Why the Giants Won....

After watching the tape I made, there were three reasons the Cowboys lost. They are as follows (in order of importance):

1. Patrick Crayton - this big-mouth wide receiver not only dropped a couple of passes in critical situations but he also stopped and then started running again on a key overthrown Romo pass into the endzone.

2. Penalties - at the most critical points in the game, primarily involving the BOYZ offensive line.

3. Overconfidence - everybody from the owner to the head coach to each individual player felt they'd beat the G-Men. Surprise !!!

Romo actually played very well. Even in the fourth quarter, when he did falter a bit, it was because he had no time. His biggest mistakes were getting called for grounding the ball, and then holding the ball when he could have safely gotten rid of the ball.

One could talk about coaching failures, but, aside from the overconfidence, a big mistake admittedly, there were really no huge errors in judgement to point to. Coughlin gets kudos for playing conservatively down the stretch, but only because it worked. He would have been blasted in the press if the Cowboys came back to win.

Unheralded Giants played a huge role AGAIN. Ahmad Bradshaw was huge. Ditto Steve Smith. Ditto Kevin Boss. And what about Pope? And Ross? He sacrificed his body to stop another huge Marion Barber run.

The Giants veterans were huge too, notably Toomer and Strahan.

And then there was Eli, and Jacobs (I wish he'd stop his stupid antics though) and Tuck and Pierce. And to all the Giants, congratulations. You made our day...and week...and maybe year.

Can they win one more? In their favor, they have two good running backs, the Pack has only one. Working against them is the fact that the weather will be bad, and as good as Eli has been lately, he still hasn't played a good game in cold weather. Another first? Only time will tell.