While most of the game was a positive for the Giants, this is the second week in a row that Aaron Ross has been burned for touchdowns. I hope he’s just in a rut and not the next Sehorn. I have faith that he will snap out of it.

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Oh, hey there old Eli — how are you doing? That’s good. Now, get the *#@#! back to last year.

Sure, that’s not fair. Eli wasn’t the only one that didn’t show up for this game. While the running corps was doing much more than “tip toeing” around, Eli and the receivers just couldn’t get on the same page of the play book. His coordination with Plaxico was off — way off.

It seemed that as soon as the team got close to getting into a groove they would self-destruct. Whether it was the play calling, an interception or another big play from the Browns, the G-men just couldn’t get to that point where you just knew they would be rolling over the home team.

I can’t place all the blame on the offense. The Browns did everything they could to hand the game to the Giants. The Cleveland team surpassed their season average of 9 penalties. Our defense couldn’t take advantage. The run defense was non-existent and the coverage down the field was atrocious. I know that’s easy for me to write, I’m just sitting here typing away and not trying to keep up with Braylon Edwards. Whether Aaron Ross had injured himself earlier in the week or the game, he got beat for two scores and generally looked lost out there today.

I think we all knew that the Giants weren’t going to go undefeated this year, but at least we could have shown up for this one and kept it a bit closer than it appeared on the screen. This was a rough loss. Hopefully, we can learn from this brief set back and continue were we left off against Seattle.

You think this years Giants are on a mission? Man, what a hell of a game. Eli Manning has his best passer rating of his career at 136.6 — 267 yards and 2 touchdowns. The running game looked unstoppable with Jacobs running for 136 yards and two more touchdowns.

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Off to their best start since the 2000 season, the New York Giants decided to give the fans a little drama in their 26-23 overtime victory over visiting Cincinnati. Of course, I missed all but the game winning kick — living in Redskins’ territory will do that from time to time — so there’s not much for me to comment on. Stupid Redskins.

I will say this, however. Despite six sacks from our defensive line, they still let the Bengals back into the game late and, had it not been for poor clock management on Carson Palmer’s part, very well could have given up a game winning drive. Let’s hope there are some adjustments made in next week’s bye.

With regard to the offense, it’s nice to see Kevin Boss catch his first TD before Jeremy Shockey — I’m sure that’s gotta sting just a bit. Eli looked sharp, spreading the ball around the field to eight different receivers. You’ve got to give the Bengals a bit of credit for disrupting Plaxico all game, even if he did make a clutch catch in overtime. The running crew played pretty damned well with Derrick Ward picking up where Jacobs and Bradshaw were not able to get things going. It’s nice to have this three headed running back beast — you never know who’s going to step it up and have themselves a big game.

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It’s times like this that living in the Washington, DC metro area sucks. Instead of watching the Giants roll over the Rams with a huge fourth quarter burst, I was suffering through the Redskins win over the Saints. Luckily NFL.com has a nice highlight reel of the game’s major plays.

From what I’ve read and seen this afternoon in terms of replays and highlights, the defense was stellar allowing that fluke 45 yard bomb to Holt as the only touchdown. And talk about stepping up in a time of need. Justin Tuck ends the day with two sacks and an interception returned for six.

Not only am I a fan of his skills on the field, but his demeanor off the field in post-game interviews is mature and measured. Not once did he take credit for the defense’s performance, simply stating that, as cliche as it may seem, was all a team effort. It’s refreshing to see guys like this in the league.

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Well, the Giants won. It wasn’t pretty for a majority of the game, especially with all the action occurring in the first half. We got lucky on a few plays and looked like Super Bowl champs during others — a typical scenario for the first game of the new season.

Some of the highlights include Eli and Plaxico’s connections throughout the game. When they were in that flow, they looked completely unstoppable. Burress finished the game with 10 catches for 133yds. That’s a hell of a way to say “thank you” to the front office for your late breaking contract extension.

Manning ends the game with 19 completions on 35 attempts for 216yds and one pick (he got lucky and very well could have lost at least 2 or 3 others with errant throws). Running for the only touchdown of the game, Manning looked sharp for the most part, but still showed flashes of that Eli that scares fans so much.

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On a defensive note, so far so good. Tuck’s first play results in a sack and it’s a good thing that the Skins have been less than good in the first quarter in a half. It’s giving our defense a chance to get warmed up.