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In the Giants' last two victories, New York has come back late to win at New England and, on Sunday night, at Dallas. In New England, Manning led the Giants on drives of 88 and 80 yards in the final seven minutes; both ended in touchdown passes. In Dallas, Manning led the Giants on touchdown drives of 80 and 58 yards to erase a 12-point deficit in the final six minutes.
If Tebow is the manic fourth-quarter rally machine, Eli Manning's the buttoned-up one, following the scripts, making all the right decisions, throwing every pass on target. The difference between Tony Romo and Manning was pretty clear in the final minutes. Romo needed a completion to a wide-open Miles Austin inside of three minutes to play to ice the game -- and overthrew it. Manning lofted what should have been the winning touchdown pass right into the arms of a well-covered Mario Manningham in the final seconds -- a perfect throw that Manningham dropped. No matter. Manning got the final 24 yards passing and running, and the Giants won.
I said this after the Patriots game: In terms of clutch, I'll take Eli over Peyton -- and that's no knock on Peyton. It's the simple recognition that right now, today, I think Eli Manning's the most clutch quarterback playing. How much more do you need to see? Winning three on the road and then dethroning the 18-0 Pats in the Super Bowl four years ago was the start. This season's the continuation. There's no more debate about whether Eli's elite. He's put that to rest in Foxboro and Arlington this season.
last night was a pleasant surprise.....just like the Tebow game, I figured this one would be lost..Wrong again ! LOL
amazing,...Eli still doesnt look like a QB or football player out there on the field on tv..could they actually get in the Packers way ?..dethrown another undefeated?...gee, I wonder what manning will be rated this week in Madden?
Icing the kicker isn't just for the kicker anymore.
New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul told ProFootballTalk Live on Monday that the timeout called by coach Tom Coughlin before the Dallas Cowboys attempted a game-tying field goal Sunday night gave him a chance to devise the strategy that resulted in his game-saving block.
Pierre-Paul said that after Cowboys kicker Dan Bailey's first kick -- which sailed through the uprights but didn't count because Coughlin called the timeout just before the ball was snapped -- he decided to rush over Dallas' center instead of over the guard.
That change in approach allowed Pierre-Paul to get enough penetration to reach up and deflect Bailey's 47-yard attempt, sealing the Giants' 37-34 win and creating a tie atop the NFC East, with the Giants and Cowboys each sitting at 7-6.
For Bailey, it was the second straight week that he was iced before missing a potential game-tying or game-winning kick. At least this time it wasn't his own coach applying the ice.
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