Their losses down the stretch included a 41-17 debacle to Minnesota and a 22-10 loss to Washington in which they absolutely stunk up the joint (both of these were at home, too). And many of their wins were ugly (at best) . . . including a 16-10 victory over Detroit, that hideous 13-10 game against Miami, and a 16-13 win over Philadelphia in Week 14. They didn't even look very good in their late-season victory over Buffalo.
An NFL championship is all about surviving. It’s a war of attrition. We now have a #5 seed champion to go along with the #6 seed Steelers.
Now Eli has to learn how to win in Giants Stadium.
And that’s the baffling thing about the team and really why the Coughlin had to convince the owners not to fire him. Over the past 5 games you have seen this team play to its full potential. They battled the Pats hard at home the last week of the season then went on the road and won in Dallas and Frozen Lambeau then outfought the Pats in the SB. Granted, the Pats didn’t play their best game last night but that Giants team last night was hungry, confident and aggressive.
What I think really turned their season around was that near-miss loss to the Patriots in the last regular season game.
It was after that that the team and Eli really started to believe in themselves and in each other, and once that happened they improved drastically.
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