Prior to the season, the Giants were expected to primarily be a running team. But for the first eight weeks of the season, Eli Manning and company are dominating the passing game.
The Giants hard-fought win over the Dolphins on Sunday and their first place seeding in the NFC East earned them higher notches in the global NFL Power Rankings.
BRADY CRUNCH: Osi Umenyiora (left) and Justin Tuck lay the wood on Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during the Super Bowl XLII upset that turned on the Giants’ relentless pass rush. Their best chance to win this Sunday in Foxborough is to replicate that pressure on Brady.
PLAYING TIME: Giants running back Brandon Jacobs protects the football from a staunch defense of eighth graders at Brooklyn’s Essence School during a visit yesterday to promote the NFL’s “Play 60” campaign.
SUPER MEMORY: Giants coach Tom Coughlin said he would not use as motivation this week the Giants’ upset of the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, highlighted by David Tyree’s legendary Helmet Catch.
ON POINT:The Patriots’ Tom Brady is the more acclaimed quarterback in Sunday’s showdown in Foxborough, but the Giants say they wouldn’t trade Eli Manning for anyone.