Giants Good Enough

    Yesterday, the New York Football Giants took on the Detroit Lions at New Meadowlands Stadium. The Detroit Lions proved to be a worthy opponent, however they lost their 24th straight on the road, and the Giants were proud to be apart of that streak. The Giants won this game 28-20, by running the football very well, making good throws when they needed to, not turning the ball over, and playing clutch defense. They got timely turnovers. However,  it seemed as though Detroit came to New Jersey with a much better gameplan than the last two teams who faced the G-Men did. They keyed in on the Giants' stud wideout Hakeem Nicks, and kind of just took him out of the game. This made the Giants go to Mario Manningham and Steve Smith, but to the Lions' credit, they made other people try and beat them. On the offensive end for Detroit, they threw a lot of underneath passes, being they knew the Giants have a good pash rush, and run defense. To Detroits credit, with their second string quarterback getting hurt early in this game, Drew Stanton played his heart out and made some plays for Detroit.
    Detroit's offense converted on many third down attempts and made the Giants defense stay on the field, longer then they would've in previous weeks. This simply kept them in the ballgame. Although the Giants seemed like they had the game in the bag a number of teams, the Lions stayed resiliant as they have in games this season, and kept Giants fans from leaving the stadium prematurely. The Lions may be 1-5, however they are a threat to any team out there, and if you don't play solid football the day you play Detroit, they will beat you. As a Giants fan, I am not disheartened by an 8 point when with a 9 point spread, I'm proud they got the job at hand done. The Giants are tied with the Philadelphia Eagles at 4-2 and at the head of the NFC East. Next week Big Blue will face the poor Cowboys. Those 1-4 Cowboys will be looking for a way to get their season back on track, it will be the Giants' job to go into big D and step on their necks.