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Well G-Men fans, we shall see today if Eli can win his first road game ever in the NFL...and we'll also see if the dreaded 'letdown game' that was so common under Fassel (remember New York's trouncing of Minnesota 34-13 a couple of years ago? They immediately lost their next game) will rear its ugly head with Coughlin at the helm...but for some reason, I'm not so worried. :^)

Also, there's an NFC East battle to watch; I have to say I'm rooting for the Skins', as the Giants have already beaten them once. We haven't faced the Eagles yet.

And Dallas has a bye. So they don't win or lose...but we do catch up in games played. :-P

Funny you mention it, but I do not have the same sort of fear I used to have when we had a game like this. The players and Coughlin are acutely aware of this history based on the noise they've been making in the media this past week. We can only wait and hope.

The one bothersome thing carried over from last week's game is the continued bad bad play of the secondary. The 'skins dropped a dozen balls (at least) and the game might have been very different if they had held on to even half of them. Will Allen, Gibril Wilson, Shaun and Deloatch better step it up against the farty whiners or it might get ugly. This rodeo quarterback they have is a tough kid and could surprise.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The New York Giants' return to Candlestick Park featured few dramatics, no comebacks and certainly no collapses. Just another methodical win for a team that's already thinking about a return to the playoffs.

Eli Manning passed for 251 yards and a touchdown, Brandon Jacobs rushed for two short fourth-quarter scores and the Giants' defense yielded just 138 total yards in a 24-6 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

Plaxico Burress had five catches for 79 yards in the third straight victory for the Giants (6-2), who maintained their lead in the NFC East by suffocating the 49ers' offense, which hasn't scored a touchdown in its last 13 quarters at home.

Just 11 Giants are left from one of the club's most infamous postseason defeats, on Jan. 5, 2003, when San Francisco rallied from a 24-point deficit in the second half of a 39-38 wild-card victory.

It was the second-biggest collapse in NFL playoff history, and New York hasn't been back to the postseason or Candlestick since. But while the 49ers are 10-31 since that win, the Giants already have rebuilt themselves into a postseason contender behind Manning, who was 18-of-33 and threw a TD pass in his ninth straight game.

The Giants' offense floundered for long stretches against San Francisco's inspired defense, but a handful of big plays led to scores.

Jeremy Shockey, who dropped a pass in the end zone during the second half of that playoff loss in San Francisco, stretched full-length to catch a 32-yard scoring pass 13 seconds before halftime.

Burress made a stunning one-handed, 50-yard catch on the final play of the third quarter, and Jacobs rushed for a 1-yard score moments later. Amani Toomer then made a 23-yard catch near the goal line, setting up another 1-yard TD run.

Cody Pickett, the 49ers' fourth starting quarterback in five games, made few mistakes in his first NFL start. But he couldn't spark anything behind San Francisco's comically inept offensive line, which committed several penalties and rarely allowed Pickett a moment's peace.

Joe Nedney kicked two field goals for the Niners (2-6), who lost for the sixth time in seven games.

The 49ers' offense briefly got going late in the first half, with Pickett scrambling for two first downs before Brandon Lloyd took the crowd's breath away with a one-handed, behind-the-head catch inside the New York 5.

But struggling left tackle Anthony Clement was called for holding on the play -- and after consecutive false starts by the line, Pickett's long pass was intercepted by Brent Alexander.

Manning quickly hit Shockey twice for the Giants' first TD.

Pickett, promoted from the 49ers' fourth string after injuries to Alex Smith and Ken Dorsey, was 12-of-21 for 102 yards. San Francisco still went nowhere, depending on penalties for four of its nine first downs.

San Francisco finally scored on Nedney's 48-yard field goal early in the second half, ending nearly 108 scoreless minutes for the Giants' defense, which shut out Washington last week. Nedney, who made five field goals last week, hit a 52-yarder several minutes later.

Back judge Don Dorkowski injured his calf during the second half, and the game was finished with six officials.