Giants score on first six possessions in blowout win over Seahawks, from NFL.com
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants are this year's New England Patriots -- so far.
In a nearly flawless performance, Eli Manning threw two touchdowns, Brandon Jacobs ran for two more and the unbeaten Giants scored on their first five possessions in a 44-6 victory that embarrassed the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
The win was the eighth straight for the Giants (4-0) dating to last year's playoffs, and it gave the Super Bowl champions their best start since 1990, when they posted a 13-3 record and also won the NFL title. The Giants rolled up 523 yards in total offense, their most since collecting 524 yards against Green Bay on Jan. 6, 2002, and limited Seattle to 187.
"You want to win every game," Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce said. "That's not very realistic. It's only happened twice in the NFL, teams went to the postseason undefeated. If we can go undefeated in the division, that could be the best undefeated record we could have."
When pressed about a comparison with last year's Patriots, whose only blemish was their Super Bowl loss to the Giants, Pierce downplayed the unbeaten record.
"We're one of the top five, 10 teams in the league," he said in self-deprecating manner. "Some other guys have better special teams, better name players, better coaches, a lot of things. We're just one of the teams that is lucky to get to 4-0."
Not only did the Giants get to 4-0, but they did so with leading receiver Plaxico Burress suspended for a game for missing a team activity on Sept. 22.
They even did it after a bye week. New York had been 4-15 in post-bye week games.
"We have been kind of soft after our bye week but we knew we had to come out here and play ball, because this team beat us pretty badly the last two times we played them," said Jacobs, who rushed for 136 yards on 15 carries.
For the Seahawks, this was another dreadful trip east. They are 1-6 in their last seven cross-country flights and are 3-8 in their last eight road games overall.
Making matters worse for the four-time defending NFC West champions, they are now 1-3, their worst start since 2002.
"Well, that was a good, old-fashioned, you know what," Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said. "I believe we are a better football team than that, but the Giants really took it to us."
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