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Let’s kick some Redskin butt. I’d like to see us run it right over them but I know that’s unlikely – The Redskins have Haynesworth and will probably put 8 in the box. I’m happy to settle for an accurate Eli Manning.

And we need our defense to crush what should be a weak Redskins offense.

You might expect an ordinary guy blogging (like me) to be unprofessional, but you don’t expect it from the “professionals” who write on teams’ official websites.

Yet here on Redskins.com we have a direct attack on the Giants wide receivers. Sadly this group no longer includes David Tyree – our Superbowl hero was cut today and is looking for a new team.

The tools over at Redskins.com seem to forget that after losing Plax last season we went to their stadium and kicked the shit out of them. Here’s hoping we give them another pounding in week 1…

This article talks about NFC East linebackers and mentions that Pierce and Boley may not get as much recognition as they deserve.

Also interesting is the focus on defense in the NFC East. We were 3,4,5, and 8 of the league’s top defenses.

With a new pro bowl left tackle, one of the best in the NFL, the Eagles offensive line is one of the best in football. How do the Giants match up now with their add pieces on the defensive line?

The Giants lost their second game in a row. This one wasn’t quite as painful as the Philly game because our defense didn’t get pushed around too badly. I’m not saying that the defense played great or anything, but they weren’t painful to watch (other than a few missed tackles).

The offense, however, got spanked. Manning was sacked 8 times which shouldn’t really happen in an NFL game because professionals aren’t supposed to get beaten so often… I hope Seubert and McKenzie are both OK and I don’t mean to add insult to injury, but they did both get their butts whooped before getting hurt. Diehl played the worst I’ve ever seen him play so overall I’d say the offensive line had a pretty bad day…

So we have a chance to do some nice things if we beat the Cowboys. However, against Philly our defensive line looked tired and got pushed around. The Cowboys line can certainly push people around too, especially if the Giants line plays tired again.

I don’t think we can expect our linebackers to bail us out either. They looked real slow against Philly although I blame Spagnuolo for that – putting Pierce on Westbrook the entire game was stupid at the beginning and plain stubborn in the second half. But anyway if our linebackers have to chase people we could be in trouble.

The Eagles beat the Giants 20-13. The absolute worst part was watching our defensive line get pushed around. Watching our offense get shutout for over 59 minutes wasn’t all that great either though.

Was scoring that TD at the end of the game some sort of mental victory for the Giants? Considering how the offense couldn’t seem to get on the same page and held the ball for about 25 minutes, I think it is. Maybe ending the game with something positive will help guys focus as they prepare for the Cowboys.

No one expected the Giants to go undefeated, but I certainly didn’t expect them to get pushed around like they did in the Cleveland game. Was it a motivation thing? Was it the Plax distraction? Was it not having Plax (Hixon had a pretty big drop)? Was it something I’ll never understand?

The only thing I’m pretty sure about is that the Giants got their butts kicked but not because Plax wasn’t on the field. He didn’t push our defensive line around. He didn’t bribe the refs to let the Eagles hold all day (like they seem to get away with every time we play). He didn’t slow down our linebackers (did our guys look like the slowest LBs in the NFL today?). He didn’t make our receivers drop passes.

Let’s just hope the Giants down play like this again until next season…

The New York papers seem to be stuck on Burress for now. I’d rather think about the game Sunday so here’s what I found:

You have to love the Philadelphia Enquirer calling the Giants the best team in football and you have to love reading those comments.

This article talks about how the Eagles need to avoid distractions since every game is now a must-win for them.

This article has a few quotes from Eagle guys about how the Giants are still good without Burress. I laughed at this typo: “The 6-4, 28-pound Patrick…” I hope an offensive lineman is a little heavier than 28 pounds…

NFL.com also talks about the game but you have to scroll past the beginning since Plax stuff comes first.

The defense dominated even without Fred Robbins. The offense took care of business even thought he refs let the Redskins defenders get away with much more than the Giants. In fact, if it were not for a penalty on Corey Webster on the play where he had an interception, the Giants could have had a shutout. It seemed like Webster’s hand may have come close to or grazed the receiver’s facemask. However the refs let the Redskins get away with a more obvious hands to he face…

The Giants receivers had little trouble getting open against the Redskins secondary. That might be because the Redskins were trying hard to stop the run. They had some success there as they managed to slow the Giants’ running game down. They certainly didn’t stop us from running the ball, however.

But certainly the best part of the game was watching our defense have their way with the Redskins. A close second was watching Hixon turn into a star.

In a game that they should have blown wide open in the 1st half, the Giants held on to win in Philly 36-31. Turnovers kept the Eagles in the game despite getting destroyed by the Giants on all but a few plays in the first half.

Still can’t really complain too much about a win on the road against a division rival. May have been sloppy but whatever, the Giants got the job done.