Giants at Eagles

To be honest, I thought he missed it. It’s always hard to tell on TV but I thought Jay hooked it to the left. Luckily it managed to squeak through and the Giants had a 26-23 overtime win.

Let’s face it, this is not a really good team. They’re too inconsistent and Manning has a ways to go before he’s a full blown NFL QB. Still, they’ve already exceeded my prediction of 8 wins by winning their 9th. This has been a cardiac season. Saying that there have been lots of really exciting games would be a gross understatement. I can’t handle it, I really can’t.

The Dallas-Kansas City game was another heart stopper with a defensive holding penalty on a 4th and goal with less than a minute to go giving the Cowboys another life plus a 41 yard FG miss by Kansas City that would have tied the game. Washington also won. The Eagles were officially eliminated.

The Cowboys (8-5) pack their bags for Washington (7-6) and the Giants (9-4) have their last home game against Kansas City on Saturday. Washington, with home games against the Cowboys and Giants and then a season closer at Philadelphia is still very much in the hunt. If they run the table they will have the best division record which could turn out to be the tie breaker.

Dallas will be in serious trouble it they lose to Washington regardless of what the Giants do against Kansas City. A loss would give them a 3-3 division record and they would be on the short end of tie-breakers against both Washington and New York. If Washington runs the table, they will control the tie-breaker situation and the Giants would have to beat both Kansas City and Oakland.

A Washington win coupled with a Giants loss would set up a show down between Washington and New York. Given the way the season has gone so far, I can almost guarantee you this is what will happen.