“Even if we get a lead late, the other team will simply go down the field and score.” – Bill Kohut, fanatic Giants’ fan.
 Despite that quote from me a week ago (and several times late last season), I actually believed the ‘Skins weren’t going to score on Sunday and force OT. You could just see the defense was playing well. Hats off to them, as they really only gave up a touchdown (the offense was mainly responsible for the other 10 points) and made a great goal line stand to win the game. There were several positives. Great to see Kiwi ON THE FIELD on third down. The idea is to have your best players on the field, and having him stand on the sidelines on third down plays during the first two games wasn’t what I envisioned when he was moved to LB. Eight tackles and 1.5 sacks for the second year pro. Move the guy around and have offenses adjust to this. He saw time at DT along with Tuck giving the Giants what could be a fearsome third down pass rush. We even blitzed a corner (Madison) who came in untouched for a pressure. Perhaps this unit will start to come together. Good to see first rounder Aaron Ross in the game and around the ball. Webster was benched in the second half and thank goodness for that.
The offense struggled in the first half (two turnovers) which was the real reason for the 17-3 deficit. Dropped passes also didn’t help matters. But they buckled down in the second half and converted, at one point, 7 of 7Â third downs which led to the comeback. Spearheading that was Manning, who despite two picks, played really well and made some big time throws. Manning took them down the field twice resulting in two rushing TDs by Reuben Droughns to tie the score. Then Plaxico made up for his first half blunders by literally snatching a Manning slant pass and galloping 33 yards for the go ahead score.
