Giants Walk Over Washington

It was a must-win game for the New York football Giants on a Monday night in Landover, Maryland. The media had been hyping up the Washington Redskins because of their recent offensive successes, and their "playing for pride" mindset. The majority of the media had also decided to declare the Giants out of everything prior to the game. Although the Giants have to rely on Green Bay or Dallas to lose a football game, they can still put themselves in a good spot if they were to win out. However, it starts with putting one foot down in front of the other, and the first step was beating the Washington Redskins on Monday Night Football.

The Giants came out firing putting 7 on the board on the first drive of the game and taking 9 minutes and 13 seconds to do so. They did not have a gain larger than 14 yards on that first drive, and not one reception was made by a wide receiver. The Giant defense would then take the field and show Washington what they would be facing the rest of the way. They showed blitz packages and actually came up with a sack and forced fumble during that 3 and out. The Giant offense would then throw to wide receivers the next drive, and they were able to get 7. Kevin Gillbride waited all season long to call a brilliant game, but what a brilliant game it was. Although it was the now 4-10 Redskins, the Giants scored emphatically, each and every time. 45-12 would be the final score in this one. It looks like this could be the end of the Jim Zorn era in Washington, and then end of the Jason Campbell at quarterback as well, who turned it over twice throwing 2 interceptions, and just really never got anything going. The minute Todd Collins was brought in after Jason Campbell was injured, the Skins got right down the field with a chance for their first points of the game and that's when the Redskins gave up. The Skins tried to get creative shifting 7 men to the left side of the field during a field goal try, the Giants would then call time out. The Skins would come back out, and do the same exact thing, and the Giants were not fooled, eventually getting an interception that was a fade-away throw from the right hand of the punter/holder Hunter Smith. The Giants go home to face a Carolina team who is fresh off of an impressive performance, beating the Minnesota Vikings 26-7. The Giants will then face the Vikings themselves on the road in week 17, however the focus is on Carolina. If the Giants get hot at the right time, it could be scary, and real unfortunate for the rest of the NFC.