Archive for January, 2011

Off-Season Player Profiles

It’s just about that time again. Request a Player Profile of one of your 2010 New York Giants and you will get the following: 1) A seasonal review of the player. What he did and didn’t do. 2) What he needs to improve on. 3) Outlook – Will this player be back, and what will [...]

Reese’s Pieces (Formerly prospect Profiles): OLB Bruce Carter, North Carolina

Last year, I called this draft prospect preview series: “Prospect profiles” But this year I’m going with a tentative title of Reese’s Pieces. Of course, this is referring to that these are the “pieces” that are Missing from Reese’s puzzle of getting this team to the Superbowl. I’m open to better title suggestions (I know there [...]

Thoughts and Musings

A bit hard to do Thoughts and Musings when there is no Giants football, and no real offseason chatter to talk of. Oh well. We keep plugging on. It’s how we do. -I feel a little less bad losing to the Packers. Man, they are good. -My Packers-Ravens prediction for a Super Bowl is still [...]

News Around the NFC East

Eagles: This just in, and breaking news: Filed to ESPN: The Philadelphia Eagles have fired defensive coordinator Sean McDermott. The Eagles recently granted permission to secondary coach Dick Jauron, a former head coach, to interview for Browns DC opening. He could wind up being the Eagles’ DC. Redskins: According to recent reports, the Washington Redskins [...]

The Key to the Giants Success in the Future

All year Giants fans talked about  the turnovers of the offense and the inconsistency in the run game as the culprits to the reason the NY Giants didn’t make the playoffs. All year the Giants defensive players talked about stopping the run to win the football game, which seems outdated in the modern day N.F.L., [...]

Giants Mock Draft: Divisonal Reps

At mockingthedraft.com they did a mock draft where they had one volunteer represent each division as people took turns making live picks (much like the real N.F.L. Draft) with trades and all for five rounds. As we start to get in the draft mode I thought I would list the divisonal reps picks for the [...]

Down To One For Fewell

Poor Perry Fewell. A hot name in coaching circles, he is just down to one more vacancy. The Panthers hired Ron Rivera and the Browns hired Par Shurmur. Fewell can still be hired by the Broncos, but seemingly, the favorite for that job is John Fox. Update: (3:54 EST) John Fox was named the Broncos [...]

Grab a Giants Vintage T From 80′s Tees!

If you didn’t get what you wanted for Christmas, now is your shot to grab this and other cool vintage Giants t-shirts from the folks at 80′s Tees.com! They have shirts with the 1986 Super Bowl Win, as well as the cool vintage sweater that you haven’t seen in quite some time. Get on the [...]

Osi To Get Sugery On Hip

Via Ralph Vacchiano’s twitter account, “DE Osi Umenyiora is planning to have surgery on his hip sometime next week. He’s still not sure where he’ll have it, though” He should be ready and back to go by training camp. Osi is just getting the surgery now, because the longer he waits, the longer his recovery [...]

Vizio Announces 4th Annual “Vizio Top Value Performance” Award – Bradshaw on the Ballot

For the past three seasons, VIZIO, America’s #1 LCD HDTV Company, has recognized the professional football player whose on-field performance most significantly exceeded expectations and the value of their salary with the VIZIO TOP VALUE PERFORMER award. VIZIO TOP VALUE PERFORMER finalists are evaluated based on their regular season performances and statistics and the role [...]