The Rundown (a.k.a. PLEASE STOP SHOWING FARVE AND HIS PURPLE HAND!!! No, seriously people, twas purple. Barf)

G-MEN-21, Vikings-3

Well after a whirlwind 3 days of travel and changes our boys in blue finally got to take the field last night, albeit in Detroit instead on Minnesota, but an arse-kicking is an arse-kicking regardless of the turf it happens on. Luckily for those of us who have ESPN on 24/7 this means the end of the "Will he or Won't he?" story lines about Farve (he didn't btw) and seeing the video of the Metrodome collapsing every 5 seconds. Unfortunately this also means the commencement of 10,000 stories about Brett's ended streak followed by any 1 of 10,000 montages dedicated to his career. Oh, and we still get to hear about "Tripgate" for the next 6 days (at least).

Anywhichway, back to the topic at hand. If the unexpected changes challenged our boys in any way it surely didn't show on the field. Well, for the most part (I'm looking at you Elijah, and both your interceptions in the first few minutes). That aside, Blue quickly got some momentum going when Jacobs had a 73 yard run setting us up for our first TD of the game, a one yard run by Jacobs himself. Our RBs have been on FIRE lately!! Especially Jacobs who FINALLY looks like his old self. That big boy was really starting to worry me but in the last 2 games he has started to resemble the destroyer that we all came to love in the 2007-2008 season. Not to be outdone Bradshaw would have a 48 yard TD run in the second half. Speaking of our run game, according to Giants.com this is only the second time in Giants history that they've had 2 running backs run for over 100 yards in the same season. The first being in Buffalo in December 2007. The runners? You guessed it: Jacobs and Bradshaw. Sandwiched between all the running was a Manning TD pass to Boss right before the half.

Now the bad news ladies. While we got back WRs Smith and Nicks last night, Manningham injured his hip flexor during the 2nd quarter and was pulled from the game. As of right now, no update has been provided but Coughlin is expected to give an update during his press conference today. In addition, Smith (WHO JUST FLIPPIN RETURNED) sustained a hamstring injury in the 4th quarter. No word on him yet either. What the FRIIICK? I really don't get it. Keep in mind we lost Hixon before the damn season even began and Cruz and Barden in the first couple games. I swear this is bad karma from that incident we do not speak of. Ya know, the one where our star receiver tucked a gun into the (ELASTIC) waistband of his sweatpants and hit the town? Yeah I think we all remember how that ended. Karma my friends.
Needless to say we need every strong player we have healthy and ready to attack the Eagles next week. For those of you who may not understand standings and how they contribute to the playoffs, this game is HUGE. Like epic big. We are tied for 1st in the NFC East with the dirty birds and have been for some time. While we are in the running for a Wildcard slot regardless, I'd much rather go out in 1st and have a cushey bye week in the playoffs rather than jumping right in as a Wildcard team. And as much as I HATE the Eagles (not nearly as much as the Cowgirls, but that's for another time) I can't deny that they are going to be a BEAST of a team to take on. That bottom-feeding turd fungas that is Vick is a ridiculous QB, I'll give him that. I guess murdering innocent animals is cool as long as you can hurl a mean spiral downfield....wait, there I go again. Let me swing it back to the topic at hand. Actually.....I think that's all I've got.

On to the next one......