Believe the Hype(But Not Too Much)

As a Giants fan, nothing makes me happier than seeing them at 4-0, atop the ESPN Power Rankings and the NFC East.  Especially when everyone (except me) was saying that they Giants were barely going to compete in their own division, let alone do anything big in the playoffs.  It makes you wonder why people follow what these "analysts" over at ESPN, CBS, or Fox so seriously.  They said the Giants couldn't win a game in the playoffs last year, and they won the Super bowl.  Now, week 6 almost upon us and the Giants are the talk of the NFL.

As happy as it makes me to see the Giants getting the love they deserve, it does scare me.  People pick the best teams to win obviously, and they rarely come through.  Look at the Patriots last year, week after week they were the top team, and people kept hopping on the band wagon.  Then boom, stunning upset.  The Giants, as much as I love them, are better at being under dogs.  When no one wants to believe they can do it, they come through.  I feel it is a curse to be the top team in the power rankings.

Not only do people hype up the teams to the point of I don't know, the Patriots being the best team ever, but it puts a target on their backs.  Teams who come into games against the top teams have something to prove.  They want to show they can hang with the best, and it can alter their game play.  Now, I'm not really that worried, because I do think the Giants are a great team and can hold their own, but it does worry me.  I just would hate to see the G-Men let the talk get to their heads and ruin their playing ability.  The last thing they need is to think they can coast into the playoffs, which they can NOT.  This is the NFL.  You can get bombed one week and then do the dominating the next, no one is safe, and you can never get too full of yourself.  You just might find yourself watching the Super Bowl and not playing in it if you do.