NFC East News and Rumors

The Washington Redskins had two quarterbacks who played in 2011:  Rex Grossman and John Beck. And so they are trying to upgrade.  Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Redskins have had internal discussions about pursuing (surprise, surprise) Peyton Ma…

On the eve of the Super Bowl, Giants.com reportedly accidentally posted an image proclaiming the Giants as Super Bowl champions. An NFL.com blog reported the website gaffe with a screen grab by Comcast SportsNet New England.

INDIANAPOLIS -- So apparently, after all of that, there's a football game today. I know, right? I couldn't believe it either when they told me. I'm going, as is the rest of the army ESPN sent out here to cover the week. We'll have updates for you from t…

Giants G.M. Jerry Reese pointed out last week what a thin line there is between a successful season and a failure, noting that last year the Giants won 10 games and failed because they didn’t make the playoffs, while this year the Giants are in the Supe…

No, the Giants can’t claim receiver Tiquan Underwood after the Patriots cut him on Saturday. New England traditionally makes roster moves on Saturdays, primarily because no team can claim the player cut until Monday. The led the league in such moves. We…

Historically, teams like these Giants just don't win titles. The Patriots? They have their issues too. It's a Super Bowl matchup that's unlike anything we've ever seen, says Joe Posnanski.

As we finally arrive at this country’s national football holiday, maybe the only real questions about it are these: Do the Giants still have Tom Brady’s number or not? And does Eli have theirs?

The "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline is the most famous example of premature jocularity in media history, but on Saturday, the New York Giants inadvertently came a little too close to that mistake for a while on their official homepage: Uh, yea…

By every right, by every conventional measure, the Giants were a dead team walking on Dec. 13, coming out of MetLife Stadium. There was no way imaginable they could be playing Sunday inside Lucas Oil Stadium for a Super Bowl title. Yet they are.

On the surface, Super Bowl XLVI looks like a close game, but eminently winnable (and probably won) by the New York Giants over the New England Patriots. In the Week 9 game between these two teams, the Giants beat the Patriots, 24-20, despite the absence…

INDIANAPOLIS -- It was the first year in which former New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots and New York Jets coach Bill Parcells was eligible for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, so the fact that he did not make it is not deva…

Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw had a slightly unusual practice schedule this week, working Wednesday and Thursday before taking Friday off to rest his sore feet. But at Saturday’s walk-through, Giants coach Tom Coughlin said Bradshaw is good to go f…

With an eye toward sports psychology concepts and quantitative analysis that attempts to identify factors that are as independent from one another as possible, five key statistical factors were identified that help predict Super Bowl winners.

Marc Gold, the co-owner of the horseradish firm that carries his family's name, says that horseradish will help the Giants prevail against the Patriots on Sunday.

David Baas, the Giants' starting center, spent six seasons in San Francisco and had to switch coasts before ending up on a winning team.

Five nuggets of knowledge about Super Bowl XLVI: Home sweet road: The New York Giants have won six straight playoff games on the road or at neutral sites dating to 2007, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Eli Manning has been the quarterback for…

Bill Parcells may be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sunday. It's worth pausing to consider his accomplishments with the Giants.

The weekend has arrived in Indianapolis, and the crowds have swelled to nearly unmanageable numbers. To put it in perspective, there is security with hundreds of fans just waiting to see who walks inside . . . the media hotel. The Giants are only two bl…

Bills DL Marcell Dareus thinks that Tom Brady is able to successfully lobby officials for flags during games. The Dolphins want Sun Life Stadium to feel more like the Orange Bowl. The Patriots focused on trying to replicate the speed of the Giants pass …

If he wins on Sunday, if Eli Manning pulls off another fourth-quarter comeback or merely beats the Patriots, his two Super Bowl titles will land him on a pedestal reserved only for New York’s greatest sports icons.