Never Give Up

First thing's first:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXfaL4QdKdI

Ahhhh music to my ears. That game on Sunday night was one hell of a football game. The Giants had many reasons to roll over and die but they never quit. They scored fifteen points with like three and a half minutes left in the game. Lets talk about some of the awesome individual efforts from some of the stars of this great team win:

Brandon Jacobs- He's baaaaaack. Jacobs looked like he was in his 2007-08 form. He was running with a purpose, blowing people off the ball. No tip-toeing, just good ol' fashioned north to south big man football. It was awesome, if he can keep it going that will be huge for us. It was great to see for Giants fans. And that signature touchdown dance on the Dallas star in the end zone was icing on the cake.

Jason Pierre-Paul- I think he just punched his ticket to Hawaii. Can we just think about the type of game he had for a second? The man was everywhere he's an absolute beast. He had a sack for a safety, an additional sack, a forced fumble, and a game winning blocked field goal. He's a warrior, one of the best defensive players in the NFL and he's only in his second year! JPP's turning out to be one of the best draft picks Jerry Reese has had as Giants general manager. His constant hustle is inspirational to other members of the team to never give up on the play. He is an absolute monster.

Eli Manning- The wizard. A Greek God. The best. These are words that come to mind when I think about Eli running the two minute offense. He's drove down the field to come back and win the game in the fourth quarter in six out of our seven wins. Not to mention the San Francisco and Seattle games we lost when he moved the offense to the red zone to try and win the game in both those games. He is moving the ball at will, against any defense in the NFL. Now he has ALWAYS had fourth quarter magic but this year is something even more special. It's just ridiculous, he tolerated some of the worst snaps I've ever seen from our replacement center Kevin Boothe who decided to have a nervous breakdown for the entire drive. But that wont stop Eli. Heck he even threw a pass with his left hand when he was being rushed by Demarcus Ware. Why not? He's Eli Manning, and if the games even remotely close and he's got the ball in his hands late in the game, he will score. In fact Eli is one fourth quarter touchdown shy of passing a tied record held by Johnny Unitas and Peyton Manning. With regards to Mr. Unitas, we have to realize that he still has the record and this was back when they had 12 game seasons. Regardless there's no doubt about it, Eli's fourth quarter magic is becoming historic.

Danny Ware- He is the nastiest two-point conversion shotgun draw specialist the NFL has ever seen.

I could go on and on about the efforts from every player, but the truth is this was a team win. Tommy Coughlin icing the kicker to steal the win and take first place in the division? Man that is just awesome. But basically, we are 1-0 in our 4 game season. Next week we have another division game against the Redskins and winning it is extremely important because the Cowboys still have two division games as well. It may be unlikely, but there's a chance that the Giants can have the division clinched before the next Giants Cowboys showdown in week 17 if they win their next two and the Cowboys lose their next two. That would be sweet, but there's also other possible crazy outcomes as well. If the Giants win next week against Washington, and the Cowboys beat the Bucs then the Giants have a divisional record of 3-2 and the Cowboys would be 2-2. Then even more hypothetically if the Cowboys lose to Philadelphia (I will never root for the Eagles but I'm just saying it's not an easy game with a healthy Vick) and if the Giants lose to the Jets that would set up the final game with the Giants having a record of 8-7 (3-2 divsional record) and the Cowboys with a record of 8-7 (2-3 divisional record). THAT WOULD MEAN, and keep in mind this is all hypothetical folks, that the Cowboys would be motivated to win that game to tie everything up in the division as far as overall records, and divsional records. AND THAT WOULD MEAN that the tie breaker would become a matter of who has the better conference record for the year. Off the top of my head I am not sure who has the better one, but just for fun lets say that was tied, then it would be a matter of points allowed and points scored, or strength of victory.

The point is this divisions getting insaaaaaaane. But the Giants control their own destiny. The best thing they can possibly do obviously is to win out and be 10-6 to clinch the division. Lets see what happens folks, it's going to get crazy very soon. But from the Giants perspective, all they gotta be doing right now is be thinking about the Washington Redskins.

One week at a time. Never Give up. Fight for this division. This team will not quit.