Plaxico Hangover: Eagles Trip Up Giants

The defending champions of professional football—The New York Giants—are human after all. This afternoon here at the blustery, quasi-sedate Meadowlands all the questions regarding how the Giants would respond to the latest hole in their boat—the Plaxico Burress Affair—were answered. They came out flat against a fully-staffed Philadelphia squad and were soundly tossed about by the suddenly soaring Eagles.  The final was 20-14, but in reality this wasn't much of a contest. The long week of non-football affairs and negative press is finally over. We now know the Giants are far from invincible. This latest incident has shown that their steely exterior has just been a facade. Tom Coughlin's bunch has been insisting that the Plaxico Burress episode would not affect their current quest to repeat as Super Bowl Champions. Against the Philadelphia Eagles, it seemed that he is mistaken.  Here's two reasons why: 1) Antonio Pierce, Burress' companion on the night he ... (link)