Following up on their article from last week (Don't Laugh, the Redskins can win the NFC East), today the Washington Post flips the coin and says, maybe the Giants are the team to win the NFC East.
I would rather the press discounted the Giants, and the team played with a chip on their shoulder, than to receive the faint praise of the press.
One game at a time
Talk is cheap
Finish!
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Washington is a disaster.
Are we the team to beat? No. Can we win the division? I'd say our odds are as good as any other team in the division.
Regardless, we'll see.
The headline is pretty specific. It said team to beat in the NFC East, not the NFL in general. And they have a pretty legit shot with how injured and/or bad the rest of the division is.
Not Miami - did you watch them play the Skins? They're still terrible.
The Jets? Ehhh....they look pretty good thus far but they've only played the Browns and a Colts team that looks to be in total disarray. There's a cap on how good you can be with Ryan Fitzpatrick at QB even if the receivers are high quality.
GO GIANTS!!!
agreed. That's a very tough game to handicap. the Bills can be real dangerous, but also aren't any kind of elite team. Will be interesting to see because a very different Giants team should take the field than took it last night with a number of the walking wounded back. If we can move the ball on them we can win but that will be a tough environment and Rex is a very good defensive mind.
Truest words of the day around here.
Looking forward to it.
Which is to say like the NFC South last year ... somebody;s going to win it at close to 8-8. There's no one team to beat here.
Washington is a disaster.
Are we the team to beat? No. Can we win the division? I'd say our odds are as good as any other team in the division.
The Eagles have shown lousy. What makes them better? because they lit it up in the pre season and no one schemed them? They have ride themselves of all their proven play makers.
The Giants one large advantage they have a franchise QB and a head coach who have done it before multiple times. It's nice to have Super Bowl winning experience and knowing what it takes.
I think only the NFC East division winner makes the playoffs. Hopefully, the aforementioned injuries can hand Dallas 2 to 4 more losses than they would have otherwise been handed.
this..even though the Bills aren't the likes of GB or NE nor as bad as houston and etc they are somewhat better.
this..even though the Bills aren't the likes of GB or NE nor as bad as houston and etc they are somewhat better.
The Bills are much better than the Redskins, and we have had trouble with mobile QBs like Taylor.
I see the Bills game as I did with last years 1st game against the Eagles. I think we were 3-2 at the time the Eagles took the Giants to the woodshed.
Good barometer indeed.
As Eric said, Buffalo (especially the D) will be a better barometer.
Love to see the GIants beat them by more than the Pats did ;)
It could be argued that they didn't unravel last night, rather they kept things in front of them to eat up as much time as possible, no?
Let's get DRC, OO, and EF healthy and we can really make some noise. Not to mention the return of Beatty.
Hey, they are making things interesting and football is fun again. And I got to poke fun at the Redskins fans today by wearing my Giants gear. So let's enjoy for the next 10 days
+1
There is enough bad play in the win for the Giants not to let it go to their heads.
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AFC East is lightyears ahead of the nfc east to my eyes. Any of Miami, buffalo, jets, or obviously pats would like the favorites in my eyes if they were in the nfc.
Not Miami - did you watch them play the Skins? They're still terrible.
The Jets? Ehhh....they look pretty good thus far but they've only played the Browns and a Colts team that looks to be in total disarray. There's a cap on how good you can be with Ryan Fitzpatrick at QB even if the receivers are high quality.
I think Fitzpatrick is 11-3 in September..It's the balance of the season where he flucks up..
Let's get DRC, OO, and EF healthy and we can really make some noise. Not to mention the return of Beatty.
Hey, they are making things interesting and football is fun again. And I got to poke fun at the Redskins fans today by wearing my Giants gear. So let's enjoy for the next 10 days
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If Cruz comes back strong, we'll have the strongest receivers.
Let's get DRC, OO, and EF healthy and we can really make some noise. Not to mention the return of Beatty.
Hey, they are making things interesting and football is fun again. And I got to poke fun at the Redskins fans today by wearing my Giants gear. So let's enjoy for the next 10 days
I don't know that it is a given that we have the best coaching staff. Dallas has a very good staff. It's their talent that I believe is overrated. I think Coughlin is still the best HC in the division, but the entire staff is open.
I'd take TC over Garrett any day of the week. Coordinators are a toss up.