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How about Those Cowboys!!
Giants face Packers in NFC title clash

The NY Giants won one of the most exciting NFL playoff games in recent history with a hard fought victory over the Dallas Cowboys. It was the G Men’s 9th straight road win including the last two weeks with playoff victories that puts them in the NFC Championship game vs the Green Bay Packers. The Giants’ maligned young passer Eli Manning had his third straight impressive game with a QB rating over 100. He threw two TD passes to wily veteran receiver Amani Toomer that was instrumental in the critical win. Manning has not made a turnover in either playoff victory, directing a balanced offense in the process. The Cowboy loss was the 6th straight playoff loss by Dallas dating back to the mid ’90 glory days in Big D. The thrilling game was marked with some classic Cowboy comedy. It started with TO talking pop corn thrash over the week that ended with him crying about his relationship with QB Tony Romo. You can't make this stuff up. No comments from Jessica Simpson yet.

NFL Draft ’08 Selection Order
Miami Dolphins are On the Clock
The Miami Dolphins will make the first choice of the NFL Draft ’08 on April 26-27. The selection order is based on current record and combined W-L record of all opponents

Coin Flips and Tied Segments
x- Atlanta and Oakland will flip a coin for the third position at the NFL Combine in February. If Atlanta wins, the Falcons will draft third, the Raiders fourth, and the Chiefs fifth. If the Raiders win the coin flip, they will draft third, and the Falcons and Chiefs will flip a coin to determine the fourth and fifth positions.
Though Buffalo and Denver had the same strength-of-schedule, their tie for the 11th and 12th positions was broken by the conference tie-breaker. Denver defeated Buffalo in their head-to-head competition, Buffalo is given priority in the draft order and will select in the 11th position.

NFL Rookie Players of the Week – Giants’ running back Admad Bradshaw & 49ers’ LB Patrick Willis

The NFL ’07 season enters the final week with rookies playing bigger roles on most teams and some late round draft choices emerging as bona fide playmakers. The Giants went with backup running back Admad Bradshaw,one of their two fine picks along along with safety Michael Johnson. Bradshaw responded with a huge performance in a must game situation vs the Bills for the Giants playoff hopes. He has been a fine kickoff returner this fall but he received only limited touches out of the backfield. He exploded on Sunday vs the Bills with 151 yards rushing on just 17 carries including an 88 yard TD run that iced the game late in the contest. He is expected to see more touches over the final game and playoffs with starting feature back Brandon Jacobs dealing with an ankle sprain and veteran Derrick Ward out for the season with a broken leg.

Draft Insiders.com All-American Team - FCS
Payton, Buchanan & Eddie Robinson Winners

Photo - QB Joe Flacco - Delaware University

NCAA Division I FCS
QB Jayson Foster of Georgia Southern - Walter Payton Award - Best Player in FCS
DE Kroy Biermann of Montana - Buck Buchanan Award - Top Defensive Player
Coach Mark Farley of Northern Iowa - winner of the Eddie Robinson Award

First Team All-American Team - Football Championship Subdivision
Offense

Quarterbacks
Joe Flacco - Sr. - 6’6� 230 lbs. - Delaware University

NFL Rookie Players of the Week – Colts’ wideout Anthony Gonzalez & Panthers’ LB Jon Beason

The NFL ’07 season enters the final weeks with rookies playing bigger roles on most teams and some high draft choices emerging as bona fide playmakers. The Colts have seen their #1 pick, wideout Anthony Gonzalez come on since midseason and play a significant role in their passing game. He had a huge performance Sunday vs the Ravens when he caught 6 passes for 134 yards and 2 TDs. His TD receptions were his first career scores and went for 40 and 57 yards. Over his rookie season, he has made 28 catches with 13 of them coming over the past three weeks for an impressive average of over 16 yards per catch. He has filled in brilliantly for star veteran wideout Marvin Harrison who has missed most of the season with a knee injury. Gonzalez will give the Colts an awesome trio with Harrison and veteran Reggie Wayne later in the season when Harrison is expected to return.