Forget Vacation, Giants Are Thinking Cowboys

It's vacation time for the New York football Giants, but that's the last thing on their minds. Only two days after a sloppy win in London against the now 0-8 Miami Dolphins, the Giants are focusing on their November 11th showdown with those dreaded Dallas Cowboys.

"We got a bye week coming up and then we got a big one," added guard Rich Seubert. "Everyone knows what we got coming up next. It seems like this year things are kind of falling our way. We just got to keep on rolling, we don't want to get off the horse, we just want to keep on going."

Things certainly are falling the Giants way for a change, but that's bound to end soon. If history is any indication, then things are about to get quite rough for those New Yorkers. Under Tom Coughlin, the Giants, and Eli Manning specifically, have struggled immensely in the second half of the season. Only once, in 2005, have they ended a season with more than two wins over the final eight games.

But fear not, Giants fans. There's something different about this team. New York is notorious for playing down to their opponents, and while they did just that this past Sunday, they've continued to win games they should -- avoiding that huge upset which has defined their season each of the last three years. Something tells me the second half of this season will mimic more of 2005 than 2004 and 2006.