The Giants moved to 8-1 away from home with a dominating 24-14 NFC-wild-card playoff victory over the Buccaneers. The younger Manning, who turned 27 on Thursday, recorded his first playoff win in his third postseason start and fourth year as the Giants' starter. It took Peyton Manning six seasons and four attempts to get his first postseason triumph."This was a great game, a playoff game, a lot of pressure on him and he stood in there," Giants defensive end Michael Strahan said of his Manning. "You couldn't ask anything more from him and I think it was a great performance by Eli."
The Giants are fortunate they play the games and don't follow what the so-called experts say. Despite a 9-7 record while playing in arguably the worst division in football, everybody seemed to pick the Buccaneers. Most of the reasoning went to the annoying "Patriots hangover", Tampa Bay Quarterback Jeff Garcia's 2-0 record against the Giants in the playoffs, and of course the inconsistency of Eli.
With this playoff win, both Eli Manning and Giant coach Tom Coughlin, silenced their critics and secured their position within the Giants organization, despite of what happens in the game next week against Dallas.
Lock up the white hoochies in Tampa, Strahan is partying.
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