Folks, you are looking at the picture of the NFL coach of the year in my opinion; New York Giants Tom Coughlin. The job he has done is amazing. Coming off last season's dramatic Super Bowl victory, Tom Coughlin, despite numerous distractions not the least of which being the recent self inflicted bullet wound to their prima donna receiver ( you know who I mean...) these Giants just keep on winning! The Giants are now 11-1 and cruising!
Today in Washington, the Giants faced an uphill battle. They were dealing with the aforementioned adversity caused by the shooting. They were playing a desperate, bitter division rival on the road. The Redskins were fired up after a very classy pre game tribute to the late Sean Taylor.
Everything pointed to a Giants loss.
Nobody told the Giants. Actually, they looked more like the desperate team as they started out with a three and out on defense before turning the ball over to Eli Manning and company who marched straight down field for an impressive Touchdown drive.
The Giants scored on their first three posessions and built a 13-0 lead. It should have ended in a shutout but for a terrible call by the officials (they have been doing a lot of that this year) negating an interception by Corey Webster. The pick was reversed due to a very cheesy hands to the face call on Webster. The Redskins would score shortly thereafter. No matter.
The Giants rolled on to an impressive 23-7 victory and can wrap up the NFC East title with a victory at home against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
Giants QB Eli Manning was once again outstanding---and it is time to get Eli's name in the running for NFL MVP. He went 21-34, 305 yards one TD and one pick.
Defensilvely, the Giants were dominant holding Clinton Portis to a measley 22 yards rushing! Consider he is averaging over 100 per game this year. It seems each week Giants coordinator Steve Spagnolo comes in with a primary goal----last week it is not allowing yards after the catch to the Cardinals big receivers. This week, it was to shut down Clinton Portis. Each week Spagnolo's Giants defenders accomplish their mission.
This is a very professional team we are watching. They just do not lose focus. Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, after the game, was asked about how the team dealt with the situation the idiot (you know, that receiver...) put them in. Coughlin basically said that once they found out he would be OK, they resumed their focus on beating the Redskins.
With these Giants, there are no excuses, no disctractions---just winning football. I read in several other sites where the rest of the division and probably the conference thought they had reason for hope in that this latest episode would sink the Giants. In fairness, I kind of wondered myself. Bad news for the rest of the NFL----this was just a speed bump---the Giants will deal with this and keep it rolling!
Lets go Giants!
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