In this era of 24 hour news and ESPN and Thursday Night Football and Saturday Night Football and Thursday Night Football Special Edition on Christmas and NFL Network and 37 Bowl Games sometimes a sports fan gets caught up in the matrix and doesn't really analyze a football game. I'm going to break down a little Monday Night Football for all of you right here in the den.
Often times you hear coaches talking about winning each quarter. I'm gonna break that all the way down to winning each play. I'll define an offensive win as a gain of 4 or more yards because three such gains gets you a first down. It's also an offensive win if a fist down is gained by gaining less than three yards. I went through the first 25 minutes of football last night to analyze just how the Giants took a 24-0 lead. Lets go to the video tape...
What you can barely see here is the Giants winning 35 of the first 49 plays. That boys and girls is more than a two to one ratio. They also won the first NINE third downs. This is how you dominate a football game boys and girls. Hopefully little Jimmy Zorn figures this out this week so he can beat the Cowboys on Sunday...
