Thoughts from Section 337: Goodbye Giants Stadium

Total embarrassment from the G-Men yesterday, in what should’ve have been a historic and enjoyable last game in Giants Stadium. Instead of a fitting final act for a place I consider a football cathedral, and have spent more time and money in over the last 24 years than any respectable human being should, it ended as one of the more embarrassing exhibitions of football I’ve seen. Carolina, who was sans leading rusher DeAngelo Williams, ran for 247 yards, the most in Giant Stadium history. Thanks for the Christmas present Big Blue.

Let’s pretend for a second its 12:30 pm yesterday afternoon, just before kick-off, and we have no idea what the outcome is going to be. Here’s the situation; playoff birth on the line against a team with nothing to play for, last game in historic Giants stadium, former greats like Taylor, Banks, Carson and Morris on hand, and a talented team that has underachieved all year with a chance to get hot. They could make that into a movie, splice it up into highlights with NFL films music playing the background; it would be like Hoosiers meets Remember the Titans. Instead it looked like Saw IV. Somehow, the Giants came out flatter than Kate Hudson and phoned-in the Stadiums curtain call. All the former greats that had come to bid farewell to the home of all their playing memories probably wanted to throw up. With the exception of Eli Manning, Justin Tuck and even Ahmad Bradshaw and Steve Smith, no one showed up. Shouldn’t be surprised though, considering they looked good last week against Washington. The Giants have had a hard time stringing two wins together this year, much like the U.S. special olympic floor hockey team.

Bill Sheridan better start looking at real estate in St. Louis, because I can’t imagine anyone but Steve Spagnuolo wanting him near their team. I know the players have to execute, but the lack of urgency and the half-ass play from the defense reeks of a team giving up on its coordinator. He has no respect anywhere in the organization, and needs to go. The Big Blue has allowed 383 points this year; only Tennessee, Kansas City and St. Louis have allowed more. You have to try to make a Giants defense that bad.

That’s all I’m going to say. This will probably be the last Thoughts on section 337, as I can’t imagine anything good will come out of next week, and emotionally I can’t handle reliving anymore Giants debacles. There will be more later in the week when I’ve cooled off, but for now let’s all be happy the season is almost over and I can’t get back to writing about porn and alcohol-abuse.

Pick results: Week 16: 4-1 Total: 40-29-3