Giants and Dallas

The Giants defense was a huge question mark. Now it's not a question mark. It is non-existent.

Dallas was supposed to be great because of their defense. Their offense looked great, but their defense was pretty pitiful as well. Not quite as pitiful as the G-men, but pretty pitiful in their own right.

Eli Manning looked great. He really did. He made good decisions, made good throws, and had an awesome game. If he maintains this level of play he will be one of the NFL's great quarterbacks. We'll see, however.

During their heyday the Giants had a really solid conditioning coach who worked the players into shape and they suffered remarkably few injuries. Now they seem to run out on the field at get hurt. For all of his 'tough guy' image, Tom Coughlin's team is simply not well conditioned.

And, finally, John Madden was annoying. Tiki, Tiki, Tiki. They need Tiki. Tiki was a great player but he did retired John. His comments seem to indicate that he likes being retired. Their problem wasn't missing Tiki---their offense was fine.

I was, however, wondering what LT is doing these days...