The Giants are pretty good

In the midst of a brutal stretch of their schedule, the Giants play 4 division rivals in 6 weeks, with one of the non-conference games against the very good Baltimore Ravens. After shellacking an undermanned Cowboys team last week, the Giants put it to the Eagles in Philadelphia last night. The final score of 36-31 is not indicative of how dominant the men in blue played. The Giants nearly doubled the Eagles in terms of time of possession, and racked up over 100 more yards in rushing. Hey, those stats might be related! The Giants are now 3-0 against the NFC East which is all the more remarkable given that the rest of the NFL is 6-13 against the division.

Second verse, same as the first

The Mets bullpen coughed up another lead. It gets tiresome writing the same things over and over, but the same thing keeps happening over and over. The Mets will either turn over a lead to a bullpen that can't hold it or rely on the relievers to keep the game close until the offense can scratch out some runs. Delgado's late two-run home run was rendered meaningless by Atlanta's 4 run explosion in the bottom of the 8th, leaving the Mets struggling into their final week of the season. Another collapse at the hands of Chicago and Florida over the next 7 days and you'll find me at the bottom of a bottle. What's that? I'm already at the bottom of a bottle? Hmmm...well, let everyone be warned. The Mets miss the playoffs this year and it might depress me to the point of sobriety. Hide the women and children.

In less depressing news, the Giants clawed out a victory against a game Cincinnati team and won in overtime. A win is a win, but I was kind of expecting a 30 point blowout. It's really hard not to score more points against those guys. That being said, with Philly taking out Pittsburgh, Washington beating Arizona, and Dallas stomping Green Bay, the NFC East is now a combined 10-2, with the 2 losses coming intradivision. It was suggested to me this morning that the NFL should abandon the idea of awarding a playoff spot to the NFC West winner and just let all 4 NFC East teams in this year if they earn it.