The Blue Screen (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Cornerback Kevin Dockery’s strained hamstring hasn’t improved enough to allow him to play, so the Giants will open the season today very shorthanded in the secondary. With Dockery and CB Aaron Ross (hamstring) now officially inactive, the Giants have dressed only six defensive backs - - three corners and three safeties. That means undrafted rookie Bruce Johnson is the nickel corner and...
The Blue Screen (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
The cuts won’t become official until 6 p.m. today, and even then there’s still a lot of time for the Giants to tweak their roster before opening day on Sept. 13. But according to various NFL sources, and a couple of reports, below is what I believe is the 53-man roster the Giants will announce later this evening. I’ve also included the list of cuts I’ve been compiling all day...
The Blue Screen (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
Guards Chris Snee and Rich Seubert are surprise additions to the lengthy inactive list for tonight’s game. Snee missed some practice time during training camp with a leg injury, and Seubert missed some time with a shoulder injury. However, both had practiced in recent days and appeared to be ready to play in the game. Their absence tonight is likely precautionary. Tutan Reyes will start at left...
The Blue Screen (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
You’ll have to excuse me if this seems a little rushed tonight. My car is running and home beckons. The Giants are off tomorrow, and just in the nick of time. Actually they’re not off. They’ve got a full day of meetings. But no practice and no media access. So there’s really no need for me to stay. But before I go, here is the evening practice report … • Fresh off...
The Blue Screen (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
It’s starting to get late pretty early for Super Bowl hero David Tyree. And it looks like he knows it, too. The frustration finally boiled over today for the 29-year-old receiver when, after dropping a wide open pass, he slammed his helmet to the ground and gave it a good kick. It was his third drop of the morning and his fifth in the last two days, which came after he missed a few practices...
The Blue Screen (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Six months after microfracture surgery on his knee, Giants DT Fred Robbins is back at practice. The 32-year-old Robbins returned to the field today and did individual drills for the first time since the surgery in February. Before he did, the Giants removed him from the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list that he’s been on since the start of camp. And the news is even better, because Tom...
The Blue Screen (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Shaun O’Hara joined the list of injured players on the sidelines today with a triceps injury, which didn’t sound like a very big deal … until you watched his replacements try to snap the ball. It may seem like a minor issue six days into training camp, but the quality of snaps from guys not named O’Hara has been something close to awful so far. Backup center Adam Koets has struggled...
The Blue Screen (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
The gloves were really off (and the pads were on) for the first time in training camp today as the Giants ran their first live goal-line drills - - the first drills of camp that feature not only live hitting, but live tackling. And as with the rest of training camp, the early advantage went to the defense. The Giants ran only two plays, both from 1 ½ yards out, and the Giants running backs...
The Blue Screen (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
The Giants put on the full pads tonight and did a little more hitting than they did in the morning. Not a lot, and nothing too intense, but they’re still shaking some of the offseason rust off. It was a good practice for the receivers and the offense, at least the first team. Not so much for the second, third and fourth. Here are some of the highlights from the first night practice of camp:...
Giants Gab (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
FoxSports.com ranked the Giants Offensive Line the best in the league. Here is what they had to say: Starters: LT David Diehl LG Rich Seubert C Shaun O’Hara RG Chris Snee RT Kareem McKenzie Backups: T Guy Whimper T/C Adam Koets T Andrew Carnahan G/T Kevin Boothe T Cliff Louis G/T Terrance Pennington G Tutan Reyes G/T Orrin Thompson T Will Beatty The starting unit returns for the third consecutive...
Silver And Black Pride (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
No, not this year's. We've discussed it to death, haven't we? I was looking over the last several years, and most of these players are at least still playing for the Raiders (although that 2002 draft didn't work out for them so well). Some of them are even starting for other teams. 2008 1. Darren McFadden , RB, Arkansas 4a. Tyvon Branch , DB, Connecticut 4b. Arman Shields , WR, Richmond 6. Trevor Scott...
Roar Lions Roar (Free subscription) | 05/27/2009
Ryan Kuhn had a banner year in 2005 I've been watching Ivy football for three decades and one of the things I've learned is that no Ivy defense can effectively and consistently stop a running QB... not even a mediocre running QB. I'm not sure if it's the speed or the size of the average Ivy defender, or something else, but more often than not when an Ivy QB takes off for the open field, he usually...
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