Football days are here again

After a long CBA-filled offseason, the NFL is finally back in action, and Week 1 certainly wasn't lacking in the drama department. While I love a good defensive battle, I think Thursday's opening game was exactly what us football fans were looking for. Super Bowl MVP Quarterback vs. Super Bowl MVP Quarterback.. is it really shocking that the score reached a 76 point total?! And with the final play at the goal line, you couldn't have written a much better script to launch the NFL season.

Unfortunately, Week 1 didn't leave me with much to smile about. I spent all offseason trying to forget about the Giants late season collapse, fighting to erase that ice cold December 19th game from my memory. The Giants floundered in the offseason, failing to resign TE Kevin Boss and WR Steve Smith--2 of Eli's favorite targets--not to mention the DELUGE of injuries during preseason that left the Giants looking rather limp. But the team still has many strong points, strong enough to beat the Redskins right? Wrong. The Giants depleted defense looked lost, making Rex Grossman look like a good quarterback (let's be real, he's not). And while the offense looked promising to start the game, they quickly declined as the Redskins defense simply owned them.

While the eventual returns of star defensive ends Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora should ignite the D, this performance from Big Blue making it very difficult for us Giants fans to be optimistic. Here's to hoping they'll prove me wrong!