I didn’t think the Giants against the Eagles was going to be a pretty game. Donavan McNab was going to throw all over the place against a very suspect Giants secondary. BOY WAS I WRONG!

Giants regained the “D” in D E F E N S E! 12 sacks. Count ‘em folks! Osi Umenyiora had 6 by himself! So…how did this suddenly happen? Take a look at the second half of last weeks game against Washington. The Giants defense came up huge in the second half against the Redskins. It was like they all of a sudden “Got It”!

Steve Sagnuolo’s defense seems to be germinating with his side of the ball. The blitz package continuously put pressure on McNab. There were even coverage sacks as the maligned secondary kept Eagle receivers from getting open. There is a HUGE change in itself!

Eli Manning and the offense did not do fantastic although Eli had another very nice game. I have to attribute the lack of scoring to a very good Eagle defense. Eli hit Plaxico Buress for a touch down which was all they needed. The BEST thing was the throw up high where only Plax could get it! Why don’t they do that more often? Hey, Plasxico Buress is 6′ 5″, but he is usally against 5′ 10″ corners! That should be exploited more often! JMHO.

Back to the offense for a minute. Although they only scored the 1 touch down, they did move the ball and eat up time. Lawerence Tynes missed an extra point and a field goal. That didn’t matter but, it will some game. Derek Ward continues to fill in admirably for Brandon Jacobs, and we are still not sure what Jacobs can do, the running game still needs a little better production.

All in all I have to rate the game as a B+. It appears the PRIDE of the defense has returned. The offense was very good, but not great. That is the reason for my rating.

Next the Giants have “Gang Green” or the New York Jets coming in. The JETS just suffered an excruciating loss to Buffalo. Don’t think for a second this is a gimmie game. Chad Pennington is playing extremely well as well as the Jets defense. This will not be a push over for either team.

Be back next week with my unathorative review on my favorite NFL team! The NEW YORK GIANTS!

GB
Walter Gavurnik

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