The New York Giants Make Playoffs

Giants in Playoffs:

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


 

Giants v. Packers

With the New York Giants desperate for a win to keep their run for the playoffs alive, their performance at home against the Green Bay Packers would be crucial. The Giants having lost their last three games against teams looking good in the playoff standings would face perhaps the most impressive quarterback in the NFL right now, Aaron Rodgers. This is not to mention that the Packers are undefeated and in line for a perfect season!
The Giants take an early 7-0 lead in the first quarter when Eli Manning throws it to Travis Beckum for 67 yards. From then on it would be a roller coaster ride as the Giants trailed 21-17 at the half.


In the fourth quarter, Lawrence Tynes' 50 yard field goal would bring the Giants within one(28-27, Green Bay at that point). Later on, Aaron Rodgers would throw his fourth touchdown of the game making it 35-27, giving the Packers room. With just under 2 minutes left in the game, it was clear Eli Manning and the Giants would have to be pinpoint perfect to come back in this game. So Eli did what he does best in under 2 minutes, Manning brought the Giants down-field resulting in a touchdown pass to Hakeem Nicks at 3rd down @ 2 in the Packer endzone. Now down 35-33, D.J. Ware rushed in for the 2 point conversion to tie it at 35. With 58 seconds left on the game clock, Giant defense would perhaps surely have no problem stopping the offense and forcing overtime. THIS IS AARON RODGERS! Even the Giant defense was unable to stop the high-powered offense of the Green Bay Packers who made some key first downs and take it all the way to the 20 yard line in Giants territory in under 58 seconds! With 3 seconds remaining on the game clock in the fourth, Mason Crosby kicked a 30 yard game winning field goal which would keep the Packers' perfect season in order. There is a reason the Packers are undefeated! They improve to 12-0. A disappointing loss for the Giants as they fall to 6-6 on a night where Dallas also lost which would have kept the Giants tied in first place in their division if they had won this game. Giants lose four straight.


Until next time,
B.C.