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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject: Giants Knock Bucs Out Of Playoffs |
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The New York Giants muscled past the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24-14 in a NFL wild-card playoff on Sunday.
The Giants improved to 8-1 on the road with a dominating victory over the NFC South division champion. New York has won every road game since falling in its season opener against the Dallas Cowboys, and it gets a chance to diminish that blemish in a much bigger matchup in Dallas next Sunday, with the winner going to the conference title game.
It was the first postseason win for quarterback Eli Manning, who efficiently outplayed his counterpart, Jeff Garcia. Manning went 20-for-27 for 185 yards, with almost all the damage coming after a forgettable opening quarter in which New York had minus-2 yards of offense.
The oft-criticized Manning should draw nothing but praise for his performance, which included touchdown passes of 5 yards to Brandon Jacobs and 4 to Amani Toomer. The score by Toomer was his seventh catch of the day and completed a clinching 92-yard, 15-play drive.
New York's defense was led by cornerback Corey Webster's interception and fumble recovery, and Michael Strahan's nine tackles and a sack. Tampa Bay gained only 166 yards before a late 88-yard drive made it 24-14.
Jacobs also had an 8-yard TD run for the Giants, while Lawrence Tynes kicked a 25-yard field goal.
Earnest Graham ran for a 1-yard touchdown in the first quarter and Alex Smith had a late 6-yard scoring reception for the Buccaneers, who have not won a postseason game since the Super Bowl in January 2003.
Garcia, who had beaten the Giants twice in the playoffs with different teams, wound up 23-of-39 for 207 yards and two interceptions. |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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All I have heard for the past week is how good the Bucs were. I think something like 23 out of 25 so called experts picked the Bucs to win. I hate that. It always seems to blow up in our faces when that happens. We do much better as an unrespected underdog.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with you 100%. Not to be superstitious, but I have seen that very thing happen too many times over the years.
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