EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — When the Giants face the favored Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in a National Football Conference divisional playoff game, the outcome may depend on how the Giants' aggressive defensive line performs against the Cowboys' big and gifted offensive line.
So, after a basic-cable reality TV stunt marriage of a season, the Eagles can still hang their playoff hopes on the outcomes of just four games: Eagles at Cowboys, Redskins at Eagles, Cowboys at Giants and Jets and Giants at each other.
The one time I did get some minutes, it was after we had clinched a playoff spot, so the outcome didn't matter.
But come the playoffs in October, when the outcomes of series are often determined by intangibles, we'll see how good the trade looks then.
Gypsies and Monkeys: The great coach of the Canadiens, Toe Blake, was once asked to predict the outcome of a playoff series and replied, "Predictions are for gypsies".
Chris Drury, Henrik Lundqvist and several other Rangers gathered Saturday night to watch the game between Carolina and Tampa Bay, the Rangers' playoff fate hinging on the outcome.
Once you've seen a squirrel influence the outcome of a playoff game, a moth lodge in a pitcher's ear and not come out, gnats take out a dynasty and, of course, Bartman, well, what can truly surprise you?
"When the outcome of the playoff wasn't really in question anymore," Cink said, "then I was able to sit back and not only enjoy myself walking up to the green, but also reflect a little bit about what Tom Watson just did in front of all of us.
INSIDE PITCH Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees' managing general partner, told reporters before Monday's game that the jobs of Joe Girardi and General Manager Brian Cashman were not riding on the outcome of this playoff race, but said that everyone would be evaluated after the season.
The federation said additions could be made to the roster pending the outcome of this week's playoff games in Major League Soccer.
