I don’t know who took a worse beating the Giants, or Antonio Margorito. One was heavily favored (The Giants) and one was trying to re-establish his career after being caught cheating. In both cases the lights went out, literally at the new Meadowlands and Margarito’s lights essentially went out when many Pacquiao closed up his right eye with a UN ending series of lightning quick punches that has made the small Philippine native a boxing legend. HBO’s “24/7” series is highly entertaining and does a great job promoting a fight, I never really thought Margarito had a shot to beat the PAC man but the show did a good job playing up his size advantage and his quest to redeem himself after being caught with plaster in his gloves, a cardinal sin in the boxing community and a crime in most states. It was obviously a long shot but the hype had me and my friends debating whether or not we should cough up the dough to buy the fight. Thankfully we didn’t, we would have wasted beer money on watching Manny dismiss the larger Margarito, closing up his right eye and literally breaking his face, fracturing the orbital bone in his cheek.
The Giants were in a similar position this week only it was their pride that was fractured. The Cowboys in their first game under new head coach Jason Garret came into the new Meadowlands and convincingly beat the Giants, mostly due to the explosive speed of rookie Dez Bryant, who ruined my night in one respect but gave my fantasy team some much needed insurance points and sealed a victory for yours truly. It was a disgusting loss from a Giants fans perspective but after calming down and watching Dexter and Boardwalk Empire I realized we should have seen this coming. The Giants had won 5 in a row and the Cowboys had lost 5 in a row, the law of averages alone favored the Cowboys, combine that with the spark that a new coach provides and we should have seen this disaster on the horizon. Even with that the Giants still had a chance to win this game but they shot themselves in the foot with stupid mental mistakes and penalties. Hakeem Nicks failed to finish a rout in the end zone that lead to a back breaking pick 6. Eli’s fumbling of a terrible low snap and a penalty that negated Eli’s 48 yard TD pass in the 4th quarter were just a few of the things that lead to the Giants getting thumped by the Cowboys. Despite this, I’m not worried, the Giants are still the most complete and most talented team in the NFC and they’ve proven that they will rally behind the leadership of Tom Coughlin when things get rough.
Eagles fans will certainly be claiming the Lombardi trophy as theirs after Michael Vick’s unreal performance against the pathetic Redskins who made another brilliant front office move, signing an ageing quarterback who was benched 2 weeks ago to a five year deal worth 78 million. Granted this contact isn’t as expensive or restrictive as it seems on the surface, it’s still pretty questionable considering how this season with McNabb and Shanahan has gone.
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