Wednesday, September 23, 2009

New York Giants

This past sunday, on NFL primetime, the New York Giants, played their rival, the DallasCowboys, at the new stadium in Texas. What a showdown this was, and if you didn't see it im about to let you know. To start of the game Dalls recieved the ball going 3 and out, punting it over to the Giants. First drive down the field, Eli Manning, manged to work with his new recievers to score the first points of the game. After kicking the ball off to Dalls, they did some work of their own and scored the net drive down the field. At the end of the first quarter, Giants are up 10-7.
This was a battle from the start, both Eli Manning and Tony Romo were looking sharp, and to be honest I was a little nervous for the G-Men. As the game rolls on, the Giants and Cowboys were neck and neck, each scoring a touchdown and a field goal in the second quarter, making the score 20-17 Giants up at the half. Being a Giants fan, I knew we had to make some adjustments in the second half, and that we did, by picking up the defesnse, and Eli carrying us with the sweet passes to our receivers.
To start the second half, Giants recieved the ball but, couldn't find a way to put it in the endzone. Dallas got the ball back and scored a touchdown, which was their only points for the quarter. At the end of 3, Dallas was leading 24-20. At this point, I was definitley feeling that the home field advantage for Dallas could be a huge factor in the outcome of this game. Luckily for me, I had faith in Big Blue.
The fourth quarter was the most exciting part of this game, and probably all sunday for this week in football. As the game goes on, Dallas scores with 3:45 left putting the Cowboys up by 3 with too much time for Eli to go to work. For those who do not watch the Giants play, Eli Manning is at his best under two minutes in clutch situations. After recieving the ball the G-men went to work,and drove down the field. Both Steve Smith and Mario Manningham combined for 20 catch's and 284 total yards. The game ended when Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes kicking in a 37 Yard field goal right through the up-rights. Cowboys stadium was quiet, but my apartment was not, sharing this victory with two other Giants fans, screaming and cheering after this victory.
Even though I am a die hard Giants fan, I still would like to say that Dallas played a great game. To me the big difference maker was Eli didnt get sacked once, or throw one interception, while Tony Romo through 3 interceptions, and only threw for 127 yards. Dallas had four turnover's all together, leading the Giants to 24 unanswered points. With all that said, it was another great day for New York Sports... Go G-Men!!

1 comment:

  1. That was a great game. It was the first time I sat down and watched an entire NFL game this year. Although I don't really like him, I have to agree that Eli was the key to the Giants winning this game. He was cool under pressure and did what he had to do the help his team win.

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