Football musings

Just when yesterday looked like it was going to be less than pleasant, everything worked out for the best. The Giants certainly did not look great, especially when they were actually trailing Houston, but somehow the Giants got the job done and came out with a 14-10 victory, which puts them atop the NFC East with a 6-2 record. And then there was the Cowboys-Redskins game. The downside to that game was that t.o. caught a TD. But there were so many other good things, like t.o. celebrating by pretending to take a nap in the endzone (he feel asleep in a team meeting, then claimed he has a sleeping disorder), which violates the league rules on TD celebrations, so the Cowboys got penalized 15 yards on the kickoff. Parcells was really happy about that. And then t.o. dropped a perfectly thrown pass that would have been a TD, which would have basically won the game. And then there was the finish. With the score tied 19-19 and time running down, the Redskins missed a 49-yard field goal, then Dallas went right down the field to have a 35-yard field goal attempt by the most accurate kicker of all time. That should have been the last play of the game, but the Redskins' Troy Vincent blocked the field goal, Sean Taylor picked up the ball and returned it about 30 yards, AND the Cowboys got flagged 15 yards for a facemask penalty. As a result, the Redskins got a chance at a 47-yard field goal with no time on the clock to win the game. That time Redskins kicker Nick Novak was on target, and the Redskins won 22-19.

It was a good day.