Giants Feeling Better

Looks like the bye has the Giants back on track.  "It gave me a chance to rest my shoulder" said Justin Tuck about his sprained shoulder that has limited him to 3.5 sacks this year.  From what I read Eli went down to the Ole Miss game and hung out.  The more I thought about it, the more I think Eli is battling that heel injury he suffered during that Kansas City game.  He has over thrown too many guys, even more than he has in the past, despite playing very well vs the Chargers.

From the comments from most of the Giants today, it seemed that most of them needed the week off and that they are ready to go for the Falcons game on sunday.  "Going nine weeks in a season without a break, with training camp and everything, sometimes you don’t feel tired until you get away and you realize your body is tired, your mind is tired,'' Eli Manning said. "We met today and guys are excited to be back and ready to go. Wasn't a real long practice. There was good energy, guys were sharp. Guys are excited about the opportunity we have.''

I have been going back and forth on this game for the last few days, and I am standing by my thinking that the Giants will blow out Atlanta.  Atlanta as I have mentioned about a million times in this space is an atrocious road team (their only win coming against a bad 49ers team), have lost their star running back (Michael Turner) to an ankle injury, and the Giants are in a must win situation.  Not mention the Giants have had two weeks to prepare for this game and are furious about the four game losing streak thus having the media write them off.  I would be surprised if the Giants did not at least take care of business if not blow them out of the water.

Yesterday was probably the best sunday the Giants have had in weeks...AND THEY DID NOT EVEN PLAY!!  The Cowboys lost to Green Bay and star tackle Marc Columbo, Eagles lost to San Diego and possibly Brian Westbrook for the year with a second concussion in 3 weeks.  Michael Turner will almost surely miss sunday's game not too mention Atlanta lost, Kyle Orton might miss the Thanksgiving game against the Giants, and star tackle Jordan Gross is out for the year, which means he will miss the game vs the Giants.  Thats pretty amazing considering all those injuries and teams lost affects the Giants. 

- Lew