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Eagles Attack Eli's Mann-Hood (1 Viewer)

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EAGLES ATTACK ELI'S MANN-HOOD

SAY GIANTS QB GETS 'RATTLED' EASILY

By PAUL SCHWARTZ

NY Post

January 3, 2007 -- Extra, extra, read all about it. Eagles defensive end Trent Cole says Giants quarterback Eli Manning can and will be rattled Sunday in the NFC playoff game pitting two longstanding and fierce rivals.

"You get him rattled and his game starts going downhill," Cole said.

Surely, the Giants have read the comments.

Or perhaps not.

"I don't read garbage," right tackle Kareem McKenzie said yesterday.

What about left tackle David Diehl, who in his new role gets to line up against Cole play after play?

"Let's just say it's going to be a great challenge," Diehl said, chuckling. "It's not about talking; they're doing enough of it. We know what it's going to be like, we know what they're going to try doing. That's fine, let 'em do all the talking, we're just gonna play football."

One day gone, and the chatty Giants have held their tongues, which qualifies as some sort of self-restraint record for this team this season. As fervently as they publicly stand behind Manning, the Giants know they can't rely on the offense revolving around the 234-yard rushing outburst by running back Tiki Barber that saved them last weekend in Washington. The Eagles are going to fill the box with run-stoppers, including safety Brian Dawkins, and dare Manning to beat them with his arm. It's a simple strategy and also completely appropriate, given Manning's inability to make a defense pay.

"Eli's a young kid still," Barber said. "People are expecting him to play like a 28 year old. He's 25 years old [turns 26 today], he's in his third season in the NFL, everything doesn't happen quickly. I didn't get it until five years. You give him time, you support him and you build around him as it goes.

"Eli can handle anything. It's just a matter of us protecting him and keeping him confident so he's not getting hit, not feeling pressure and forcing himself into mistakes."

 
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This has been discussed often in the NYG game threads. He really better figure out how to deal with pressure real quick.

 
Peyton: "It's okay Eli, they aren't saying MOOVERS to us..... they're saying LOSERS"

 
I wanted to be sports writer when I was younger and now I'm glad I never pursued it. Having to come up with some bs hook for a story everyday would get boring fast. It is the post however.

 
I wanted to be sports writer when I was younger and now I'm glad I never pursued it. Having to come up with some bs hook for a story everyday would get boring fast. It is the post however.
Well, you could have become a good sports writer and found actual hooks, not BS hooks. And not every sports writer writes a story every day or covers a professional/major college beat that makes them stretch for stories at the end of the season.
 
The Giants aren't talking because they know they barely even deserve to be in the playoffs the way they've played the second half of the season. They've got nothing to say.

In any event, what was said isn't anything that isn't already known. It's like saying Manning throws like a girl with his left hand. Or Garcia runs like a 37 year-old guy.

 
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What was said was obvious but I still wish Cole hadn't said it. There is no need to give the Giants any motivation to become cohesive, because they can be dangerous.

 

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