Amazingly shockng!

On how many occasions do you see a 10-6 squad make it to the NFC Championship game? How often does a team with no identity at the quarterback position...form one where the starter steps up his play from the mediocre season he had? If one were to tell you that two starters in the secondary were injured and that the third string corner had to watch Terrell Owens, would it be logical to say the Giants had a chance to contain the Dallas offense? If Marion Barber III amassed 101 yards on the ground in the first half, who would have believed the G-Men would have kept the game tied? After a ten-minute and twenty-eight second drive leading to a touchdown for the Cowboys...who would have expected Tom Coughlin to have the guts to coordinate Eli Manning to lead a TD drive in 46 seconds?

All of those othe factors were key to the contest yesterday when the Giants took out the Cowboys. A 10-6 team defeated the NFC's number one seed. It's the first time since 1996 that an NFC's top seed has lost in the Divisiona Round since 1996.

By the way, the last time Dallas smelled victory in the postseason, Barry Switzer was the head coach as the team won the Super Bowl in 1996. Since the trumph against the Pitsburgh Steelers, the Cowboys have shown an ability to collapse and an 0-5 record in the process.

Either way, it's LUDICROUS to put the load of the loss on quarterback, Tony Romo. There were numerous dropped passes by the wide receiving core of Terrell Owens, Terry Glenn and especially Patrick Crayton (one he could've taken the distance if he focused more on catching the ball rather than running with it).

The 'Boys hurt themseles with eleven penalties for 84-yards includin three on the potential game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter.

One more astonishing moment was the play of the secondary afte the injury to Sam Madison forced him to miss the game and the injury to Aaron Ross sidelined him during the second half.

Ultimately, one would have to consider the Giants the better team; but New York faces an uphill challenge next week at Leaping Lambeau where the love of football is prevalent and historic; the weather is brutal and unforgiving; and the plaers are all young (with the exception of Mr. Favre). It's too cold or the Giants to win when the high temperature is scheduled to be eight degrees

Packers 17, Giants 10

Patriots and Chargers tommorrow...