New York Giants News and Rumors
Vacchiano: Pierce loves how Antrel rollsAntrel Rolle’s first attempt at shaking up the Giants came in only his second game with Big Blue. After a particularly bitter loss in Indianapolis in 2010, he criticized the coaching staff, the game plan and the lack of leadership by his teammates. |
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Giants Insider: Osi rushes to praise BreesDec 6, 2012
Drew Brees is “one of the best quarterbacks in the league,” and Osi Umenyiora isn’t afraid to say it — whether or not Antrel Rolle likes it. |
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Saints Thursday Injury ReportDec 6, 2012
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com Below is the latest injury report for the New Orleans Saints, the Giants opponent this Sunday. OUT: CB Corey White (knee) Did Not Participate in Practice: T Charles Brown (knee) Full Participation in Practice: S Isa Abdul-Quddus (concussion), DE Junior … |
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Knee soreness returns for Hakeem NicksDec 6, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Giants have been waiting most of the season for wide receiver Hakeem Nicks to get back to full health and resume his role as one of the more productive receivers in the NFL. The wait has been a frustrating one and it might have hit another snag on T… |
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Jack Dickey, deadspin.com During Sunday's Fox telecast of Mark Sanchez's public flogging, in between the moments when Brian Billick repeated "jump street" and read copy for New Girl, a graphic popped up: Mark Sanchez, it read, had turned the ball over 81 times since hi… |
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Sam Spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com Steve Weatherford is not your average punter. The dude undergoes intense workouts, daily, and displays the discipline that translate beyond just being a special teams standout and into a defensive stopper. Now, Weatherford is offering chance te ““ Wea… |
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J.R.'s salsa celebration delights Giant palDec 6, 2012
Victor Cruz was watching the Knicks game on Wednesday night and "almost jumped off the couch" when he saw his old friend, J.R. Smith, hit a game-winning jump shot at the buzzer. Then it got even better. |
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Giants Thursday Injury ReportDec 6, 2012
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com The latest Giants injury report from TIMEX: Did Not Participate in Practice: TE Travis Beckum (knee), RB Ahmad Bradshaw (foot), WR Hakeem Nicks (knee), S Kenny Phillips (knee), S Tyler Sash (hamstring) Limited Participation in Practice: LB Michael Boley… |
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Mike Kurylo, nytimes.com Kerry Collins and Trent Dilfer were high picks who had better playing days for teams that did not draft them. |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com What could possibly possess a Florida man to beat up his wife, shoot at three deputies trying to arrest him, and hole up in his house for an hours-long standoff? RG3. Also, lots of alcohol and pills. More » |
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Thursday Practice News: Nicks Not ParticipatingDec 6, 2012
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com WR Hakeem Nicks is not practicing with the team today. As per SNYGiants insider Ralph Vacchiano of the Daily News: The Giants’ wide receiver wasn’t even listed on the injury report on Wednesday, but on Thursday he was back on the sidelines, riding the… |
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Giant collapse would stain Coughlin, EliDec 6, 2012
It wasn't supposed to be like this for the New York Giants, not this season. Those old problems about starting fast and struggling in the second half? Those were behind them, drowned under a wave of Super Bowl confetti on the floor of Lucas Oil Stadium … |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com In their last two games against the Giants, which came in 2009 and 2011, the Saints have put up 97 points on their way to two blowout victories. Despite that, defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul thinks this week’s date with New Orleans will go better than M… |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com I think we look soft. I think we’ll get there, man. We haven’t played our best game this year. I know, for a fact, we haven’t played that game. |
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Giants-Saints Prediction From Inside the NFLDec 6, 2012
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com From Showtime’s Inside the NFL….spoiler alert…the Saints-Giants prediction is at the very end. The third guy with Collinsworth and Simms is Darren Sharper, a former Saints’ DB. |
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Sam Spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com Steve Spagnuolo has coached against Eli Manning … a lot. From 2004-06, he served as the Philadelphia Eagles’ linebackers coach. In 2007, he became the Giants’ defensive coordinator, where we won the Lombardi Trophy with Big Blue and coached against … |
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Thursday Morning Quotebook: Culture ClashDec 6, 2012
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com The Giants play the New Orleans Saints, a team they’ve played only 26 times since 1967, winning 14 but losing four of the six meetings since the millennium began. These teams and the cities they represent could not be anymore different. Sunday’s gam… |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com No time to lament after Monday’s deflating defeat in Washington. Here comes Drew Brees and the Saints, who the Giants have had loads of trouble with. Tom Coughlin was asked why Brees has been so effective vs the Giants (4-0 with 11 TDs, 0 INTs and a 122… |
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Breakfast links: RG3 meets Ed ReedDec 6, 2012
New York Giants Sean Locklear is officially out for the season. That means David Diehl returns to right tackle, where he caused many of my Giants readers angst earlier this season when he took the job back from a healthy Locklear. Diehl says this time h… |
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New York Giants News and Links for Dec 6Dec 6, 2012
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com The Giants placed OL Sean Locklear (knee) on IR and signed Selvish Capers from the practice squad. Former Stony Brook standout OL Paul Fenaroli was added to the practice squad. Here’s some other headlines…. |
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Nobody troubled Tom Coughlin on Wednesday about whether Eli Manning or David Carr will be starting at quarterback against the New Orleans Saints. Taken out of context, it might be a reasonable question. After all, Manning ranks only 16th in the NFL quar… |
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Nobody troubled Tom Coughlin on Wednesday about whether Eli Manning or David Carr will be starting at quarterback against the New Orleans Saints. Taken out of context, it might be a reasonable question. After all, Manning ranks only 16th in the NFL quar… |
