Almost Perfect Season (the blog)


Offseason
March 6, 2008, 10:53 pm
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Coughlin Should Be Through With Little Blue
Clearly, This is a Giant Mistake
Wrong Answer: Keeping Coughlin May Land Big Blue in No-Man’s Land

Another Year of Coughlin? Let the Hilarity Begin
NBC Gives Barber the Ball, and He Runs With It
Tiki Torched: Barber’s a Fake, Coughlin’s the Real Deal

Giants’ Off-Season Has Been Work With No Progress

Live (sort of) From the NFL Draft

This is a Huge Change From Their Usual Route

Familiar Favorite: Patriots Will Be Driven to Handle Unfinished Business

Sorry, But This Just Isn’t Going to Work



Training Camp
March 6, 2008, 10:53 pm
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Wrong Way for a Giant Era to End

Tiki: Eli’s Leadership ‘Comical’ at Times

Manning Tosses Barber’s Words Back at Him

First Step to Being the Man



Week 1
March 6, 2008, 10:53 pm
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Defense Truly Rests for Giants

Points, Pain and Problems

Jets Ticket Holder Sues Patriots And Coach Belichick, Seeks Damages of More Than $184 Million

Cowboy 45, Giants 35
Record: 0-1

Patriots 38, Jets 14
Record: 1-0



Week 2
March 6, 2008, 10:52 pm
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Giants collapse in all phases in blow out against Packers

Woeful Giants ‘Pack’ It In

Defiant and Dominant

Worst of All, Jets and Giants are Boring

Dysfunction Loves Company on Atomizing Giants

Win One for the Cheater: Why the Enraged Patriots Will Go Undefeated

Coughlin Cornered by 0-2 Start
Packers 35, Giants 13
Record: 0-2

Patriots 38, Chargers 14
Record: 2-0



Week 3
March 6, 2008, 10:52 pm
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Off-Broadway Melodrama: With Players Complaining and a Coach on the Hot Seat, 0-2 Giants Seem More Fit for Page Six Than the Back Page

Final Stand Gives Giants a Reason to Believe

No Points for Skins (Or Critics)

Giants 24, Redskins 17
Record: 1-2

Patriots 38, Bills 7
Record: 3-0



Week 4
March 6, 2008, 10:51 pm
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Donovan McNabbed: Giants Defense Smothers Eagles QB

Giants’ 12 Sacks, 6 by Umenyiora, Bury Eagles

Giants 16, Eagles 3
Record: 2-2

Patriots 34, Bengals 13

Record: 4-0



Week 5
March 6, 2008, 10:51 pm
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Michael Strahan’s New Book Praises Tom Coughlin

Giants 35, Jets 24
Record: 3-2

Patriots 34, Browns 17

Record: 5-0



Week 6
March 6, 2008, 10:51 pm
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Giants Can’t Afford to Fumble Prosperity This Time

Kneel Before the Pats—’Cause the Pats Ain’t Kneeling

The Winning Machine

Giants 31, Falcons 10
Record: 4-2

Patriots 48, Cowboys 27
Record: 6-0



Week 7
March 6, 2008, 10:50 pm
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Defense Comes Through Again for Giants

Move Over Miami: Patriots Bound For 19-0 and NFL Scoring Record

Giants 33, 49ers 15
Record: 5-2

Patriots 49, Dolphins 28
Record: 7-0



Week 8
March 6, 2008, 10:49 pm
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Sorry, Brits, But Giants-Dolphins Was Typical NFL

Running It Up: Belichick, Pats Take No Prisoners
Giants 13, Dolphins 10
Record: 6-2

Patriots 52, Redskins 7
Record: 8-0



Week 9
March 6, 2008, 10:49 pm
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Giants Scatter for Break, Promise No Second-Half Letdown

It’s Becoming Easier to Hate the Pats More Every Week

Experiencing the Chill of ‘Victory’

New England Express

Giants: Bye Week
Record: 6-2

Patriots 24, Colts 20

Record: 9-0



Week 10
March 6, 2008, 10:49 pm
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Giants Saddle Up but Don’t Measure Up

Romo Rolls, Eli Folds In Giant Mismatch

Cowboys 31, Giants 20
Record: 6-3

Patriots: Bye Week
Record: 9-0



Week 11
March 6, 2008, 10:48 pm
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They’re Good, But Not Giant

The Fight for Second

The Bully-Boy Patriots

Giants 16, Lions 10
Record: 7-3

Patriots 56, Bills 10
Record: 10-0



Week 12
March 6, 2008, 10:48 pm
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Snap Judgments: Manning’s mediocrity

Did Eagles finally expose New England’s few flaws?

Laid-Back Manning Fires Up His Critics

Perhaps It’s Time To Let Eli Manning Go

Vikings 41, Giants 17
Record: 7-4

Patriots 31, Eagles 28
Record: 11-0



Week 13
March 6, 2008, 10:48 pm
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“Skittish? Not When It Counts: After Seven Miserable Quarters, Manning Shows Grit and Rallies Giants to Crucial Victory”

Giants 21, Bears 16
Record: 8-4

Patriots 27, Ravens 24
Record: 12-0



Week 14
March 6, 2008, 10:47 pm
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Tom Must Stay, a Year After Tom Must Go

Tom Coughlin’s Job Security a Giant Blessing For Players

Giants 16, Eagles 13
Record: 9-4

Patriots 34, Steelers 13
Record: 13-0



Week 15
March 6, 2008, 10:47 pm
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Mann Overboard: Struggling Eli Gives Critics More FodderFor Tom Coughlin and Giants, Woes in December a Cold Reality

Redskins 22, Giants 10
Record: 9-5

Patriots 20, Jets 10
Record: 14-0



Week 16
March 6, 2008, 10:46 pm
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Mann Overboard: Eli Can’t Save Jints, Only Sink ‘Em

Only Eli Manning Can Save Coughlin

Giants 38, Bills 21
Record: 10-5

Patriots 28, Dolphins 7
Record: 15-0



Week 17
March 6, 2008, 10:46 pm
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Despite Pressures, Tom Coughlin Should Focus on Bucs, Not Patriots

Coughlin Exceeded Expectations

Give Tom Credit: He Went For It

 

Patriots 38, Giants 35
Giants Record: 10-6
Patriots Record: 16-0



Wild Card Playoffs
March 6, 2008, 10:45 pm
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Road Savvy Giants Believe They Can Travel

It’s Time for a Playoff Payoff

Final-E! E-ffcient Eli Just Couldn’t Be Had

Eli Grows Up

Giants 24, Buccaneers 14

Patriots: Bye



Divisional Playoffs
March 6, 2008, 10:45 pm
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Regular Season Over, the Pressure Begins

Eli Manning Must Outplay Tony Romo for Giants to Beat Cowboys

Nothing About This One Came Easy

Mr. Right After All

WFAN Host Craig Carton’s Long March After Losing Bet with Boomer Esiason

Giants 21, Cowboys 17

Patriots 31, Jaguars 20




Conference Championship
March 6, 2008, 10:44 pm
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Giants Recall a Stinging Defeat and See How They’ve Changed

Patriots Are Beatable

Eli New Mann in NFC

Giants 23, Packers 20

Patriots 21, Chargers 12



Super Bowl Week
March 6, 2008, 10:44 pm
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New England Fans Will Get a Trophy or a Bust

Terry Bradshaw Does About-Face While Interviewing Tom Coughlin

The New York Football Giants & Me: A Hate Story 

Title of Best Fits Bill Belichick 

Rewriting Wrongs: Fire Coughlin? Well, It Sounded Good at the Time

Mismatch of the Century

Parade for Pats is Issue in Vote: Victory Rally May be Super Tuesday

Finish Them! Why The Patriots Have to Blow Out The Giants in the Super Bowl

Pat-ently Smug & Snooty



1st Quarter
March 6, 2008, 10:43 pm
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5:01: Lawrence Tynes 32 yard field goal.

Giants 3, Patriots 0



2nd Quarter
March 6, 2008, 10:43 pm
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14:57: Laurence Maroney 1 yard TD Run

Patriots 7, Giants 3



3rd Quarter
March 6, 2008, 10:41 pm
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7:23: Tom Brady sacked by Michael Strahan at the Giants’ 31 yard line.



4th Quarter
March 6, 2008, 10:41 pm
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:01 Eli Manning kneels. Game over.

Giants 17, Patriots 14



Post-Game Quotes
March 6, 2008, 10:40 pm
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Eli Manning: “I’m thinking this is where you want to be. This is the position you want to be in. You like being down four points, at end of the game, you gotta score a touchdown to win. If you’re down three points, you might settle for a field goal, you’re not as aggressive. It’s kinda more … makes it a little better, you couldn’t write a better script. As a quarterback, you want a shot to win the game at the end and we got that shot and we made it happen.”



After the Game
March 6, 2008, 10:17 pm
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Never has 18-1 looked so lame a mark.




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