F-ing Giants!

Ok, many people don't know this but, I LOVE FOOTBALL. I am a Giants fan...please don't pity me. This weekend I attended my first NFL game. It was awesome. It was the Philadelphia Eagles vs. The NY Giants. I was so amped. These two teams have been rivals for as long as I can remember and they always put on a show for the fans. Having said that let me say that I was appalled at the way the NY Giants played. There were so many mistakes and missed opportunities. I was so disgusted that I was witnessing my team spit on their playoff hopes.
They made good things happen but squandered opportunities by not following through with putting points on the board. They settled for field goals instead of making it happen in the red zone and converting all that hard work down the field to points. Aside from Tiki Barber being grossly misused last night our defense was tired and sluggish. They weren't the defensive team that the Giants had been. I know that Strahan is out and Petigou is too (two very important players on defense) but, they have won games with out them and last night should have been no different. The penalties KILLED us. Everytime we made a huge gain on yards they undid the good with a silly penalty. Our quaterback is a gutless wonder. He had an opportunity to run in a touchdown and opted to throw and could have gotten picked off. He shows no emotion and definitely no leadership. Peyton he is not. But he is not the one to blame for this lose.
They played sloppy. That's the bottom line. Our defense couldn't hold the Eagles down. McQuaters couldn't cover me if he tried. He allowed Westbrook score the go ahead TD. Westbrook, Smith and Garcia were all over the place. Making plays and putting hearts on the scrimmage line every time they had a down. Tiki Barber allowed Trent Cole to catch the tipped throw by not swatting the football to the ground or getting cole away from the ball. A little nudge would have probably done the job. We all know he's capable of a nudge when he saw the ball being tipped. It was a long way home. Damned Eagle fans chanting E A G L E S and flapping their arms like birds.
I was jealous. I was so jealous that their players knew the importance of this game. Not just for their playoff hopes but for the fans that have stuck by this poorly disciplined team.