Week One: Weak One

Tell me you didn’t get through the first quarter of week one’s Giants Redskins game and think, “Man, are the Giants that good or are the Skins that bad?”

In the second quarter you were thinking “OK, they missed a couple of opportunities in close but, MAN they look good from 20 to 20!”

In the second half, if you stayed awake, you saw what could be called uninspired football at best… at worst how bad both of those teams really are and a glimpse into an uncertain future for the paper champions. Giants’ fans, be honest now; that game should have been 28 to 7 and for all intents and purposes over. It wasn’t though. It wasn’t because Jeremy Shockey couldn’t get open in the… WAIT! Sorry about that. I just remembered you guys jettisoned you’re only real red zone receiving threat. But at least the oldest player in the NFL, 44 year old John Carney, was there to boot 3 field goals.

The silver lining for haters of all things Manning was that we were treated to our favorite face. Eli’s Missississy Sad Face when one of his receivers made a mistake and cut an end-zone route short almost resulting in a pick. See, against a real team that will be an interception and JC won’t get his chance to pop a pooch for 3. But they did win however unimpressive it was and that gets them one game closer to the post-season.

Week two sees the Giants travel to St. Louis to play the Rams and that should prove a bigger challenge. They’ll face a team that thinks it’s a good idea to throw BEYOND the first down marker on 3rd and whatever. Imagine that!