One Heel Of A Win
By SuperFan
In week one, when the Redskins decided to throw short routes on 3rd and long for the whole second half to help us get the win, I thought, “Well, that’s fortunate.” After the Bengals game, when they let the clock run out in the fourth quarter and settled for a field goal to send it in to over time, instead of going for the win, I thought, “Gee, the football gods really must wan to see us win.” Then, against Pittsburgh, a backup long-snapper had to come into the game on a punt, and he sailed the snap into the back of the end zone, tying the game for us. That’s when I started thinking, “hmmm….lots of stuff going in our favor so far this season, and it’s still kinda early…” Finally, Sunday night, there was the challenge on Eli’s illegal forward pass that got overturned in our favor. Is it too early to start saying that this may be another destined season? Probably – but it’s still really fun to say so! WE’RE 3-0 IN THE DIVISION, BABY!
If you had to pick just one team in this division to be our number one worst enemy, it would be the Philadelphia Eagles. And we went into their stadium and, despite the close final score, completely outplayed them! Go figure, it takes the season after we win the Super Bowl to finally take a firm strangle-hold on this division.
This team is so good from top to bottom that, to a Giants’ fan, you’re just waiting to find the catch. But no matter how hard I try, I can’t find one. Sure, there are mistakes made here and there, but none that stand out enough to really be a called a “chink” in this team’s armor. To that point, I’ve made this conclusion: the only team in the National Football League capable of knocking the New York Giants off their current track to a second dream season is – THE NEW YORK GIANTS.
Every close game we’ve played this season, and the one we lost, were results of the Giants making mistakes. The Redskins game – our offense pretty much turned off in the second half, and we settled for a bunch of field goals.. The Rams – we beat handily. The Bengals – we settled for field goals most of the game, and didn’t challenge a pass to Plax in the end zone that should have been a touchdown. The Seahawks – we beat handily. The loss to the Browns – stupid penalties, turnovers, and every time the Browns would lose yards on a penalty, we’d let them come right back with a huge yard-gainer. The 49ers game – well that one was just ugly. The Steelers game should have been a blowout, the Cowboys game should have been a BIGGER blowout, and last Sunday’s final score was only deceptively close. Just imagine what would happen in a game if every aspect of our team was clicking at 100% - we’d be heads and shoulders above every other team in the NFL.
While there was one bad change last Sunday (no sacks for the defense), I noticed a great improvement – managing the play clock. No timeouts were wasted to save us from a delay of game penalty (this time, the other team got that penalty).
I know a lot of people are talking about how unbelievable it was to give the ball to Westbrook on 3rd and 4th and short at the end of the game last Sunday. Really? The game’s on the line, and they put the ball in their playmaker’s hands! (Anyone who thinks McNabb is more of a playmaker for that team than Brian Westbrook is clearly hasn’t been watching that team very closely.) If you can’t trust your offense to be able to gain ONE YARD on the ground in two tries, then you don’t deserve to win that game, and don’t deserve to be considered an elite football team. It was the right call. Period.
Hey, after such a historic election, if you’re still in the voting spirit, why not go ahead and vote some G-men to the pro bowl? They certainly deserve it!
Well, that’s all I got for this week. Time to go get ready for the vengeful slaughter we’re gonna lay on the Ravens this Sunday (even though there’s only one guy from that Super Bowl team still on our roster). If you want to e-mail me, the address is gmensuperfan@gmail.com. Until next week, GO G-MEN!
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