Cowboys need to put collapsing Giants away
By Andy Targovnik on November 28, 2006 12:46 AM
If the Dallas Cowboys are serious about getting to the Super Bowl this season, they can make it a lot easier for themselves by beating the New York Giants at the Meadowlands this Sunday.
With a victory, the Cowboys will all but sew up the NFC East. If they lose, they'll probably still make the playoffs, but it would likely be as a wild card; and the road to the 'Big Dance' will be much more difficult.
Logically, the Cowboys shouldn't lose to these struggling Giants.
Compare the two teams: The Cowboys are running like a well-oiled Porsche. The Giants, on the other hand, are clunking along like a beat up Edsel, badly in need of repair.
Eli Manning is playing like he's the quarterback with five games of experience, while Tony Romo is playing like a wily veteran. Giants star wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who has consistently quit on plays in the field, has made Terrell Owens look like Mother Teresa. Bill Parcells has his team under control and appears to be pushing all the right buttons, while Tom Coughlin has recently lost his composure on the sidelines and keeps getting thrown under the bus by his malcontented players. Except for Gregg Ellis, the Cowboys have avoided serious injuries, while the Giants have been decimated on both sides of the ball.
But just five weeks ago, it looked so different, didn't it? The Giants walked into Texas Stadium and handed the Cowboys their heads on a silver platter. The Giants followed up that thrashing with two wins, while Dallas suffered the most brutal of losses to the Washington Redskins .
At that point, many pundits wondered if the Giants were going to run away with the division and whether the Cowboys would recover.
But this is the NFL - where things change fast.
Now it's the Cowboys who are in the 'zone' and New York is a wounded vampire. And how do you avoid giving a vampire new life? Plunge a stake through its heart and cut off its head. A New York win on Sunday will not only give the Gianrs a big advantage in the standings, but more importantly, will give them new life.
And let's face it, if Dallas wants to make a run at the Super Bowl, is it too much to ask that the team beats the Giants in their building? The Colts did it. The Bears did it. Now it's time for the Cowboys to stake their claim as one of the NFL's elite teams by doing it, too.
If the Dallas Cowboys are serious about getting to the Super Bowl this season, they can make it a lot easier for themselves by beating the New York Giants at the Meadowlands this Sunday.
With a victory, the Cowboys will all but sew up the NFC East. If they lose, they'll probably still make the playoffs, but it would likely be as a wild card; and the road to the 'Big Dance' will be much more difficult.
Logically, the Cowboys shouldn't lose to these struggling Giants.
Compare the two teams: The Cowboys are running like a well-oiled Porsche. The Giants, on the other hand, are clunking along like a beat up Edsel, badly in need of repair.
Eli Manning is playing like he's the quarterback with five games of experience, while Tony Romo is playing like a wily veteran. Giants star wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who has consistently quit on plays in the field, has made Terrell Owens look like Mother Teresa. Bill Parcells has his team under control and appears to be pushing all the right buttons, while Tom Coughlin has recently lost his composure on the sidelines and keeps getting thrown under the bus by his malcontented players. Except for Gregg Ellis, the Cowboys have avoided serious injuries, while the Giants have been decimated on both sides of the ball.
But just five weeks ago, it looked so different, didn't it? The Giants walked into Texas Stadium and handed the Cowboys their heads on a silver platter. The Giants followed up that thrashing with two wins, while Dallas suffered the most brutal of losses to the Washington Redskins .
At that point, many pundits wondered if the Giants were going to run away with the division and whether the Cowboys would recover.
But this is the NFL - where things change fast.
Now it's the Cowboys who are in the 'zone' and New York is a wounded vampire. And how do you avoid giving a vampire new life? Plunge a stake through its heart and cut off its head. A New York win on Sunday will not only give the Gianrs a big advantage in the standings, but more importantly, will give them new life.
And let's face it, if Dallas wants to make a run at the Super Bowl, is it too much to ask that the team beats the Giants in their building? The Colts did it. The Bears did it. Now it's time for the Cowboys to stake their claim as one of the NFL's elite teams by doing it, too.
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