Sep 5th 2008 12:35AM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Giants, Redskins, NFC East, Fantasy Football

Because we only have a one game sample thus far in the 2008 NFL season, and a near two day break until there are more, we may as well analyze what we saw.

First and foremost, the Giants won that game on the sheer emotion they sported in the first quarter and a half. The last few years (think Colts over Saints and Steelers over Dolphins) the defending Super Bowl champ has been able to play their week one game in front of a rowdy home crowd, all the while being energized by the celebration of last season’s Super Bowl victory. The same thing almost happened this year, as the Giants came out like gangbusters. The only difference is that the previous two kept pouring it on all game. This time, the Giants just ran out of gas by the middle of the second quarter.Continue Reading