Giants Q&A: Sweet win for Big Blue

It was a picture of Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers above an arrow that was pointing to a lollipop that was taped to the page. Under the candy was the word "sucker."

Believe it or not, Eli Manning did. Late in the game, when Ahmad Bradshaw took a handoff and swung around to the right, it was the quarterback who was able to seal off the edge and allow him to scamper for 24 yards and set up the game's final TD. "It might not have been the best technique,'' Manning said, "but it got the job done."

He pointed it out on the video board to the offensive linemen.

"We heard about 'The Scramble' last week," Chris Snee said of Manning's 14-yard run that helped beat Atlanta, "and now we'll hear about 'The Block.' ''

Heck, yeah! Every Friday, and they expected the Packers to try at least one. The first could have been a surprise, coming early in the second quarter, but Derrick Martin recovered it. The second was more conventional, although the Packers were loaded up to their right and Mason Crosby kicked it left. The ball went through Spencer Paysinger's legs Buckner-style, which could have been a serious problem with the Giants up 30-20 and 4:46 left. But Victor Cruz was there -- isn't he always? -- and said it was "most definitely" one of his biggest catches.

Simple. "I'm slow," he said with a shrug. "What can I say?"

Because they thought he was faking an injury to slow down the Packers' hurry-up offense.

"Fans pay their money and they're entitled to cheer as they see fit or boo as they see fit," he said. "It's unfortunate they won't be able to cheer next week."