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Pretty much everyone with a microphone was saying that the Giants newly awesome defense needs to destroy Tony Romo in order to win. We say: stop Marion Barber and Jason Witten. Back in Week 1, Witten had a field day with the Giants, going for over 100 yards and a TD. And it's not like they were stopping T.O., who scored twice on 3 receptions (for 87 yards). Witten is a good player but he's not Shannon Sharpe; if you recall, he was open all freakin' day. Barber's stat line wasn't amazing (11/65 with 1 TD) but he's the guy they give the ball to when they want to pound the line. He's also started to emerge as the #1 RB in Dallas despite being the technical #2 behind Julius "maybe his brother Thomas is better" Jones. The Cowboys are a good team, even if Romo does get too much credit for such a young QB. (And not nearly enough flack for claiming to not have banged Carrie Underwood - look at those pics, he could've gotten her easily.) The Giants can definitely win the game as long they don't fall into yet another second half slump - the last few seasons have ended very badly. I don't think this team is as bad as previous years. It may not be a Super Bowl caliber group but it's more balanced and less kvetchy (I'm looking at you Tiki). Coughlin is the real wild card as far as I'm concerned. If he starts up again with the arm flapping and the weird decisions, that's going to be a problem. Eli is the other potential issue. He's been less inconsistent this season - not exactly a game manager but not a "gun slinger" either. Everyone wanted him to be his big brother, and I think this year he finally realized that he's not. Or he just stopped listening. Or he just got better. You won't ever know but he's not exactly chatty. I think that's a good thing, and if the season ends on a high note, it'll be easy to say I was right. If not, what the hell do I know?
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