Sunday, 1/20 6:30 P.M. ET: Green Bay (-7) vs. NY Giants
The Giants face a situation similar to that of the Chargers.
The Giants have been fighting wars for the past four weeks while the Packers have, for the most part, been cruising.
The Seahawks rolled over and died last week while the Cowboys pushed the Giants to the limit.
I worry about the Giants’ beat up secondary against Brett Favre and his receiving corps. The Packers' receivers, by the way, have clearly become the second best group of wide receivers in the NFL.
Ryan Grant gives the Packers a great running game and, maybe more importantly, a deadly play action game.
Green Bay's defense is probably the best one you'll see this Sunday. Their secondary features two lock-down corners and their front seven are solid.
That said, the Giants are a team that has figured out how to win in the post season.
Eli Manning is not only playing mistake-free football, but he’s also making big plays. His forty-six-second long answer to the Dallas twenty-something play, quarter-long touchdown drive was a thing of beauty—and was probably the biggest reason why the Giants were able to turn things around defensively in the second half.
It seemed to give the entire team a new life—something great quarterbacks do in big games.
(Holy crap, I just called Eli Manning a great quarterback. I need another drink.)
The 1985 Patriots won three road games en route to the Super Bowl (I forget how that one turned out). The 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers accomplished the same thing en route to their Super Bowl victory.
It can be done.
I just don’t see it happening this year.
Prediction: Packers 28, Giants 20.
I’m SeanMC.
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