EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Giants are this year's New England Patriots — so far.

In a nearly flawless performance, Eli Manning threw two touchdown passes, Brandon Jacobs ran for two and the unbeaten Giants scored on their first five possessions.

The win was the eighth straight for the Giants (4-0) dating to last year's playoffs, and it gave the Super Bowl champions their best start since 1990, when they posted a 13-3 record and also won the NFL title. The Giants rolled up 523 yards in total offense, their most since collecting 524 against Green Bay in 2002.

"You want to win every game," Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce said. "That's not very realistic. It's only happened twice in the NFL, teams went to the postseason undefeated. If we can go undefeated in the division, that could be the best undefeated record we could have."

Not only did the Giants win, but they did so with leading receiver Plaxico Burress suspended for a game for missing a team activity on Sept. 22. They even did it after a bye week. New York had been 4-15 in post-bye week games.

For the Seahawks, this was another dreadful trip east. They are now 1-6 in their past seven cross-country flights and are 3-8 in their last eight road games overall.

"Well, that was a good, old-fashioned, you know what," Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said. "I believe we are a better football team than that, but the Giants really took it to us."