I know it was my story today, but Michael Strahan won't play tomorrow. The Giants were being coy, trying to keep hope alive, but there's no way they would risk setting Strahan back by having him play right now.
Now, that's not to say he's done for the year. The premise of today's story still holds: The Giants would get a huge lift from Strahan coming back, and his ability to increase his practice workload will factor into whether he will play a week from tomorrow against the Saints or in the season finale against the Redskins.
Ideally, the Giants win tomorrow without Strahan and there's less pressure to rush him back. Because this injury he has is definitely prone to setbacks.
On to the game preview...
Now that I'm on a tremendous roll (one in a row), I feel confident that the game will go exactly as I say... To wit:
-- The Eagles start strong, with Jeff Garcia avoiding the pass rush and finding receivers open underneath (like every other QB has done to the Giants).
-- Eli Manning also starts strong, bolstered by Tiki Barber running well and the Giants neutralizing Jeremiah Trotter by going no-huddle at times early and going with a spread formation at times.
-- The Giants take the lead for good with a late second-quarter TD.
-- The Eagles commit a costly turnover early in the second half and the Giants go up two scores.
-- The Eagles rally to make it too close for comfort, but the Giants manage to hang on.
Giants 24, Eagles 20
Comments (3)
thats game script sounds a lot like last week's actual game.
Boy I hope so...Giants need this game...
Hoping Eli plays today. Will be watching him to see if a real QB shows up. Will look for strong passes , moves out of pocket and runs for 1st down.
If Eli is mediocre , Giants lose - 24 - 10.
Well.. I think Buffalo is very appealing.