The word was out that Dallas had a bounty on Eli Manning’s head (not cool, by the way!). The classy establishment, once known for having a roster filled with criminals, wanted to take Eli out of the game. Surprised? Not really. What did surprise me, was that they didn’t have to because Eli never got in the game.
I wouldn’t attribute the loss to a superior Dallas offense or a stacked Dallas defense because let’s face it…those things aren’t in existence. The Giants were just terrible. Mistakes. Mistakes. Mistakes. Nix broke his pattern, Boss dropped easy catches, and I am pretty sure the defense took a nap the first half. And here is a hint, 3rd and long… don’t run Bradshaw or anyone else for that matter (Fire Coughlin, hire me!).
Luckily, I couldn’t watch this tragedy because I was on a long car ride back from a wedding in North Carolina (yes, some people do get married during football season). But apparently some others couldn’t take it because amidst all the ridiculous play calling someone turned out the lights. That is exactly what we want to see in a new $1.6 billion stadium. There was some concern that fights might break out in the darkened section of the Meadowlands, but stadium security reports “the number of fights which broke out were no greater than that which occurs during a regular Giants-Dallas game.” Good to know.
Needless to say, it was a terrible weekend to be a Giant fan (especially one who refers to Dallas as the Cowgirls on a regular basis and recently suggested their fans go into hiding).
At least the Giants showed up in the second half to make the score a more respectable 33-20, which is more than I can say for the Redskins, who lost 59-28 to the Eagles.
The Redskins were 0-10 on 3rd down conversions and McNabb threw 3 interceptions. Down by a billion, the Redskins just wanted it to be over and punted instead of going for it on 4th down. Sounds like it is time to sign McNabb to an extended contract!
That is exactly what the Redskins did. 5-year contract worth 78 million dollars for the washed up, ‘I put the chunky’ in chunky Soup quarterback. But that was the least of the “YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME MOMENTS.”
What could beat that?
Well, Eagle’s fans chanting Vick for MVP. Seriously? He has a great game, but let’s wait to see if you make the playoffs before we start passing out ballots, huh?
But the number one, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME MOMENT belongs to DeShaun Jackson who said “we were like a bunch of pitbulls ready to get out of the cage.” He is aware of Vick’s convictions for dog fighting and animal cruelty and that those animals were pitbulls, right?
I understand that Eagle’s fans have no problem selling their souls to an incredibly sick man for a win, but it may be a little too soon for the rest of us Jackson.
Yeah, yeah, I get it. He is fast, so Eagle’s fans think he has paid his debt to society and deserves a chance to play football, but they’d be “barking” other things if he were playing for Dallas. And until someone slams his head on concrete, electrocutes him and drowns him in a pool, like he did to those poor animals, I don’t think he has paid for anything.
But that has nothing to do with football, so moving on, has anyone seen Rex Grossman??
The Vikings lost to the Chicago Bears, 27-13 and Favre with his leg, shoulder, ankle, heel and ego injuries) is actually losing his mind. Apparently he is freaking out other players and has even made Brian Urlacher pity him…and he did it without sending him a picture of his “wee-wee.”
After the game, Favre pulled Urlacher aside to chat. When asked about it Urlacher said, "It wasn't sweet nothings; I don't know, it was weird. He was upset; it was probably his last game at Soldier Field for sure. He wasn't himself. He seemed down in the dumps. I felt bad for him. Usually, even after you lose, you've still got the rest of the season. But he seemed like he was out of it. Like I said, I feel bad for the guy."
It’s okay Brian, just be glad he didn’t text you!
