January 2, 2006
Giants win NFC East in style
The Giants won the NFC East by beating the Raiders. It’s great to go into the playoffs with some momentum and Chad Morton and Jay Feely must have pretty good confidence right now.
Speaking of special teams, the Giants coverage teams needed the Raiders to take a penalty on most of their returns. If not for the penalties, the Raiders would have had good field position; the Giants cover units need to improve.
Plaxico Burress is a great blocker. Call more outside running plays to his side. Giants fans say they want a bigger, badder, meaner center, but Shaun O’Hara is a solid player who can get blocks beyond the line of scrimmage.
The Giants linebackers played as well as I could have hoped for, but I was surprised to see the front four not getting a more consistent pass rush (they came up big on occasion however). The secondary didn’t look brilliant. What do you expect when a rookie who hasn’t started is covering Randy Moss?
I think we can celebrate 2006 with the Giants playing better than a lot of teams and look forward to better play soon, as in next week’s playoff games.
Posted by James Trotta at January 2, 2006 1:30 AMWho do you think Giants will get in the offseason?
Posted by: Joey at January 2, 2006 4:09 PM