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Giants Insider: Hakeem nixed for Sunday vs. Browns

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Hakeem Nicks, who has already missed two games with an injured foot and knee, has been temporarily shut down for an extra weekend of rest.ks will miss his third straight game on Sunday, now that he has officially been declared “out” of the game agains…

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When Jason Pierre-Paul was at his best, he felt like a big kid on the football field. Everything came easily. Everything seemed fun. He isn’t having fun anymore.

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There are no such things as breathers in the NFL, particularly if you’re the defending Super Bowl champions like the Giants.But the natural inclination would be to look at a young team like the Browns and think that way.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Earlier this week, Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis said during an appearance on Pro Football Talk that Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is the one young defender who makes Lewis say, “Wow!” For Pierre-Paul, nothing about football is making him say â…

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

The Giants are coming off an emotional loss to division rival Philadelphia and will face a another tough rival next week in San Francisco. This week, however, they have a home game against the 0-4 Cleveland Browns. The Giants have historically had letdo…

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

The Giants had their complete starting secondary sitting on the sidelines today at TIMEX. Safeties Kenny Phillips (knee) and Antrel Rolle (knee) were joined by CBs Jayron Hosley (hamstring) and Corey Webster (hand, hamstring) on the “did not participate…

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It appears as though Demetress Bell, who was signed in the summer to replace the injured Jason Peters but lost his job in training camp to King Dunlap, is going to be the Philadelphia Eagles' starting left tackle again Sunday and possibly for the forese…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Browns starting safety T.J. Ward is practicing with a broken right thumb and could play this Sunday against the New York Giants.

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Browns running back Trent Richardson has watched the film of the Giants’ loss to the Eagles, and he liked what he saw. Richardson told New York reporters that after seeing the Giants’ defense give up 191 rushing yards against Philadelphia, he’s conf…

Jim Mancari, giantsfootballblog.com

Hakeem Nicks will be missing his third straight game this Sunday as he continues to nurse his foot and knee injury. Ramses Barden has also been ruled out due to a concussion. All of a sudden, an area that was the Giants strength will rely on contributio…

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I have attempted another "all-22" breakdown using the NFL Game Rewind app, and this time I went through Sunday night's game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles with a specific focus on the left tackles. I will have a post u…

sam.spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com

The New York Giants (2-2) welcome Cleveland Browns (0-4) to town Sunday afternoon, and you would expect Big Blue to be eager to take the field. This game can be construed in two ways. For one, the Giants can rebound and make a statement in the process. …

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Good Thursday morning to you all here in the NFC East. We are gearing up for a weekend of three games that will teach us whether the Eagles are over their turnover problem, whether the Giants can handle their injury problem and whether the Redskins are …

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

Happy Thursday of a normal week here in the land of the Giants…..here are some headlines and links…..        

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Rueben Randle swears no coaches have questioned his work ethic. The rookie insists he hadn’t heard it from teammates either. So he was more than a little bit surprised to learn about it on Twitter.