Big Blue Wrecking Crew - The New York Giants

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Game Preview

September 21, 2014
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Leaders
R. Fitzpatrick 272YDS Passing E. Manning 563YDS
A. Foster 223YDS Rushing R. Jennings 90YDS
A. Johnson 86YDS Receiving V. Cruz 202YDS
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B. Cushing 19 Tackles J. Beason 28
J. Clowney 3 Sacks J. Pierre-Paul 3
D. Swearinger 1 Interceptions A. Rolle, W. Thurmond III, T. McBride 1 each
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Injuries

[Table]Texans|Giants
CB B. Harris Ankle 3 Weeks | MLB M. Herzlich Ankle 1 Week
LG B. Jones Arm 5 Weeks | LG G. Schwartz Knee 2 Weeks
WR K. Martin Broken Tibia 20 Weeks | LE M. Kiwanuka Bicep 3 Weeks[/table]
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The Giants bounced back from an embarrassing shutout loss in Detroit to top the Cardinals 34-17 last week. The offense looked much improved though the running game still struggled. New York will look to build on their momentum on both sides of the ball. Houston comes in at 2-0 with wins over Washington and Oakland.

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END OF AN ERA?
Could a season ending injury mean the end of the Peyton Manning's career?

Midway through the first quarter of the week two matchup between the Broncos and Chiefs Peyton Manning's career may have ended. On a third down play near midfield Manning's pass protection broke down and Chiefs linebacker Tamba Hali got a free run at him. Manning shifted to his right and stepped up in the pocket. Hali was able to land a glancing blow on Manning as he passed. Manning stumbled forward and got tangled up with an offensive linesman before being hit from his left by Justin Houston.

What happened next was hard to watch. Manning's left leg, still tangled with his linesman, snapped like a twig about halway down his shin. Manning writhed in pain as players from both teams looked on with concern. Denver's medical staff rushed onto the field.

"It was surreal real." Justin Houston said earlier today. "You never want to see any player get injured, regardless of if it's your teammate or your opponent. To be responsible for this injury turns my stomach."

Manning doesn't blame anyone.

"There's always a risk in this sport. If you get injured on a freak play like I was you can't place blame. It's unfortunate, but you can't blame anyone." Manning said after coming out of surgery.

"We're not thinking about that now. Just working on recovery at this point." He replied when asked if his career was over.

Zac Dysert took over for Manning and threw for 128 yards and a touchdown in the 38-10 loss.

Manning has accumulated over 65,000 yards and 497 touchdowns in his career.

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NOT DONE YET
Jermichael Finley thinking comeback

When Jermichael Finley suffered a career-threatening injury last October 20th he thought his career could very well be over.

Finley, 27, had his C-3 and C-4 vertebrae fused a month after suffering a spinal contusion Oct. 20 on a hit by Cleveland Browns safety Tashaun Gipson. He can file a claim to collect the insurance policy one year to the day after the injury if he hasn't played in four games.

But after a workout Monday afternoon, Finley told USA TODAY Sports he intends to keep being patient and wait for an offer that can compel him to return from spinal surgery, rather than walking away and moving to collect a $10 million insurance policy. There are some complications with the policy however, as Finley has been cleared by doctors to return to play.

"If he's cleared to play then Lloyd's of London will surely fight against payment on the policy. He's definitely going to have a hard time collecting if he simply chooses not to come back." An insurance expert told us.

"As long as I wait, you know and I know, guys are going to go down and the money's going to shoot up," Finley said, sitting in the weight room at WelleFast Elite Sports Training. "It's all a waiting game right now."

Finley's most likely return destination is Green Bay though he has been in talks with the Giants.

"We obviously have a deficiency at the position so if he does become available we would certainly have to look into that option." Giants Coach Tom Coughlin stated yesterday.

"It's all up in the air right now." Finley said when asked what his future holds.

Finley has accumulated 2,785 yards and 20 touchdowns on 223 receptions in 70 games played, all with the Packers.

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Game Report

September 21, 2014
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ALMOST DOESN’T COUNT
Giants fall just short in narrow loss to Texans

“Hurry! Hurry up!” Manning shouted as he signaled for a spike play. He frantically rounded up the troops but it would be a futile effort as the clock struck zero before they were able snap the ball, giving Houston the 27-24 win. Manning stared at the scoreboard, hands on his hips, as the rest of the team filed out of the stadium.

Manning struggled again, throwing 3 interceptions. Among them was a 50 yard pick six by Hal and a fourth quarter pick by Cushing deep in Texas territory.

“I have to play better. Plain and simple.” Manning answered when asked about his performance so far this season. With ten interceptions and five picks some fans have been clamoring for Ryan Nassib to take over under center.

“Eli is our quarterback and I won’t be answering anymore questions about that.” Tom Coughlin answered curtly when asked about a possible quarterback change.

The game started off with a bang as Trindon Holliday hauled in the opening kickoff at his own 4 yard line and headed up field, he spun out of a tackle at the 22, made a few nifty cuts and took it to the house, giving New York an early lead and some momentum.

Rashad Jennings played well, picking up 57 yards on just 13 carries. He also picked up 31 yards and a score on 6 pass receptions.

“We wanted to get him more carries obviously, but we were trailing by so much before halftime we had to adjust the gameplan.” Coughlin explained.

Manning threw the ball 64 times in the loss.

“It’s becoming more of a passing league, everyone knows that. We never want to throw the ball 64 times in a game.” Offensive Coordinator Ben McAdoo explained after the game.

Victor Cruz and Reuben Randle both topped 100 yards receiving in the game. Cruz caught 8 balls for 103 yards and Randle hauled in 7 for 105 and a score. Odell Beckham Jr. grabbed 8 passes for 53 yards, mostly working the middle of the field on short to intermediate crossing routes.

New York’s new additions played well in the game. Guard Harvey Dahl improved the overall play on the offensive line and helped open up holes for Jennings. Robinson hauled in 4 passes for 25 yards. Jermichael Finley caught 3 passes for 22 yards before leaving the game with an injury. He will be evaluated tomorrow.

“We don’t know anything yet. We’re not going to speculate.” A team doctor replied when asked if it would be a career-ender for Finley, who suffered a severe neck injury last October.

For Houston it was all about Arian Foster, who picked up 206 yards and 2 touchdowns on 17 carries.

“We contained him pretty well on 15 of those carries.” Perry Fewell said, referring to the fact that Foster scored on runs of 75 and 50 yards. “I think he got about 5 yards a carry aside from those two big runs.”

Ryan Fitzpatrick managed the game, passing for 119 yards with no turnovers or touchdowns. Plaxico Burress led the Texans with 36 receiving yards on 5 catches.

New York will travel to Landover, Maryland to face the Redskins in their first divisional game of the season.

Houston Texans at New York Giants
Sep 21, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Houston Texans (2-0)	03	21	00	03	27
New York Giants (1-1)	07	03	07	07	24

Team Stats Comparison
	HOU	NYG
Total Offense	335	419
Rushing Yards	216	53
Passing Yards	119	366
First Downs	9	24
Punt Return Yards	5	20
Kick Return Yards	38	153
Total Yards	378	592
Turnovers	0	3
3rd Down Converstion	4-16	6-15
4th Down Conversion	1-1	1-3
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2-2	3-4
Penalties	5-63	1-3
Posession Time	13:08	26:52

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NYG
9:47	(NYG) T. Holliday returned kickoff 96 Yds (J. Brown kick)	00	07
2:53	(HOU) R. Bironas 29 Yd FG	03	07
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NYG
8:00	(HOU) A. Foster 50 Yd run (R. Bironas kick)	10	07
4:48	(NYG) J. Brown 28 Yd FG	10	10
4:04	(HOU) A. Foster 75 Yd run (R. Bironas kick)	17	10
1:01	(HOU) A. Hal returned interception 50 Yds (R. Bironas kick)	24	10
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NYG
2:06	(NYG) R. Jennings 8 Yd pass from E. Manning (J. Brown kick)	24	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NYG
7:46	(HOU) R. Bironas 36 Yd FG	27	17
5:17	(NYG) M. Manningham 18 Yd pass from E. Manning (J. Brown kick)	27	24

Houston Texans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT R. Fitzpatrick 18/30 119 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD A. Foster 17 206 12.1 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD P. Burress 5 36 7.2 0 A. Foster 5 26 5.2 0 R. Griffin 4 23 5.7 0 A. Johnson 2 21 10.5 0 J. Baldwin 1 12 12.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD B. Cushing 10 0.0 1 0 C. Clemons 9 0.0 0 0 J. Clowney 5 1.0 0 0 A. Hal 4 0.0 1 1 J. Watt 3 2.0 0 0 J. Powe 2 1.0 0 0 J. Joseph 1 0.0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Bironas 2/2 3/3 9 36 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 S. Lechler 9 321 35.6 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Grimes 2 38 19.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Grimes 2 5 2.5 0

New York Giants PASSING C/A YDS TD INT E. Manning 44/64 402 2 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Jennings 13 57 4.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD V. Cruz 8 103 12.8 0 O. Beckham Jr. 8 53 6.6 0 R. Randle 7 105 15.0 0 R. Jennings 6 31 5.1 1 M. Manningham 5 48 9.6 1 A. Robinson 4 25 6.2 0 J. Finley 3 22 7.3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Williams 9 0.0 0 0 P. Amukamara 5 0.0 0 0 D. Rodgers-Cromartie 5 0.0 0 0 S. Brown 5 0.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Brown 1/1 3/3 6 28 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 S. Weatherford 4 141 35.2 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD T. Holliday 2 117 58.5 1 O. Beckham Jr. 1 36 36.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD T. Holliday 4 20 5.0 0

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AROUND THE LEAGUE

WEEK THREE SCORES

TB 10 – 7 ATL
SD 15 – 18 BUF
DAL 17 – 23 STL
WAS 16 – 13 PHI
HOU 27 – 24 NYG
MIN 10 – 24 NO
TEN 20 – 17 CIN
BAL 13 – 17 CLE
GB 9 – 26 DET
IND 26 – 24 JAX
OAK 8 – 23 NE
SF 10 – 13 ARI
DEN 16 – 30 SEA
KC 31 – 16 MIA
PIT 27 – 20 CAR
CHI 3 – 24 NYJ

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
AFC

HOU HB A. Foster 17/206 2TD – KC MLB D. Johnson 15Tkl, 2Int

NFC

DET QB M. Stafford 282Yds 2TD – CAR MLB L. Kuechly 11Tkl, 1Sck, 1Int


(Key Players)
CHI QB J. Cutler 2 Weeks
CIN HB G. Bernard 2 Weeks
BUF DE M. Williams 2 Weeks
DNE QB P. Manning 24 Weeks
DEN WR W. Welker 3 Weeks
CLE HB B. Tate 2 Weeks
TB HB D. Martin 1 Week
SD WR K. Allen 2 Weeks
IND OLB R. Mathis 2 Weeks
IND QB A. Luck 2 Weeks
DAL QB T. Romo 3 Weeks
DAL MLB S. Lee 1 Week
MIA DE C. Wake 6 Weeks
MIA C M. Pouncey 7 Weeks
SF ROLB A. Smith 1 Week
NYG TE J. Finley 2 Weeks
JAX WR J. Blackmon 6 Weeks
DET HB R. Bush 1 Week
DET DE E. Ansah 1 Week
GB HB E. Lacy 1 Week
GB CB T. Williams 4 Weeks
CAR QB C. Newton 2 Weeks
NE HB S. Vereen 4 Weeks
OAK LE J. Tuck 1 Week
STL CB J. Jenkins 2 Weeks
WAS HB A. Morris 1 Week
NO WR M. Colston 4 Weeks
SEA FS E. Thomas III 1 Week
PIT DE C. Heyward 1 Week
TEN DE J. Casey 1 Week
MIN DT L. Joseph 1 Week
MIN QB M. Cassel 3 Weeks

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Game Preview

September 25, 2014
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Leaders
E. Manning 965 Passing R. Griffin III 619
R. Jennings 147 Rushing E. Royster 120
V. Cruz 305 Receiving D. Jackson 167
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J. Beason 30 Tackles A. Jordan 34
J. Pierre-Paul 3 Sacks B. Orakpo 5
3 tied with 1 Interceptions A. Allen 1
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Injuries

[Table]Giants|Redskins
LG G. Schwartz Knee 1 Week | HB A. Morris Groin 1 Week
LE M. Kiwanuka Bicep 2 Weeks | TE J. Reed Arm 5 Weeks
TE J. Finley Abs 2 Weeks | LG J. LeRibeus ACL 26 Weeks[/table]
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The Giants play their first divisional game of the season and with Washington on top of the NFC East it’s a must-win already. New York will look to lean the offense on the run game a but more as Manning threw the ball an astounding 64 times last week. Jennings is still looking for that breakout game this season. Giants nemesis DeSean Jackson faces off against them for the first time as a Redskin.

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Game Report

September 25, 2014
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BEHIND THE WOODSHED
Redskins dominate Giants

Tom Coughlin’s expression and body language said it all as the final gun sounded. The 68 year old veteran Head Coach looked at the scoreboard, threw off his headset and tossed his play sheets on the ground with a scowl. He pointed to Eli Manning, who had left the game with what is now being described as a stinger, and said “We’ve got work to do.”

Manning threw three interceptions in the loss, giving him 13 in just 4 games. On pace for even more that his 27 in 2013.

Manning did connect with Mario Manningham for a touchdown, giving him 6 on the season.

Rashad Jennings had his best game of the season with 85 yards on 21 carries, he also added 90 yards on 6 receptions.

Victor Cruz caught 8 balls for 85 yards.

The Giants defense took the ball away just once while the offense turned it over 4 times. Bacarri Rambo took an Eli Manning interception back 85 yards for a score, which broke the game wide open for Washington early in the second quarter.

Ryan Nassib played well when he took over for the injured Manning, completing 14 of 20 passes for 116 yards and no turnovers.

New York drops to 1-3 and they sit in a 3 way tie for second in the NFC East with Philadelphia and Dallas. Washington leads the division at 3-1.

The 1-3 Falcons come to town for week five.

New York Giants at Washington Redskins
Sep 25, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New York Giants (1-2)	00	10	00	03	13
Washington Redskins (2-1)	00	14	00	20	34

Team Stats Comparison
	NYG	WAS
Total Offense	447	366
Rushing Yards	101	130
Passing Yards	346	236
First Downs	24	14
Punt Return Yards	13	14
Kick Return Yards	101	56
Total Yards	561	436
Turnovers	4	1
3rd Down Converstion	7-17	4-11
4th Down Conversion	2-3	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2-3	4-5
Penalties	3-30	3-25
Posession Time	28:22	11:37

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		NYG	WAS
	(NYG) J. Brown 43 Yd FG	03	00
	(WAS) B. Rambo returned interception 85 yards (K. Forbath kick)	03	07
	(WAS) R. Griffin 2 Yd Run (K. Forbath kick)	03	14
	(NYG) M. Manningham 13 Yd pass from E. Manning (J. Brown kick)	10	14
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		NYG	WAS
	(WAS) K. Forbath 33 Yd FG	10	17
	(WAS) E. Royster 2 Yd run (K. Forbath kick)	10	24
	(NYG) J. Brown 45 Yd FG	13	24
	(WAS) K. Forbath 32 Yd FG	13	27
	(WAS) E. Royster 36 Yd run (K. Forbath kick)	13	34

New York Giants PASSING C/A YDS TD INT E. Manning 18/35 252 1 3 R. Nassib 14/20 116 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Jennings 21 85 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD V. Cruz 8 85 10.6 0 R. Jennings 6 90 15.0 0 R. Randle 6 71 11.8 0 A. Robinson 3 46 15.3 0 J. Jernigan 3 26 8.6 0 O. Beckham Jr. 3 23 7.6 0 M. Manningham 2 23 11.5 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Williams 10 0.0 0 0 J. Beason 6 0.0 0 0 S. Paysinger 5 0.0 0 0 S. Brown 5 0.0 0 0 P. Amukamara 4 0.0 0 0 J. Pierre-Paul 3 1.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Brown 2/2 1/1 7 45 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 S. Weatherford 4 163 40.7 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD O. Beckham Jr. 1 30 30.0 0 T. Holliday 2 51 25.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD T. Holliday 2 13 6.5 0

Washington Redskins PASSING C/A YDS TD INT R. Griffin III 17/25 236 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD E. Royster 20 113 5.6 2 R. Griffin III 9 17 1.8 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD P. Garcon 5 91 18.2 0 D. Jackson 4 85 21.2 0 L. Hankerson 3 28 9.3 0 E. Royster 2 14 7.0 0 A. Roberts 2 12 6.0 0 T. Bolser 1 6 6.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD P. Riley Jr. 11 0.0 0 0 A. Allen 9 0.0 0 0 D. Amerson 6 0.0 1 0 B. Rambo 6 0.0 1 1 B. Orakpo 5 1.0 0 0 T. Porter 4 1.0 0 0 J. Hatcher 3 1.0 0 0 D. Hall 3 0.0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG K. Forbath 2/2 4/4 10 33 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 R. Malone 4 180 45.0 3 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Jackson 1 35 35.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Jackson 2 14 7.0 0