Three comments on the second week of the NFL season:
1) Given that Brett Favre famously lay down to give Michael Strahan the single-season sack record, it seems only fitting that the Giants should roll over to give him the NFL wins record for a QB. If the clock hadn’t run out, he probably could’ve broken the total touchdown record, too– he only needs three to pass Marino, and God knows, the Giants weren’t going to stop him from throwing a TD pass every time the Packers got the ball.
2) I feel for Eli Manning, and not just because I re-aggravated a shoulder separation on Friday (and then played one more basketball game, because I’m a great big idiot). He’s finally playing really well, the offense has really been clicking, and the defense has totally collapsed. The Giants offense needs to score a touchdown on every possession to have a chance of winning, because the defense can’t stop anybody.
Manning’s best bet would probably be to play up his injury, take the rest of the season off, and come back next year with a new coach (because Tom Coughlin is done, done, done). It doesn’t look like he’s going to do that, though, and Archie Manning must be just about paralyzed with deja vu.
3) Guess they didn’t need the videotape that badly, did they?