Giants Game 11 - "They're Back?"

Papa Coughlin Had To Be Happy With That Performance

Who were those guys who just gave the red hot Green Bay Packers the business on a national stage? The New York Football Giants may be back ladies and gentlemen after they stopped their two game losing streak last night by handing the Packers a 38-10 whooping.

Eli was back to his ELIte self and he had all of the Giants fans bELIving once again. He threw for 249 yards and three touchdowns, ending his three game streak without one. It was also the first time in over a month that he didn't throw an interception. The game was just a prime example of how the Giants go as Eli does.

The defense fed off of the offense by finally displaying their potent pass rush and forcing turnovers. Despite one slip up that resulted in a long touchdown, the defense was lights out tallying five sacks and two key turnovers. Osi Umenyiora and Mathias Kiwanuka led the charge and if those guys can stay hot, it will be awfully hard for a team to keep them, Justin Tuck and Jason Pierre-Paul away from their quarterbacks.

The biggest key to this game however was the efficiency in the red zone, an area of struggle for the Giants this season. They managed to go five for six in their appearances in the red zone, including five touchdowns. On top of this, the lone failed attempt in the red zone came at the very end of the game where the Giants went for it on 4th and Goal up 28 points to keep the clock running. If the Giants can get touchdowns instead of field goals like head coach Tom Coughlin has been stressing for weeks, the Giants are headed in the right direction.

One Last Thing: The win was marred with the news that spell running back Andre Brown suffered a broken fibula in the fourth quarter and has been lost for the season. Brown was a feel good story for the Giants this year after being bumped around after being cut from many teams, he finally found his niche hear in New York. I hope the Giants hold onto this guy because he has a lot of potential and was way more successful than Brandon Jacobs in sparing Ahmad Bradshaw.

Next week the Giants have a big one against the division rival Washington Redskins and RGIII. The G-Men will be on primetime once again as they're playing on Monday Night Football, and a win will pretty much knock the Redskins out of the divisional race, but a loss will make things very interesting.