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Barber boys now 0-2 with dumb totally unnecessary comments about Manning

The Giants moved to 8-1 away from home with a dominating 24-14 NFC-wild-card playoff victory over the Tampa on Sunday. New York has won every away game since they fell in the season opener in Dallas. Now they get a chance to more than makeup for that loss in a much bigger matchup next Sunday...with the winner going to the NFC title game.

As for Eli's role as the hero, he should enjoy it after the grief he has taken all year. Getting his first playoff win is a big deal and will make Giant fans very happy this Monday, but nothing is forever and next week he might be back to being a "bum" or "never going to be any good" as most would have said about him as late as the start of the 2nd quarter yesterday.

Veteran Amani Toomer probably summed it up best, "Well, you know, it's New York," Toomer said. "He had a great game today, but there hasn't been a lot of time when I've been in New York where they've actually loved the quarterback."

After the 1st quarter the defense became more aggressive and Eli began using all of his weapons in an offense that would yield many positives and most importantly no turnovers. The precise throws to favorite target Toomer and the tandem running of Bradshaw and Jacobs seemed to wear down the Bucs defense, most notably in a game defining drive beginning late in the third and ending 15 plays later with a 4 yard touchdown pass leaving the Giants up 24-7 with just 8 minutes to play. The Giants were nearly flawless in the last 3 quarters winning the turnover battle 3-0 and the score would make the game look a bit closer that it was.

Today redemption is spelled, E-L-I