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The N.F.L. Pulled Something Out of the Air This Season
shinsano posted 1/21/2008 from nytimes.com
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — When Amani Toomer caught Eli Manning’s short pass, dodged a tackle and sprinted down the Dallas sideline for a 52-yard touchdown last week, the Giants were not only on the path to Sunday’s National Football Conference championship game. They also represented, in one play, the convergence of schemes, rules and personnel that made this the highest-flying season in N.F.L. history.
