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Archive for October, 2008

Week Seven Preview: Giants Look to Rebound at Home

Coming off a loss Monday night that was like a punch in the mouth, the New York Giants come home Sunday to host the San Francisco 49′ers in an NFC showdown. The Giants seemed to be the best team in the league before a riled up Cleveland team got a hold of them Monday [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 15 2008

Manning Has Bruised Chest After Monday Night

Quarterback Eli Manning suffered a bruised chest in a 35-14 loss at Cleveland Monday night. Giants head coach Tom Coughlin didn’t offer a prognosis on Manning’s condition nor did he know if the reigning Super Bowl MVP would be able to practice before the [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 14 2008

Who The Hell Are These Guys … Really?

C’mon, did any of you really expect an undefeated Giant’s season? Or maybe some of you bought into the media’s “best team in pro football” crap. Hell that’s as bad as buying into the “fluke” theory of last years Super Bowl victory. So, let’s take a moment and get real. While there’s no such thing [...]

Posted by Martin Alvin on Oct 14 2008

Manning and Giants Mauled by Cleveland 35-14

Every once in awhile Eli Manning has a game where he plays about as bad as any QB can play. Monday night vs the Cleveland Browns at Browns Stadium was one of those nights. The Super Bowl Champion Giants came to Cleveland with the number one ranked offense, third ranked defense, and an [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 13 2008

Chiefs TE Gonzalez Wants to Join the Giants?

From: ProFootballTalk.com
A reader tells us that KSHB in Kansas City is reporting that Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez has requested a trade, and that one of the teams in the running is the New York Gootball Fiants. (It’s an inside joke that you’ll understand only if you check the site every day, multiple times [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 10 2008

Key Fantasy Matchups for Monday’s Giants-Browns Matchup

From: KFFL.com
Giants RB Brandon Jacobs vs. Browns run defense
With the potential for less room to run to the outside against a 3-4 defense (the Giants don’t face many of those), their running game is likely to be straight ahead. That’s where Jacobs comes in. He has averaged a staggering 5.8 yard a carry on his [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 10 2008

Site Editor Matt Loede Answers Five Giant Questions About the Giants

1. The Giants have shown that they have an elite offense and defense in their first four games. What has been more important for the G-Men so far?
I think the defense, simply due to the fact that they lost two main cogs to that D with the retirement of Michael Strahan and the injury to [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 08 2008

Impact Of Plaxico Burress In Giants Locker Room


Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 07 2008

Manning Up For FedEx Air Player of the Week Award

Quarterbacks ELI MANNING of the New York Giants, BEN ROETHLISBERGER of the Pittsburgh Steelers and KURT WARNER of the Arizona Cardinals are the finalists for the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week honors for games played on October 5 - 6, while running backs RONNIE BROWN of the Miami Dolphins, CLINTON PORTIS of the [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 07 2008

Great? Not Quite! Not Yet!

When the 2008 off-season began — soon after the Giants’ amazing victory in SB XLII over the unbeaten Patriots — you could actually hear ankles snapping, fibulas breaking and femurs cracking as the football ‘experts’ in the media began jumping OFF the Giants’ bandwagon.
No way they wanted to be accused of being “fooled” by [...]

Posted by Martin Alvin on Oct 06 2008