Nope
Not Brett Farve’s MVP season in his 38-year-old body.
Not Quarterback Tony Romo with his gorgeous Hollywood hottie.
(Jessica Simpson)
Not the New England Patriots who remain the very best.
Not the rejuvenated Chargers of the AFC west.
Not spy-gate, or Romeo, Buffalo, or Bill.
Or the Steelers streaky play, to go with the winter chill.
Not Petrino or Peyton, Vikings or Vick.
Or Monday Night Football on Christmas Eve with old Saint Nick.
No, the most amazing NFL story that I have found,
is how the 2007 New York Giants are post season bound.
Not Brett Farve’s MVP season in his 38-year-old body.
Not Quarterback Tony Romo with his gorgeous Hollywood hottie.
(Jessica Simpson)
Not the New England Patriots who remain the very best.
Not the rejuvenated Chargers of the AFC west.
Not spy-gate, or Romeo, Buffalo, or Bill.
Or the Steelers streaky play, to go with the winter chill.
Not Petrino or Peyton, Vikings or Vick.
Or Monday Night Football on Christmas Eve with old Saint Nick.
No, the most amazing NFL story that I have found,
is how the 2007 New York Giants are post season bound.
As some of you may know, I frequently visit my family back home in New York. At my mother’s house, friends, family and I have worked over the years to make my mother’s basement into a semi finished den / living room area. Known affectionately as the “Burger Palace”, the den area includes a couch, two recliners, a coffee table, bar, sound system, jumbo-torn and every movie and sports poster I’ve ever owned.
One of my favorite past-times is to make my way down to the basement for spurts of time on Sundays to watch NFL games on the big screen. This past Sunday, I told my sister I was headed down to the Burger Palace to see how the dull-witted Eli Manning and the New York Giants were doing.
I have been very critical of Eli Manning this season to say the very least. My sister, who knows nothing of football, knows Eli is a poor Quarterback simply because of all my cursing and swearing. It was a little before nine o’clock and I figured the Giants / Redskins game was somewhere near the end of the first quarter. As I sat down in my recliner with a can of diet Pepsi in hand, I turned my attention to the screen as I began listening to Al and John doing play by play. The very first play I witnessed was the Giants lined up on offense while Eli was calling for the ball. Manning pulled his arm back as he began to look over his passing options. As he scrambled slightly to his right, he lost control of the ball and fumbled it to the ground. The Washington Redskins recovered and sent their offense onto the field. I got up from my recliner instantly disgusted with the game. I went back upstairs, and reported the news to my sister. (She must think I am a broken record.)
What is amazing to me is that the Giants have played lackluster football all season. Plays like the first one I witnessed Sunday night are commonplace. Yet if Big Blue wins this Sunday or next Sunday (yeah right) they will clinch a 2007-2008-playoff birth.
Eli Manning had 34 incomplete passes last Sunday. He already has 17 interceptions this season, to go with a 54% passing percentage. Eli has been consistently inconsistent in his professional career with the Giants. I declare with great certainty now that Eli will never be a superstar quarterback, and will never escape the shadow of his big brother.
Then there is Jeremy Shockey, the Giant Tight End who broke his leg Sunday, and is out for the season. Plexico Burress New York’s Wide Receiver has been playing all season with an injured right ankle. And this Giant team by and large, can’t seem to get it together when playing home games.
No wonder Giants fans have been hushed this season!
Will the Giants make the post season despite an awful Quarterback, key players hurt, and more overall inconsistency then George W. Bush on September Eleventh?
Surprisingly I think they will.
I think they beat the Bills in Buffalo this Sunday, and then they go to Tampa and play the Buccaneers. However after 60 minutes of play in the first round of the NFL postseason, the Giants will be making off-season vacation plans.
One of my favorite past-times is to make my way down to the basement for spurts of time on Sundays to watch NFL games on the big screen. This past Sunday, I told my sister I was headed down to the Burger Palace to see how the dull-witted Eli Manning and the New York Giants were doing.
I have been very critical of Eli Manning this season to say the very least. My sister, who knows nothing of football, knows Eli is a poor Quarterback simply because of all my cursing and swearing. It was a little before nine o’clock and I figured the Giants / Redskins game was somewhere near the end of the first quarter. As I sat down in my recliner with a can of diet Pepsi in hand, I turned my attention to the screen as I began listening to Al and John doing play by play. The very first play I witnessed was the Giants lined up on offense while Eli was calling for the ball. Manning pulled his arm back as he began to look over his passing options. As he scrambled slightly to his right, he lost control of the ball and fumbled it to the ground. The Washington Redskins recovered and sent their offense onto the field. I got up from my recliner instantly disgusted with the game. I went back upstairs, and reported the news to my sister. (She must think I am a broken record.)
What is amazing to me is that the Giants have played lackluster football all season. Plays like the first one I witnessed Sunday night are commonplace. Yet if Big Blue wins this Sunday or next Sunday (yeah right) they will clinch a 2007-2008-playoff birth.
Eli Manning had 34 incomplete passes last Sunday. He already has 17 interceptions this season, to go with a 54% passing percentage. Eli has been consistently inconsistent in his professional career with the Giants. I declare with great certainty now that Eli will never be a superstar quarterback, and will never escape the shadow of his big brother.
Then there is Jeremy Shockey, the Giant Tight End who broke his leg Sunday, and is out for the season. Plexico Burress New York’s Wide Receiver has been playing all season with an injured right ankle. And this Giant team by and large, can’t seem to get it together when playing home games.
No wonder Giants fans have been hushed this season!
Will the Giants make the post season despite an awful Quarterback, key players hurt, and more overall inconsistency then George W. Bush on September Eleventh?
Surprisingly I think they will.
I think they beat the Bills in Buffalo this Sunday, and then they go to Tampa and play the Buccaneers. However after 60 minutes of play in the first round of the NFL postseason, the Giants will be making off-season vacation plans.
