Big Blue Bust

That sound you heard late on Thanksgiving night was the Giants' season going POP!

After Sunday's brief reprieve from the slide down the 5-0 mountain, Big Blue looked more like Big Bust against the Broncos in Denver.

Denver's 26-6 demolition of the Giants is not fatal but it's certainly more than a flesh-wound.

Thoroughly dominated in every facet of the game, Giants fans have little to be thankful for after watching the pathetic-looking bunch.

"We laid an egg," said Kevin Boss being brutally honest about his team's performance.

Although the Giants beat the Falcons on Sunday, the victory was not quite convincing that the losing ways were over. Especially on defense after that unit blew a 14-point fourth quarter lead.

In Mile High the offense and defense were equally inadequate.

The Giants have always prided themselves on being physically tougher than most, which is why Thursday night's loss is that much harder to comprehend.

The weakness in the secondary is nothing new, a superior defensive line can cover up such problems. But when the front seven are being obliterated at the line -- as they were by the Broncos -- it's going to be a long evening.

The running game that hasn't found its way all season was supposed to get healthy in Colorado. Broncos' opponents averaged 168.7 yards on the ground during their four-game losing streak.

The Giants ran for a measly 57 yards. Brandon Jacobs averaged a pitiful 2.5 yards per carry.

Beaten at the point of attack on both sides of the ball is certainly not Giants Football.

The Giants now have a week and a half to lick their wounds and see if they can pull themselves together.

The season has not yet been decided, that will happen in the two upcoming home games against the Cowboys and Eagles.

This group under Tom Coughlin plays its best football when it's the underdog, with the "us against the world mentality."

"We're not a bad football team, we just played bad today," Osi Umenyiora insists.

The Giant have two weeks to prove Osi correct.