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Giants Will Clearly Have to Prove Their Worth in the Second Half

As the Giants get set for the second half of the season, every player that is on the 2007 team remembers the letdown of the 06 season, and how the team had to scramble just to make the playoffs before losing to the Eagles in the wild card round. They have promised that the same [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Nov 07 2007

Jacobs hopes to return against Jets

Although Giants running back Brandon Jacobs returned to the practice field this week, he will not play against the Philadelphia Eagles this weekend.  His replacement, Derrick Ward, returned to practice on Thursday but was unable to practice on Friday due to his sprained ankle remaining sore.
That would seem to suggest that the RB situation is [...]

Posted by Stephen Rhodes on Sep 29 2007

What about Derrick?

The good news is that New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs is due back very soon.  The bad news?  Current starting RB Derrick Ward will see a reduced role in the Giants’ running attack.  The most likely scenario would be that Jacobs returns to his starting role, but Ward would share some of the [...]

Posted by Stephen Rhodes on Sep 26 2007

Coughlin on borrowed time?

The New York Giants are 0-2 for the first time in over ten years.  Their defense has given up the second-most number of points in the first 2 games in the team’s 83-year history.  And yet it is only September.  If Giants head coach Tom Coughlin wants to save his job, this is obviously not [...]

Posted by Stephen Rhodes on Sep 17 2007

Plan B for the Giants

You can’t accuse the New York Giants of not having any offense last week, despite the fact that starting quarterback Eli Manning injured his shoulder.  But at the very least, there is a short-term issue that needs to be addressed:  who replaces Manning next week against the Green Bay Packers?
We already know Manning has a bruised [...]

Posted by Stephen Rhodes on Sep 12 2007

Injuries and Lack of Defense Haunt Giants

 
The injury issues as well as a beat up defense were the big problems last night for the New York Giants in Dallas.  The injury bug hit Big Blue hard again on Sunday night in Big D.  Running back Brandon Jacobs suffered a sprained knee, and may miss a few games or more.  Then there [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Sep 10 2007

Barber and Manning Spar in Verbal Warfare

The relationship between former Giant running back Tiki Barber and current quarterback Eli Manning appears to be on over. This comes from a now back and forth between the two that Barber kicked off on Sunday night at halftime of the Giants-Ravens broadcast on NBC, as Barber threw out some stinging comments about the leadership [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Aug 22 2007

Toomer “On the Downswing” Says KFFL.com

 
KFFL.com has released a list of “Players on the Downswing” and Giants WR Amani Toomer has made the list.  Below are the comments on Amani from the site:
Amani Toomer, New York Giants - Toomer played in just eight games last year, managing only 360 yards and three touchdowns. He has failed to break the 800-yard [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jul 25 2007

Giants QB’s Rank #19 on FoxSports.com

The Giants are not getting a whole lotta love on FoxSports.com, as their QB’s are ranked in at #19 out of #32.  Here is what they have to say:
19. Giants (2006 Rank: 18)
Eli Manning appeared to turn the corner at the start of last season. He threw nine touchdown passes in his first four games, [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jul 17 2007

Scouts Inc. - Ground Game for Giants Ranked 27th

A recent ranking of running games by Scouts Inc. says that the Giants ground game in 2007 is not going to be too good. Despite adding former Browns back Ruben Droughns, the team has their issues at the position. Below is the recap of the Giants #27 ranking heading into 2007:
27. New York [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jul 12 2007