It’s otherwise known as the Scotchy/Yeah right Darby For The Ages. I hope for the sake of his sanity that my esteemed opponent can get those visions of that 41-0 pasting out of his head. [giggles in blowout]
To The Game!
Giants/Vikes:
-Despite these teams being around for so long they’ve rarely met up in the playoffs. The Giants hold a 2-1 edge in games played.
-On the face of it Minny should be able to do anything they want in the run game. Cook averaged 4.5 ypc last time they played but that was under what NY usually gives up. Also, the Giants are 31st in pass defense DVOA vs tight ends-that was in evidence when Hockey went for 109 yards and two TD’s, further lowering the Giants stats in that category. And of course there’s Jefferson who is uncoverable at present and was earlier in the season flirting with Megatron’s total yards receiving record.
-So…what do the Giants bring to the table? Well, their run game has been extremely effective-they are ranked fifth in number of explosive plays and tenth in EPA per run play. They’re doing this out of base personnel (11 men) looks which usually means that an offense is going to pass. Because the D has to account for the possibility that Saquon might get the ball out of this set the revolving door of sub-average wr’s have been “functional”.
-The Giants don’t have a single player with an injury designation for the first time in my memory. They get back stating cb Adoree Jackson and starting safety Xavier McKinney.
-Minny is 11-0 in one score games but NY isn’t that bad either, going 8-4-1.
PAYDAY?: Daniel Jones argument for a multi-year contract keeps improving. The knock against him is that he doesn’t take chances-he has a 6.4 average yards per throw and a 76% completion percentage between the hash marks-but I’d argue that all those ‘dump off’ passes have been the plan all along as Daboll has had to build him back up from scratch.
-The knock on Cousins is that he’s quite flappable when pressure arrives-last year his passer rating was 72.5 under those circumstances but this year the stat sits at 83.4.
Stay gorgeous in the comments.
THESE 2023 MINNESOTA VIKINGS I CALL THEM GEORGE SANTOS BECAUSE THEY SOMEHOW ASCENDED TO A POSITION OF POWER BEFORE BEING EXPOSED AS SOME OF THE BIGGEST FRAUDS IN HISTORY.
Justin Jefferson targets on the last drive (and maybe the whole Q4) – zero
Speaking of, Hodgins, picked up off the Bills practice squad, doesn’t have a dropped pass yet this season.
I don’t call him the Good Hodgins JUST for the Curb reference!
post-game drinks are on Slayton!
He’s not carrying the tray though.
Not very far, anyway.
Not bad for a team that was supposed to win 5 games this year.
thinking this bodes well for the N-GCp tomorrow. That division was “iron sharpens iron” this season.
Mike McCarthy: “The game’s TOMORROW!?!?
Giants have vanquished the fraudulent Vikings! Sorry, Yeah Right.
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That was Alex Smith esque
Odin, coming back to the tv after running to get some snacks:
Throwing short of the 1st down, always a dumbass idea.
Not the Dingliest berry Dingleberry has ever dingled, but dingley nonetheless!
and on the decisive play, the NOO YAWK FITBAW GIANTS actually DID cover the TE
BREAKING: Kirk Cousins has been elected mayor-for-life of Checkdown City.
Did Chad Henne die or something?
Alex Smith is still Prime Minister.
has a…leg up on his rivals
/ducks rotten veg
YES! Primetime Cousins Strikes Again
4th and 8, lets throw it 6 yards!
NFL playcallers make the dumbest decisions sometimes.
CAPTAIN DINGLEBERRY Y’ALL
The annoying thing about the last 2 minutes of the game taking 20 is that I’ll have to go airplane mode and miss what I assume will be a brutal Cousins turnover in the red zone
the checkdown on 4th and 8 was Peak Kirk
I appreciate his timliness in dingling!
Not quite
The end of Super Bowl LVI and that Roughing the Passer call is proof that BLEERGH has a personal vendetta against me.
Nah, it’s proof that the primary purpose of NFL officiating is to maximize drama.
It can be two things!
Roughing the passer?
Weak rouging the passer is weak
borderline criminal
Just a truly terrible call.
“Rouging the passer” is what Derek Carr does to himself when the mascara alone just isn’t cutting it.
“Don’t look at me, these teams aren’t part of my script whatsoever.” – THE NARRATOR
I think Danny has been putting in the hours watching Manningface tape, he’s getting decent at it!
The dumb look!
The Gints receivers know holding onto the ball is part of their jorb, don’t they?
Well, that drop preserves the possibility of the Vikings having their hearts ripped out somehow.
I’m thinking a touchdown to tie it and they Shan’Khor steps in.
Darius Slayton, HonoUrary Hobo
What a putz.
“Bet $10 on a +900,” I said. “It’ll be fun,” I said.
Ice Giants lose to the Ice Allouettes. Booo
…and six pints of Häagen-Dazs.
Things didn’t go quite so well for the Ice Giants today, who just lost to the Ice Alouettes
Booo
Dont fuck this up Danny boy.
He didn’t!
Saquon seems like he’d be an especially good “Bush pusher”
“Ah, I remember the days of pushing Bush…” – Paul Wolfowitz, daydreaming about invading another country
Danny Dimes is having an unusually cromulent game
This has been 5 games out of 5, in terms of entertainment value
(4 of 4 if Hippo could count)
That’s Other Hippo’s job.
yeah, and dat muthafucka HIGH
Oh, an Absolutely Fabulous reference. Deep cut.
Finally! the Giants get a stop.
Unfortunately it was only in the 2016 wild card round
It would suck to have someone cleat your bare foot there, good for him to keep going