And then there was LHP Ben Donnell, within one bad hop on his 101st pitch of a threehit shutout. Having reached his pitch limit, he rolled a gameending groundball to second that hopped up at the last moment. Donnell left the game, then closed by Alex DeVos.You just can Last Sunday, my editor asked me, your gut feeling on Eli? I replied, fine. He play. Not even a doubt in my mind.

The polls take into account that the Giants, while they are the Super Bowl champions, almost didn't make it into the playoffs at all. If the Dallas Cowboys had not choked at the end of the season, New York wouldn't have even got the chance to play for the title. The Giants finished the regular season with a record of 97..I think the selection of Matthews is a testament to how much opposing offensive coordinators and players respect him. Matthews hasn had a great statistical season as he only has six sacks in 15 games. However, anyone that has watched the games should realize how much of an impact