Crazed Dogs

There are two main factors to playing the game of football. There's talent obviously, but the other is motivation. You have to be on an emotional high for 60 minutes or before you know it your knee will be out of it's socket. This is true from Pee-Wee leagues all the way to the NFL. The Giants have talent. There is no question about that. The Bills also have their fair share of talent, especially on that explosive offense. This game will come down to who wants it more.

Recently the Giants have had problems running the football on offense, stopping the run on defense, and making stops against the hurry up offense. Every single one of those things are about attitude and desire. There is no elabroate schemes man, it's all about doing you're job. So when they run the football, fill the holes and get 11 hats on that ball. Fred Jackson's about to have a wake up call. And when we line up to run the ball, get out there and make you're blocks. Get to the second level and look to truck somebody's sorry ass. A safety while trying to run the ball??? Man that should be keeping you up at night if you're an offensive lineman. And if Fitzpatrick tries to run the hurry up, MAN UP. Send four, maybe five after the quarterback if they pass. GET TO HIM, there's nothing else to it. Play straight man coverage in the secondary and do you're job. There's nothing complex about a hurry up offense. It's an insult to the pride of this defense if we can't stop it. Show them we're in better shape and we want the stop more than they want the touchdown.

The results of football games are so heavily determined on emotion. Why do you think everyone has been able to beat the Eagles that have all this talent? It's because everyone gets pissed off hearing about the damn Eagles. How they're "the dream team," and how they're on sportscenter every damn day despite the fact that they are 1-4. Teams are motivated to beat them because of the fact that everyone thought the Eagles were stacked and going to be amazing when they signed all their free agents. It's about pride man. And frankly it's something the Giants DID NOT SHOW AGAINST SEATTLE.

Plus lets face it, we escaped Arizona with a nice comeback win, but there were some portions of the game that were just ugly. The same goes for Seattle, we showed the effort to comeback and get the win and we were five yards away from taking the lead with a minute left. But we didn't even deserve to win. Letting the worst road team in the NFL for the past four years drive down the field against us when we're at home and we're up 22-19 in the fourth quarter? That hurry up drive when the Seahawks took the lead was only five or six plays. You can't let them get in, that's all about pride. Especially at home.

Now the beauty of football is there's an opportunity for redemption next week. We've displayed team unity and execution when we rolled over the Eagles, and when we came back in Phoenix. But lets see it for 60 minutes. That has yet to be seen. Tuck and Jacobs are both out again this week, but we can't let that bring us down. This is a game we have to win as a team. We cannot be 3-3 going into the bye. 4-2 must be the record after this game. Show Buffalo we want it more. They're hungry for wins and they've got some talented players, but so do we.

How do we re-establish the Giants pride? We think of the ghosts of the past, the Giffords, the Taylors, the Carsons, the Tittles, the Simms, the Huffs, the Strahans. How would they play in this game? I think they'd go out like a bunch of crazed dogs. Lets honor the tradition of Giants football. Lets get the win by any means necessary. Because beating the Bills has to happen. And more importantly, show the league that the Gmen still have pride. Show everybody that we're not gonna let down. Show the Bills that we want it more than them, and that this is OUR HOUSE.

Show them we're going to fight for 60 minutes.