That was easy. Plaxico Burress shooting himself in the leg was no distraction for the Giants, as they handled their division rival down in DC (or Maryland, wherever), 23-7. Big Blue has now won seven straight games, and the last six have come against teams with winning records. They’re steamrolling right through the tough part of their schedule.
The Good
Plaxico Burress shot himself in the leg. (Are the Giants covering something up, by the way? He only played three downs last week. Maybe he shot himself when he was reaching for that pass right before he left the game in Arizona.)
He wasn’t going to play anyway with his bad hammy, but his absence just paves the way for more playing time for Domenik Hixon. The Redskins defense keyed in on the run all game long, forcing the Giants to try and beat them by passing the ball. Didn’t they watch the game last week against the Cardinals? Stop the run? No problem. Eli Manning will beat you through the air.
He spread the ball around, with three receivers catching five passes, and six players hauling in passes in all. Manning finished by throwing for over 300 yards (305 to be exact) for the first time since last October, and was 21 for 34, with one touchdown and one interception.
And he threw for a career-high 239 yards in the first half. He’s having the efficient, high-percentage, low-mistake games everybody’s been looking for throughout his career.
Amani Toomer (85 yards and a TD), Derrick Ward (75 receiving yards) and Hixon (71 yards) all caught five passes. Kevin Boss had three, Steve Smith two and Sinorice Moss one. The Giants’ league-leading rushing game only managed 108 yards today. But after controlling the game in the air, their ground game came alive in the second half to chew some time off the clock.
Brandon Jacobs piled up a measly 14 yards in the first half, but tacked on 57 in the second half, for 71 total. Ward added 30, and had 105 total rushing/passing yards combined.
The defense stopped Clinton Portis cold. He came up lame a couple of times, but the league’s leading rusher only scraped together 22 yards. The only time the Redskins offense could muster up anything was through trickery. They scored their only touchdown on a reverse that fooled everybody on the Giants defense.
Even Lawrence Taylor went the wrong way heading to his kitchen for a fresh bag of Bugles. Aaron Ross came up with another interception. Justin Tuck sacked Jason Campbell twice, and Barry Cofield and Renaldo Wynn
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