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5 Keys to the Giants Beating the Buccaneers

 
The Giants will look to build on their solid outing last week vs the undefeated New England Patriots with a wild card win Sunday over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Below are five keys for the Giants as they look to stop the Bucs in Tampa Bay this weekend:
1. Avoid that “Post-Pats” Hangover - For some [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jan 03 2008

Despite ankle injury, Burress to start vs. Dallas

As to be expected and to no one’s surprise, New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress will start against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday.  His recurring ankle injury makes every week an adventure as no one, even those in East Rutherford, really knows until just before gametime whether Burress will play.
Funny thing - even with his [...]

Posted by Stephen Rhodes on Nov 11 2007

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