NFL Sunday night between Giants vs Cowboys resulted with victory for Giants. According to the spectators, the games itself is full with actions and really worth watching. On the internet, many has contributed the Giants winning over Cowboys with brilliance performance from Giants quarterback’s Eli Manning.
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The battle for first place between the Giants and the Cowboys on Sunday night at Cowboys Stadium was everything we imagined it would be — a high-octane shootout that came down to the final play. The result is a mediocre-looking first place tie between two 7-6 teams with the 5-8 Eagles somehow still not out of it. Sunday did see the official mathematical elimination of the Redskins, though they fought their tails off against one of the league’s best teams in an effort to avoid it. Yeah, we may not have the best division in the NFL this year. Heck, we may not even have one of the top seven. But it’s not without its heart-pounding thrills.
As we have been doing for some months now, we present the links in order of the standings, which has changed.
Giants vs Cowboys
Dave D’Alessandro sings the praises of Eli Manning, who’s on pace for 5,000 passing yards and has led five fourth-quarter comebacks in this 7-6 Giants season: “This is a quarterback with a rare faculty of remaining calm under great responsibility and in moments of frantic excitement. In times such as these, his eccentricities seem to disappear — his mind never seems so clear, his confidence never so strong, his spirit never so inspiring as it is in the cauldron of some fierce struggle.”
If you want to know why Ahmad Bradshaw was benched for the first half of Sunday night’s game, you’re not going to find out from Bradshaw or Tom Coughlin. NBC reported during the game that the “team rules violation” for which Bradshaw was benched was curfew related, but Bradshaw and Coughlin stuck with “team rules violation” and would go no further. Didn’t matter much, as Brandon Jacobs ran like the Jacobs of old.
Dallas Cowboys (7-6)
The most significant development of the night for Dallas might not have been the loss of the game but rather the loss of rookie running back DeMarco Murray, who broke his ankle and appears to be out for the year. Felix Jones showed that he can do some things in the run game, but he’s shown in the past that he can’t hold up under a 20-carry-per-game workload. And with no other tailback currently on the roster, one wonders if the Cowboys will just have to throw a lot in their final three games.
It is a trying time for rookie kicker Dan Bailey, who’s been so brilliant all year but has been done in by the old icing-the-kicker timeout trick the past two weeks. This time, at least, it was the opposing coach who did it to him instead of his own. But Bailey said he felt like he was kicking the ball well all night and was definitely bummed about the block that cost his team a chance at overtime.
Philadelphia Eagles (5-8)
Michael Vick didn’t play his best game. But as Rich Hofmann writes, Vick has asserted himself as a leader and, by doing so and playing tough even though he’s not fully healthy, he’s got his teammates buying in. Even if they can’t run the table, get the right Giants- and Cowboys-related breaks and get into the playoffs, this final stretch has meaning for an Eagles team that needs to come back next year angry and intent on fixing the mess.
Darryl Tapp says his rib injury came on a dirty play by Dolphins offensive lineman Nate Garner, and that it was the kind of thing the Eagles expected from the Dolphins after watching film of them. I don’t know. Guys tend to say things when they’re in pain and angry about being hurt. Guess we’ll see if Garner gets fined.
Washington Redskins (4-9)
In spite of another tough loss, Thomas Boswell says the Redskins are liking what they’re seeing from rookie running back Roy Helu, and that a heavy dose of Helu the rest of the way is the best way for Washington to feel good about the rest of their season.
Dan Daly watched the game and found himself wondering, “Where has this been all season?” I guess I’d argue that the Redskins’ offense was clicking like this in September, when they were 3-1 and running the ball efficiently and all of that. But I guess I understand why that’s hard to remember now.
source : http://espn.go.com/blog/nfceast/post/_/id/33839/breakfast-links-giants-cowboys-delivers
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The New York Giants got a huge win over the Dallas Cowboys (Giants vs Cowboys) on Sunday night to wrest back control of the NFC East, and no one figured more prominently in the victory than Eli Manning. The Giants quarterback threw for 400 yards and two touchdowns, and led two drives late in the fourth quarter to bring New York back from a 12-point deficit on the road.
The Giants are rather pleased to have Manning under center, if their post-game quotes are any indication:
“We have a great quarterback,” running back Brandon Jacobs said. “If you ask me he’s the best in the business when our backs are against the wall and we need a score. He’s never let me down.
“I believe in him. I believe in our offense, I believe in our coaches and they got it done.”
Tom Coughlin also found Eli’s resilience after a nutty interception impressive.
“He was really upset over the interception, but he comes right back,” Coughlin said. “He comes right back and takes the field and away we go. He obviously made some great plays coming down the stretch.”
Manning has 14 passing touchdowns in the fourth quarter this season, tying an NFL record that his brother Peyton shares, and has also led six fourth quarter comebacks. The only season in which Eli has had three fourth quarter comebacks? 2007. And three of those comebacks in the Giants’ Super Bowl season came in the playoffs.
source : http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2011/12/12/2630041/giants-vs-cowboys-2011-eli-manning
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Brandon Jacobs scored on a 1-yard touchdown in the final minute and defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul blocked a field goal attempt on Dallas’s final play as the Giants held off the Cowboys, 37-34, on Sunday night.
With their season on the line, the Giants erased a 12-point deficit in the final 3 minutes 14 seconds as Eli Manning led two late scoring drives. Manning passed for 400 yards with 2 touchdowns, and Jacobs finished with 101 yards rushing and 2 scores. Tony Romo threw four touchdown passes for the Cowboys, but he overthrew an open receiver behind the defense with 2:20 remaining — a throw on which even a first down most likely would have sealed a victory.
Instead the Cowboys were forced to punt, and Manning coolly led the Giants 78 yards in just over a minute for a 37-34 lead. Manning had thrown an 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jake Ballard on the Giants’ previous possession to begin the comeback. The game featured eight lead changes.
The victory of Giants on Giatns vs Cowboys match, which ended a four-game losing streak, pushed the Giants (7-6) into a first-place tie with the Cowboys (7-6) atop the N.F.C. East. But more important, it left the Giants in control of their playoff hopes heading into three season-ending games at MetLife Stadium — against the Redskins, the Jets and the Cowboys. Winning all three will assure them the division title and a playoff spot.
source : http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/live-analysis-giants-vs-cowboys/
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