[TheMalcolmConnection]

I've tried really hard to not comment on this game, but I just can't help it.

I'm not going to sit here and say, "Well it's because Mara died." or, "Pierce and Hasselbeck knew our plays (which IS quite likely)."

I'm going to say this complete ravaging was the cause of a few glaring problems, a couple of which I feel were just anomalies.

1) Dropped passes. I haven't seen so many passes dropped since the days of 50-50. This is something I believe was just a bad week and will be corrected in days to come.

2) Out planned. Another thing that can be fixed and has been mentioned already.

3) The thing that worries me the most. Run defense. Our run defense looked absolutely horrible. The Giants offensive line is far from elite, but completely owned our front four. I don't know where you begin fixing this. This will be the most important part of our season, this is where Williams could send a lot of pressure last year because of our dominant run defense.

4) Turnovers. Again, I believe it was just an anomaly, because come on, we all know that when it rains it pours (I had to laugh a number of times at JUST HOW BAD our luck got.)

I still get sick thinking about this loss, but just look at some scores around the league. Tampa Bay lost to "the WORST defense in the league", Philadelphia got ravaged just as bad as we did and they truly DID get exposed. It was a tough loss to swallow, especially from the Giants, but they truly did outplan us and outplay us. That being said, it's not THAT hard to score when your average starting position was basically at the 50.