Giants Seek to Become One

Giants Seek to Become One

Will Tom Coughlin's Giants ever grow to be a single-serving unit? Lost amid all the hoopla of just how dominant the team's defense has come to be over the last two weeks is the level of putridness the offense has been reduced it.

Yes, the latter seems a bit strange to say when you consider that over the first two week's of the season, Eli Manning and company rolled to averages of nearly 400 yards and 24 points a game. But all that seemed like ancient history on Sunday during the G-Men's 16-3 thrashing of the Eagles.

Osi Umenyiora led a record-setting 12 sack performance with six of his own as the Giants held Philly's Donovan McNabb led offense to just 190 yards. But Manning and the offense managed just 212 themselves, assuring that despite all the dominance matters would all but play out to the wire.

“To have all three units (offense, defense and special teams) in harmony at one time is a heck of a feeling and it doesn't happen very often," Coughlin told the NY Daily News. "But you would like to think that when the defense is playing well (the offense will, too)."

At the rate Umenyiora, Mathias Kiwanuka (three sacks vs. Eagles) and Michael Strahan (sack) are going, they'd settle for competent. In addition to the sack fest, the Eagles, who were without all-everything back Brian Westbrook, were held to just 112 yards rushing.

“I think when your defense is playing well you think, 'don't turn the ball over,” said Manning. Don't screw it up. Don't give up any easy points. Don't give them field position when they have a short field to work on.' But you still have to run your offense. You still have to stay somewhat aggressive. But you don't want to force things. You don't want to try to make a play when nothing is there."

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