Can Giants secure NFL playoff spot by beating Redskins?

Um... Yes.

As the 2007-08 NFL football season winds down to its final three weeks, the New York Giants are probably a guarantee for the NFC playoffs. How they do once they get there would be an entirely different story of course.

But before we do that, the New York Giants must first have to take care of the still emotional Washington Redskins on Sunday Night Football. A win here WILL SECURE that final NFL playoff berth in the NFC. A loss would just complicate things and with the way Eli Manning handles the football, the Giants can't have any more complications.

The Washington Redskins are just at a dismal 4-5 mark playing against NFC conference rivals. And when these guys go up against division rivals, New York Giants, I reckon the Redskins won't be improving that pathetic stand. They are 1-3 against division foes anyway.

And with the New York Giants coming off back to back wins, one against Philly and another against Chicago, they have all the momentum they need to pull off a playoff-clinching win on Sunday night.

However, there's one small cause for concern within the Giants camp.

As they continue to win games during these remaining few weeks of the season, the Giants' production has declined somewhat. The Giants averaged 26.7 points during their first seven games, but in their last six contests, the Giants only averaged 17.2 points per contest.

Yeah, sure, a difference of ten points is not much as long as you have a good quarterback that can always lead you to win at crunch time. The problem is, Giants quarterback Eli Manning is still a few miles away from becoming a good quarterback and they won't survive in the postseason if their offense continue to decline this way.

They'd still beat Washington on Sunday night though. How they do from there is still something to worry about.

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