June 23, 2008
Giants the team to beat
This article out of Dallas tells us that despite Dallas having a great offseason (even TO is happy and pacman hasn't been arrested yet) the Giants are still the team to beat in the NFC East based on what they accomplished last year. The author goes on to explain that the Giants are actually in good shape despite some apparent problems.
June 21, 2008
Budweiser and Bud Light and new stadium
Here's an article about Bud and Bud Light's relationship with the Giants and the Jets. Bud is going to have a big presence at the new stadium.
June 18, 2008
NFL questions
This is not a Giants article but several Giants get a mention. We hear about Burress. We hears about Strahan and Barber:
12. Is Michael Strahan really retired?I like that one.Yes. And unlike "Today Show" roaming reporter Tiki Barber, whose No. 21 will be worn by rookie Kenny Phillips in '08, Strahan's No. 92 will never be worn by another Giant. Also unlike Tiki, he goes out as a winner. And also unlike Tiki (just one more), people in New York City actually care which network Strahan ends up at.
Also predicts Giants-Colts for Super Bowl XLIII.
Simms on Shockey
This article has a few interesting quotes from Phil Simms on the Giants and Shockey situation. He understand the frustration of watching a team move on without you and win a Super Bowl without you. He also had this to say: "My old coach, Bill Parcells, once said, 'I'm not in the habit of getting rid of good football players.' And Coughlin reminds me more of Parcells than any other current coach."
I guess he thinks we should hang on to Shockey.
June 15, 2008
Agent for Plax and Shockey speaks but says nothing
The Blue Screen reports on Drew Rosenhaus, the agent for both Plaxico Burress and Jermey Shockey. Seems like the dude is a politician in training the way he avoids almost every question...
June 13, 2008
No wonder it's hard to repeat in today's NFL
Strahan retired. Daily News blog here.
Burress is unhappy: "Me and my agent have been trying to get a deal done, so I can (be) a New York Giant for a long time," said Burress. "I personally don’t like the way its going. I’m not happy about it and I’m going to choose not to participate." New York Times article here.
Shockey is unhappy: According to someone familiar with the latest developments in the Shockey situation, the four-time Pro Bowl tight end continues to insist he will sit out training camp and perhaps the upcoming season if he doesn't get one of two things: fewer blocking assignments or a trade. Star Ledger article here.
ESPN overview of the problems here.
June 8, 2008
Lorenzo Neal article
This article on Lorenzo Neal is quite interesting. A few years ago, many Giants fans would have killed to replace Jim Finn with Neal. Now I'm not so sure...
I bet Neal can still play, but the Giants running game seems to working quite well for now.
Giants OTA news: Toomer
Apparently Toomer has been impressing some people at recent Giants' practices. He is reportedly making awesome catches and looking to improve on last year.
May 31, 2008
Congratulations! Can the Giants do it again?
This SportingNews article argues that the Giants haven't lost anything to worry about and are the team to beat in 2008. I agree with the second part but we did lose Gibril Wilson and replacing him with a rookie might work out or might not.
In addition, we still don't know if we'll lose Strahan. We do know he is happy about his new ring though. Obviously there are a ton of ring articles out there now. This one is from the New York Times. And here's Newsday.
May 23, 2008
Media day: Giants coaches talk
Giants.com has coverage of media day interviews with Giants' coaches.
I was interested in what Kevin Gilbride had to say because like many Giants fans I never really though he was a permanent solution at offensive coordinator. Well helping the Giants win a Super Bowl sure changed my mind...
Of course you'll have to put up with some silly questions. Liek who's the genius who came up with this one:
Q: Entering training camp you pretty much know you have Plaxico (Burress) and Amani (Toomer) as your receivers. Then you have three young guys that are going to be competing for a lot of snaps - Steve Smith, Sinorice Moss and Mario Manningham. Is that competition between the young guys going to help them become better football players?Isn't it pretty obvious that competing (in other words working harder) will make them better?
But there is interesting stuff in there too and I don't see too much other Giants' news coming out so take a look.
