It was business as usual for the New York Giants yesterday, as they went into Landover, MD and crushed their rival, the Washington Redskins, 23-7.
Amid numerous distractions stemming from WR Plaxico Burress and his self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday night, the Giants matched the Redskins' emotion to start the game (Washington inducted the late Sean Taylor into the Ring of Fame prior to the game) and completely outplayed Washington in every facet of the game.
Washington dared Eli to beat them through the air, and that's exactly what he did. On a cold, rainy day, and without a healthy contribution from the running game, Eli was calm, cool and collected and tossed for over 300 yards and a TD.
On defense, DC Steven Spagnuolo put together the perfect game plan and limited RB Clinton Portis to just 22 yards on the ground and frustrated QB Jason Campbell all afternoon. The Giants moved to 11-1 and within striking distance of both the NFC East title and home field throughout, while the 'Skins' playoff chances are on life support.
Carolina got back on track with a 35-31 win over the Packers in Green Bay. It took one heck of an afternoon from RB DeAngelo Williams, who finished with four TDs, but in the end, the Packers couldn't get it done on defense and allowed Carolina to go down the field for the GW TD with less than two minutes remaining in the game.
The Panthers stayed atop the NFC South moving to 9-3 and setting up next week's big showdown with the 9-3 Buccaneers, while the Packers, last year's runner up in the NFC, moved to 5-7.
Green Bay just hasn't been able to overcome key losses to their defense. The trading of former second round pick DT Corey Williams has backfired, as GB has not been able to control the line of scrimmage, and the loss of LB Nick Barnett has been devastating as well.
The Cowboys were able to move to 8-4 and keep their playoff hopes alive and well with a 31-9 thrashing of the Seattle Seahawks on Thanksgiving Day. A few positives from that game: Tony Romo tossed three TDs and DE/LB DeMarcus Ware and the defense were swarming all afternoon.
A few negatives were that RB Marion Barber only managed 32 yards before leaving with a dislocated pinkie, and Ware appears to have escaped a serious knee injury. His availability this week when they face the Steelers will be crucial to the team's success.
On to the AFC, and this is why they play the game. Who had the Jets falling to the Broncos? That's right, probably no one outside of Denver. A week after getting rolled by the anemic Oakland Raiders
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