So I'm beginning to think that the Cowboys were lucky to get a 20-8 win over the Giants last Sunday night. Why? Because the Giants clearly were not themselves without Brandon Jacobs in the line up. This guys beats up defensive players. Dudes are afraid to tackle him (he said it himself in a pre-game interview). Think about it, he softened up the Panther's D so much that Derrick Ward ran for over 200 yards!
Now don't get me wrong- I like Derrick Ward. He's a good athlete. He's a hard runner with a good mix of speed and power. But he's injury prone and in his best season (2007) he ran for 600 yards in 8 games with 3 TDs. Not studly numbers...but competent. But competent doesn't deliver 200 rushing yards in a single game. Did you see how soft those Panthers were in the last half of the 4th quarter and into OT? Cottony soft brother.
'Earth' is a good nickname for Brandon Jacobs, one of the best for a running back in a while. I've turned up my nose at him in past years (even though I did have him on one of my previous fantasy teams when Tiki was still playing), but won't any more. He's a low-end first rounder now and easily a top second rounder.
Yes the Giants lost 2 games in row and almost lost a 3rd last night (first drive of OT, an easy interception for Chris Gamble gets inadvertently batted down by his own teammate....would have put the Panthers on the Giant's 30 yard line). BUT, they've got home field advantage throughout, and possibly the cleanest path to the Superbowl of any team.
As a die-hard Cowboy fan for life (since '79 brother), I dislike the Giants. But I don't hate them. In fact I respect them (even though I laughed my ass off when the Ravens made them look like children in Superbowl XXXV).
Mr. Spiel is OUT
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