A Win Is A Win Is
A Win…But…
By Superfan
Well, we
got out of that one fairly unscathed.
Hooray. But on a day where most
teams dominated games they were supposed to dominate from beginning to end (see
Chicago, Minnesota, and San Francisco), this game still left me with a salty
taste in my mouth. I realize by season’s
end this will mean another notch in the win column and nothing more, but since
it’s still fresh, I’ll go ahead and rant for a while and get it out of my
system.
For as long
as I can remember, the Giants have been a team who plays to the level of their
opponent. This was never more prevalent
than last Sunday, when the Gmen let the lowly Browns jump out to a 14-0 lead in
the first quarter. Suddenly Brandon Wheedon
was launching perfect deep spirals the length of the field for touchdowns, and
Trent Richardson was impossible to tackle on first contact. We turned things around eventually, but to
most other teams that first quarter would’ve meant serious trouble. Let’s not forget - this is supposed to be the
“easier” part of our schedule. The hard
part starts this week.
A Football Oasis
in the Desert
Headed north
to Simi Valley this past weekend to watch the game at my friend Jerry’s house. JJ was back east with family celebrating his
dad’s birthday (happy belated, Jules!) and was at the stadium for the
matchup. As always, Jerry’s was nothing
short of a spectacular football watching experience. We had two different TVs on the back patio,
both with NFL Sunday Ticket, a huge spread, tri tip…anything a football fan
could want and more. I’m telling you -
never a bad time at Jerry’s.
Except when he’s going up against
someone on the Giants in fantasy. He was
facing Ahmad Bradshaw, so of course every time Ahmad touched the ball once the
game was all but over, I heard about it plenty.
A price I was more than willing to pay for the win. Thanks again for everything, Jerry!
Running Away With
It
Despite
starting poorly and being reminded just how bad our beat-up secondary is, you
have to be pleased with our rushing attack.
Going into the game, the Browns had allowed just over 117 yards per game
on the ground. We ran for 243 total
yards against them. Don’t look now, but
we just might end up finishing better than 32nd in the league in
rushing this season. And David Wilson,
congrats! Big step in putting that early
season fumble behind you, pulling off that great huge touchdown run.
Also have to congratulate Reuben
Randle and Dominique Hixon. Continuing
the “next man up” mentality, these two stepped in (yes Hixon’s a vet, but
still) and had big days with Nicks inactive.
Cruz may have come away with the touchdown receptions, but it was the
previous two who were most responsible in getting us up and down the field
(outside of the running game).
Stevie Brown had a good game as
well stepping in for the injured Kenny Phillips, but our secondary still needs
a whole lot of work. I understand most
starters are out, but that doesn’t seem to affect the other facets of our
team. Why is it that when starters go
down on offense we’re able to compensate, but can’t seem to get anything right
when a defensive starter goes down? Yet
again, when our pass rush doesn’t do its job, our liability of a secondary
shows itself. Better right that ship
before next Sunday - Alex Smith, Michael Crabtree, Vernon Davis and company
won’t be nearly as forgiving. But enough
of all this negativity - let’s give out some awards:
Offensive Player of
the Game - Ahmad Bradshaw. Thirty
carries, one touchdown, 200 yards. Sorry
it took the anger from his first quarter fumble to get such an amazing
output. Let’s hope he can find that
motivation without having to first commit a huge error in the future.
Defensive Player of
the Game - Chase Blackburn. A sack
last week, a huge interception this week (one that negated an interception by
Eli on the previous drive). Who’d of
thought by this point in the season our best defensive output would be coming
not from our d-line, but our linebackers?
Keep this up!
Non-Gmen Thought
of the Week:
- · Homeland is back. For all the complaining I may do about the state of television, there sure are a lot of very high quality shows. Homeland is just the most recent. Love it!
- · Another week, another fantasy disaster. And now I’m gonna have to bench Crabtree since we’re playing him on Sunday. Just not my year.
- · Another week, another successful job in my picks league. Hey, I stand to win a whole lot more money from that than from fantasy. So all in all, good stuff.
- · Well put, Eric Winston. Come on KC, get a grip. Wanna boo someone? Boo the coach for leaving Cassel in when he should’ve been pulled. Boo the GM for putting all his chips in the Cassel breadbasket. But to boo a guy for getting injured? Who do you think you are, Philly?
- · After last Friday, it’s official. Bud Selig has ruined baseball. Why bother fighting to win the wild card if you’ll have to play a one-game playoff for it anyway? What is it with these commissioners this century? Bettman’s letting the NHL become less popular than arena football, Goodell’s a walking money-hungry contradiction, and now Bud Selig. Guys, take it down a notch. Stay in the background, stop fighting for the spotlight. Jeez.
Looking Ahead…
Flying to San Francisco on Friday
with cousins Larry and Charlie (the third and second biggest Giants fans in the
world, respectively) for Sunday’s game.
Can’t wait! To talk all things
Giants you can send an e-mail to gmensuperfan@gmail.com,
find me on Facebook under the name “Gmen Superfan,” or follow me on Twitter
under the name “@gmensuperfan1.” Until
next week, GO GMEN!!
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