Just wanted to point this out since the media keeps talking about the Giants being "red hot".
Yes, theyre a great team. Battle tested. Gritty. But still terribly inconsistent. Perhaps it was because the ball was wet and the field was slippery. I don't know. But as someone who doesn't watch a whole lot of Giants games, I was not at all impressed last night.
Eli threw 2 surefire picks yesterday. Both were botched by the same 49ers player (Dashon Goldson) being overly aggressive and running into his own team mate.
Alex Smith was easily the worst QB in the entire playoffs. Tebow is more of a threat. There was one 3 and out at the end of regulation where he missed all 3 of his targets by huge margins. He looked like a high school QB to be honest.
49ers kick returner makes a bone headed play. He had no business being near that ball when it was bouncing around.
And with all that, the Giants were still taken to overtime by the 49ers.
Then that same kick returner fumbles the ball and gives the Giants an easy FG.
Sure they beat the Packers. But last night they could barely beat Alex Smith on a bad day. Our offense will have a better game against the Giants defense than we would've against the 49ers defense.
49ers are one of the few teams that might be able to cover our dual TE's. Pat Willis is the fastest LB in the league and could run step for step with Gronk AND is athletic enough to knock away passes. They also have a good pass rush with Aldon Smith and Justin Smith. The Giants also have good pass rush but nobody to line up with Gronk and Hernandez.
Nothing else to say.... I can't wait for the Superbowl.
, on the Pats on the road, I think the Giants can certainly get north of 30. I think the only way this doesn't become a shootout is if the Giants elect to try to shorten the game with more running and ball control passing...but I think at this stage of Eli's development they'll be more inclined to trust him to go try to win it with is arm
