Air Arizona Vs. Ground Giants!

In 2004, the New York Giants signed former League MVP Kurt Warner to their team and also traded their fourth overall pick Phillip Rivers to the Chargers for their first overall pick Eli Manning.

Warner led the Giants to a 5-4 record while Eli took them to a 1-6 record in 2004, and at the end, Eli was kept, as Kurt was shipped off to Arizona. Point of this story? Give you some insight on the relationship between these two.

2005 was a roller coaster ride for Kurt Warner, as he took over the Cardinals and had a losing season and then lost his starting job to Matt Leinart in 2006. In 2005, Eli led the Giants to an 11-5 record before losing in the wild-card game to Carolina, and in 2006 led them to an 8-8 record and lost to the Eagles in the wild card.

Then came 2007 a turn around season for both players. Kurt Warner and Matt Leinart shared reps in 2007 until Matt was injured for the rest of the season in Week Five, and Kurt Warner led them to an 8-8 record giving the Cardinals their first non-losing season since the '90s.

Eli Manning, on the other hand, was getting picked off more often than he had in any other year of his career and was almost being run out of town by the New York media. He led them to a 10-6 record and a third consecutive playoff appearance but this time he took them all the way to beat the undefeated New England Patriots.

Both of these players have turned their teams around and are now atop of their divisions. The Giants are now 9-1 under the Eli Manning that everyone wanted out of the 2004 draft, and Kurt Warner is looking like the MVP he once was and is bringing his team to the opportunity to claim their division for the first time since 1975 with a 7-3 record.

This week's game will be the game to watch because I can see this being the NFC Championship game in January.

The best passing game in the NFL with Kurt Warner and the Super receivers in Arizona and the best running game in the NFL with Eli Manning and the triple-threat running game. Three-tenths of a point separate these two teams average score per game as the New York Giants lead the League with 29.2 points per game average.

This game just screams amazement, and the only other team that I think can make it difficult for these two teams meet is the Carolina Panthers and their resurgent QB Jake Delhomme.