Giants-Bucs Recap

This is going to be short and sweet.  What else can I say, the Giants played one of the worst teams I have ever seen in my life and they beat the living s*** out of them.  It was absolutly embaressing and it could not have gotten any worse.  For all you Giants nay-sayers, all this team does is win games, no matter how they do it.  I am not even going to do a blurb of the Bucs this week because they played about as well as any college team would play against the Giants, they dont deserve me writing anything for them.

QB

Eli was once again very efficent and effective.  A typical Eli game his stats were not overwhelming (14-24 161 2 Tds) but he accruate, and most of his incompletions were drops.  He lead a balanced attack, and when he was done shredding Tampa's defense he gave way to the Giants dominating running attack and defense.  All Eli does is win games.  End of story.

RB

The Jacobs/Bradshaw combo looked as good as ever.  Jacobs carried the load, and Bradshaw was simply unstoppable, racking up an absolutly outrageous 7.4 yards per carry.  The only thing I am concerned about though is Jacobs.  Yea he gained 92 yards but it was on 26 carried, for a 3.4 yards per carry.  He has not looked good in all three games, and he even admitted after the game that he has not been the same.  I personally think he just hasnt found his groove yet, and that will come.  There is no way hes washed up or hurt, but if he keeps wearing down the defense and let Bradshaw gain the yards, this team will be fine.  I mean, they did gain over 220 yards on the ground, granted against the Flordia State....Ummm I mean Tampa Bay Bucs.  Gartell Johnson showed me that he can play, 26 yards on just 6 carries.

The only blurb I will say on the Bucs is about Derrick Ward.  I was expecting him to be motivated and come out and pound the Giants.  I could not have been more wrong, if your going to talk trash back it up.  Not only did he not show up, but he was dreadful.  Five carries for two yards, and did not even talk to the media after the game.  What a b****, and to make matters worse the Giants are the same exact team without him, he was another interchangable part.  Jerry Reese is simply doing wonders with this organization.

WR

Steve Smith another 7 catchers, Manningham another 50 yards and....A SINORICE MOSS SIGHTING!!  Smith is quitely turning into a 1,000 yard reciever and Mr. reliable as Manningham is the over the top, lighting rod reciver.  So much for trading for Braylon Edwards, Smith and Manningham are both in the top 10 in catches and top 5 in yards, with Smith being 2nd and 3rd in each catagory.  Travis Beckum made an apperance, look more for him in the Red Zone in the future.  Big Boss Man made a nice play, but I think he is having trouble getting open, plus Coughlin doesnt love using the tight ends in passing situations, but I would like to see more of # 89.

O-Line

What else can you say but wow.  43 mins, no sacks.  This line put the Bucs to shame.  Update on Mckenzie is that it is a sprained knee and that initially he should be fine, but worse case scenario he misses next week.  As for Seuburt, he aggrivated his shoulder and will be fine and go next week.

D-Line

Again, without Canty and Tuck playing only on third down passing situations, they still dominated.  Kiwi played the best I have seen him play in awhile, while Osi in my opinion continued to struggle a bit.  Fred Robbins was also unstoppable yesterday.  No sacks again, but its all about the pressure and for the second week in a row, the pressure was very good. 

LB

Completly shut down the running game.  There were no swing passes, and only let up when it was 24-0 with  6 mins left in the game.  The defense, individually speaking, was almost unoticable because the Bucs were so inept and the defense as a whole were just all over the place.


Secondary

No Kenny Phillips, no Aaron Ross, no Kevin Dockery no problem.  Terrell Thomas is improving every single week, and made a nice pick yesterday.  Teams continue to not throw to Cory Webster.  They threw to his side three times yesterday and he still picked up four tackles. He continues to amaze me by his progression.  The Bucs never had success throwing the ball until the second unit came in.

Special Teams

Tynes is beginning to worry me a bit.  This guy is utter garbage, despite the kick last week, has looked very shakey this year.  I am surprised they kept him over Carney who missed 3 kicks (including postseason) last year.  I think Coughlin thought that Carney in the clutch was miserable, which he was.  He missed the game winner vs the Vikings and two in the loss to the Eagles in the playoffs.  Still, Tynes cannot continue to miss easy kicks like he did yesterday.  It wont hurt them next week or the week after, but down the road it might.

Coaching

I didnt even know the Bucs were being coached until I saw their press conference.  Gilbride has to call a better game inside the red zone, they are still too vanilla, and need to break out the offense a little more.

Overall

In all honesty, that was one of the biggest lopsided games I have ever seen.  Top five most dominating New York Giants performence I have EVER seen.  Now, it did not hurt that the Bucs are about as good as the University of Maine's football team, but holding a team to under 100 yards (86) is INSANE.  Think about that for a second, the team DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH OFFENSE TO GO FROM GOAL LINE TO GOAL LINE IN THE GAME.  First road shut out for the G-Men since 1983 and first shutout since the 36-0 game over the Redskins which was the first game after Wellington Mara died in 2005.  They were even more dominating than I was expecting, and after the game I felt very good at the state of the Giants and that NFC showdown Oct. 18 @ New Orleans.  I will be back tomorrow with a full NFL recap at the week that was week 3 in the NFL.  Enjoy your miserable lives at work.

-Lew