GIANTS LOOK GOOD? OR REDSKINS LOOK BAD?

its the first game but ill take it as a Giants Fan....We had chances to blow this game open but we didnt. The Redskins well they never had any chance and that TD was a bit of a fluke if ya ask me with that stupid face mask call. Jim Zorn seemed clueless on the playcalling and its not like their offense is bad, they have weapons. I just didnt get them running the ball that much against a good run defense it seemed to me it got Jason Campbell out of sync...Gotta love Clinton Portis and his toughness, dude really wants to win, he was frustrated alot.

The Giants D though it didnt get lots of sacks put on the pressure all night, and its only the first game but its a good sign to the critics who say Giants lost alot since Strahan and Osi left, relax Tuck and Kiwanuka are pretty good... Spagnola knows what hes doing......

Brandon Jacobs bulldozing over Laron Landry, classic.

Plaxico Burress showed why hes an elite reciever in the NFL yet again tonight.....Giants 1-0.....

didn't kiwanuka get hurt on the last play?

BookerT,

Your points are well made, however I see real problems ahead for the Giants. The Giants Offense is going to have to pick up the slack for their own Defense that lost a lot of talent. The Giants Offense (at home) only managed 16 points against a "very" poor Redskins Defense. A good offense should have run up 30-40 points against them.

The Giants "D" is really going to miss Shockey in my opinion. He is an attitude type of player, a vocal leader, and trust me, he is going to be missed when the going gets tough. In summary, the Giants are going to need to score lots of points to be competitive. Their "D" has lost too much, and is now exposed. While Jacobs and Burris are good, teams will gameplan to stop them. That means somebody else has to step up. I don't see it on their team.

One game does not a season make, but to only score 16 points against such a poor Redskins "D" should raise a red flag. The Giants Offense is going to have to pick up the slack, and I just don't think they are capable. They sure didn't show it in game 1.

It's early yet, but I believe (at least early on), that the division will come down to the Eagles vs. Cowboys. The Giants lost a lot of talent, and great players such as the ones they lost, are not so easily replaced.

Oops, I meant the Giants "Offense" when talking about them missing Tight End Jeramy Shockey.

Don't know if you could say that the Giants looked good. They looked fair, but good enough to get the win over the once again under-performing Redskins.

it seemed like the redskins defense was fine but their offense seemed to have learned nothing under jim zorn. it was really painful to watch as the clock ran down and the players on the field were taking their time calling the play in the huddle. it seemed like all of the running plays called were very predictable as the giants front seven immidiately went to the ball carrier as soon as the play started. hopefully this team can get it together because they definitely have the talent. as for the giants they seemed unstoppable the first few drives as burress could not be guarded and eli's passes were quick and on line but as the game progressed their playcalling grew more conservative and that seemed to get them out of rythm. justin tuck and mathias kiwanuka looked great. the defenses only falters were their penalties which caused the redskin drives to continue. clearly this is a team that is a force to be reckoned with but may have to stay at home for the playoffs in a tough nfc east.

i also laughed to see mcdougle get roughing the punter on that play

giants lucky they played the pinkskins any other team would have 3 or 4 picks last night manning looked fair but i think the pinkskins just looked bad they made the G-Girls look better then they played

yeah that really makes sense.....you think every team would pick off eli 3 or 4 times...that only happens against the Vikings buddy, but figures ur an Eagles fan and nothing you said was logical.....

YEa bc the Eagles sure have a pretty pathetic group at CB??WTF?? If the all 3 of the skins CBs had half the talent of one of the Eagles CB's there would have been 2 picks. And the Skins looked bad, not the other way around. It was awesome to see Mcdookie contribute on a blatant 15 yard Roughing the kicker penalty his first snap...

Skins looked sick, man. Except for a couple of good runs by Portis, that was it. Giants weren't exactly world beaters after halftime. Pretty boring game in the second half on both sides. Not sure it was exactly because of both teams' defenses either.

cmon bra, what u got against us man? not all of us r crazy, cmon

i was respondin to mr.booger-t's comment...

i was talkn to brickfeces.....it amazes after the first game of season people become experts and are quick to judge what season they are going to have as majority of peoples posts have been when their team hasnt played yet....If you want to take that Seans Salisbury approach be my guest, your going to look like a fool to me...Cant w8 to see the other games in teh NFL this weekend

i agree if they played the birds, our corners would have shut them down.

lmao @ all three of yall, talk about delusions of grandeur

Skins looked bad real bad. G-men played okey.

that was two teams playing bad football! eli looked lost like the old days. skins simply trash! its a two team race in east.

Giants looked good early...Eli made some big throws. Both teams could be in trouble this year though, I wasn't impressed at all.

Is there any chance that Strahan's pre game speach is what got NY all fired up????

a win is a win is a win baby! There were things about the game that looked great and some things that did not look so great. For opening day at home against a rival that thumped me last meeting, I'll take it.

The Redskins looked REALLY bad.

the skins looked bad... no rhythm on offense...... there d did ok though...... but i still wasn't impressed by the iants either... they had that first drive that looked good and there d was ok as well but what happend and where did they go after that first drive? it seemed that they just disappeard.... we'll see tho that was the first game.....

how about mcdougle roughing the punter??

He ought to be shot for that.

I know....bad joke!

LOL i remember Mcdougle Roughing The Punter i was like Dude u been in the league how long you can't do that and that aint the Reason why the Giants Chose you Sack the QB.... I watched the Game and it was A messy Game and Congrats to the giants for going 1-0 I am an Eagles Fan and im being honest i was going for the Redskins in this Game but they Just Suckedddddddddd I didnt understand why they kept running the Ball when there The Giants got a Great Run Stop Defense..... Alot of times the Redskins got Great Field Advantage and didnt capitalize like i remember one play Where Jason Campbell Threw a Rocket Deep and Every player on the field was Like Which Way did he Go George Which way did he go i was like No one bothered to sack Campbell i was like WTF LOL.....

But The Only Good thing was the Defense of the Giants there offense was SubPar they scored but they could of done better but i know some of there starters need to get healthy to play since they are injured... Brandon Jacobs and Tuck and Mathias were the players of the game because Eli Manning Sucked im sorry guys but he wasn't playing Great....

Why did they finally put Chris cooley towards the end LOL wat was that all about????

This was in the Past and they got alot to work on I just hope this isnt any indication on the Rest of the Season for the Skins because they can easily be 5-11.......

I hope the Eagles Vs Rams and Cleveland vs Cowboys are Better...... Eagles Win and The Cleveland Browns win by a Field Goall....... LOL cant wait til sunday

im not trying to bash your team but Skins and Giants Teams Played bad yesterday i dont like any team on the NFC East except the Eagles but if that's any indication an it continues to week 2 u better Expect the Eagles and Cowboys to dominate the NFC East and easily tear your offense and defense owrst 1st game of the Season but you guys won a sloppy Game i expected it to be close like 24-17 or something like that there's always next week... (Remember this aint the Preseason this Counts) LOL

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sry any giants fans out there but if those were eagles cb's out there at least 3 of those balls if not 4 would've been picks for sure its a whole different ball game

bears DB's would hav caught 4 or 5!. you are right though, they got away witha lot of mistakes

And Grossman/Orton whoever the heck your QB is that week would have thrown 5 or 6!

Yup Rogers i dont know if he is a Rookie or not but those balls were right to his Numbers(jersey) and he didnt capitalize that could of Changed the Tempo for the skins but he dropped 2 out of the 3 his Way.....? he finally caught one than i think it was him or number 27 from the skins that fell ackward i was like these player wanna hurt people and forgot to actually win the Game an they got 15 games left in the Season DANG......... calm it down leave it for when the season gets intense but than again thats football.... LOL it was funny when the 2 linemen where fighting and the other guy Snacthed the Giants Lineman Helmet and they started to HEAD Each other..... i was like Wat the Heck it wasn't that Serious...

Blitzkid i tottally agree our CB's Would of Snatched more INTS in that game Because if Rogers who isnt even a Probowl CB almost got 3 picks on Amani Toomer and Burress What Do u think Sheldon and Sheppard And Samuels would of Done Even Dawkins or Mikell...... Thats how serious our Defense is Trent Cole Would of Sacked Eli Manning 2 times in the first half an the defense would of shared 2 more sacks LOL thats how bad that game was i know the eagles would of made a show on the giants my reason being is Revenge for losing last yr....... but there is always room to improve but the Room is closing in for the Giants and Skins to 15 games..... gotta do something

Eli Manning, everyone is sucking his football. He should have had two more picks, if the skins didn't drop them. Eli had 4 good drives that were his first four drives but then basically nothing. He made a bunch of bad bad throws, if that was McNabb everyone would run him out of town. Everyone loves him b/c he is Peytons bro, I think he will throw off his back foot like always and throw a ton of picks. Giants running game looked good and so did Plexee Glass, but I say they go 8-8 and the Eagles and Cowboys fight it out for the NFC champs.

This game is about winning and the Redskins didn't do that so in my opinion,the Redskins look bad.I mean they have a good team,but Jason Cambell is not a starter.Look he has had every opertunity to show he is a starter,but has failed at that.Maybe with some more time as a back up.He will eventually become one,but when the main operator can not get the team going it's time to try someone else.Maybe it's the second string QB or there rookie Colt Brennin.This game must have a guy that can sustain a drive longer than three plays or your defense will eventually tire out.There Defense will fill the box so that the running game is stop and that leaves the operator(QB) to make plays with his arm.Cambell is a good kid who is still raw in miturity.He is waiting for advise when he needs to take control.I think by watch last years games at the end that Collins was better but not a true starter.but someone who could get them some wins.Now this young Kid Brennin;you can tell he has that Joe Montana swagger about him.I use to watch Jim Zorn play when he was younger and I know he is a smart guy who can become the next Joe Gibbs orGerge Allen.But they have to get the play out of the QB so that it frees up running lanes and gets the ball to Cooley and his recievers Moss and the young recievers signed.I just have a feeling about this Colt Brennin.Maybe another Ben Rosenthburger.This headline is right.The Gaints didn't beat the Redskins!. The Redskins beat themselves.

All I'm going to say is I can't wait to play either team. They both looked bad..That first series for the Giants looked good, but lets face facts. They had all offseason to prepare for that drive. The in-game play was barely average against a bad redskins team. One thing I'm sick of is this Eli mania. lets go back to the SB. Where it took some stick'em on Tyree's helmet and a dropped interception by my favorite CB(Asante I'm way overpaid Samuel) to get the win. I think even Giants fans know he's not the reason they won that game. SB MVP = Oci, Tuck, and Big Mike.
Anyway, the giants did run the ball well. But they stalled way too much inside the 30. Eli only had 1 recorded pick, but 2 were dropped. So it looks like he's back to form. They should have put the screws to the skins last night and couldn't. That says alot...They owned the first half...and only ended up with 16 points.
As for the defense, I'm not going to disrespect their Def. But its not last years brand. The defense did what it was supposed to do. But it got help from a horrible QB making bad decisions. J Campbell is a back up Qb in this league. Now he's expected to learn a very difficult system 4 years in? That franchise is in serious trouble and it showed last night.
If you haven't figured it out by now I'm an eagles fan.. I'm booking 2 wins against the skins. I'm holding and 1-1 against the vagiants. But if they play like this again next week, I'm moving to 2-0 against them.
I'll admit I hate the vagiants, but I respect their team and love to play them...Always a great game...I don't want to see a team suffering from a SB hangover.

But If the Redskins Beat themselves why did the Giants look bad for the Rest of the game i mean they did better than the Skins but its like there was no need to falter when the team u faced faltered in its own rights lol u get what i mean lol

I seriously hope we beat the cowboys twice.... but we may have to split it t o1-1 Giants if they play like this Next Week Iggles are taking it to the house 2 games..... i know its early 2 talk smack but that was bad for both teams.....

the giants looked defense looked pretty good and their offense looked good for about a quarter. Eli was lucky to only have one int. the skins looked mediocre at best. their defense looked ok (cept for all the dropped int's). their offense made a few decent plays but couldn't sustain drives or score

do you see these teams making the payoffs?

Yeah it was a bad game for both teams....And a bad game to open the season with....I felt cheated...hahaha, what a way to open the season...The best part of last nights game was...its looks like neither team will be in the hunt for the post season...

I am a Cowboys fan, so I watched this game with curiosity towards what we have to look forward too.

To tell you the truth, I was not impressed by either team. I will give props to the Giants running game, which at least in the first half, looked pretty good. Manning did not throw the ball very well, in spite of the fact that he had good protection for the most part.

The Redskins look horrible. Their execution and apparent lack of "urgency" at the end of the game struck me as odd and unprofessional. The Redskins looked so poor, that the Giants, even though they did not look particuliarly great, should have blown this thing open.

It was the tale of two halves. The Giants looked descent, against an extremely poor defense in the first half, but failed to close it out. What happened in the 2nd half?

Time will tell, but it appears to me, at least early on, that both the Giants and the Redskins are significantly less potent than last year. The Redskins look like they are in serious trouble. The Cowboys, if they play to their abilities, should not have trouble with either team. We looked really crisp offensively during our "dress rehearsal" game in pre-season, and that offense would have carved both of these teams up.

It was a very poor start for both teams, in my opinion, with the exception of Jacobs and Burris for the Giants. The Giants played well for a half, then seemed to loose all rhythm. The Redskins looked terrible all game, and appear to be in real trouble. We will see how the Cowboys look in the opener, but it would appear that they could carve up either of these teams. The Cowboys, on paper at least, appear to have improved significantly. The Giants, as a result of injuires and defections, appear to have taken a step back. The Redskins look like a team with no rhythm, limited talent, and no confidence.

Well Ronniewoowoo If they do make it in the playoffs they got 15 games to prove it yes the Giants won the game and a win is a win is a win but Remember they dont got the easiest Schedule or the Toughest but it will be a tough Season and if they dont pick it up now than neither team will make the playoffs it is early and they can fix it but if they dont u better expect teams to Scheme alot against both teams and reveal there Weak Spots because they will do that alot....

I think after the first drive...nothing important even happened in the game. Sheli scoring a touchdown on his own flabergasted me but that's about it! The redskins played terribly...jason cambell has a one track mind...he decides who he's gonna throw it to before he snaps, and will throw it to him regardless of the coverage...he doesn't read defense well and I haven't seen any evolution as a football player from him...he is still soft as A.J. Feely's vag

The Redskins looked awful. There defense seemed to make room for the running backs it was sad. I was not at all impressed with Eli either. I think he played a mid-level game, if that's all the Giants have, they're in big trouble. If the Giants were any good they would have had 42+ pts that game, with the way the Redskins D was playing.

1st qtr thinking = aww crap, I better go grab Eli off the free agent list in my fantasy league
2nd qtr thinking = man I wish I drafted brandon jacobs in the 4th round
2nd half = ahh, now this is the Eli we know and luv...

2nd half.................how many points did he put on the board?