Ok... can the Giants finish this one out? The Redskins are behind them (7-1 vs. 6-3), but the Giants have Baltimore, Arizona, Carolina and the Vikings to finish, plus the rest of the division (2 with Philly, one Wash and one Dallas, in dallas). The Redskins, conversely, have (other than division games, of which they have three) Seattle, Cincinnati and the 49ers... combined those three are 5-20. They also have Baltimore, so that's a wash. For reference, the Giants' remaining non-div schedule (again, no Ravens) is 15-9.
Of course, they are the SBCs, so maybe we should expect them to play a harder schedule.
So, two questions then. Do the Giants go to the postseason, and how well do they do?
And, for the hell of it, who had the hardest schedule this season, as things are right now?
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Nic,
God love you for changing the subject, but I've got nothing here.
I watch the Bears. Aside from the championship games and the Super Bowl, if you ain't playing the Bears, I ain't watchin' ya.
So all I can say is that our starting QB is out with an ankle injury, Grossman is back in, and I'm pissed. I blame myself for failing to change from my Cubs T shirt into my Bears shirt last Sunday when I was watching the game. I did change at halftime, which allowed the Bears to win by a narrow margin, but the damage to Orton's ankle was already done. Sigh.
The Giants will certainly make the playoffs. They have defeated both Washington (in D.C.) and Dallas already this year. Baltimore can be tough, but they lack any offensive prowess. The Giants have the #1 rush offense going against these good defenses, which bodes well for the Giants. Teams that tend to struggle offensively as a whole against good defenses tend to be pass oriented.
Arizona will more than likely be a high scoring game, however, the G-men have the run game to chew up time and keep Arizona's scoring offense off the field. Vikings are tough generally against the run, but their pass defense is awful and they are only 4-4 currently. Carolina could be a loss, tough matchup there.
Philly, who knows. If they turn the game over to Westbrook, G-men may lose. If they leave it up to McNabb, then we will win. I think the Giants need to beat Washington and Dallas again, split with Philly and take 2 out of 4 from the others to finish 1st in the division. I think they will lose in the NFC Championship game to Green Bay in a rematch from last year.
And just for the hell of it, the Giants definitely have the harder schedule than Washington.
I have to agree that NY goes to the playoffs, and your thoughts, Dave, on what they need to do to do so are right on with what I figured it to be. We do have to play Dallas in Dallas, and god knows why we put our whole division right at the end, since it's regularly one of the hardest divisions in the NFL (in contrast, Washington has only around 3 division games left or something). Did they think we'd take this long to hit our stride? Trying to beat the hell out of us right before the playoffs? What's the thought process there?
I do think we can lose to Dallas and still be OK, but we really need to beat Wash and split with Philly, then go .500 on the rest to win. End of the season, Giants beat the Bears to win the NFC, only to lose when the Steelers ramp up their #2 rush defense to revenge earlier this season.
Hardest sched. in our division is Giants... whole NFL? I'd have to at least consider the Saints.
Giants beat the Bears? Man, it would be tough to lose to another Manning QB after falling to the Colts two years ago. Not saying it can't or won't happen.
Follow-up question for Nic: What is the difference between Jets fans and Giants fans? Is there a certain geographical distribution, or is it more of a personality thing? I know Jets fans show up at the draft every year and act like a bunch of retards, but that's about it.
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