September 18, 2017
MetLife Stadium – East Rutherford, New Jersey
My Friend Dave
Pregame Thoughts
Prediction: Giants win by 3
Results
Final Score: Lions 24, Giants 10
My Record: 2-2
Terrible pick again for the Giants. My two losses are their two losses, both equally bad.
The Game
A late 88 yard punt return for a touchdown by Jamal Agnew for the Lions put the Giants away. This was overall a sloppy game with each team held to around 250 yards. Eli Manning was sacked 5 times and knocked down another 8 times (great job Offensive Line). The Lions did not play great but came out with a win thanks to the poor play of the Giants.
The Giants celebrated their 10 year anniversary of Super Bowl XLII. Most of the players and coaches from the 2007 team were there and honored at half time.
The Stadium
Overall Rating: D (too harsh to give an F)
New York City is filled with things to do, so there is not much to say about that, too bad the stadium isn’t really anywhere near it. The train is somewhat easy to get to MetLife (as long as you leave early enough), but a royal pain to get back. The stadium doesn’t have the greatest setup and although it is newer, it has an old feeling to it. They could have done a much better job on this one.
Easy to enter and good concessions with plenty of choices are the only upsides.
Love, Hate, Shout Out
Love: Michael Strahan’s half time speech about the Super Bowl anniversary. I don’t have the exact words, but it was powerful and got you motivated to do something. The current team should have been on the field, maybe they would have learned something.
Hate: Giants Offensive Line. It’s a tough argument to make when you say Eli Manning is losing it and getting old. Let’s face it, he is, but he was never an elite QB and you can’t put it all on him. When you get hit literally every other play, its hard to get any timing down. Maybe it is time to address the Offensive Line issue, since its been an issue for 4 years now, ughhhhh!
Shout Out: Giants Defense. I am not sure how many weeks they will be asked to play 40 minutes a game, but so far its two out of two. Playing that much and giving up less than 20 points both games is great (can’t count the punt return against them).
Fan Tips
If you are taking the train leave really early for the game and expect to wait a long time before you get out (unless you leave the game early, which I would never do).
You cannot walk all the way around the stadium on some levels because of the suites. So check your section before you go up the escalators.