Archive for November, 2009

Unpacking The Loss: Broncos

Telling stats So, here is the short of it…. Just about everything went wrong for the Giants Thanksgiving night. Take a look at the long list of telling stats that point to why the Giants lost this week, and you’ll quickly see 90% of the entries are in red. And to fully explain what the [...]

Giants/Eagles Stays Put on NBC December 13th:

From ProFootballtalk.com The NFL has finalized its Week 14 schedule and announced that the NFC East showdown between the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants will stay in the NBC Sunday night prime time slot on December 13. With flexible scheduling in place, the NFL can move weak games out of the prime time slot [...]

Pierce Placed on IR

Antonio Pierce’s season is finished, as the Giants have placed him on IR. No surgery is planned as of yet, and his replacement on the roster has not been announced. Of course, the Giants have had to play without Pierce for a couple weeks. Now, the Giants will be forced to play without him the [...]

Gilbride and Sheridan Out, Weis and Crennel In:

As I sit around today still steaming about the direction the New York Giants are heading this year I began to wonder about 1990, and more specific the coaching staff.  They consisted of Parcells, Coughlin, Belichick, Weis, and Crennel along with many other talented coaches.  Now I understand that Belichick is staying and that is ok [...]

Eli’s injury is a bit more serious

Via espn.com Compensating for the plantar fasciitis he battled for much of this season, New York quarterback Eli Manning has developed a stress reaction in his right foot that could be even more problematic for the Giants, according to sources close to the situation. A recent MRI on Manning’s foot revealed the stress reaction in [...]

On Second Thought: Giants misfortune first to blame?

I know I know, the Giants played horribly the other night. Everyone wants to blame the game plan, the coaches, the players — it was a disaster. They hit bottom. But as I rewatch the first half of action, I can’t help but think what might have been if the ball bounced a bit differently [...]

Where Did This Season Go?

First of all, I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving. That said, what the hell happened to the Giants? We went from a Super Bowl favorite to a team needing a change. A change in mentality. A change in personnel. “You have to decide whether you’re going to be a team that [...]

Breaking News (Talking-Points): New York Giants Stolen Replaced by Alien Imposters, Decide Playoffs Not Worth Playing Extra Games. They’re Tired They Just Want to Go Home and Collect Their Paychecks.

WoW. I usually wait to do the talking-points after I dissect the game more, but let me get right into it now I can’t hold back anything anymore. What an embarassing, gutless performance. I can sum this whole post up in 25   words. Terrible Offensive line play (pass on Chris Snee). Terrible Defensive line play [...]

Horrible Game

Its Thanksgiving night, I’m sure we are all full of turkey and mashed potatoes but all of that food just left my system to make room for the horrible game I just witnessed. I am of course talking about the Giants-Broncos game. It was a horrible game as the Giants had 3 turnovers and there [...]

Giants Defense and O-line: Sucks

That is all… Seriously. Happy Thanksgiving.