Last Night's Action: Sloppy Sunday

Remember all that talk about a “Subway Super Bowl”? Let’s give that a rest for now and focus on some very real problems both of our local teams have. Start with the Giants who were embarrassed on defense in a 48-27 shellacking at the hands of the Saints.

It wasn’t just that the Giants allowed New Orleans to move the ball at will, it was the utter lack of a pass rush. New York never even came close to sacking Drew Brees and he destroyed their secondary with 369 yards and 4 TD’s. C.C. Brown may have had twelve tackles, but that was just because of all the coverages he blew during the game. About the only good thing that happened for the Giants was Domenik Hixon’s kick and punt returns, but that is small solace after this beating.

And remember when Mark Sanchez was the second coming of Joe Montana? All that “poise” must have gone south for warmer weather because Sanchez was awful against a pathetic Bills team. He completed just over a third of his passes while also throwing five interceptions. The Jets got a gift when Buffalo missed a field goal as time expired in the fourth quarter, but they couldn’t capitalize.

New York blew the snap on their own game-winning field goal attempt in overtime and Ryan Lindell sent them home with a 47-yard field goal to give Buffalo a 16-13 win.

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payback for masquerading as NY teams, while playing in NJ.

Yeah, that's probably it. Of course, the Giants have won three Super Bowls while playing home games in New Jersey, so if the "payback" from playing there is that one week both New York teams have to lose, they'd probably accept that tradeoff.

subway super bowl? hahaha

try: "The Super Bowl for the Swamps"

The Bills may be miserable, but at least they play in New York.

And who cares what the Giants managed in the past? It's the 2009 season. If we focused on the past, we could say that Buffalo went to 4 straight Super Bowls. Granted, they lost, but they got there.

Jersey can have the Giants and the Jets. Born and raised in nyc, I'm a lifelong fan of the team that plays in my home state, no matter how "pathetic" Mr. Trinkle considers them.

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