Archive for November, 2009

Next Day Thoughts: Giants Falcons

That was a hell of game, wasn’t it? Before I start, you have to check out Andrew’s post. A great read. Anyway, back to Giants. This was a must win game. And, even though it wasn’t pretty, they pulled it out. They’ve got to move forward from here. Here are some Next Day Thoughts, Giants-Falcons [...]

Strange Coincidence

Here’s something weird that has been happening for me, and I’m not sure if it’s coincidence or the luck of the Irish Pub or what, but….. EVERY time I’ve gone to this central Virginia fan’s Giants Meetup at Finn McCool’s Irish Pub – the Giants win. Every. Single. Time. It’s gotten me pretty shaken at [...]

Talking Points: Giants/Falcons

Finally! The Giants win a game. An ugly win none the less, but let’s take a look and discuss some of the events of the game. Let’s start off with some of the bad: The New York Giants NEED to Learn how to stop opponets on 3rd and 10 or longer You can’t blame Sheridan [...]

Giants Beat Falcons in Overtime 34-31, End Losing Streak

It may not have been pretty,and they needed overtime to do it but the Giants ended their 4 game losing streak on the foot of Lawrence Tynes. The Giants started off the scoring with a 39 yard field goal by Lawrence Tynes. Early in the second half, the Falcons took the lead, on a 7 [...]

Giants Falcons Halftime Thoughts

For the second game in a row, the Giants pass offense is explosive, as they are winning 17-7 at half. The Giants have to keep up the passing game–it’s working. When Michael Turner got hurt, I think we all breathed a sigh of relief. What we didn’t realize was the impact of the loss of [...]

Inactives For Giants-Falcons

Here are today’s inactives for the Giants-Falcons games: Ramses Barden, DJ Johnson, Gartrell Johnson, Kevin Dockery, Antonio Pierce, Adam Koets, Guy Whimper, Sinorice Moss. For the Falcons, Michael Turner is out, as Andrew reported. Here are the rest of the inactives: JP Wilson (3rd QB), RB Michael Turner, RB Jerious Norwood, LB Spencer Adkins, OT Garrett Reynolds, OG Quinn Ojinnaka, WR Brian [...]

Giants Falcons Game Preview

This is it folks. This is do or die. The 5-4 Giants take on the 5-4 Falcons in a game with far reaching playoff implications. Can the Giants get off the snide? Can they overcome the Antonio Pierce injury? Can they right this ship? We’ll find out. INJURIES: GIANTS INJURY REPORT OUT:  LB Antonio Pierce [...]

Giants/Falcons preview. Giants Roundtable Week 11

Welcome back to another edition of Giants Roundtable and welcome back to another edition of the Giants Must win this week in order to have a shot at making the playoffs. And welcome back to “ouch: it hurts in here” as Antonio Pierce has been ruled out indefinitely. First let me mention that these questions [...]

Strahan Stops By For A Pep Talk:

From Newsday.Com Michael Strahan, captain of the Super Bowl XLII team, visited the Giants at practice Friday for the first time since his retirement. As the team huddled after practice, Tom Coughlin gave Strahan a chance to speak, something he wasn’t expecting. “It was a surprise,” said the Giants’ all-time leader in games played (216) [...]

Pierce Out Indefinitely

The Giants couldn’t be healthy for this long. Moments ago, the Giants announced that Antonio Pierce is out indefinitely after a MRI revealed a bulging disc in his neck. Here’s what Pierce had to say:  ”I’m shocked with what I heard from the doctors this afternoon..had no idea what happened a few weeks ago could [...]