January 2, 2012
What seemed to be a foreseen disappointment for a team that has struggled in the second half of the season in recent years, Big Blue found a way in all their possibilities to avoid such a disappointment this year again. It would once again come down to a deciding game where the Giants would have to pull off a big win. The Giants 31-14 victory over their division rivals the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday was huge and propelled them into the playoffs. With the win, the Giants clinched the NFC East and move on to round one of the playoffs at home against the Atlanta Falcons.
With the season coming down to its final game, it would be either the Giants or Cowboys locking up the wild card. With both teams tied for first, it would make it the most important game of the season. Playing against an arguably less than one-hundred-percent Tony Romo and a defensive-proned Cowboys team, the Giants would have to be relatively be more accurate in completions, yardage, conversions, and making key stops in the game. There would be no one better to spark the Giant offense early on than rookie wide receiver Victor Cruz who took an Eli Manning pass completion for 74 yards to give NY an early 7-0 lead. With a 21-0 lead at the half, it seemed the Giants would make a statement and make this one look easy. Not so fast as Romo and the Cowboys get on the board in the third quarter with a completion to Laurent Robinson taking it for 34 yards to the endzone. Trailing by 14 in the fourth, Romo and the boys would cut the lead to 21-14 with another touchdown pass again to Laurent Robinson. It was crucial the Giants had made several defensive stops to the Cowboy offense in the second half. However with the Cowboys not going away and right on Big Blue's tail, it would be Victor Cruz again with a huge 44 yard pass completion from Eli Manning which lead to a Lawrence Tynes 28 yard field goal giving NY a 24-14 lead. Eli would throw for another touchdown to Hakeem Nicks in a later possession giving the Giants the key victory over the Dallas Cowboys.
Eli Manning threw for 346 yards and three touchdown passes, and now leads NFL quarter backs for most touchdowns in the fourth quarter in a single season with 15. The Giant defense showed up big sacking Romo six times, and Victor Cruz who already leads Giants receivers all time in single season receiving yards continued to impress in his rookie season. Just the way Giants fans and the community liked it, coach Tom Coughlin was pleased. The Giants would have to pull off two wins in the last two games of the season. The Giants went out and did what was expected, they came out and beat the Jets last week, they came out yesterday and played big against the Cowboys, they put that devastating 4-game losing streak behind them and now they are looking at round 1 of the playoffs against the Falcons next week. All in all, the Giants are back in the playoffs! A way to kick off the new year!
Until the NFL playoffs, Go yard!
B.C
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