New York Giants News and Rumors
NASCAR veteran turns to Giants for inspirationJeff Gordon stood on Lucas Oil Stadium's sidelines for Super Bowl XLVI with the upcoming Daytona 500 rooted in the back of his mind. |
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Ex-Giants great Carson won't run for Congress6 hours ago
Associated Press, ESPN.com Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Harry Carson has ruled out running for Congress as a Democrat in New Jersey. |
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Gregg Rosenthal, profootballtalk.com Following the 12 men on the field penalty called on the Giants late in the Super Bowl, Florio started banging the drum for the league to consider changes to the rule. The Giants didn’t pull the move intentionally, but there is nothing stopping a team fr… |
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Brandon Jacobs expects to return to the Giants11 hours ago
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Giants running back Brandon Jacobs has won a pair of Super Bowl titles in seven seasons with the team. And he intends to try to make it three out of eight. “Well, I have spoken to my agent and I do expect to be fully back with the New York Giants next… |
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Which Giant Player(s) Should Get Docked?11 hours ago
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com Put yourself in Giants’ GM Jerry Reese’s shoes. Your team just won the Super Bowl, but the immediate future is in jeopardy. Nearly half your roster is eligible for free agency, while others under contract look for pay increases. You … |
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Breakfast links: Dallas leadership nonsense12 hours ago
Up and at 'em on a combine week Wednesday. Not sure which of our division's coaches and GMs will be holding news conferences during the big event in Indy, but I believe ESPNNewYork.com and ESPNDallas.com are both staffing it, which means I'd expect to h… |
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New York Giants News and LInks for Feb 2213 hours ago
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com The 2012 offseason begins today with the NFL Combine is Indianapolis. Here are some other tidbits for you this morning…. OT Giants’ #1 offseason priority? Carson backs out of congress race New York Giants team report Grading the 2011 New … |
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Looking at Giants running backsFeb 21 (yesterday)
Ohm Youngmisuk has his mind today on running back, a position at which the New York Giants could potentially see some changes in the coming season. Brandon Jacobs likely will need to restructure his contract to stay. If he leaves, the Giants likely will… |
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Pre-Combine Rankings: Offensive & Defensive LinemanFeb 21 (yesterday)
Kel Dansby, giantsfootballblog.com The D-line carried the Giants on their miraculous playoff run and even if they trade Osi they will be the best in the division. Marvin Austin will return in 2012 to add a pass rusher at DT to go along … |
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Bill Sheridan defends track record with GiantsFeb 21 (yesterday)
Gregg Rosenthal, profootballtalk.com The defensive coordinator that preceded Bill Sheridan with the Giants (Steve Spagnuolo) won a Super Bowl and got a head coaching job. The coordinator that came after Sheridan (Perry Fewell) won a Super Bowl and probably will be a head coach some day. No… |
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Pardon me, boys, is that the Chat ...Feb 21 (yesterday)
... tanooga Choo-Choo? No, it's just the weekly NFC East chat, coming to you live at noon ET as it does every Tuesday. You click on these here blue letters and the magic of the Internet whisks you away to our chat room, in which you can ask me anything … |
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Elway, others break down Year One of TebowmaniaFeb 21 (yesterday)
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com On those two or three occasions per year when the folks at GQ decide to chime in on football, my initial reaction is (to borrow a phrase from Brandon Jacobs) “stay cute and shut up.” Most of the time, however, there’s something in there worth repe… |
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Breakfast links: The cornerback marketFeb 21 (yesterday)
I link, therefore I am. New York Giants Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPNNewYork.com is breaking down his postseason Giants grades and expanding on them position-by-position. His first one is on quarterback, and as you may have guessed, Eli Manning gets an extreme… |
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Giants' Osi sacks act for quiet timeFeb 20 (yesterday)
Osi Umenyiora says he is done being a distraction. One year after he shook up the Giants’ offseason with accusations of lies, trade demands and a very brief holdout, the oft-disgruntled defensive end promised to be “really quiet” this year. |
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Osi is Cool With Whatever Happens NextFeb 20 (yesterday)
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com Giants’ DE Osi Umenyiora has two well-deserved Super Bowl rings. If he gets to stay in East Rutherford to win another one, he’d be pleased. But if he does it somewhere else, so be it. “We’re just going to have … |
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Pre-Combine Rankings: Running Backs & Tight EndsFeb 20 (2 days ago)
Kel Dansby, giantsfootballblog.com We are back to discuss the best available running backs and tight ends in the 2012 draft. The Giants could possibly draft players from either of these positions early in the draft. Brandon Jacobs may have played his last game … |
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Jerry Reese’s Best Draft Picks: #10 Terrell ThomasFeb 20 (2 days ago)
Rich Resch, giantsfootballblog.com Counting down Jerry Reese’s eleven best draft picks/ undrafted free agents Terrell Thomas: second round (pick 63), 2008 When it was announced that Terrell Thomas would miss the entire season with a torn ACL, I basically wrote the Giants off. … |
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For Some Giants Fans, Misery Is Part of the JoyFeb 20 (3 days ago)
Toni Monkovic, nytimes.com Giants fans have been able to enjoy four Super Bowl victories in the last 25 years. Then why are so many of them so pessimistic and fatalistic? |
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NFC East: Eagles’ GM Concedes Giants Know the WayFeb 19 (3 days ago)
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com The NFC East is perennially up for grabs. The hot, not the best team, usually wins. The team that wins the right games, the division games, is the team that advances to the NFC Playoffs. Last year it was the … |
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A retrospective look back at the year’s good, bad and the uglyFeb 18 (4 days ago)
Dan Stack, giantsfootballblog.com Have you exhaled yet? After reaching the summit, we Giants fans are finding it hard to come down from the high of claiming another Super Bowl title. It almost seems surreal. If you take a second to think about it, … |
