As a Giants fan, I hated to see them lose, but the team needs to clean house - get rid of Kevin Gilbride, Tim Lewis, Tom Coughlin et al. and bring in some new blood. The Jets are a team on the rise thanks to Eric Mangini, and the Giants also need to find a younger, more forward thinking coach. I pray to God they don't hire Jim Mora, Jr., who's young, but thinks like a dinosaur - his comments during the Saturday games only confirmed that.

Eli Manning is a good athlete, and he can make all the throws, but he has poor instincts as a quarterback. During one third and goal play, he had all day to throw, and he forced the ball into a very well covered Jeremy Shockey for an incompletion. It was as if that was the called play, and that was the receiver he had locked onto, so there was no room for improvisation. There was no pass rush near him, and even if he had taken the sack, it still would have been the same chip shot field goal. The team needs to call less predictable plays and also get him receivers that get space and provide options as he goes through his progressions. But even so, it might well be that Manning simply doesn't have that instinctive quality. He also doesn't seem to inspire much in his teammates

Plaxico Burress played a tremendous game - catching touchdowns, making key first downs and drawing a big interference penalty. Jeremy Shockey also showed a lot of heart.

The positives: the team has a good offensive line (especially when Luke Petitgout comes back), good defensive ends (even if Strahan doesn't regain is pre-injury form, they'll still be strong with Umenyiora, Kiwanuka and Tuck and two very skilled receivers in Shockey and Burress. They desperately need to draft a shutdown corner and a quality safety. They need Sinorice Moss to develop in Year 2, and they can get a RB in the middle rounds. For better or worse, they're stuck with Eli for at least one more year, if not two. Probably limits their ceiling, but it would be nice to see what he could do with a real offensive coordinator.