The Blue Screen - NY Daily News Blogs
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/giants/
NYDailyNews.com
Sport Covered: NFL/Pro Football
Focus: New York Giants
Posts per week: 12
| Recent Articles |
Pierce out "indefinitely" with bulging disc
Antonio Pierce, the Giants’ defensive leader and starting middle linebacker, is out of Sunday’s game and out “indefinitely” according to to the team due to a bulging disc in his neck.
That stunning news was delivered from ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Antonio Pierce
Ross' return could come at safety
Aaron Ross seems to be on track for a return to the starting lineup, but he might be returning at a different position.
The former starting cornerback took some snaps with the second team defense at safety during the Giants’ practice this ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Aaron Ross
Third time is a charm for Ross
In his third attempt to come back from this thrice-injured hamstring, Giants defensive back Aaron Ross has managed to practice for three straight days.
He was out on the field this afternoon working with the second-team defense during the small ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Aaron Ross
T.C.: 'Good to have everybody out there'
Just got back in from the locker room. Coach Tom Coughlin talked about having everybody on the practice field.
“It felt pretty good to have everybody out there working,” Coughlin said. “That was a good sign. We have enough room ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Tom Coughlin
All looks well on the injury front
Hey everybody, filling in for Ralph today. All the Giants were on the field today for practice. CB Aaron Ross was out there and RB Ahmad Bradshaw scrapped the boot too and switched up his normal schedule and practiced today.
I’ll update you ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Aaron Ross
Ahmad Bradshaw
Tom Coughlin
"Bitter" Boley out for win, not revenge
Michael Boley was “bitter”. He had no problem admitting that today. The way things ended for him in Atlanta left a terrible taste in his mouth.
But it’s been nine months, the Giants have lost four straight games, and he’s ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Michael Boley
Atlanta's Turner: Don't count me out
Injured Falcons running back Michael Turner hasn’t been ruled “out” of Sunday’s game against the Giants. And apparently he might not be.
Turner told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that “I’m going to take a ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Michael Turner
Fantasy Football Live Chat: Friday @ 2 p.m.
Hey, Ohm here. I’ll be hosting another Fantasy Football Live Chat this Friday at 2 p.m. As we always do, we’ll open the floor a half-hour early - at 1:30 - for you to start submitting your questions and comments. see you then!
Fantasy ...
Tags:
NFL
Fantasy Football
New York Giants
Ross still on track for season debut
Cornerback Aaron Ross is practicing again and it’s starting to sound like he’s going to make his season debut on Sunday afternoon.
The thrice-injured former starter is participating in his third consecutive practice, though he is ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Aaron Ross
Giants losing at the Pro Bowl polls
The Giants sent seven players to the Pro Bowl last season. But it doesn’t seem likely they’ll be able to duplicate that feat this year.
In fact, in the first round of fan voting released today by the NFL, only one Giants player leads ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Pro Bowl
Jeff Feagles
Live Chat; Tuesday at 12:30 p.m.
After a successful bye week, it’s time for the G-Men to - gasp - take the field again. We’ll address all your comments and concerns Tuesday (tomorrow) at 12:30. Stop in at noon to start submitting questions.
Blue Screen Live Chat
...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Giants win big on bye week
Maybe the Giants should take every weekend off.
The struggling defending NFC East champions had what had to be their best weekend of the year while they were away on their mini-vacations. They may not have won, but they were able to avoid the ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Reese at peace as panic swirls
There isn’t a hint of panic in Jerry Reese’s voice or demeanor when he discussed the current state of his Giants. He doesn’t sound like he’s even the least bit worried either. Four straight losses may have the fans and media ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Jerry Reese
Weddle appeals fine on Boss hit
Chargers safety Eric Weddle is appealing the $7,500 fine he received from the league on Friday for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Giants tight end Kevin Boss.
Weddle’s agent, David Canter, told ProFootballTalk.com that he and Weddle have ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Eric Weddle
Kevin Boss
San Diego Chargers
Another safety fined for hitting Boss
For the second time in three weeks, hitting Kevin Boss has proven costly.
The NFL announced today that it has slapped Chargers safety Eric Weddle with a $7,500 fine for an ugly, helmet-to-helmet hit on the Giants tight end - - ugly, but still not ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
San Diego Chargers
Kevin Boss
Eric Weddle
Arizona Cardinals
A few words from the Giants assistants
Once every season the Giants’ assistant coaches come up out of their offices and check to see whether they can see their shadows … and they get to talk to the media while they’re out. It’s always the most informative day of the ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Coughlin: 'I'm responsible; Blame me'
Tom Coughlin came out firing this afternoon, warning the media and fans to get off his players’ backs and get off his coaches’ backs.
If you want to blame someone, blame him.
“I thought it was perfectly clear, but let me ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Tom Coughlin
Ross returns to practice (really)
Aaron Ross has finally made his long-awaited return to the field.
The thrice-injured cornerback was out on the practice field with his teammates today for the first time since Sept. 30 when he injured his hamstring for the third time since August. ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Aaron Ross
Spags still believes in Sheridan
Steve Spagnuolo still has faith that his former assistant, Bill Sheridan, is the right man to run the Giants’ defense.
That’s what Spagnuolo, the former Giants defensive coordinator and current head coach of the Rams, told me and Jim ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Denver Broncos
Bill Sheridan
Wrist injury KOs Wilkinson
Linebacker Gerris Wilkinson dislocated his right wrist during the Giants’ 21-20 loss to the San Diego Chargers on Sunday, and his season may be over.
According to the Giants, Wilkinson underwent surgery this morning to repair the dislocation ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
San Diego Chargers
Tom Coughlin
Losing streak hasn't hurt Giant confidence
Last week Justin Tuck wondered whether the Giants have been suffering a little bit of a crisis of confidence.
Well, I don’t think that’s really a problem anymore.
“I think we still have the utmost confidence in ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Coughlin tells Giants hope is alive
The Giants’ season has fallen apart in the last month, but according to Tom Coughlin all is not lost. The coach said today that he saw some positive signs in the Giants’ heart-breaking, 21-20 loss to San Diego yesterday.
And he remains ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Tom Coughlin
Game Day: Chargers (4-3) at Giants (5-3)
Do you get the feeling that there’s a big game going on at Giants Stadium today?
Must be because there’s “a sense of urgency” (Justin Tuck) for this “Super Bowl” (Antonio Pierce) of a game, which is really a ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
San Diego Chargers
Tom Coughlin
Antonio Pierce
Super Bowl
For the Giants, the bye can't come soon enough
THE GAME: San Diego Chargers (4-3) at Giants (5-3), CBS, 4:15 p.m.
WHAT IT MEANS: Now that the Yankees are no longer distracting the New York area, the focus turns to what a mess the football teams have become. This may not literally be a ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
San Diego Chargers
Brown "had a feeling" change was coming
This was one play that C.C. Brown read perfectly.
The Giants’ much-maligned safety said he had a feeling Tom Coughlin was pondering a switch in the starting lineup. He knew it from the moment the Giants’ 40-17 loss in Philadelphia was ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
C.C. Brown
C.C. ya! Giants make safety switch
It looks like you won’t have C.C. Brown to kick around anymore.
Though Tom Coughlin has not announced anything official, it appears he has made a much-anticipated change in his defensive lineup. Brown, the much-maligned starting safety, was ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
C.C. Brown
Tom Coughlin
What we have is a failure to communicate
If the Giants’ defense is having a communication problem, nobody has communicated that to the defensive coordinator.
Hard as that is to believe, that’s what I took out of a somewhat stunning exchange between the media and Giants ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Coughlin reports no setbacks for Canty, Boley
Just got out of locker room. Coach Tom Coughlin, in what is becoming his usual brief Thursday meeting with reporters, said DL Chris Canty and LB Michael Boley are doing well and have suffered no setbacks so far.
“They probably did a little ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Tom Coughlin
Chris Canty
Michael Boley
Bradshaw and Ross hit the bikes
What up Giants fans. Filling in for Ralph today. Just got out of the media portion of practice.
RB Ahmad Bradshaw (ankle/foot) and CB Aaron Ross (hamstring) were on bikes on the side for second straight day.
LB Michael Boley (knee), TE Kevin ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Ahmad Bradshaw
Aaron Ross
Michael Boley
Kevin Boss
Chris Canty
The cavalry is coming; For real this time
Hard as it is to believe, the Giants’ defense could soon be at full strength.
OK, maybe not full strength, but they could soon be pretty close now that both DT Chris Canty (calf) and LB Michael Boley (knee) are back at practice. Canty said ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Countdown to Super Bowl XLIII 1/2
There apparently is no way to overstate the importance of this week’s game.
With the Giants riding a three-game losing streak and facing a schedule that just doesn’t get any easier, Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce has declared this ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Super Bowl
Halfway to ... what, exactly?
Eight games into the season, there’s only one thing anyone can say about the Giants with any conviction:
They desperately need the bye week.
I’ve been around losing teams before, but I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Help is on the way ... sort of
This isn’t exactly the cavalry coming over the hill, but the Giants’ beleaguered, battered and just plain bad defense will get some help this week. Linebacker Michael Boley (knee) and Defensive tackle Chris Canty (calf) are both expected ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Michael Boley
Chris Canty
Aaron Ross
Tom Coughlin
Game Day: Giants (5-2) at Eagles (4-2)
There must be something going on here in Philadelphia this morning. Everybody seems a little excited.
The parking lots are pretty packed 4 1/2 hours before game, despite the misty rain outside. At the moment, I’m inside, literally sitting at ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
ESPN
Lincoln Financial Field
Two is enough for this Giants losing streak
THE GAME: Giants (5-2) at the Philadelphia Eagles (4-2), Fox, 1 p.m.
WHAT IT MEANS: It’s a huge swing game in the early race in the NFC East. The winner gets control of the division (no offense to the Cowboys, who are right there, too). ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Ross' return getting "real close"
It’s getting lonely over there for Giants cornerback Aaron Ross in the rehab area. But he doesn’t expect to be there much longer.
Ross, who is still out with his injured hamstring, had a big smile on his face today and insisted his ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Aaron Ross
Hey, where did everybody go?
I usually spend most of practice staring at the injury area counting players and trying to figure out what’s wrong with them. Today, that only took about 30 seconds.
For the first time since … well, maybe since last November or so ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Aaron Ross
Mario Manningham
Michael Boley
Chris Canty
Bradshaw to play despite cracked bone
After visiting Charlotte-based foot specialist Dr. Robert Andrews, Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw will continue to play despite having a cracked bone on the outside of his right foot. But he remains one bad step away from suffering a potentially ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Ahmad Bradshaw
Bradshaw sent to foot specialist
Running back Ahmad Bradshaw, who has been battling ankle and foot issues for most of the season, went to see a foot specialist in Charlotte, N.C., this afternoon.
Bradshaw, who has 455 rushing yards this season, will be examined by Dr. Robert ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Plaxico Burress
Ahmad Bradshaw
Smith: Eagles CBs "savvy" but vulnerable
UPDATED: 4:05 p.m.
Steve Smith expects to see a lot of one-on-one coverage from the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
He also expects to beat it.
Smith, the Giants’ No. 1 receiver, said today that he believes the Eagles cornerbacks are ...
Tags:
NFL
Philadelphia Eagles
New York Giants
Steve Smith
Nicks named NFL's best October rookie
Hakeem Nicks was named the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Month for October.
And if he keeps this up, he’s going to end up as the greatest Giants rookie receiver ever.
Nicks, the Giants’ first-round pick, caught 14 passes for ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Hakeem Nicks
McNabb has no regrets for phone-y call
Donovan McNabb has no regrets about the infamous phone incident from the playoff game last year, nor does he really care if that fires up the Giants.
In case you missed it, McNabb scrambled to the sidelines late in the Eagles 23-11 win over the ...
Tags:
NFL
Donovan McNabb
New York Giants
What are the Giants? That's a good question
The fact that the Giants have lost back-to-back games isn’t as concerning as this is:
I don’t know what the Giants are supposed to be anymore. And I’m not sure they know either.
Are they a power running team? A passing team? A ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Boss takes high road on Rolle hit
The hit was ugly, dangerous, illegal and unpenalized, but Giants tight end Kevin Boss said he has absolutely no issues with Cardinals safety Antrell Rolle for his blatant head-to-head tackle late in last night’s game.
“In that ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Kevin Boss
Game night: Arizona Cards (3-2) at Giants (5-1)
Hey, those Saints sure look awesome, don’t they?
The Miami Dolphins have gained 111 yards (and counting) on that overrated defense in the first half. Doesn’t it make you wonder a little what would’ve happened if the Giants ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Arizona Cardinals
New Orleans Saints
Big Bounce Back for Big Blue
THE GAME: The defending NFC champion Arizona Cardinals (3-2) at the Giants (5-1), 8:20 p.m., NBC
WHAT IT MEANS: It’s a very important swing game for the Giants. In other words, which way are they going to swing - down or up? It will be ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
New Orleans Saints
Pennsylvania Hall calls for Ernie Accorsi
Former Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi, who built most of the team that won Super Bowl XLII, will be inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday night.
Accorsi, who retired from the Giants after the 2006 season, grew up ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
Ernie Accorsi
Hall of Fame
Hey Warner! Duck! The Giants are coming!
I wouldn’t want to be Kurt Warner on Sunday.
After watching his defense get shredded by the New Orleans Saints on Sunday and look far more like a read-and-react team than the aggressive, attacking unit we’ve come to know, Giants ...
Tags:
NFL
New York Giants
New Orleans Saints
Kurt Warner
Fantasy Football Live Chat: Friday at 12:30 p.m.
Join our colleague Ohm Youngmisuk for his third Fantasy Football Live Chat, Friday at 12:30 p.m. (log in at noon to start submitting questions).
Fantasy Football Live Chat
Tags:
NFL
Fantasy Football
New York Giants
Coughlin says no setback for Bradshaw
So Tom Coughlin says Ahmad Bradshaw wearing a boot after working a little bit on Wednesday without it is not a setback. But the coach admitted that he was a bit surprised.
“No, it is just the way it was supposed to be,” Coughlin said ...
Tags:
