This year, two 10-6 teams will be sitting at home watching the playoffs. The Tampa Bay Bucs finished 10-6, and the Giants, despite the late season collapse, still finished 10-6, but by virtue of the tie-breaker, Green Bay will be the last seed in the NFC at 10-6, and the Eagles win the NFC East with a 10-6 record by virtue of the tie-breaker.
Two week ago, the Giants were 8 Minutes from clinching the NFC East leading the Philadelphia Eagles 31-10. For 52 Minutes, the Giants defense made the Eagles Offense, and Michael Vick, look average. Eli Manning powered the Giants’ Offense to a 21 point lead. All the Giants had to do was take time off the clock, and keep Mike Vick off the field. They would have been 10-6 (at that time), and the Eastern Division would have been theirs.
But instead, the defense let Mike Vick run rampant, and score 3 quick touchdowns, and tie the game 31-31. And, with mere seconds on the clock, the Giants punter kicked off to the Eagles’ DeSean Jackson, and as if in slow-motion watched him squirt, slide, and highstep into the endzone with 0:00 on the clock.
The Eagles won the game with no time on the clock, 38-31, and clinched the NFC East.
The following week all the Giants needed to do was beat the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay, and they would clinch a playoff spot…Period! But, for the 60 minutes of the game, the Giants looked like a punch-drunk team still feeling the effects of the Eagles shocking victory at the New Meadowlands Stadium. They got totally demolished 45-17 by the Packers.
So, 68 minutes earlier they were ready to clinch the Division, but the last week of the season they needed to beat the Washington Redskins to finish 10-6, and they needed the Packers to lose to the Bears (who had already clinched their Division). The Giants took care of their business, and beat a very pitiful Redskins team, 17-14. But, by virtue of the Packers 10-3 win over the Bears, the Giants will be saying…Woulda, shoulda, coulda!
That being said, the Giants have a very good team, and finishing 10-6 is testament to that. But, I said earlier this season that the weakness of the Giants is the Special teams, and as it turned out, the Special Teams was the decisive factor in the season…But, we still finished 10-6. That’s the bottom line…the Giants are a 10-6 team!
So, no Tom Coughlin should not be fired for putting a 10-6 team together, but he needs to address the special teams situation for next season. We are close to another championship…Let’s do this already! No more bullshit.
UPDATE: Giants owner announces that Tom Coughlin has been told his job is his if he still wants it.
Thanks Giants for a great effort, and an above average season…Good luck next year.
For the teams remaining, Kick-ass Peyton, and let’s go Ravens D!
See you next season
Peace
G
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