The giants got their season kicked off in the right way this past Sunday with a 23-17 win over the Washington Redskins. The score was close so the game appeared to be a tight hard fought battle, but this was not the case. Barring a fake FG touchdown, and some red zone offensive issues, the Giants completely dominated the game. The defense was phenomenal and swarmed to the ball on every play. The D was led by Osi Umenyiora the star Defensive End who missed all of last season with a leg injury. This year he returns and did so in a big way, sacking Jason Campbell and forcing a fumble and then recovering it and taking it all the way for a touchdown. Osi's signature arm swipe which has caused fumbles for many quarterbacks in the past. The giants beefed up the defensive line through free agency with signings of Rocky Bernard and Chris Canty. Getting Osi back adds to an already very deep and strong position for the Giants. They now have Justin Tuck, Mathias Kiwinuka, Chris Canty, Osi Umenyiora, Rocky Bernard, Fred Robbins, Barry Coefield, and some other lesser players. The giants also looked great in the secondary. The secondary was a concern as some major players were hurt, Ross and Dockery most notably. Corey Webster played great all day, locking down Santana Moss and even picking off Campbell with a sesnational toe tap grab. He looks to be a pro bowl corner this year and secondary leader. Safeties Michael Johnson and Kenny Phillips and corner Terrell Thomas should improve and add strengths to this defense.
The offense was solid, making enough plays to get the win but also making some mistakes. There were two turnovers on the game, both credited to Eli, a pick and a fumble. The Giants also failed to punch it in for 6 3 times and had to settle for FGs, a concern last year that clearly has yet to be worked out. Overall the game was a nice first one and a definite win for the Giants. They beat an improved Redskins team, but they will face harder tests in Dallas and Philly in the coming weeks. If the Giants are to win these games and be the division leader, they will need to sort out the redzone issues. This week's game is Sunday at 8:20 against the Cowboys in Texas stadium, clearly a big game for the Giants.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Quick bit about football
The NFL season is beginning tonight with the Steelers and Titans. An AFC playoff preview showdown of two defensive powerhouses. Because the season is beginning today it is time to predict a few things as we start to countdown the hours. My first main prediction is clearly for today's game, where I think the Steelers will hold on 24-10. Looking at the year as a whole, it looks quite promising as a Giants fan. I expect 11-5 and the division title. I think the Giants have a legitimate shot to make it to the superbowl as the better teams in the league are in the AFC. I think the only team that could beat the Giants are again the Eagles. I think the Patriots ought to rebound from last year's somewhat disappointment (given Brady's injury). I expect 13-3 and a superbowl appearance for them as well. I think Andre Johnson will be the NFL MVP this year with 1800 and 11 tds and the Texans will make the playoffs.
Right now I have a few notes and comments I want to bring up about the NFL. The first point is about Shawne Merriman. Merriman is suspected of beating his girlfriend Tila Tequila. I understand nothing has been proven, but does anyone have any doubts this guy is guilty. The guy is a roider and proven, the guy has anger issues, he is a complete machine in size and has just been a complete problem for the face of the NFL. I don't understand how guys like him get away with what they do and are still seen as role models. We care so much about our respective teams that we still root and cheer for players who are notorious thugs. I hope Merriman actually gets charged for the crime and serves jail time. I have 0 problem rooting for Michael Vick becuase the guy served his time for his crime. You can't say the same about Pacman Jones, Marshall, Merriman and countless other athletes who are terrible role models and terrible people but continue to garner respect.
An athlete who recently lost my respect was Richard Seymour. People continue to tell me how there are so many layers to this situation and how it is not black and white... blah blah blah. All I hear is "I'm a selfish prick and I'm only focused on me." For those unfamiliar with the situation, Seymour was traded from the Pats to the Raiders and now refuses to go to Oakland and show up at camp and is listed on the 53 man roster. He therefore will be getting paychecks but he is not playing for the Raiders. I understand how the guy feels, The patriots are going to be a superbowl contender and the Raiders suck. His family is in Mass, and he has to go 3000 miles away. I really can sympothize with the guy had he just gone to Oakland, but now that he is not I'm gonna call him a sellout and a bitch. I cannot sympothize with a guy who is getting 3.5 million dollars to play football. If you are so concerned with your family and their schooling, take 6 months and leave them and play football in Oakland and then after this one year you are done and you can sign elsewhere. I'm sorry you won't make the playoffs and I'm sorry you can't be with your family, if you hate it so much you shouldn't take your anger out on the raiders, but your former team the Pats. Suck it up and play and deal with the issues after. Any person on earth would take millions to play football so stop complaining. Would you rather flip burgers at McDonalds for 80 hours a week like other people, QUIT WHINING AND PLAY!!!!! What a great example you set for kids as well, "hey kids, you don't like your job or your life, sit back and say Fuck it and it will all work out in the end". Come on guy get your act in gear.
Right now I have a few notes and comments I want to bring up about the NFL. The first point is about Shawne Merriman. Merriman is suspected of beating his girlfriend Tila Tequila. I understand nothing has been proven, but does anyone have any doubts this guy is guilty. The guy is a roider and proven, the guy has anger issues, he is a complete machine in size and has just been a complete problem for the face of the NFL. I don't understand how guys like him get away with what they do and are still seen as role models. We care so much about our respective teams that we still root and cheer for players who are notorious thugs. I hope Merriman actually gets charged for the crime and serves jail time. I have 0 problem rooting for Michael Vick becuase the guy served his time for his crime. You can't say the same about Pacman Jones, Marshall, Merriman and countless other athletes who are terrible role models and terrible people but continue to garner respect.
An athlete who recently lost my respect was Richard Seymour. People continue to tell me how there are so many layers to this situation and how it is not black and white... blah blah blah. All I hear is "I'm a selfish prick and I'm only focused on me." For those unfamiliar with the situation, Seymour was traded from the Pats to the Raiders and now refuses to go to Oakland and show up at camp and is listed on the 53 man roster. He therefore will be getting paychecks but he is not playing for the Raiders. I understand how the guy feels, The patriots are going to be a superbowl contender and the Raiders suck. His family is in Mass, and he has to go 3000 miles away. I really can sympothize with the guy had he just gone to Oakland, but now that he is not I'm gonna call him a sellout and a bitch. I cannot sympothize with a guy who is getting 3.5 million dollars to play football. If you are so concerned with your family and their schooling, take 6 months and leave them and play football in Oakland and then after this one year you are done and you can sign elsewhere. I'm sorry you won't make the playoffs and I'm sorry you can't be with your family, if you hate it so much you shouldn't take your anger out on the raiders, but your former team the Pats. Suck it up and play and deal with the issues after. Any person on earth would take millions to play football so stop complaining. Would you rather flip burgers at McDonalds for 80 hours a week like other people, QUIT WHINING AND PLAY!!!!! What a great example you set for kids as well, "hey kids, you don't like your job or your life, sit back and say Fuck it and it will all work out in the end". Come on guy get your act in gear.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Congrats Derek
Tonight, September 9th 2009, Derek Jeter tied Lou Gehrig for most hits in Yankee franchise history. Jeter went from being a rookie in 1995 getting his first hit in May, to being one of the best batters in Major League Baseball and showing it tonight with 3 hits, the final hit being a historic one. Jeter had a Jeterian single into right field which gave him 2,721 hits, the same as Lou Gehrig as the most in franchise history. The whole crowd broke in applause as the flash bulbs went off. Derek Jeter, a Yankee through and through, added another notch on his belt. His rookie of the year award, batting titles, gold gloves, world series rings and mvps, and hopefully 2009 MVP award all took the backseat to the most remarkable thus far. In one of the most storied franchises in all of professional sports, literred with fantastic heroes throughout all of time, Jeter climbs above them all.
There was nobody watching today that wasn't rooting for Jeter wholeheartedly. Even Red Sox fans, wherever they are, are thinking to themselves, "he deserves it". Jeter is a class act in every sense. No steroid allegations, no criminal record, no arguments, no ejections, no problems. Jeter is an all around hard working great guy and he showed that with strong will and dedication (and obvious talent) you can achieve success, the highest kind. I know Jeter doesn't like the spotlight and preferred to talk about the win instead of the achievement, even he understood how monumental this was. Anyone like myself who watched him grow as a player and has been a fan of his since the beginning, is proud to see him get this record. Happy to be able to tell our kids or people in generations below that we saw Derek Jeter play. I'm excited to tell my children that I saw all 2721 hits and saw the one that tied the record. I watched the best SS in baseball history, and one of the greatest Yankees of all time. Clearly his tenure with the Yankees is not over, and he has more great accomplishments to reach (3,000 hits, most runs all time, etc) but this was the best notch on the belt.
Amidst the Jeter drama, there was a Yankee game tonight, and the Yankees won that game. The final was 4-2 on a pinch hit 3 run home run by Jorge Posada. Another Yankee come from behind win. Another late inning rally. This team finds no reason to get scared at the end of a game and refuses to bend over when the going gets tough. Joba looked sluggish in the first but settled and went 3 innings retiring his last 8. Aceves did well following him and so did every other reliever after that. The Yankees pitching held the Rays to 2 early runs and that was that. The offense was quiet facing Nieman, but came alive off Grant Balfour late. The 91st win of the season, 2 more than last year, and a 4 game sweep of the Rays. Tomorrow is off, but Friday we'll see Pettite take the hill against Baltimore and Jeter will look to hold the all time hits record alone.
There was nobody watching today that wasn't rooting for Jeter wholeheartedly. Even Red Sox fans, wherever they are, are thinking to themselves, "he deserves it". Jeter is a class act in every sense. No steroid allegations, no criminal record, no arguments, no ejections, no problems. Jeter is an all around hard working great guy and he showed that with strong will and dedication (and obvious talent) you can achieve success, the highest kind. I know Jeter doesn't like the spotlight and preferred to talk about the win instead of the achievement, even he understood how monumental this was. Anyone like myself who watched him grow as a player and has been a fan of his since the beginning, is proud to see him get this record. Happy to be able to tell our kids or people in generations below that we saw Derek Jeter play. I'm excited to tell my children that I saw all 2721 hits and saw the one that tied the record. I watched the best SS in baseball history, and one of the greatest Yankees of all time. Clearly his tenure with the Yankees is not over, and he has more great accomplishments to reach (3,000 hits, most runs all time, etc) but this was the best notch on the belt.
Amidst the Jeter drama, there was a Yankee game tonight, and the Yankees won that game. The final was 4-2 on a pinch hit 3 run home run by Jorge Posada. Another Yankee come from behind win. Another late inning rally. This team finds no reason to get scared at the end of a game and refuses to bend over when the going gets tough. Joba looked sluggish in the first but settled and went 3 innings retiring his last 8. Aceves did well following him and so did every other reliever after that. The Yankees pitching held the Rays to 2 early runs and that was that. The offense was quiet facing Nieman, but came alive off Grant Balfour late. The 91st win of the season, 2 more than last year, and a 4 game sweep of the Rays. Tomorrow is off, but Friday we'll see Pettite take the hill against Baltimore and Jeter will look to hold the all time hits record alone.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Brief Post
Ok this is going to be a quick post but I wanted to comment on my Yankees. I think today was one of the worst games I have ever witnessed. Between errors and horrible pitching and some other add ins, it was just embarrassing. This was the first time in a long time I turned the game off mid game out of anger. I don't like losing, but some games are acceptable losses. For example the Friday loss to Halladay, shit happens. But today was straight awful and I took nothing positive from it, except for Jeter closing in on Gehrig. I hope the following games show us some more about this Yankee team, because this was a sad, playoff less performance. I think I am going to let this go with a pass (no arod no posada not a meaningful game) but this was a terrible game and I want to never speak about it again. Lets hope they bring it for the double header tomorrow vs Tampa.
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