The New York Giants, who played all their starters in a “meaningless” game against the Patriots in the final week of the season are now 2-0 in the playoffs.<\/p>\n
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Indianapolis Colts, and Dallas Cowboys, who played their starters only sparingly at the end of the regular season to “rest up for the playoffs” are now 0-3.<\/p>\n
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I’m pleasantly stunned by the Giants victory. Though it might be better to call it a total meltdown by the Cowboys, who committed a bunch of stupid penalties in the fourth quarter to bail out the Giants’ patchwork defense and preserve the victory. Though, actually, watching Tony Romo turn into a pumpkin in the fourth quarter makes the victory just that much sweeter.<\/p>\n
On to Green Bay next weekend for the NFC championship game, in which the starting left cornerback for New York will be Phil Leblonski, a longshoreman from Bayonne, because there’s nobody left on the roster with four intact limbs. I have no idea how they kept it together to finish that game, but I love the result.<\/p>\n
(Given that Eli Manning and his receivers couldn’t hold onto the ball in 40-degree weather in the Meadowlands, I don’t think a trip to the Frozen Tundra of Lambeau Field (R) bodes well. But then, I didn’t think they’d win either of the last two game, either, so why are you listening to me?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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