RANDOM OBSERVATIONS : GIANTS @ DOLPHINS IN LONDON, FIRST HALF

by Davey, Blown Coverage

As someone that has been following soccer and especially English soccer for years, I never thought I'd see the day where my Dolphins would play a regular season game in Wembley stadium. And wouldn't you know it, it has to happen during our historically awful season. I'm sure the British are loving the fact that they're getting to see an 0-7 team in action today.

Well, we all know the storylines here. The Giants want to stay on top in the NFC while Miami is just letting the young guys play and see what they can bring to the table. Most of the roster is injured and this potent Giants offense should tear this flimsy secondary apart. Thom Brennaman, Daryl Johnston and Tony Siragusa are here to lead the way and we're off....

• Miami starts with a decent drive here. The offensive line is getting a nice push for Jesse Chatman, Cleo Lemon is running around and making something happen and Lemon responds by trying to fire up the crowd. If he tried this back in Miami, I'm sure that he would've been shot right there on the spot.

• Remember that nice opening drive that I was talking about? Well, forget that. Jay Feely misses a pretty makable field goal and that's the 2007 Dolphins in a nutshell. They build up a little excitement and then they unload some violent diarrhea in their pants.

• Daryl Johnston just said that he got to see the Crown Jewels on Friday. I'm hoping that he means these Crown Jewels and not Tony Siragusa's crown jewels.

• Channing Crowder makes a nice play and tackles Brandon Jacobs for a loss. Considering those London comments he made this week, Channing might be the dumbest guy on the field and that is saying something because that honor usually goes to Eli Manning. Manning leads the Giants down the field and Lawrence Tynes finishes it with a field goal for a 3-0 New York lead.

• For some reason, Miami thought it would be a good idea to snap the ball directly to Marty Booker and Booker reminds us why he is not a quarterback by fumbling the ball. When you're 0-7, you can afford to get cute and snap it to your wide receiver but he should probably hold on to the ball in that situation.

• Something might be wrong with my eyes but it looks like the Rams are leading the Browns 14-3. Steven Jackson and Torry Holt have scored for the Rams and Miami should clinch the first overall pick in week 8. I think that might be a record.
  

• This field looks horrible. If I didn't know any better, I'd think that they were playing on Julian Tavarez's face.

• The Fox camera is showing us what looks to be chunks of ripped up grass on the field. I dunno, either it's grass or Siragusa is taking some violent dumps on the field. I'm leaning towards the latter.

• Daryl Johnston informs us that Jeremy Shockey got a hair cut and I'm happy for Shockey that his career has progressed so far that color commentators are informing us about his hair style.

• Brennaman tells a story of how the English people are shocked when they see Siragusa walking down the street, either because he's so big or fat or a combination of both. Well, I wonder how those poor Brits would have reacted if they had seen him wearing football tights like we had to throughout the years.

• And the Giants get into the endzone. Eli Manning rushes for a 10 yard touchdown and the Giants lead 10-0. Watching Eli Manning run for a touchdown is the low point of this season so far for me. That was worse than Ronnie Brown's ACL injury.
  

• Wow. Miami's trying to get some points before halftime but Cleo Lemon fumbles when he tries to make a throw. Strahan recovers the fumble, does a feminine dance and Daryl Jonhston discuses the tuck rule while Raider Nation collectively commits suicide.

• The Giants take advantage of the fumble by tacking on a 41-yard field goal and they'll take a 13-0 lead into halftime. It could have been worse for Miami but they've also shot themselves in the foot a few times here in the first half and I don't think that anyone can be surprised by that.