Touch Down

Some last shots of TO as an Eagle?

And manage to score a major traffic jam…well at least they did something to slow Denver down.

After 36-0 agains the skins, I guess I was hopnig for more than the showing they put up agains the niners.  Eli looked less than sharp although he did have his moments.  And what’s with the penalities–22+ last I was counting.  Both teams just looked flat, but a win is a win.

If things looked bad for the Eagles on TV, they were even worse at the stadium.  They just looked terrible in the first half.  Now that’s not bad being they are a NFC East division foe, but when you have McNabb (aka “throw too low”) and LJ Smith on your fantasy football team, you can’t help for a little offense.  They almost made it a game, but that INT as Philly was moving in for a possible tying TD or mayabe a FG really cost them the game….and for some reason also caused it to rain.  So I got the best of both, some points from Philly and a win from Denver.

36-0 in a Giants/Redskins game? Typically these teams mean a 13-10 type of score IF their offenses are clicking, 6-3 if they are not, but 36 points…..well done.

Here is an interesting clip from espn.com—Giants’ fans knew Pierce would be a good asset, but here was a bonus

“The opening play, Barber revealed, came off a suggestion by middle linebacker Antonio Pierce, who defected from the Redskins after a standout 2004 season to sign with the Giants as an unrestricted free agent. Pierce told the coaches that the Redskins’ defense likes to choose five frequently-run plays it feels the opposition will start the game with, and will over-defend them. The run by Barber, on which he got solid downfield blocks from his wide receivers, was one the Giants had not used much in 2005.”

Giants/Redskins, easy…Giants

Eagles/Denver…hummm, Denver is my adopted team by location so I should route for them.  The Eagles are from the NFC East which I prefer of the AFC, BUT an Eagles lost is good for the Giants.

Best case scenario: Giants and Denver win. 

Gotta love being a Giants’ fan living in Colorado today. Blame the refs all you want, but the Broncos just couldn’t finish. They [Broncos] are decent and an experienced team [relative to the Giants], but they are NOT as good as their record states. The Eagles game should be a interesting test for Denver as will the ’skins for the Giants.