Published 11/3/2009
by Leslie Monteiro
at Bleacher Report - NFL
Everyone anointed the Giants as the team to beat in the NFC after beating up on many bad teams in the schedule that put them at 5-0.
The team earned the benefit of the doubt by appearing in the postseason for the three straight years with a Super Bowl champion to show for it.
New Yorkers expected their NFC team to expose the Saints as frauds when their team came to the Bayou for the battle of undefeated teams. Instead, the joke is on the Giants.
Since the loss to the Saints, they looked awful on the field. They lost three straight, and it hasn't been pretty either.
The Cardinals handled the Giants with ease by passing the ball at will towards that soft defense, and yesterday, the Eagles did whatever they wanted when it came to running the ball and passing the ball.
Tom Coughlin ponders about the questions that plague his team right now.
Where is the defense? What happened to Eli Manning? Why can't Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw run and break tackles? Those three issues hurt the ...
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