Big D in the Big Apple

I know it was only a preseason game, but the Giants defense demolished the Browns.  I realize it was the Browns, a team that went 10-6 last year, but  oh by the way their ten wins came from teams with a sub .500 record.  But the way the defensive line man-handled the Browns O-line (one of the better ones in the league), I thought I was watching a preseason game of yest-er-year where the college champions played the professional champions.  Who needs linebackers when you have a defensive line so incredibly dominant.  The d-line was making most of the big plays.  Forget about the old philosophy of the line hogging up blockers (pun intended) so the backers can make tackles.  Barry Cofield and Fred Robbins were shedding blockers and making tackles left and right, and Justin Tuck could end up being better than Strahan (his words not mine).  And Umenyiora is as impressive as ever.  Nothing like knocking your opponents quarterback out of the game to get your season started off right.  The bad news for the rest of the league is that the Giants defense, which vaulted their team past four playoff opponents on the road, is better than it was last year. The media and everyone outside of Giants camp thinks last year was a fluke and that this year the real (old) Giants will show their ugly heads.  And just like last year the Giants know it, and will use it. They are team to be reckoned with because no one will recognize a great team.  Keep on counting them out and we'll keep on counting the championships.