IT WAS A BREES

Congratulations to a real quarterback, in Drew Brees. Not only does he break Dan Marino’s record for passing yards, he does it on a fourth quarter touchdown to Darren Sproles, the man that made a difference in New Orleans.

After all the Tebow and nonsense that we have been hearing, give the guy his due. A real winner, no antics, no kneeling, no nothing but passing and winning, that’s Drew Brees.

MORE SHOWTIME

Can the Giants win again? Can they fly into the Meadowlands and pump more life into Met Life Stadium, can they maintain their high emotional drive once again? Last week against the Jets, they played with great intensity and won a convincing victory. They needed the victory, the season was on the line. Well I guess the playoffs started early for them this year, another needed victory has come up.

Funny how a lot of sportswriters wrote the Giants off this year, and Coughlin found a way to keep them together, alive and relevant to the fans. There were many injuries that made it seem like the season was a washout this past summer-fall.

Meanwhile their opponent, the Dallas Cowboys and Tony Romo gallop into the stadium and have their first place division title on the line as do the Giants. Romo is expected to play in the regular season finale. This should be a great game. My sense is one of these teams could very well crash from the past weeks emotions, and be down. Yet, this IS an important game for both teams. I kind of remember another team from NY falling flat in an important, must win, emotional game recently.

PRACTICE GAMES THAT COUNT

The NY Rangers worked out with their Long Island farm team, the Islanders, and the practice went well. First they got the good news that all-star defenseman Marc Staal was cleared for contact, then when they finished practice with their farm team, they had a 5^th straight win (3-0) and continued the farm team with their own streak, albeit a winless one.

As I like to say in hockey jargon: “Who cares?”

SPEAKING OF WHICH…

The New Jersey Nets played their last opener for New Jersey before they move next season to Brooklyn, then move back again to New Jersey, as is the history of the franchise. The good news is they won, the bad news is they played over their heads so don’t get excited Nets fans.

The most despised player in basketball, Kris Humphries muscled the boards and battled in the paint and along with Deron Williams, took it to the Wizards, who were wondering how it could happen to them.

Humphries had 21 points to go along with 16 rebounds and Williams added his 8 assists and 8 rebounds for the 90 – 84 win.

That’s all I wrote, folks!