the G men

I have to say, I know its early in the season but how can you not be impressed with the Giants. Forget about who they have played, though Washington and Cincy have looked good in the last few weeks, watch how they play. They are a team that it is a pleasure to root for. They play hard and smart and entertaining football. This isn't a team that got drunk on the elixir of a Super Bowl and forgot how to work. They have had reasons to take a step back but refuse to make them. All you need to know was shown by Management in their suspension of Plax. It was an internal team issue, it could have been handled with a fine, but they chose to make it public and send a message that nobody is above the team. For that I respect the organization and its leaders.

I admit I was wrong about Eli, he has matured into the QB I never thought he could become. I do believe that the Super Bowl was more about the Defense, but it has seemed to imbue him with a new swagger and elevated him to "man" status amongst the team. There is no more Tiki or Strahan, he is the man. A lot of credit needs to go to the scouting department and the development abilities of Coughlin and his staff. They have turned a lot of lower draft picks into meaningful players and sculpted one of the best offensive lines in the game out of some rough material.

Obviously who knows what the future may bring, but it will no doubt be an enjoyable ride.

Sweet Pea jabs

Not to steal Filo's thunder, but...

- This is a pretty cool article about how the two MLB MVP's should be from the city so nice they named it twice.

- And the Eli Manning injury isn't what gets me. It's the fact that he's yanked down BY HIS COLLAR and injures his shoulder. Last time I checked, the horse-collar tackle was outlawed by the NFL because Roy Williams, A FRIGGIN' COWBOY, was grabbing people by the collar.

So that means on Sunday night before a national audience, some shulb pulled off the same move outlawed due to the actions of a teammate on the field at the time and didn't even garnish a replay from Al Michales, John Madden and the crack-production team at NBC.

I'm sure it wasn't that tackle at full-speed and I'm sure that it was Eli's fault and I'm sure that even if the Giants got another chance at that two-point conversion, they would have found a way to blow it and I'm sure that regardless, the defense wouldn't have stopped my mom on a post corner with Tony Romo (who really didn't look that great) dropping back behind a pack full of nuns...

But it still graps my goat, gosh darnit to watch that replay over and over as they tell me how Elisha isn't man enough to start against the Pack this Sunday.

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