For the first 28 minutes of the Giants' season-opening game, they looked as though no team was going to score on them all season and as though they were going to be able to move the ball up and down the field without even breathing heavily.
For the first 28 minutes of the Giants' season-opening game, they looked as though no team was going to score on them all season and as though they were going to be able to move the ball up and down the field without even breathing heavily.
Eli Manning scored on a 1-yard run and the New York Giants opened defense of their Super Bowl championship by scoring on their first four possessions in taking a 16-7 lead over Washington after three quarters in the NFL season opener Thursday night.
Off to an ugly 0-2 start last season, the New York Giants' coach was on the hot seat and the team's quarterback was facing questions about his ability that had dogged him throughout his career.
Despite having played Washington at least twice a year since 1970, the Super Bowl champion New York Giants are going to be playing somewhat of a guessing game against the Redskins in the kickoff game to the NFL season.
By winning the Super Bowl last February, the Giants earned the right to open this 2008 season a few days earlier, which they'll do at home on Thursday night against NFC East-rival Washington.
-- The Giants signed former Eagles first-round draft pick defensive end Jerome McDougal the day after final cuts and he will be inserted into the rotation of ends that includes Justin Tuck, Mathias Kiwanuka and Renaldo Wynn.