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Giants Insider: Osi plays through son's health scare

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Hours before the Giants’ 41-27 win over the Cleveland Browns, Umenyiora’s 5-year-old son, Tijani, was hospitalized with an asthma attack. As soon as the game was over, the defensive end bolted from the MetLife Stadium locker room.

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All they could talk about was special teams. Over the last three weeks, rookies David Wilson and Rueben Randle could not get on the field with Eli Manning and the Giants’ loaded offense. So the two players would hang out after practice and analyze their…

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Victor Cruz is thinking about spicing up his salsa. After a career-high three touchdowns, each celebrated with his trademark end-zone dance step, the receiver feels maybe the salsa is getting a bit mild.

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The day started in the most ignominious fashion for Ahmad Bradshaw. He fumbled on the very first offensive play, the ball coming out after his arm collided with guard Chris Snee and whipped around as if he was throwing a behind the back pass in a basket…

Jim Mancari, giantsfootballblog.com

After Ahmad Bradshaw fumbled on the very first play from scrimmage, it looked like it was going be a long afternoon for the Giants at MetLife Stadium against the 0-4 Cleveland Browns. The Browns jumped out to an early 14-0 lead, so Eli Manning and the o…

deadspin.com

Here's where we're putting the GIFs of the week, from Donald Brown triumphantly trolling the Packers to Brandon Lloyd dancing around like no one's looking. Only the Chargers and Saints have yet to play, so let's see what the week had to offer. More »

sam.spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com

Giants running back Andre Brown in the Giants’ 41-27 win over Cleveland this afternoon. Brown left the field after the first quarter and taken to the locker room for further evaluation. Despite NFL rules against such procedures, Brown tweeted during the…

Sam Borden, nytimes.com

The Giants were not able to knock down Cleveland quarterback Brandon Weeden, another alarming performance from a defensive line that is supposed to be loaded.

Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com

New York Giants running back Andre Brown has a concussion, a source confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com.

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

Ahmad Bradshaw ran for 200 yards and Victor Cruz caught three touchdown passes as the Giants (3-2) sailed past the mistake-prone Cleveland Browns (0-5) at MetLife Stadium this afternoon, 41-27. The Giants overcame some early rust after Bradshaw’s fumble…

sam.spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com

First Quarter Blues The Giants defense should have had a stronghold on the Browns this afternoon, but early on they came out flat. Consequently, the Browns’ rookies burned ‘em. Trent Richardson, who against the G-Men, showed he’s a man of his word. …

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Less than five minutes into the game, the Giants were losing by two touchdowns to a winless opponent. It was shaping up to be their annual Meadowlands meltdown. Then they finally started playing like the defending Super Bowl champs.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

On the same day that Saints quarterback Drew Brees could set the record for consecutive games with a touchdown pass at 48, Giants quarterback Eli Manning has extended his streak of consecutive games with 200 yards or more passing to 24. It’s the second …

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Browns’ chances of slowing or stopping the Giants’ 27-3 run to close out the first half are a little bit worse thanks to some injury news from team’s locker room. Middle linebacker D’Qwell Jackson will not return to the game after suffering a …

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

When the Browns jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, there couldn’t have been many people writing off the chances of a Giants comeback. Given past history, they probably would have bet on an Eli Manning winner in the fourth quarter. Thanks to…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora invited Browns running back Trent Richardson to see if he could find some “candy” running the ball against the Giants defense. Three plays into the game, Richardson is looking like a happy kid on Halloween. Richardso…

Kel Dansby, giantsfootballblog.com

Key Players: Eli Manning — 25/37, 257 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT. Ahmad Bradshaw — 30 Car, 200 Yds, 1 TD. Victor Cruz — 5 rec, 50 Yds, 3 TDs. Stevie Brown — 3 tackles, 1 Int, 1 FR. Fourth Quarter: - The Giants open up the 4th quarter with a glimpse of a …

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

Two of the top wide receivers in the National Football League are inactive on Sunday, most notably Greg Jennings of the Green Bay Packers and Hakeem Nicks of the New York Giants. Both were ruled "out" by their respective teams on Friday's inju…

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

Inactive for the Giants today against Cleveland: WR Ramses Barden (concussion), DT Rocky Bernard (quadricep), CB Jayron Hosley (hamstring), WR Hakeem Nicks (foot, knee), S Kenny Phillips (knee), OL David Diehl (knee), LB Keith Rivers (hmastring) Browns …

ESPN.com

As the New York Giants prepare to host the Cleveland Browns at 1 pm ET on Sunday, here's one reason for Giants fans to be feeling good and one reason for concern. Feeling good: For all of the unsubstantiated belief among Giants fans that their team &quo…

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

Here is how the SNYGiants staff sees today’s game vs Cleveland: Sam Spiegelman: Tom Coughlin won’t allow his team to slip up with a possible “trap game” this week. The Giants’ crushing loss at the hands of the Eagles will serve as motivation to …

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

The Giants have a 1:00 kickoff at home today. How novel. Just like the old days — go to church in the morning then walk over to Runyon’s on 2nd Ave and jump on the party bus over to Jersey. I’d like to tell you the rest, but decorum prohibits….her…

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There is something about the Sunday afternoon game that has always felt right for Eli Manning. He can wake up and head right to MetLife Stadium, then jump into a game. It reminds him of his days as a kid in New Orleans, he says, when the Saints would al…

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Kevin Gilbride knows he’s starting to push it, so much so that he knocks on wood when the subject of his patchwork receiving corps comes up. He loses a couple of receivers and Ramses Barden steps up. Then it’s Domenik Hixon. It’s just like last year…

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There’s no salsa dancing, but Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz is making a big-time play for Latino voters in a new Web ad from President Obama’s reelection campaign, the Daily News has learned.

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Rushing the passer and stuffing the run have always been points of pride for the Giants defense. Now it has become a sore point, as the Big Blue defensive front has had trouble getting much heat on quarterbacks or containing running backs in the first f…

Big Daddy, giantsgab.com

Sorry it took so long, from now on I will do the first half on Wednesday and the second on Thursday. 1-Giants kickoff-return, Eagles start at their 20. 2-McCoy right for no gain 3-Short pass with some YAC, it looks like Williams lost coverage and Blackb…