Talbot's New York Giants Dynasty

WEEK 1 HEADLINE:


Giants take down Pats; Manning looks good


(Defensive Ends Justin Tuck(91) and Osi Umenyiora(72) work their magic on Patriots QB Tom Brady)




The defending Super Bowl champion New York Giant's welcomed the resurgent New England Patriots into the Meadowlands Sunday for a blockbuster game that lived up to its hype. The Giants took an early 3 point lead following a Bironas field goal, which was the only score of the first quarter.

Shortly after, the Patriots captain Tom Brady decided to make his presence felt with a 72 yard drive culminating in a touchdown pass to Wes Welker. The Giants responded with a similar drive, ending with a 14 yard pass to Domenik Hixon for the touchdown. On their next drive, the Patriots kicked a field goal, but Eli Manning would not settle for a tied game at the half. Driving 64 yards in a minute, Eli allowed Rob Bironas to kick a field goal to put the Giants ahead 13-10 at the end of the half.

Big Blue got the ball back, and decided to put its two runningbacks to use. It capitalized on a bunch of 7+ yard runs by Jacobs, and a deep PA pass to Plaxico Burress with a 4 Yard TD run by Ahmad Bradshaw. The Patriots gave up the first turnover in the Red ZOne when Brady was picked off by SS Michael Johnson.

The Giants showed their true power in the 4th Quarter however with 2 TD passes to Hixon and Burress. The Patriots wouldn't go out without a measure of success, and scored a TD with a pass to Tight End Kellen Winslow. They were successful on the 2 point conversion, but lost the war, 34-18.

Scoring Summary



Box Stats:

Giants: 350 Yards, 11:34 TOP, 3/5 3rd Down

Passing
E. Manning: 22/29 284 Yards 3 TD 140.5

T. Brady: 24/30 239 Yards 2 TD 1 INT 108.2


Rushing

B. Jacobs: 58 Yards 0 TD

L. Maroney: 26 Yards 0 TD

A. Bradshaw: 17 Yards 1 TD

Recieving

W. Welker: 10 Rec. 122 Yards 1 TD 12.2 YPC

D. Hixon: 8 Rec. 96 Yards 2 TD 12 YPC

P. Burress: 6 Rec. 117 Yards 1 TD 19.5 YPC

K. Boss 5 Rec. 39 Yards 7.8 YPC


Defensive

Kenny Phillips (FS): 10 Tackles

Justin Tuck: 2 Tackles 1 Sack

Michael Johnson: 1 INT

...Go onto all madden or something, no one is going to be interested in a dynasty where you go undefeated every year.

WEEK 2 HEADLINES:

Jacobs makes impact; Manning shows old self


(Running back Brandon Jacobs explodes from the line for a touchdown, one of three)




The Giants took on the San Fransisco 49ers in what should have been a blowout game, but instead, faced a new challenge: bad passing. Eli Manning threw 14 completions out of 31 attempts for 199 Yards, and no touchdowns. Worst of all, he threw three interceptions. Luckily, Giants star runningback Brandon Jacobs made up for the lack of passing competancy with a 126 yard game, and 3 touchdowns.

Coach John Gruden was asked about the Giant's failed passing game this week.

"Well Eli faced a heavy amount of pressure, and the 49ers used a lot of exotic blitz packages. He wasn't given the time to make good decisions. A few passes that should have been caught were dropped. That killed us. Unfortunately, guys who get paid millions of dollars a year still don't have some of the fundamentals down. We'll get back in rhythm."

The Giant's maintained a 21-3 lead at halftime, but were only able to put up 3 points in the second half.

The Giant's defense, however, played very well. The team scored 5 sacks, and held 49er running back Frank Gore to 12 yards.

Scoring Summary



Box Stats:

Passing:

E. Manning: 14/31 199 Yards 3 INTs 26.4

Rushing:

B. Jacobs: 126 Yards 3 TDs

A. Bradshaw: 18 Yards 1 Fumble

Recieving:

D. Hixon: 5 Rec. 97 Yards 19.4 YPC

A. Boldin: 3 Rec. 25 Yards 8.3 YPC

K.Boss: 3 Rec. 49 Yards 16.3 YPC

P. Burress: 2. Rec 20 Yards 10 YPC

B. Jacobs: 1 Rec. 12 Yards 12 YPC


Defense:

5 Sacks: J. Tuck, O.Umenyiora, T. Thomas, F. Robbins, M. Peterson
















Next week I'll start playing on My Skill, and I'll try and get video highlights.

WEEK 4 HEADLINES

Giants clip Cardinals wings

(Giants QB Eli Manning throws for 2 TD passes and 275 yards)

The Giants went on their first away game this week, taking on the Arizona Cardinals in a high scoring game. RB Brandon Jacobs had a 2 touchdown performance, but only rushed for 55 yards. His faster partner, Ahmad Bradshaw, ran for 76 yards and a touchdown. Brandon Jacobs was asked about the two.

"Ahmad and me, you know, we're two opposites when running. I plow people over, and he runs right past them. We work good. It's gonna be tough to stop us"

Eli Manning threw for 2 TDs and 2 interceptions, but put up decent stats with 275 yards passing, and 17 completed passes out of 24 thrown. The Giants secondary also had 3 picks. One of them was returned for a touchdown by cornerback Corey Webster. Next week the Giants face their division rival Dallas Cowboys in what should be a blockbuster game.



Scoring Summary



Box Stats:

Passing:
E. Manning: 17/24-275 Yards-2 TD-2 INT-101.9

Rushing:
A. Bradshaw: 76 yards-1 TD
B. Jacobs: 55 Yards-2 TD

Recieving:
K. Boss: 6- 100 Yards-1 TD- 16.6 YPC
D. Hixon: 4- 48 Yards-12 YPC
P. Burress: 4- 70 Yards-17.5 YPC
A. Boldin: 3- 67 Yards-1 TD-22.3 YPC

Defense:
A. Pierce: 15 Tackles-1 INT
M. Johnson: 7 Tackles
K. Phillips: 5 Tackles
M. Peterson: 5 Tackles- 1 TFL
A. Ross: 3 Tackles- 1 INT
R. Hall: 3 Tackles
T. Thomas: 3 Tackles
K. Dockey: 3 Tackles
J. Harrison: 2 Tackles
C. Webster: 1 Tackle- 1 INT
O. Umenyiora: 1 Tackle