2009-05-04T07:37:58-04:00 Giants will have Super hangover 2008-09-04T14:39:41-04:00 18 2008-09-10T06:40:20-04:00 1 2 10 2009-05-04T07:37:58-04:00 1 CA nack josef Los Angeles 770904 2 I really enjoyed it and would like to appreciate this great effort by you. I am sure fans must impress with this blog.&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myticketin.com&quot;&gt;Houston Astros tickets&lt;/a&gt; 5280966 2009-04-27T19:09:12-04:00 2 CA jtotheh Los Angeles 766188 1 what a hater 5208708 2008-09-09T13:40:55-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/112/78/thumb/MRivera.jpg 18999 NY AllStarz 11298 ou hang out with too many talking heads and they convinced you that football can be quantified by individuals, players injured, this team has lost nothing in terms of team and will. 2701812 2008-09-05T09:06:11-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/428/099/thumb/croatia.bmp 17 MI bygwyllay Ypsilanti 428539 wow, you got hosed on this prediction, perloff. can i have your job? 2668957 2008-09-04T23:27:10-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/707/0/thumb/denver-broncos-head.jpg 42 CO TheMastermind Denver 7090 WRONG. The G-Men weren't world beaters tonight but they ran the ball well, Plaxico owned the Skins coverage and their defense shut down Jim Zorn's offense. I'm not picking them to win it all, but don't look past the Giants. They have a team out there. 2667661 2008-09-04T20:28:35-04:00 194 OH YngwieScruggs Cleveland 217476 Perloff formula for writing an article: 1. Headline must be eye-catchingly wrong. 2. Predictions must be wrong and totally out of left field. 3. Reasons for making said predictions are dubious at best, usually repetitive, and never without any merit--they usually involve fallacies or just pure unpredictable BS like &quot;hangovers, rising to the occasion, having more to prove,&quot; 4. At least one very strangely cherry-picked example which usually ends up contradicting his point--he says that the 02 Patriots had a let down. I wonder if he realizes that every single Super Bowl defending champion in the last 9 years has won their opener, and that's what we're talking about here. Besides, if you have to go back 6 years to draw any comparison, it's a bunch of junk to begin with. The teams are TOTALLY different also, but never mind that... they have a young quarterback, and everyone knows young quarterbacks who win the Super Bowl are flukey. It's not like Brett Favre or Tom Brady or Ben Roethlisberger ever had a good season after winning a championship. Logical reason for defending champions winning their openers--because injuries have not set in yet, and the team is really really good because they were good enough to win the Super Bowl with almost as good a team as they have now. It's not that hard, but it doesn't fit into the Perloff formula outlined above. Why use common sense and analyze sports when you can just spout off some BS prediction. This guy is almost as bad as Skip Bayless. 2666910 2008-09-04T20:20:00-04:00 194 OH YngwieScruggs Cleveland 217476 as usual, perloff writes a dumbazz prediction that is totally completely wrong. 2666839 2008-09-04T19:01:17-04:00 1 FL DrewAndrews Jacksonville 511654 How can SI have this guy Perloff on staff? Two &quot;what if&quot; questions in paragraph 3. This is stuff high school reporters write. He must be a rookie or sour Patriots fan or someone that was made to look like a fool at a Giants/Coughlin press conference. 2666603 2008-09-04T18:52:45-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/419/58/thumb/oderus.jpg 4803 Urnze 42178 You still work here? 2666550 2008-09-04T17:41:08-04:00 3 fl GBigPCB panama city beach 501599 The Rodney Dangerfield's of the NFC East will prove it again. It was no fluke, the defense is built on a system that will control the game. The offense will BIG PLAY the skins to death. 35-14 G-MEN 2665947 18 <p><img src="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/danpatrick/photos/tx_eli_stroked.jpg" height="300" align="right" alt="" width="250" style="width: 250px; height: 300px" /></p><p>The Giants rallied around their underdog status last year. They wanted to prove they could win for their embattled coach and QB, that he NFC didn&#39;t belong to the Cowboys and and that Patriots weren&#39;t unbeatable.</p><p>Now all of that motivation is gone. Why are they going to bleed for <strong>Tom Coughlin</strong>? The Giants were never talented enough to just blow teams away. They&#39;re going to be in a battle almost every week. Do they have the inspiration to come out on top against hungry teams on a consistent basis?</p><p>New York showed just how thin the line is between winning and losing in last year&#39;s playoffs. If that ball hadn&#39;t magically stuck to <strong>David</strong> <strong>Tyree</strong>&#39;s head, tonight&#39;s NFL season-opener game would be in Foxboro. The Giants couldn&#39;t afford any offseason hiccups if it hoped to defend its title. But they may have taken a couple of major steps backward, losing <strong>Osi Umenyiora</strong> and <strong>Michael Strahan</strong>. Their defensive line singlehandedly won games last year.&nbsp; Without Umenyiora&#39;s six-sack domination of the Eagles and Strahan&#39;s three-sack performance against the Lions, the Giants may not have even been in the playoffs. Defensive end <strong>Justin Tuck</strong> looks like an up-and-coming star, but that&#39;s against single coverage. Can he thrive as the primary guy?</p><p>Enter the Washington Redskins, who have been about as unimpressive as an NFL team can be in the preseason. They were outscored 71-6 in their two final preseason games. But to be fair, many of their best players were on the bench and new coach <strong>Jim Zorn</strong> undoubtedly held back a big chunk of the playbook. And of course, preseason under any circumstances is completely meaningless.</p><p>Even with the adjustment the Redskins have had to make to a new coach, they&#39;re still an NFC East team, and at the end of the day, is there really that big a difference between these four teams? On any given Thursday, any of them can surprise the other. In Week 15, just a few weeks before Manning magically transformed into a Super Bowl hero, the Redskins came into the Meadowlands and made him look like a high school quarterback (18-for-53, 184 yards) in a 22-10 win.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Washington enters the season with a lot more to prove than the Giants. Zorn was generally perceived to be a last-choice pick for head coach. Quarterback <strong>Jason Campbell</strong> doesn&#39;t get any respect and the only marquee name on defense is veteran <strong>Jason Taylor</strong>, who may not even play this week. The Redskins can take advantage of that us-against-the-world mentality that propelled New York to a championship. Don&#39;t be surprised if all the festivities and accolades around the Giants actually make Washington the more fired-up team tonight. </p><p>This year&#39;s Giants are reminiscent of the 2002 Patriots - coming off a miraculous upset win in the Super Bowl with a clutch quarterback and a solid, young nucleus. New England had an emotional letdown that year and missed the playoffs. Don&#39;t be surprised if the Giants get off to a slow start as they grow into their role as world champions. </p><p><strong>Prediction: Washington 24, New York, 23</strong> - The Redskins run and throw to <strong>Clinton Portis</strong> all night, letting their big offensive line mow down the suddenly susceptible Giants front seven.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> 2553 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/397/2/thumb/Perloff.jpg 550 NY Andrew Perloff New York 3992