Giants and Eagles becoming focus of fans after Baseball

With baseball over for fans in New York and Philly the natural coping mechanism a wounded baseball fan utilizes is to move on to concentrating on the fortunes of their favorite football team. The Giants and Eagles are tied atop the NFC east, something of a surprise considering almost everybody and their mother picked the Cowboys to win not only the division but the conference, and with Donovan McNabb joining the Redskins many experts figured they would also be a team to be reckoned with in the division.  As the baseball playoffs just showed us, you never know what’s going to happen in sports, just about every week this season for the Cowboys has been like the Heat’s “big three” debut, pretty bad considering the talent. The Heat will have time to turn it around as every sports analyst in the country has reminded us but the Cowboys are pretty much done. The Redskins have shown signs of being dangerous but at this point in the season they don’t appear to be one of the better teams in the division.

                Giants and Eagle’s seasons going in opposite directions

                While the beginning of the Eagles season seemed brimming with promise due to the surprise resurgence of Michael Vick and the Giants looking dismal thanks to being blown out on a Sunday night game by Eli’s big brother and a mistake riddled game at home against Tennessee which saw the Giants out play the Titans on both sides of the ball, but come up on the short end of the scoreboard.  Since then Vick has been injured and Kevin Colb, along with the rest of the Eagles have been up and down.  The Giants on the other hand have been rock solid consistent with the defense looking like the unit that won them a Super Bowl and the offense finding a good rhythm with Ahmad Bradshaw leading the NCF in rushing and Eli Manning playing well, considering all of the dropped and tipped passes that have been picked off this year. He’s thrown 8 interceptions thus far and at least 4 of them were passes that should have been caught. The Giants have now won 4 in a row, and on Monday night they put the nail in the Cowboys coffin and Tony Romo’s arm in a sling and Eli Manning and Hakeem Nicks carving up the vaunted Dallas secondary.

                The Eagles have been inconsistent with Kolb as the starter, but managed to pull out a victory in San Francisco and a blow out win over the favored Falcons that left the Philly fans praising Kolb for the first time in his career. However the good feelings were quickly forgotten when the Eagles lost a bad game to the Titans last Sunday, Kolb and the offense weren’t to blame for this game, Kolb wasn’t spectacular but he managed to play well enough to keep the Birds in the game. The defense was the unit that hurt the Eagles as Kenny Britt and Kerry Collins hooked up for 3 TD’s.

                Both teams have a bye this week, and have to dig for the rest of the season, Vick will be returning for the Eagles which could energize them and the bye could give them a chance to regroup and turn things around after the bad loss to Tennessee. The Giants have the task of keeping their momentum going after the bye, and after receiving the news that they will be without Defense End Mathias Kiwanuka for the rest of the season.