Hakeem the dream!

After a disasterous loss to the Tennessee Titans. The G-Men have rebounded to say the least.

After destroying Jay Cutler, many wondered if the 10 sack preformance was a one hit wonder. Questions were answered last Sunday by holding the Texans to 10 points and holding the NFL's leading rusher, Arian Foster to 25 measly yards.

Hakeem Nicks looks like a bonafide superstar in the making. After a 130 yard, 2 TD preformance, Nicks has over 400 receiving yards and is 2nd in the NFL with 6 TD's. By the way, Jacobs has decided to quit acting like a baby and has scored a TD in each of his last 2 games.

Big Blue has the Lions coming to the meadowlands this week. Even though Detroit demolished the Rams last week, the Giants have a good chance to gain ground in the air-tight NFC East.

My prediction? A Barry Cofield "Don't taze me!" dance and a GGGGGGGG Men Victory!

Hey Tom! Remember us?

Let me just take a second to welcome you back to New York area and I hope you enjoy the new GIANTS stadium. It's pretty impressive

Listen, I know your not the biggest fan of New York and ESPECIALLY not a fan of that other Gang Green fungus team that plays in Giants Stadium, but I just want you to remember that before the Jets became anything relevent, it was the G-Men that ended your team's perfect season and snatched the Lombardi Trophy from right under your nose just 2 short years ago.

I can imagine that these preseason games can be quite a bore seeing as how you'll get no more than a few drives of action in the final tune-up for the season. So while your on the sidelines rocking the clipboard, I would personally like to give you an image that you can daydream about as those 3rd stringers duke it out on the field..

Enjoy!

Did NY forget how to win already?

Remember this New York sports fans?



This happened just 2 short weeks ago and unless you wear pinstripes.....you don't win games



Now just incase you haven't heard the rediculous statistic that was shown on Sportscenter...it is a sad but true fact that in the first 17 days of the month of November...the World Champion Yankees have won more games (2) than the Giants, Jets, Nets and Knicks combined...(1)





Let's start off with the team that's actually won a game this month...The New York Knicks...



At 1-9, the Knickerbockers are a team that is obviously locked into next year...unfortunately, there is 72 games until next year...



10 games deep, Donnie Walsh is already at a crossroads with his team...the players who already know they won't be back next year are not showing up while Harrington and Lee continues to be the glue that holds this team together....They might as well go full force with the youth movement...Guys like Gallinari, Chandler, Toney Douglas and Jordan Hill have really shown me something and they should be getting more looks than bums like Larry Hughes, Jordan Jeffries and Darko "please don't call me a bust" Milicic...



I can see clearing cap space for 2010, but what if Donnie doesn't get his man? The Knicks will, no question, nab at least 1 big free agent next offseason with all that cap room, but will it be LeBron? Do you really see him leaving from Cleveland and a team on the brink of a championship to a franchise that only watches the playoffs from a TV set?



It won't be a complete failure if they don't nab "The King", but it'll definitely be one hell of a disaster considering the Knicks bagged the last 2 years with hopes to get James..









Knicks fans will surely be crying if the King doesn't come to the Big Apple, but the man shedding the waterworks around these parts lately is Coach Cryin' Ryan of the New York Jets..or is it Titans? I'm not too sure anymore..




After starting the season off 3-0, gang green has actually not looked as bad as their record indicates...As close as these games have been, this team fails to make the big play when it matters and they have gone 1-5 since....







When he is not eating hot dogs or throwing interceptions, Mark Sanchez is writing his postgame press conference on a napkin somewhere...and Rex Ryan has been doing his best Mark Messier impression by crying during the best and worst of times...if he keeps this up, he could go into business filling swimming pools....he'll need something to do during the playoffs...




So will Eli Manning if the Giants can't find a way to win a game...








After cruising to a 5-0 start, the G-Men have faced good team after good team and the flaws in their injured defense began to shine....






It was inexcusable to lose to the Chargers the way they did and their schedule will not be getting easier with the Falcons, Broncos, Cowboys and Eagles coming up..








Lucky for them, the first-place Cowboys are due for their December collapse and the Eagles haven't been able to pull ahead of the pack...unlike the other 3...there's still some hope






And then there's the Nets......


A team that has recently resorted to giving out an extra pair of tickets to their season ticket holders in order to increase fan attendence...it's not working...




The Nets are into full rebuilding mode...while V.C, J.Kidd and RJ have all gone off to greener pastures, Jersey remains in the swamps with the worst start to a season by any team in 8 years...




11 games into the season the Nets have failed to win one game, but they've also been playing with 8 players as half of the roster is reenacting the 2009 Mets season, including All-Star Devin Harris....Once Devin gets back in the fold and mixes it up with Lopez and CDR...a win could be on the horizon...eventually...until then...the Nets will continue to hype the first win of the season as a way of selling tickets...

Raider Nation Domination!

After a week of question surrounding Eli and his plantar fascilitis, it took a mere half of football to answer whether Manning was healthy enough to make his 83rd consecutive start...

With a perfect QB rating, Eli Manning threw 2 TD's and passed for 173 yards in a 44-7 rout of the Raiders....

Ahmad Bradshaw ran all over the D with 110 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns (that both came in the 1st quarter) to go along with a 55-yd catch...

It was nice to see David Carr "get to play with the toys" as i'm sure it was weird for him to actually have time to throw the ball...Even throwing in a nice 12 yd rushing TD...In my opinion, Carr is easily one of, if not the best backup qb in football...

This game reminded me of a varsity team playing the freshman...The Raiders didn't have a first down until the 7:18 mark of the second quarter. With 3 lost fumbles, JaMarcus Russell is proving to me , week in and week out, that he is the absolute WORST quarterback in the NFL...how in the world can you give the job to Russell and cut a proven commodity like Jeff Garcia? Oh yea, this guy was supposed to be the savior of the franchise and was signed to an absurd 6 yr/68mil contract with $31.5 guaranteed...When he was holding out, Al Davis should have said screw him. I forgot, Al Davis lost his mind years ago....Pierce said this game was like a scrimmage, he couldn't have done a better job of hitting the nail on the head...

The G-Men are 5-0 and off to their best start since 1990, a Super-Bowl winning season..Next week won't be a scrimmage, however. The schedule picks up with a trip to New Orleans to play the undefeated Saints...a team that has shared the conversation of "best team in the NFC" with the Giants...The easy part of the schedule is over, now it's time for big blue to prove they are the class of the NFC...and the NFL...

JA's G-Men Wrap-Up....Lawrence goes "Prime Tynes" in Big D!

One Kick sent a sold out Dallas crowd of 105, 121 home in disappointment....



Despite missing a 29 yarder, Lawrence Tynes managed to put his 4th Field Goal, a 37 yarder, through the uprights as time expired to cap a 33-31 G-Men victory in Big D on Sunday Night.



If he didn't prove it to the world during Super Bowl 42, Eli Manning is starting to establish himself as one of the clutch leaders of the National Football League after, once again, leading his team down the field in the final two minutes of the game.



Any questions about how the Wide Receiving corps would fare this season are beginning to be answered with the play of Steve Smith and Mario Manningham...Smith, once again came through with 10 catches and 134 yards receiving...including a TD reception from Eli in the 4th quarter...Mario Manningham may have very well had his coming out party with 10 catches of his own and 150 yards receiving and a TD to boot...These two are making one hell of a 1-2 punch so far this season...



The running game, once again failed to show up with Jacobs only getting 58 yards on the ground...The Red Zone offense also failed in their second straight game to punch it into the end zone going 0-5....As good as the receiving has looked...it's only a matter of time before the G-Men are going to have to rely on punching the pigskin in on the ground and they have yet to do it...



Although the D showed flashes of dominance with their 3 picks and fumble recovery....they also gave up an inexcusable 251 yards rushing...The duo of Marion Barber and Felix Jones had a field day and each managed a touchdown run...The injury sustained to Justin Tuck, after a bitch play by Flozell Adams, raises a red flag as he is questionable for next week's clash against the Buccaneers...



What really saved the hides of the D was the atrocious play of Tony Romo, who threw for only 127 yds and had 3 of the most brutal interceptions that I have seen in quite some time...was he even looking when he threw those last 2 picks?



Regardless, the G-Men are sitting pretty atop the NFC East at 2-0 and the next 3 weeks are looking like smooth sailing with the Bucs, Chiefs and Raiders on tap...

AWOL Osi and the G-Men season preview!!

Despite a whirlwind of questions at the Wide Receiver position, the New York football Giants looked poised to make the playoffs for a 5th consecutive season...

The main strength of this team is their D...the offseason additions of Chris Canty, Rocky Bernard and Michael Boley make this Giants defense one of the best defensive units in all of foosball...

The D is also more than happy to welcome back their stud DE Osi "AWOL" Umenyiora who is returning after missing last season....now before I go off on how talented this man is..i would like to throw out a FINGER OF SHAME for acting like a PO'd 9 year old who was told he wasn't allowed to play Madden until his homework was done...You just don't decide to no-show a practice when you are supposed to be a leader on this team...Put your ego aside and do what's best for the squad.....

Even if you take Osi out of the equation, the D-Line is beyond solid with Justin Tuck at the other DE position...after a solid season in '07, he proved to the league in '08 with his 12 sacks that he is gonna be a major player for many more years to come and showed Giant fans that big ol' Michael Strahan retiring didn't kill the line...The DT combo of Fred Robbins and 6' 7" former Cowboy Chris Canty will do some damage and it's possible that the two of them standing side by side resembles the Great Wall of China with their 600 lbs of mass...

The linebacker core will hit or miss based in my view on the play of Antonio Pierce...he is starting to show slight signs of decline, but if he can remain to be the outspoken leader of the D and not let his offseason troubles get in his head he should be more than solid....Gerris Wilkinson and Kiwanuka are safe bets for holding their own and I like the intensity that Chase Blackburn and Zac DeOssie bring to the table...can you say breakout season for either of these guys? Throw in Michael Boley when he returns from his suspension and that is just another unit chock full of depth...

If Aaron Ross can stay healthy, he makes a solid core of CB's with Corey Webster...Michael Johnson is a reliable safety and Kenny Phillips will absolutely emerge this year after having a full year of experience in the pros....

When I look at this D....I see no weaknesses and plenty of options if a man or two goes down...They may need to rely on this strong D if....

These Wide Receivers continue to not catch passes from 97.5 million dollar man, Eli Manning...

Despite showing the ability to get open, the receiving unit just can't seem to catch a pass...if you need proof just talk to Steve Smith after missing a potential TD throw against the Jets last week...

I see a unit full of #2 and #3 receivers with no clear-cut #1...thanks for being a jackass Plax...Because of you, you left a gaping hole in the offense....

If I had to arrange who I would put at WR, I would put Nicks as my #1...hey, you drafted him in the first round for a reason and he has looked good in preseason...#2 would be Steve Smith, #3 would be Dominick Hixon and my #4 would be Mario Manningham after having a very impressive preseason...

I would show the door to Sinorice Moss because he simply isn't an NFL receiver...when your jersey sells for $30 at Modell's and your STILL on the team...your no good..

With a tear in my eye, i'd also show the door to Super Bowl hero, David Tyree who quite frankly doesn't have it anymore and can't catch a ball if his life depended on it..

Amani Toomer anyone? The Chiefs did just cut him....

It is a VERY big possibility that Kevin Boss could lead this team in TD catches this year...he is the most reliable receiver Eli has...not to mention the biggist boss that you've seen thus far...

But hey, at least big E still has a solid backfield with the mack truck whose name is Madison Hedgecock and the RB duo of Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw...wind may have gone to Tampa Bay (Derrick Ward), but Bradshaw should be more than able to fill his shoes...Jacobs will continue to do what he does best..which is scoring about 12-14 TD's and leave a path of injured opponents along the way..

The NFC East is definitely more competitive than it was last season, but the G-Men will ride the D and their running game into the playoffs once again...

My prediction...10-6

Eli strikes it rich!

One of the Manning boys is about to become the highest paid Quarterback (per year) in the history of the NFL..and it's not Peyton....

Eli Manning has agreed to a 6 yr/97.5 million dollar contract extension that will keep him in Giant blue for years to come...

Only 28, Eli is entering the final year of his rookie contract and his new deal is shelling out $35 million in guaranteed money.

Big Eli is coming off his first Pro Bowl and a 21 TD 10INT season, but he has had several moments with the G-Men that make you want to throw your telvevision out of the window in frustration.

For every heart attack moment, however, Eli has proven to be the master of the 2-minute offense and in case you forgot, is a man that is rocking some serious bling on his ring finger in the form of a Super Bowl ring.

Is he the best quarterback in the game today, not even close. It's a crapload of money, maybe even too much. At the end of the day, however, this type of deal was more than necessary to keep our franchise quarterback in New York.

Now he can use some of his new dough to hire someone to polish off that Super Bowl MVP trophy on his mantle and maybe take a few g's to hold down that front foot during games so he stops throwing off his back one.

When he's home hanging out after a rough day on the gridiron, it should be refreshing to know the fridge should constantly be full of those MGD's he loves so much.