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New York Giants

Giants' injury list shrinking

...and then AP is gone, maybe for the season. Chase will do a descent job in there for him, but Sheridan has to get Goff some more playing time at MLB. All it takes is one special teams or defensive play and Goff's carrying the whole load. Clark-Sintim, Blackburn-Goff. Share the wealth, before there's no opportunity to share as you enter into the playoffs.  (Saturday Nov 21 | post #1)

New York Giants

NY Giants vs. Atanta Falcons: Five Keys Moves to Beating Atlanta

Gilbride and Eli have to come to grips with the need to get their running game back up to where it needs to be this week. Get the play calling back in balance. Gilbride comes from the old air-it-out mentality, and I think Eli watches his brother dominate without a running game too much for his own good. Bradshaw's playing with a fractured foot, and Danny Ware might not yet have all the strength back in that arm after dislocating his elbow. But there's nothing wrong with Jacobs, Snee, and that solid O-line that just loves to run the ball. So pull the "just sling it" back a bit, learn from what the Panthers did last week, and get Jacobs, Ware and Bradshaw going early. Move the chains with the very good Steve Smith when needed, and look for Manningham and Nicks when the Falcons have gone heavy box. 6-4 keeps the Giants in the thick of the playoffs hunt.  (Saturday Nov 21 | post #1)

Encinitas, CA

Health Care - Encinitas, CA

Unaffordable. Bad for the economic recovery. Bad for small and large businesses, regardless of what the Demo spin doctors conjure up for the talking heads shows. Government should provide a safety net for the unfortunate, but not for the whole country.  (Tuesday Nov 17 | post #8)

New York Giants

NY Giants coach Tom Coughlin concedes questionable play-calling...

Eli had a lot to do with the calls on that last drive. He could have taken a shot into the end zone, but decided to keep it on the ground to not stop the clock with an incompletion. The Chargers weren't giving up a pass with that formation, so Eli took what they gave him. He used up the clock, forced the Chargers to use two time outs, and relied on the defense to keep em out of the end zone. It was the smart play. The defense could do it. They just didn't. That's how it bounces sometimes. The play that actually set up the TD was the pass to Sproles covered by Boley, who was just a little late committing to the pass coverage. The same armchair observers who criticize Eli, Gilbride and TC for taking the high percentage plays are criticizing B-Check for taking the shot on 4th and 2 with a short field, giving Payton the opportunity to win, which he did. Rolling the dice against the odds isn't playing brave, or playing to win... over time it's playing to miss the playoffs.  (Tuesday Nov 17 | post #2)

New York Giants

Giants can kiss playoffs goodbye

Not after yesterday... Cowboys and Eagles get beat by the Packers (who lost to Tampa last week) and Chargers (who the Giants played a lot tougher last week), respectively. Tied for second a division (albeit the tie breaker has them in 3rd... with the Eagles to play again) like this is not exactly out of the playoffs.  (Monday Nov 16 | post #1)

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Heavyweights too much for free fallin' G-Men

Cofield's dead on... sometimes you just have to do things differently. Different players, different calls, etc. This defense is just not the right 11 guys on the field. The missing pass rush is exposing the secondary, and the uninspiring play by the linebackers makes the line think they've got to stop the run at the line or it's a long open field run. No squad on defense trusts the other two squads today... each thinks the other two aren't doing their job so they have to compensate. What scares me is I don't know if Sheridan has the experience or confidence to make the right changes. He may be buying into the "everybody just has to get it done" aka hope is a strategy mindset. Look... Sheridan is done if this defense doesn't turn around, so he might as well do something if he's gonna go down anyway. Get Clint Sintim in there at SAM and send him, alternate Kehl at WILL with Boley until he's ready to go a whole game, and spell Pierce with Goff more often. Get Canty, Osi, Kiwi and Tuck on the line when you need to get after the QB, or Robbins and Cofield on obvious running plays at DT. The Chargers O-line is playing backups in the middle, so overwhelm them and keep Boley on LT out of the backfield. Get aggressive! And for heaven's sake, somebody step up into Strahan's "stomp you out!" leadership role and fire this defense up! Where's the passion? Where is the fire? What the heck's the worse that can happen Sheridan... you lose the game by doing something different than sticking what has earned you 3 straight losses already? What if the Chargers lay yet another 40 burger on you after you decide to keep doing what hasn't worked so far, hoping something magical happens, and you lose 4 in a row?  (Wednesday Nov 4 | post #1)