He probably would the only problem is Terrance Newman would be guarding Buress not Pacman Jones.
Buress lit up the Boys week one when Newman was out.
The week 10 and playoff game were different stories. Buress had a total of 29 yards in those two games combined. One catch for 5 yards in the playoff game before he tore up Al Harris the following week.
Toomer was the difference in that playoff game and he will be matched up with Pacman instead of sorry ass Jacque Reeves or Anthony Henry who were both the co-leaders in tackles for the Cowboys that day if that shows you who the Giants were attacking on offense.
Hats off to the Giants though since they won when it mattered.
haha.. yea, just screwin' around with you Boy fans a bit...
but seriously though, the "Newman was out in those games and shut down Plax in the other games" story is a story that's been told time and again... and it doesn't hold much water to me...
there is just so much more to that story that's always left out...
like Plax being tied with Moss for the league lead through the first 6 weeks with 8 tds, then playing injured the rest of the season and only scoring 4 tds the last 10 weeks... that injury caused the Giants offense to throw to him less, not just against the Boys, but against every team, which is the reason his production went down drastically...
or like the fact that in the week 10 game, Newman was matched up against Toomer just as much, or more, as he was on Plax.. and the play Shockey scored the td, Plax was a more open target in the endzone against Newman...
or the fact that in the Playoff game, Plax burned both Terence Newman and Roy Williams deep with about 6 minutes left in the second quarter and should have had an easy td in stride at the 8 yard line for a total of 53 more yards added to his stats as well as a td... and that ONE play would have made him more productive on paper than TO for the game.. but unfortunately, as open as he was, Eli overthrew him... shoulda been a gimme td...
seriously, I could go on and on, but there's no point... Things really changed once Plax got hurt and it'll be fun to see them go at it again next season... personally, I don't think Newman can take him one on one when they are both up for it 100%... but of course, I'll expect disagreements considering the crowd I'm up against here.. hehe... jk...
btw, I've been told by alot of Cowboy fans (I live in Texas too.. hehe) that the Giants were lucky in the playoffs and that the Boys overpowered them twice in the season.... the bottom line is all three games could have gone either way... the week 1 game came down to one play, the week 10 game I don't even like bringing up after the way they took away 2 tds (Bradshaws' kickoff return and Jacobs run) with penalties, and the playoff game went down to the wire and coulda gone either way as well...
I think both teams are pretty solid and I'm sure we are going to be having lots to discuss next season in more see-saw battles..