The Giants Aren't Collapsing!

The New York Giants aren't going to collapse this year.

At least that's what I feel, and here is why.

For the past two years, the Giants have gotten off to hot starts, then faded down the stretch. With their loss last week, people have begun to herald their "inevitable" collapse.

But that's inaccurate.

I am going to give you some players for the Giants in 2010 and their ages.

Shaun O'Hara, 33
Rich Seubert, 29
Madison Hedgecock, 29
Matt Dodge, 23
Keith Bulluck, 34
Jim Sorgi, 30 (on IR all year, so Manning had no proven backup)

Can you find them now?

Exactly.

The Giants have replaced the aging and injury-prone players (and Matt Dodge) with better, younger, and (in some cases) more durable ones.

It now reads:
David Baas, 30
Kevin Boothe, 28
Henry Hynoski, 22
Steve Weatherford, 28
Mark Herzlich, 24
David Carr, 32

Now, I do have a soft spot in my heart for old athletes, but only those who can still perform at a good level (The Omar Vizquels and Mark Brunells not the Freddy Garcias and Chad Penningtons), and most of the above were the latter, too injury prone to be effective enough to win.

So once again, don't rule the Giants out yet.