Manning career best propels Giants
Eli Manning’s first career playoff will ring warning bells in the Dallas Cowboys camp. During the 24-14 wild card win over the Buccaneers, the Buccaneers’ defense was more bothered about Brandon Jacobs. This mistake was fatal to their chances in the game and Manning made them pay dearly. Jacobs struggles but Manning made merry.
He played an excellent, mistake-free game in his usual fashion against the team that is acknowledged to have the best passing defense and completed 20 of his 27 passes with two touchdowns and no interceptions, with a completion rate of 74.1%, the highest in his career.
This feat came in a playoff game where people had doubts about Manning’s match winning ability and this made it even more important for the team as well as Manning’s career. The Giants (16-11) will now face the Dallas Cowboys (13-3) on Sunday. The Giants in two attempts have been unsuccessful at beating the Cowboys this season.
In those two games though Manning was at his best. He completed 68% of his passes with five touchdowns and three interceptions. He however saw a slump in his game until the end of 2007 when he came up with a great performance against the Patriots with four touchdowns.
Manning went about the game in his usual efficient and clinical manner and in spite of Jacobs not performing he got them that extremely important victory that still keeps them in running for the Championship. The team will be hoping that he keeps it up for Sunday’s big game against the Dallas Cowboys who have been superb this season. The Giants’ defense has been a bit of a problem for the Giants but the team is confident that they will be able to overcome the difficulties and make their way into the finals of the Championship.