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Eagles cut former starter Brian Rolle, to add to special teams

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Eagles linebacker, make that former Eagles linebacker Brian Rolle, has made a quick trip from starter to unemployed. According to Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News, Rolle was released Tuesday after the Eagles began to leak on special teams agains…

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

The Daily News Live panel discusses the likelihood that NY Giants wideout Hakeem Nicks may not be back for the team’s next game. Sorry, this video could not be loaded…

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

We’re gonna take a page out FOX News’ book and say on this next topic: We report, you decide. FOXSports.com columnist Jason Whitlock writes that Giants’ head coach Tom Coughlin is not Pro Football Hall of Fame fodder and his decisions last Sunday in…

Jim Mancari, giantsfootballblog.com

The New York Giants are off to a 2-2 start, which pits them in last place in the NFC East. Though two other divisional teams are both 2-2, the Giants own an 0-2 record within the division, which serves as the tiebreaker. Of course, the team has only pla…

sam.spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com

It’s become a staple of the Eagles-Giants rivalry over the past few seasons, but it appears as if the Osi Umenyiora-LeSean McCoy Twitter saga is coming to an end. McCoy said the feud is silly, that he should be more focused on a Super Bowl than an indiv…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Back when the Giants were only worried about Hakeem Nicks’ broken foot, things were simple. They’d wait for the bone to heal, he’d be better, and they’d proceed. But it’s a knee problem that concerns them now, when the wide receiver experienced …

sam.spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com

Eli Manning drove the Giants down the field to Sunday. There were a couple of calls on that series, however, . In other words, it was more than just Lawrence Tynes’ two misses that may have cost the Giants the comeback victory. The drive opened up at th…

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

They have not been blown out. They have not broken down. They have not completely stunk. Yet, the Giants sit at the bottom of the NFC East after one-fourth of the season has passed. The Eagles sit atop the division at 3-1. They have been trounced once (…

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

GEICO SportsNite has coverage of the Giants as they discuss what they might have done differently in their loss to the Eagles. Sorry, this video could not be loaded… The Giants will take a day off today and resume practicing tomorrow. They will host the…

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

Some links for your perusal on this Tuesday morning…