NFC DIVISIONAL: Giants vs. Cowboys - "For the history books"

[Seahawk76]

Quote: Originally Posted by totalownership

Giants and Cowboys have never met in the playoffs.

Wow, that surprises me.

[Chip Douglass]

New York - 31
Dallas - 21

Dallas has "peaked early" written all over them. They haven't played with the same fire since the win over Green Bay.

[Scott]

Dallas - 37
New York - 24

[totalownership]

Giants 27
Cowboys 20

[SPTO]

Giants 27
Cowboys 24


I truly believe Eli Manning has finally gotten it right as a QB. Sure, he looks shaky at times but he's done very well the last few weeks. I also think that Gilbride deserves a lot of credit for the offense right now. He's implementing some very effective schemes and plays. I also think Ahmad Bradshaw is very close to winning the starting job based on his play. The guy is just a beast on teh field!

Somehow I don't see Dallas being all that great next week. The combination of playing so lifeless last week and the Giants defense going all gangbusters is going to cause havoc on the Dallas offense.

[Hassan Darkside]

Dallas 31
NYG-17

The trend from last season is evident, building up a lot of steam late in the year only to have a very unsatisfactory last couple games. I believe Romo will be on point for this game, not wanting to let anything bad happen this time around in the playoffs.

[platic]

Quote: Originally Posted by SPTO

I truly believe Eli Manning has finally gotten it right as a QB. Sure, he looks shaky at times but he's done very well the last few weeks.

After every bad game Eli has, people jump up and proclaim he's a bust. After every good game he has, people raise their hands up and proclaim Eli has finally taken the next step.

The fact is: He's not a bad QB. But he's not a great one either --- and never will be. If he had some greatness in him, we would've seen flashes of it already. What we've seen is a 4-year veteran whose QB rating consistently stays at the mid-to-high 70s every year. It's not going up or going down. It just floats around the 70s. Eli will be a solid contributor who'll be in the league for a long, long time. Someone along the lines of a Kerry Collins or Dave Krieg or some such.

But make no mistake, Elis is pretty much a finished product already. For crying out loud, this is a veteran who has started 60+ games in the NFL. It's time to stop taking his pulse every week.

Quote: Originally Posted by SPTO

Somehow I don't see Dallas being all that great next week. The combination of playing so lifeless last week and the Giants defense going all gangbusters is going to cause havoc on the Dallas offense.

Nah. The Giants defense recently "going all gangbusters" against the Lions (16th in NFL ppg), Eagles (17th), Bears (18th), Bucs (19th), Redskins (20th), and Bills (30th) is nothing to be proud of. Against the top 4 offenses in the league, the Giants lost all 4 games by allowing 45, 35, 31, and 38 points. Two of those games were against the Cowboys.

Cowboys 31*
Giants 20

*assuming T.O. is healthy enough to play

[SoMiss2000]

not into predicting scores. Cowboys will win.