A few minutes after the Giants beat the Eagles last night - and well past the deadlines of most newspapers covering the event, Michael Strahan held a press conference in which he talked about getting the sack that set the Giants' franchise record for most career sacks (133 1/2). 
But he offered up a line about Eagles tackle Winston Justice, who played in place of injured tackle Tra Thomas, that was truly memorable. And funny. Justice, of course, was the poor sap on the receiving end of Osi Umenyiora's six sacks. And the Eagles basically left him out there in one-on-one situations all night long, failing to use either a tight end or a running back to help him contain Osi.
"Move the running back over there," said Strahan, who was frequently double teamed. "I'm 35. [Jon] Runyan is an All Pro. Go help that young kid. That really, I felt in a lot of ways, you are going to ruin the guy. If that is your first start and that is what he gets it is not a good thing."
And then this line: "In Philadelphia the poor kid goes out and orders some food, they might do something to him."
(Get it: poison his food. Maybe you had to be there for it, because it might not translate in print. But it was really a clever line. And who knows? Maybe not too far from the truth. Checking out that picture of Justice, who looks kinda mushy, we suspect he's no stranger to ordering out.)
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I gotta agree with Stray, it was incredibly stupid of them to not help him. Stray and Kiwi got cut and chipped all night by Buckhalter. I was sure at halftime that they would make some adjustments. Well that's Reid's own stupidity, Go Giants!
That picture is pretty much how Justice felt on Sunday night ... naked and bewildered.