Giants Brace for the Storm of the Century

It may not be on the Weather Channel's radar, but come this Saturday, the Meadowlands and the NY Giants are going to be hit with the biggest most fiercest storm this team and stadium has ever seen.

Hurricane New England Patriots will arrive around 8:05pm EST and experts predict although the storm may last for roughly 2 and half hours, the greatest devastation that it will cause will probably occur within the first hour or so.

Although I use these analogies to describe what the Giants will encounter this Saturday, rest assure they are in for a big battle. However, the big question will be, do the Giants rest the starters and get ready for Tampa, or play them and try to foil the Patriots chances at history.

An even more glaring question is, can the Giants, even with their starters have a chance against mighty New England. Many experts, and most I agree with, say they have no chance, so sit the starters and get ready for the playoffs.

Although on paper the Giants are clearly not as good as the Patriots, this game has that same eery feeling that a similar match up had in 1998. That is when then the 13 - 0 Broncos marched into the Meadowlands, to face the Kent Graham lead Giants. The Giants had no business winning that game as they were to be no match for John Elway and the Broncos. A late TD pass from Graham to Amani Toomer sealed the victory, and as fate would have it, Toomer is yet again playing this Saturday in a similar game.

Toomer and Strahan are the only two players that remain from that contest in 1998, so maybe they can shed some light on what it might take to defeat the odds.

Regardless of what happens Saturday, the fate of Tom Coughlin rests in what the Giants accomplish in the post season and not in week 16. My guess is Tom will play the starters to try and win the game, but if it gets out of hand and the Patriots pull away early, look for the backups to get plenty of playing time.

By: Michael C. Podlesny



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Michael C. Podlesny is the co-host of the Big Blue Review, a weekly podcast featuring the latest news on The New York Giants. The podcast can be downloaded from Michael's blog at http://bigbluereviewpodcast.blogspot.com/.