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MYTH: I couldn’t find a quote this week to disagree with. Instead, I’m going to address the general consensus that the Giants belong at the top of everybody’s “Power Rankings” this week.

FACTS: The Giants beat the Cowboys, but didn’t look like a Super Bowl team in the process. Instead, they almost played down to the level of the Cowboys on Sunday night.

Before I receive a thousand comments saying that the Cowboys are Super Bowl contenders since they got rid of Terrell Owens, I’d like to ask you, the readers, to think for a minute.

Lately, the Cowboys have gotten into a pattern of winning in September and October, then slowly sliding until they eventually crash and burn completely toward the end of the season.

Despite that pattern, Cowboys fans say “This is the year!” just because the Cowboys got rid of their best—and loudest—receiver. They’ve started off the season with a win and an incredibly close loss, yet Cowboys fans are still hopeful because the team has opened up strong yet again.

As a former Cowboy, Eagle, and 49er would say, “If it looks like a rat, and smells like a rat, by golly it is a rat.” I don’t see how anyone can claim to be surprised yet again when the Cowboys falter at the end of the season.

Between facing the Eagles, Giants, and Redskins two times each this year, the Cowboys are going to have to play their best all year long if they even want a chance to get into the playoffs as a wild-card team.

Though the Giants should be OK in the long term, they had a shaky outing against the Cowboys.  The normally punishing Big Blue defense executed poorly on Sunday: they failed to wrap up the ball-carrier very well and, as a result, Marion Barber and Felix Jones dominated on the ground.

On offense, the good news for the Giants is that Eli Manning outplayed Tony Romo.  The bad news is, that comparison is similar to saying someone is the prettiest girl in a bearded-lady competition. 

I’m just not convinced that either Eli Manning or Tony Romo live up to their billing.  Neither leaves a good impression on me, and I just don’t think either of them will ever be mentioned in the same breath as modern-day greats such as Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees.

Eli Manning was inconsistent throughout the entire game, and was bailed out several times by a big night from both Steve Smith and Mario Manningham. Manning never looked away from his primary receiver, and it was obvious that he wasn’t even scanning the field.  There were several times where he forced the ball to a receiver who wasn’t in position to make a play, while another receiver was wide open.

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