I was just lying in bed trying to fall asleep and my wife keeps snoring so I was not even close to successful. Gonna be a rough one tomorrow morning. Between her snoring and me tossing and turning, I began to think of the year 2008. What a great year! I thought how we still only have 3 components from the 2007 team (Eli, Kiwi, and Zak) and if you wanna include Coughlin go right ahead!
But the thing that befuddles me is how great everything was going until Plaxico was an idiot, of course, but that is another story...but the thing that made me think was how everything up until Plaxico, how everything was just clicking. That was the greatest display of football I've seen in my older years. I felt like we were so untouchable but ...man, why did the Giants get killed by the Cleveland f'n Browns on that Monday Night game? Prior to that game (not including regular season, of course) we didn't lose since December 2007 and then didn't lose again until the Eagle game in December 2008 at home.
But why was that game a loss and why was it such a shit show?? I really don't understand.
Eli had a poor 2nd half
iirc shaun rogers also buried eli and his shoulder into the turf on a play in the first half.
The Giants actually had a chance to get back in the game with eight-something left, but Eli threw a pick-six inside the Cleveland ten, and it was effectively over.
Burress was back in the lineup after a one-week suspension, and caught a TD, but his act was already wearing thin long before he shot himself. So maybe the handwriting was on the wall for the team's eventual fall. But any team can have a bad game - especially at night, on the road.
I think Antonio Pierce got hurt about midway through the Browns game. Jamal Lewis spent the second half dragging Bryan Kehl around the field.
This, most of the Browns players said they circled the game. Edwards said it was like the SB for them, pretty sad for an organization.
Like blogger said, it had all the makings of an upset. Dare I say, we walked into a buzz saw of sorts that night.
Then they fell behind and had to scrap the rush. Hard to win when you can't run the plays you practiced all week.
Unfortunately, it proved to be a harbinger of things to come.
All I remember about that game was Eli throwing a pick in the red zone & their fans chanting 'Overrated!' as the game came to an end.
By the way, they've won 0 playoff games since then. We won 1 Super Bowl.
i remember that game too and yes we waxed them. it was a nationally televised preseason game...
the calendar year 2008 was the greatest ive ever seen for NYG. a magical playoff run in jan/feb and then an juggernaut regular season in the fall. sigh.
Like blogger said, it had all the makings of an upset. Dare I say, we walked into a buzz saw of sorts that night.
This is what I think too. MNF and SNF games are tricky games sometimes because the "lights" are on for some players that feel they have something to prove. The Browns were very fired up to play the defending champs at home...
The 97-98 teams were great defensively, they just had shit offense, sort of the Jets today (except the Jets D is a step down).
Is there a "BBI" for every single team? I can't imagine many people giving this much of a shit about the Jaguars or the Chargers.
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...there's a guy who just made a thread wondering "how the heck did the '98 team lose to the GIANTS?!"
Is there a "BBI" for every single team? I can't imagine many people giving this much of a shit about the Jaguars or the Chargers.
http://www.bigcatcountry.com/
http://jungle.jaguars.com/
http://bolttalk.com/
http://forums.chargers.com/
I think it's because this game was such an outlier during that first 3/4s of the season when we had Plax. We were destroying (or at the very least, beating) contending teams week after week, we are defending Super Bowl Champs, and then on national television we get destroyed (and I mean destroyed) by a bad football team?
It just didn't make sense. I even remember here and BBI and elsewhere with Giants fans, no one was even mad. It was more shock. Like... wtf?
Also, Boom or Bust offense we ran, and that day we went bust. Eli was 18 28 196 1TD 3Ints
For a QB in his 4th year, those are god awful numbers.
Interesting to look at the sad state of the Jaguars' forum.
Love this poll: is nfl paying jags to lose on purpose?!
Also, in a post entilted, "There is hope."
"Have another beer."
I remember that game being the first sign of cracking along what had been a great OL. The cracking continued further in Dallas and again in the playoff loss to Philly, where they could not handle Patterson and Bunkley and failed on some key 4th and short plays.
Also, Boom or Bust offense we ran, and that day we went bust. Eli was 18 28 196 1TD 3Ints
For a QB in his 4th year, those are god awful numbers.
AH you mean that formation where their whole DL/LB would just stand around near the line and Eli had no idea what was coming?
Yeah I think they ran that look a ton and it gave us problems