Whose Next!?!?

As the newly crowned NFC East champs have disposed of Romo and his Boooyzzzzz, its on to face an irrelevant team that really has no business being in the playoffs. If you said the Falcons, you are correct. Why do I not take this team seriously? Well the Giants are 3 point favorites in the early line. Look for that point spread to increase as we get closer to game day. In their last meeting in 2009 the Giants defeated a MUCH better Atlanta football team.

Keys of the match up

ATL

1. Matt Ryan:  Matt Ryan has been efficient  all season long. He has not thrown a pick in his last 4 games. Unfortunately those last 4 opponents did not have the explosive Giant's pass rush.

Giants
1. Elite Manning: We have all heard the hype of V. Cruz but Elite Manning is the Giants best player, has the ability to single handedly lift the team to victory with late game heroics.

2. Giants Pass Rush: The Giants had 42 sacks headed into Week 17 with 22.5 of those coming from Osi Umenyiora and the unstoppable juggernaut Jason Pierre-Paul.


This game has the possibility of turning turn into a shootout as both teams have struggled in their secondary this season. If that happens the NY Giants have too much fire power for the Falcons to keep pace and with the Giants defensive front 4 causing havoc, Matt Ryan will be in for a long afternoon.



-J-Rod