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We have a New York Times article on Chase Blackburn and his nexck injury which should be completely healed.
There's also an article on Tim Lewis controlling his creativity, not doing anything too crazy with all the giants pass rushers:
In the month-plus between minicamp and training camp, he studied a few of the great defenses in recent history: the 2000 Ravens, the 1985 Bears and last season's Super Bowl champion Steelers. Instead of seeing a lot of gadgets, Lewis noticed intelligent coordinators simply letting their talented players dominate.
It seems that Eli Manning is off to a good start. He's more of a leader and more willing to throw the ball away.
Inside Football also mentions Manning as well as Toomer, Moss, and Shank.
On the defensive side of things, Robbins (at 315 pounds) is playing nose tackle next to William Joseph. Ioanne never showed so the Giants resigned Sir Henry Anderson.
Eli Manning thinks that he'll get his timing right with Burress and Shockey even though they practice in Miami. Let's hope so!
He also thinks the offense will be better than last year. I agree.
Troy Aikman says that Eli is devloping the way you'd expect although it would be better is Shockey and Burress were practicing with him.
Sports Illustrated talks about some of the NFC East players who will impact their new teams. I vote for Lavar Arrington.
Football fans who were open-minded enough to check out the other football (soccer) this summer probably noticed that the slogan of the World Cup was, “ One game changes everything.” Meaning that winning any one game can propel a team to a world championship.
I believe this sentence holds true for the NFL as well. One game defines the season for every team and can lead to momentum and the playoffs or failure and disappointment.
I thought it might be interesting to look at the games last year that defined the seasons for all the NFC East teams.
New York Giants – This was a pretty easy selection. Coming into week 7 the Giants were an up and down team. While they had blown out three teams, St. Louis, Arizona, and New Orleans, they had not convinced critics they could win big games. Losses to Dallas and San Diego left them with many questions to answer.
Those questions would all be answered in the week 7 game against the Broncos. After playing tough the entire game the Giants still found themselves down by six points with three and a half minutes to go. Eli calmly and steadily drove the Giants down the field, 83 yards in total, and passed the winning touchdown to Amani Toomer with five seconds left on the clock.
The team never looked back as they went on to lose only three more times the rest of the season.
Washington Redskins – Also a pretty easy choice. Down 13-0 against their division rival Cowboys in week 2, the Redskins had little to no chance of winning the game. With less than four minutes left and a stingy Dallas defense to boot, it seemed hopeless.
Enter Santana Moss. Traded for in the offseason, Moss exploded for two long touchdown runs to dash the Cowboys hopes. At the end of the season, the Redskins found themselves just one game ahead of the Cowboys for the final playoff spot.
Santana Moss would be the centerpiece of a passing game that propelled the Redskins to this wild card berth.
Dallas Cowboys – Because of their mediocre season, the Cowboys were a little tougher of a choice to make. Was their season defined by a win or a loss? After all, losing the week 2 game to the Redskins certainly dashed their hopes at the end of week 17.
Just coming up short, like in week 2, is what defined the Cowboys. They had a huge lead against the Redskins and let it slip away, and inconsistency in close games throughout the season left them with only nine wins.
Five of the Cowboy’s seven losses was by one score or less. It is fitting, therefore, that their season is defined by a game that they lost by one point.
Philadelphia Eagles – Coming into week 10, the Eagles were anything but out of the race for the NFC East division. No team had established themselves fully, though the Giants were on their way, as the clear choices for division favorites. With a win against Dallas, the Eagles would overtake the Cowboys as third in the division while keeping a winning record.
With little more than three minutes to play, the Eagles were up by thirteen points and in comfortable position to win. But the Cowboys, receivers of a similar comeback mentioned earlier, were not finished. A touchdown pass to Glenn left them down only six points.
On the ensuing Philadelphia drive, reliable quarterback Donovan McNabb threw one of the worst passes of his career. Forcing a pass into a spot that didn’t exist, McNabb gave up an easy interception to Roy Williams, who ran it back for the winning touchdown.
But the worst news was not the loss, but the season-ending injury to Donovan McNabb. The Cowboys managed to break the backs of a division opponent while picking up a win in this defining game for the Eagle’s 2005 season.
So there you have it. Disagree with my picks? Feel free to let me know by the usual means.
Strahan says the Giants can reach the Super Bowl, and Manning says he will improve after his playoff meltdown last season. Here's another article with some same and some different information.
This article about Eli Manning touches on something even more important than why Archie is proud of Eli:
For now, the Giants' locker room vibe appears to be harmonious after wide receiver Plaxico Burress -- who did not catch a pass in the playoff loss, skipped the team's season-ending meeting and spent time criticizing Eli to the New York media -- dismissed the notion that a rift existed between the two, telling reporters, "I'm a competitor. I love to win. The way we went out, it was kind of humiliating to me. That's the way I felt, and that's what I chose to do."
Let the pessimism begin! In the last few weeks ESPN took it upon themselves to predict everything and anything they could think of about the upcoming NFL season. In the process they ranked depth charts, made playoff picks, and selected a champion.
Of course, we all know how summer predictions can sound in six months….
It seems, however, that ESPN has jumped onto the Dallas bandwagon, as with most of the nation. For someone who is a known team killer, Terrell Owens sure does bring a lot of optimism with him. Hard to argue right now though, Owens had a terrific first season with the Eagles.
The crew also picked the Redskins, of all teams, to win the division. Doesn’t Washington just seem like a one-hit team? They’re trying to repeat their 2005-2006 success too much, and I really believe they lost, instead of gaining, talent over the course of the offseason. Does anyone here really think Santana Moss is going to have another season like last year? Is Brunell going to be effective AND last sixteen games? The Redskins have a chance, like all NFC East teams, to make a run…but they really seem like the weakest team in the division right now to me.
Speaking of teams in the NFC East, what about the Eagles? Remember how dominant they were before last season? As long as Donovan McNabb is healthy, Philly can do well. Still, talent-wise they aren’t tops in the league at every position anymore.
Finally back to the Giants. Their success hinges on Eli Manning becoming an elite quarterback, or at least close to it. He has the experience and the tools to do it. Many around the sports world, John Clayton in specific comes to mind, feel his completion percentage is going to take an enormous leap. If it does, then the Giants will be a double-digit win team. The recent developments from the team, free agent signings and training camp reports, have swayed me a bit on the mighty G-Men.
So what does all this rambling sum up to? My division predictions, as of now, are
1. Dallas
2. New York
3. Philadelphia
4. Washington
Of course, in six months when Washington wins the division by one game over the Eagles, I’ll pretend this post never happened.
We're starting to see some draft choices signed, and that can give us an idea of what Giants draft picks will be getting. First, DeMeco Ryans was taken 33rd, one pick after Kiwanuka, and is getting a four year deal for $5 million total.
Danieal Manning was taken at 42 (Moss was taken at 44) and got a four year deal worth a total $3.4 million.
Since nothing much is going on in the NFL these days, Pat Kirwan wrote an article about game changers. Of course, this would include LT.
We've also got an article on Eli and Peyton working with kids from New Orleans in a football summer camp.