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Between The Lines: Rebuilt Giants D Line Can Still Create Havoc

Posted: Sep 9th 2008 11:00AM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Giants, Redskins, NFC East

Every Tuesday with Between The Lines, I'll pick out some aspect of line play to try to focus on the part of the game that often gets overlooked by television announcers. To begin this year's series, I looked at the Giants defensive line, as the Super Bowl champs try to recover from the loss of Michael Strahan (retirement) and Osi Umenyiora (injury). As we all know, the Giants shut down the Redskins in the season opener last Thursday, but how did the rebuilt defensive line do? Read below to find out.

Overview

Last year the Giants rode a dominating defensive line to a Super Bowl title, but 23 of those sacks are now gone thanks to the losses of Strahan and Umenyiora. The biggest concern is not only how the loss of those two defensive ends will affect the pass rush, but also whether it will take away Justin Tuck's biggest asset--his ability to play defensive tackle as well as defensive end, creating mismatches all across the line.

In the opener, the Giants still moved Tuck around. He lined up at defensive tackle for nine snaps and stood up as a linebacker for two third down plays. Tuck didn't get a lot of pressure from the defensive tackle spot in this game, but most of his action at DT came in the final drive of the game, when the Giants were just finishing off the Redskins.

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'Real Miss Tom Brady' Quickly Moved on to Eli

Posted: Jan 31st 2008 2:12AM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: NY Giants, Patriots, NFL Media Watch, Super Bowl

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There has been much that was made about TV Azteca's Ines Gomez-Mont proposing to Tom Brady at media day. What got under reported is that after Brady shot her down, she quickly moved on. At the :48 mark of the video above, she reveals that she's now going after Eli Manning.

You gotta give it up to ol' Ines: she made her rounds, all right. The actress/personality/reporter became quite popular among Pats and Giants players who were a little lesser known. Giants defensive tackle Jay Alford had no problem trying to pick her up.

Giants Training Camp Notebook: Eli Manning Excels; Three More Injured

Posted: Aug 7th 2007 7:49AM by Dan (author feed)
Filed under: NY Giants, NFC East, NFL Injuries, New York

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Giants Training Camp Notebook is a cliff notes style post aimed at giving Giants fans up-to-date news about the most recent training camp practices.

- Injury problems continued to hound the Giants yesterday. In a matter of mere-moments they had to cart two, count them, two players carted off the field. The first was linebacker Gerris Wilkinson, who appeared to injury his right knee in 9-on-7 drills. The second was offensive lineman Todd Londot, who hurt his left ankle in the same drill. To make matters worse, safety Gibril Wilson also had to sit out with back spasms.

- There was some good news that came out of yesterday's practices, however. Quarterback Eli Manning looked very impressive and was making a lot of quality throws.

- Rookie wide receiver Steve Smith continues to blow people away. He had another great day of practice yesterday which included an "amazing catch" for a touchdown over Kevin Dockery.

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Giants Violate 'Minicamp No Contact' Rule; Could Face NFLPA Inquiry

Posted: Jun 16th 2007 2:48PM by Dan (author feed)
Filed under: NY Giants, NFC East, New York

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The New York Giants may have brought a little unnecessary attention to themselves this week and could be paying for it shortly.

During a Wednesday afternoon practice, center Shaun O'Hara put rookie defensive tackle Jay Alford on his rear end. Now, while that may not seem like a big deal on the surface, it does violate the NFL's strict "no contact" policy that applies during offseason workouts.

"That's an example of when it gets a little out of control and we talked to (O'Hara) about it," Coughlin said Thursday. "You don't want players getting hurt. That's the last thing we want."

If the Giants are found to be in violation of this rule, they would first face a loss of workouts days. If they were found to be in violation a second time, they would face a potential loss of draft picks.

"We'll investigate any report of illegal contact in the offseason," NFLPA lead attorney Richard Berthelsen said Thursday. "If we are informed of illegal contact, we can request the (tapes) of practice made by the teams and review them."

I'll keep everyone updated on what punishment, if any, the Giants face.

Giants Sign Rookie DT Alford to Four-Year Deal

Posted: Jun 15th 2007 11:39AM by Dan (author feed)
Filed under: NY Giants, NFC East, New York

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Defensive tackle Jay Alford (Penn State) became the first Giants rookie to a sign a contract yesterday. The former Nittany Lion was thrilled to slap his John Hancock down on a four-year deal that could keep him in New York until 2011.

"It's a great feeling," Alford said. "I got that part off my back. Now, I can go play football."

Alford could play a relatively large role for the Giants this season. While they're not exactly lacking depth at the defensive tackle position, they don't have a ton of quality guys to back-up Fred Robbins and Barry Cofield. So, with a good offseason, Alford could easily practice himself into some playing time.

I'll tell you what; the Giants [and their fans] could only hope that Alford eventually shines like Cofield has thus far. And while I have nothing substantial to base it on, I think Alford is going to do quite well for himself and New York this year and many years going forward.