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The King was there for the first time.
As for his thoughts of the new digs, he liked it but he said and I quote "there was no need for them to build this stadium." I couldn't agree more but this is life in the 21st century. It's a money first society nowadays and it won't change for the rest of our lives so just accept it and adjust accordingly.
As for the game if you will, the Giants came out swarming. The Bears, known as the Monsters of the Midway, were cut down to size instantly.
The Bears came into the game with a 3-0 record. The King and I were trying to figure out how.
After the Giants treated quarterback Jay Cutler like a rag doll the Bears are now 3-1.
The Giant defense came to play. They set a record in the first half by sacking Cutler 9 times. They wound with 10 sacks for the game and they forced the Bears to use three different quarterbacks.
The Giants were led by Osi Umenyiora who had 3 of the sacks. In addition, he forced fumbles on two of them.Justin Tuck also had 3 sacks and a forced fumble too. Barry Cofield had one and a half, Chris Canty and Aaron Ross each had one and Jonathan Goff had the other half.
What a defensive effort it was. Furthermore, the Bears threw two interceptions and the lost the ball three times on fumbles.
On the offensive side of the ball, for the first time in 14 games the Giants had a running back run for over 100 yards. Ahmad Bradshaw ran for 129 and a touchdown.
Hakeem Nicks had a big night receiving, he caught 8 passes for 110 yards.
The only bright spot for the Bears was former Carolina Panther Julius Peppers who signed as a free agent. Peppers has been notorious for single handedly beating up the Giants in the past when he played for the Panthers. He had a sack and a forced fumble in this one but it was no where near enough to contain the Giants on this night.
The Giants went on to win, 17-3!
It should be noted that the King and I got to sit by my buddy Jess Geller and his son David in section 319 row 19. Jess has had season tickets for the Giants for 35 years. Fortunately for him and his family they were totally priced out.
Despite the annoying rain that was falling for most of the game from the second quarter on it was a fun experience watching the Bears get cut down to size.
The King and I took the bus to and from the game and it worked out very well this time both ways.
If you're looking to see a game at the new Stadium let me know so I can do my best to help make that a reality.
Thank you for reading and following along.
Yours truly,
Gary Herman
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