (plus a few flailing arms) to get to the ground. Eli looked a lot better than he did the last week, but still not quite at the level he was nearing prior to the Cleveland game. Maybe it’s all the press about him playing better than his brother right now (obviously kidding – I’m sure Eli could care less what anyone writes about him). But his touchdown to interception ratio was 1:0 last week, which I’ll gladly take every game. Derrick Ward is turning into a key player both running the ball and catching it, and Ahmad Bradshaw will always provide a perfect change of pace when he carries the ball late (although he has to avoid what looks like an oncoming case of Tiki-itis – hold onto the football).
Hey, how ‘bout Michael Johnson! We needed a playmaker – he stepped it up. That deserves an ‘atta boy’! Speaking of playmakers – is it just me, or does it seem like every time Steve Smith catches a pass, it’s for a first down?! That’s clutch, baby. And regardless of whatever happened with a certain player’s reaction to a certain HORRIBLE call last Sunday, Plaxico Burress has caught a touchdown pass in each of his last two games. Not too shabby.
So here we stand, 5-1, on the fringe of what is most likely the hardest remaining schedule in football. Most Giants fans I’ve spoken to lately are a little tense and nervous about the weeks to come. Can I tell you something? I’m excited for them. Bring it on. It’s time for the Giants to re-establish themselves as the elite team to beat, and what better way to prove that legitimacy than by taking on some of the league’s toughest teams?
Get excited, Giants fans! We’ve got St. Louis doing our dirty work for us, so all we have to do is worry about our own schedule. And we’ve got a few great months of football ahead of us. If your excitement gets too overwhelming and you feel as though if you don’t share your fandom with others, you’ll implode, feel free to contact me. The e-mail address is gmensuperfan@gmail.com. Until next time, GO GMEN
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