After Week 11, what most have known became pretty much evident to all: The New York Giants are the best team in the NFL.
No disrespect to the Tennessee Titans, but the Giants are a more complete team and have beat far better teams week-in, week-out. Yesterday was no different.
With the prospect of throwing into 30 mile-per-hour winds on a cold, gusty afternoon in the Meadowlands, the Giants decided to utilize its top-ranked rushing offense against the Ravens' No. 1 rushing defense.
The result was 207 yards rushing for the G-Men, as they beat down Baltimore at its own game.
Defensively, aside from a few drives from an impressive rookie signal caller (Flacco), New York limited the McGahee/Rice combo to 37 yards on 19 carries and forced two interceptions, one of which was taken back to the house.
In Washington last night, the Cowboys took another step closer to righting the ship.
Tony Romo came back and led Dallas to a 14-10 victory in the nation's capital. A few things impressed me in this one:
The defense played a very tough game, and CB Terrance Newman's return really solidified the pass defense. Offensively, Romo was able to sustain longer, more effective drives in the second half and actually wore out Washington's defense with a demoralizing six minute-plus drive to end the game.
Marion Barber had a lot to do with that last drive, but Romo made a few big plays on third down. With San Francisco and Seattle on the plate next, the Cowboys should be 8-4 when they head out to Pittsburgh.
As for the Eagles, I'll sum it up quickly: The only thing worse than losing to the 1-8 Bengals is tying them. Reid loves to pass the ball, as evidenced by his 60/40 pass-to-run ratio, but over the long haul this is a formula for mediocrity.
And sitting at 5-4-1, mediocre is just what the Eagles are.
The Panthers kept their sights on the No. 2 seed in the NFC with a 31-22 victory over the Detroit Lions. While the two-headed monster of DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart ran for over 250 yards, Jake Delhomme struggled once again.
The Panthers will have to get him fixed if they have serious intentions of going to the Super Bowl.
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daniel cox 7 months ago
the panthers are a deceptively flawed team.
and those fans didn't just walk away with a worthless ticket....$66 million in losses....that's a lot.
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