Giants' Jacobs on 'lucky' Eagles; Reid on McNabb
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Giants' Jacobs on 'lucky' Eagles; Reid on McNabb
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The Giants had been a dominant rushing team in the weeks preceding last Sunday's game against the Eagles.
And then things changed. The Giants ran for 100 yards on 31 rushing plays, an average of 3.2 yards per carry. Five of those plays went for negative yardage. Of their 20 first downs, only three came on the ground.
Ahmad Bradshaw had 66 yards on 19 carries and Brandon Jacobs has 34 yards on 12 carries.
The reason?
"It’s a division opponent," Jacobs said yesterday. "They know what we do and we know what they do. They dialed up the right things at the right time. It’s kind of like Tecmo Bowl when you press the same button as your opponent and everything breaks down. They had the right blitzes dialed up against the right runs, and they got lucky."
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Eagles coach Andy Reid was asked on a conference call with Minnesota reporters what he thought of the current situation involving Donovan McNabb in Washington.
"This is one of my all-time favorite guys," Reid said. "The things he did for this organization, for all of us here in this organization here, are just unbelievable. I wouldn’t ever have guessed that this would have taken place or expected it to take place, but it has and he will do like he does with everything and handle it peacefully and he’ll come out on the upper end of it."
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And, here is Michael Vick on the prospect of an 18-game regular season:
"I totally disagree with it. Sixteen games is enough as it is and I think it’s not good for the players. I think it would only be detrimental for us and it would be tough."
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Wow....Lucky? Six straight times.....lucky?— TBear- "They had the right blitzes dialed up against the right runs, and they got lucky."
AKA They were better prepared than us and they kicked our butts.
Who cares what Jacobs thinks after the fact. We won, Giants, lost. Case already closed.- Wait wait wait....which one is jacobs again?— hititwheretheyaint
- He's the temperamental fat one who lost his starting job and has never really lived up to his potential.
— Doctor D - Jacobs sucks, so does Bradshaw. I don't know what the other teams that play the Giants do, but NY doesn't seem to be too good at running, period. I find it amazing that they have the ability to win most of their games, considering how poor they play on offense and the number of times the turnover the ball to opponents.
I guess their defense (when they aren't giving up 30-plus points) keeps them in most of their games - maybe its that, or maybe a whole lot of "luck," huh Jacobs?— Watching and Waiting - Its going to be funny when the Birds get in the playoffs and loss. they never win a super bowl. At least the Giants have many Super Bowl victories. Talking trash on jacobs will just want to run right down your throat if we get you again. The Giants already hurt many of your players and knocked them on IR for the year. they can do it to many more of your players. You loser fans are the cry babies. Just wait when your out of the playoffs! I'll be laughing and all of us NYers will be writing to your Philly paper.— MRD
- English are gooder! Get a grip and go back to school moron! — IdahoMoose
- Jacobs wasn't saying anything at all... he was saying we played the right plays against them. Calm down, dudes, before you all have heart attacks. Stop the hate. Who am I going to read out here if you're all dead from bursting arteries ? You know Jacobs wasn't saying anything outlandish... and by the way, all of us would take Brandon Jacobs tomorrow on our team. Keep the peace, comrades, and live another day.— landt
- I'd think it were a problem if your starting RB starts comparing blitzing schemes to Tecmo Bowl... If it were McCoy saying something so utterly stupid after a lost game, we would be all over him...— goeagles87
- Brandon, cut it out, you're getting the ball all wet.— smfree31
- Jacobs and the rest of giants are just like their fanbase. Whiny crybabies. No one talks like Jacobs and no one has come up smaller than Jacobs during their 6 STRAIGHT LOSSES TO THE EAGLES.— bleedmidnightgreensection236
- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! You were outplayed and the BEST TEAM ON THE FIELD won the game!! Your luck (2 non-fumbles by the Iggles and 1 fumble by Nicks) ran out with 8:17 left on the clock and you didn't touch the ball again!!!! I hope you play the Niners in the first round and lose loser!— IdahoMoose
- Luck is when preparation meets opportunity— Clem
- Lucky? Tell Jacobs to watch game film of the second half. They gave up 316 yards in the air plus at least 150 on the ground. He's a punk.— 1republican
