With the Giants leading the division and number 2 in the overall League table, can the might Dallas Cowboys but a stop to them when they host New York’s finest on 14 December 2008? Texas Stadium will the scene of the ultimate battle.
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With a three-game lead in the division, the Giants (10-1) are on a roll and can virtually wrap up the NFC East with a victory over the Redskins on Sunday. New York will also surpass their win total from last season (10-6).
“It’s kind of the way this team has developed in terms of the talent that we have and the ability of the guys to say, ‘OK, we have an injury, we have to play at a higher level and the next guy that comes in has to do the job,”‘ New York head coach Tom Coughlin said.
The NFL’s top rushing offence was held to 87 yards, but Domenik Hixon picked up the slack with 269 all-purpose yards, the third-highest total in franchise history.
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| Event | Venue | Date/Time | |
| Washington Redskins Vs. New York Giants |
Fedex Field Hyattsville, MD |
Sunday 11/30/2008 1:00 PM |
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| New York Giants Vs. Philadelphia Eagles |
Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ |
Sunday 12/7/2008 1:00 PM |
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| Dallas Cowboys Vs. New York Giants |
Texas Stadium Irving, TX |
Sunday 12/14/2008 7:15 PM |
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| New York Giants Vs. Carolina Panthers |
Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ |
Sunday 12/21/2008 1:00 PM |
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| Minnesota Vikings Vs. New York Giants |
Metrodome Minneapolis, MN |
Sunday 12/28/2008 12:00 PM |
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| NFC Wild Card or Divisional Playoffs: New York Giants Vs. TBD (If Necessary – Date TBD) |
Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ |
Saturday 1/3/2009 TBD |
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| NFC Championship Game: New York Giants Vs. TBD (If Necessary) |
Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ |
Sunday 1/18/2009 TBD |
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Well, it must have been a bad day at the office for Giants receiver Plaxico Buress last weekend. Conduct unbecoming or bad sportsmanlike behavior is not an accusation that goes down well in this great game. Buress was fined a total of $45000 by the NFL for verbally abusing a match official, during the game against the 49ers. Already this season Buress has been suspended by the New York Giants for missing a team meeting. This also was a costly mistake, erported to have cost him in excess of $117000.
The Associated Press reports that Buress was fined $20000 for comments made to head linesman, and a further $20000 for inappropriate comments after the game. He was also fined $5000 for throwing the ball into the crowd. Tom Canavan writes…
The nine-year veteran returned to practice Friday after missing two days of work with a sore shoulder and stiff neck. He said he would be ready to play against the Steelers this weekend in his return to Pittsburgh.
“I had a full day of practice, no limitations, so I am ready to go,” Burress said. “I have 48 hours to get ready for the game and I should be back to close to 100 percent.”
Burress spoke before the league disclosed his fine.
Burress, who was hurt in last weekend’s 29-17 win over San Francisco, has been listed as probable for his first game against the Steelers, who drafted him in the first round in 2000.
Ouch!! That’s all gotta hurt.
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The Giants undefeated run this season has ended, and the 12 game undefeated record away from home has come to an end as well. The Cleveland Browns hit the Giants hard this Monday night, with the Browns running away by 35 to 14.
The New York Times reports:
CLEVELAND — Eli Manning of the Giants is well paid for doing many things well, but tackling is not among them.
So when circumstances forced Manning to try to bring down Eric Wright of the Browns after a fourth-quarter interception Monday night, it was not a good omen for the defending Super Bowl champions.
Manning cut across the field as Wright streaked down the left sideline with the ball in the fourth quarter. At the Giants’ 40-yard line, Manning threw himself toward Wright in a rolling tackle attempt. Wright skipped by him and Manning tumbled near the Giants’ bench.
By the time Manning pounded the ground with his fist and returned to his feet in front of Coach Tom Coughlin, Wright had crossed the goal line with a 94-yard scoring play, the 73,102 fans were roaring and the Browns had secured a 35-14 victory. The result dropped the Giants to 4-1 and lifted the Browns to 2-3.
“It was sloppy, sloppy football,” said Manning, who threw three interceptions after throwing only one in the previous four games. “Three turnovers by my part is unacceptable.”
The Giants not only lost their undefeated record in this discombobulated embarrassment, but they also saw the end of an 8-game winning streak over two seasons and a 12-game streak of regular-season victories away from home….full story here…
Giants 44, Seahawks 6
The Giants walloped the Seahawks this Sunday by one of the highest regular season margins. The Giants are looking hot after the first 5 games of the season. Are we looking at another Superbowl berth? If they stay on this course we may very well see that. The New York Times review of the game…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — With a quarter of their regular season complete, the Super Bowl champion Giants remain undefeated, their latest triumph a remarkably one-sided 44-6 victory against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at Giants Stadium.
Few had predicted such a dominant result. Could it be that the Giants’ championship last winter was not a fluke? Might they be as good as or even better than the Dallas Cowboys, the trendy preseason pick as the team to beat in the National Football Conference?
More will be learned as the Giants’ schedule becomes more challenging, with 5 of their final 12 games against rivals, including the Cowboys, from the N.F.C. East, possibly the league’s most competitive division.
But Sunday’s game could have been a difficult one for the Giants. Coming off a bye week, they were without the star wide receiver Plaxico Burress (suspension) and lost Domenik Hixon and Kareem McKenzie in the first half with concussions.
Nevertheless, their margin of victory was their largest in the regular season since a 62-10 victory against Philadelphia on Nov. 26, 1972. This is the first time the Giants have started 4-0 since 1990, when they started 10-0 and won the Super Bowl. Tennessee is the only other undefeated team, improving to 5-0 with a victory against Baltimore. Full story here...
The Giants select five team captains for 2008 season
By Michael Eisen, Giants.com
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - The Giants players have elected five team captains for the 2008 season, including three who holdovers from last year.
The captains are quarterback Eli Manning and wide receiver Amani Toomer from the offense, middle linebacker Antonio Pierce and tackle Fred Robbins from the defense and punter Jeff Feagles representing the special teams.
Manning, Pierce and Feagles were also captains in 2007. Toomer has replaced Shaun O’Hara on offense, while Robbins replaces the retired Michael Strahan on defense.
Osi Umenyiora sustained a severe knee injury last Saturday night that will see him out for the whole season! What a disastrous start to 2008!! Straight away Giants managment were on the phone to one Michael Strahan to see if retirement was something he could put off another year.
Tempting though it may have been, 36 year old Strahan is enjoying his new role at Fox Sports behind the microphone ofering expert commentary. The thought of getting back to the physical training was not that appealing. Strahan retired after 15 years with the Giants, finishing on a high winning the Superbowl in February.
On vacation in Greece, Strahan told his new employer that this had been a tough decision to make. “But after long deliberation and throwing around a million scenarios in my head for the past day, I think it’s just best if I stay retired” he said. “I really love my life now,” he told Fox Sports.
The Giants took encouragement from the recent return to the field from Packers great Brett Favre, lured out or retirement to the Jets. Not to be for Michael Strahan.
The Giants have kicked off the (pre)season with a resounding win over the Cleveland Browns. But the revelation of the game was one Domenik Hixon. Hixon was a star in the first quarter, scoring 3 touchdowns. It was the meteoric play of Hixon that was responsible for the 30-3 lead after one quarter in their first home appearance since their Super Bowl triumph. The Browns rallied through the second half but eventually the home team prevailed at 37-34.
“Since the Detroit game, getting my feet in-bounds is something we have practiced,” Hixon said. “It is something I need to do better. Every day after practice we work on it. I even talked to Amani and Plax about how they get their feet down in-bounds.”
The world’s most famous American football team came together in 1925 when the New York Football Giants first played against another football team, the Frankford Yellow Jackets. It wasn’t a very successful game for the Giants as they lost to the other team with a devastating 14-0 score. Little did they know this would be the ice breaker to a series of great plays that fans would definitely love.
The great story really started when Tim Mara (a bookmaker, businessman and promoter) bought the team for a mere $500. Back then, football wasn’t as famous as boxing and baseball. Professional football began to kick dirt as soon as the Giants started to leap in.
The first few years were very difficult for the team but this was when they won their very first title on the third season. The New York Giants played an important role for the people through the Depression, as it was the rare positive news that lifted up the spirits of those who started to love the game of football.
The well-known Sneakers Game, a game where the New York Giants fought the Chicago Bears, proved to be a victorious battle. The Second World War took most of the players of football and many teams succumbed to the ravages of war and folded. The New York Giants was one of the few teams to survive this struggle phase in the 1940s.
1950s proved to be fruitful years to the Giants as more and more of their team members are becoming household names. Such names as Eddie Price, Rosie Brown, Kyle Rote, Frank Gifford, Tom Landry, and Sam Huff have conquered the hearts of football lovers and they have ushered in a new era for professional football leagues. 1961-1963 were highly successful years for the Giants however these years also produced retiring players. With majority of their key players gone, the team slipped into mediocrity.
The 70s and 80s were seesaw years for the Giants and it was only in 1990 that they won their second Super Bowl when they played against the Buffalo Bills. With an additional owner in the person of successful businessman Preston Robert Tisch, the team was off to a better future. In 1997, the team finished as the only undefeated team in NFC East Division play. In 2000, the New York Giants won the NFC East Title. By the year 2002, the Giants have triumphed on their final four regular season football games.
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