New York Giants' notes, 10.08.08

by Ed Valentine on Oct 8, 2008 1:00 PM EDT in News Comment 6 comments

Here is a Wednesday afternoon New York Giants notebook.

SI.com's Don Banks is wondering if it is possible that the Giants and Tennessee Titans could go undefeated this season. I don't think there is any chance that will happen, and the Giants don't want to hear about it either.

"You want to win every game, but that's not very realistic,'' said Giants middle linebacker Antonio Pierce, after New York's dismantling of Seattle. "It's only happened twice in the NFL, where teams went to the postseason undefeated. If we can go undefeated in the division, that could be the best undefeated record we could have.''

Along the same lines, NFL.com has the skinny on how the Giants have done in each of the three seasons in which they have started 4-0. 1968 -- 7-7, missed the playoffs; 1989 -- finished 12-4, and lost in the NFC divisional playoffs to the Los Angeles Rams; 1990 -- started 10-0, finished 13-3, and went on to win Super Bowl XXV.
Mike Dougherty of the Journal News says Plaxico Burress sounded a lot like Latrell Sprewell during Monday's press conference.
Great column this morning by Johnette Howard of Newsday on the support Tom Coughlin has from players in the Giants' locker room. Even if Howard can't get Justin Tuck's first name right.
CAPTION CONTEST: Don't forget to get your entries in to bigblueview@gmail.com. I only have a handful so far, so if you have a creative idea you have a good shot at winning TC's book.

Here are the updated Giants' statistics.

Passing

		Passing									Rushing					Sacks
	G	Rating	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/G	Y/A	TD	INT	Rush	Yds	Y/G	Avg	TD	Sack	YdsL
David Carr	2	127.1	1	1	100.0	5	2.5	5.0	1	0	5	-5	-2.5	-1.0	0	0	0
Eli Manning	4	99.7	84	132	63.6	1032	258.0	7.8	6	1	2	-1	-0.2	-0.5	1	5	38

Rushing

		Rushing						Receiving
	G	Rush	Yds	Y/G	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Y/G	Avg	Lng	TD
Ahmad Bradshaw	4	18	119	29.8	6.6	32	1	2	23	5.8	11.5	18	1
David Carr	2	5	-5	-2.5	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Domenik Hixon	4	1	15	3.8	15.0	15	0	10	191	47.8	19.1	41	1
Brandon Jacobs	4	65	380	95.0	5.8	44	3	3	19	4.8	6.3	9	0
Eli Manning	4	2	-1	-0.2	-0.5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derrick Ward	4	33	217	54.2	6.6	22	0	8	65	16.2	8.1	13	0

Receiving

		Receiving
	G	Rec	Yds	Y/G	AVG	Lng	TD
Kevin Boss	2	5	60	0	12.0	26	1
Ahmad Bradshaw	4	2	23	0	11.5	18	1
Plaxico Burress	3	18	259	0	14.4	33	1
Domenik Hixon	4	10	191	0	19.1	41	1
Brandon Jacobs	4	3	19	0	6.3	9	0
Mario Manningham	1	1	6	0	6.0	6	0
Sinorice Moss	2	5	68	0	13.6	23	2
Steve Smith	4	13	121	0	9.3	19	0
Amani Toomer	4	17	207	0	12.2	31	1
Derrick Ward	4	8	65	0	8.1	13	0

Returns

		Kickoff Returns					Punt Returns
	G	KR	YDS	AVG	Lng	TD	PR	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Ahmad Bradshaw	4	10	214	21.4	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
Domenik Hixon	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	124	13.8	50	0
R.W. McQuarters	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	59	8.4	15	0
Corey Webster	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3.0	3	0

Punting

	Punting
	G	Punts	Yds	AVG	Lng	In20	TB
Jeff Feagles	4	13	557	42.8	56	5	2

Kicking

		Field Goals								PAT
	G	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	FGM	FGA	PCT	XPM	XPA	PCT	pts
John Carney	4	0 - 0	6 - 6	4 - 4	2 - 2	0 - 0	12	12	100.0%	13	13	100.0%	49

Defense

		Sacks		Interceptions			Tackles
	G	Sacks	YdsL	Int	Yds	IntTD	Solo	Ast	Total
Jay Alford	3	1.0	7	0	0	0	1	2	3
Chase Blackburn	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
Kevin Boothe	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Butler	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	5	18
Danny Clark	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	8	15
Barry Cofield	3	1.0	6	0	0	0	10	3	13
Zak DeOssie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Dockery	4	0	0	1	44	0	12	2	14
Madison Hedgecock	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	14
Bryan Kehl	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	9
Mathias Kiwanuka	3	2.0	17	0	0	0	8	3	11
Sammy Knight	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Sam Madison	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
Jerome McDougle	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
R.W. McQuarters	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Kenny Phillips	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	2	14
Antonio Pierce	4	1.0	9	0	0	0	18	5	23
Fred Robbins	4	4.0	30	0	0	0	13	0	13
Aaron Ross	4	0	0	0	0	0	22	1	23
Dave Tollefson	2	2.0	11	0	0	0	3	1	4
Justin Tuck	4	3.0	22	1	41	0	11	6	17
Corey Webster	4	1.0	3	0	0	0	13	0	13
Gerris Wilkinson	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5
Renaldo Wynn	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	8

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Don Banks

I saw that yesterday, thought about putting it up, and then said “No, you do that, and Ed is going to tell you that you are getting way ahead of yourself”, so I didn’t

And then you did.

Ed, you are getting way ahead of yourself. LOL

I can’t even imagine it happening. Ok I can, a little, but the thought doesn’t stay with me long.

I will say this: If it were to happen, it would be one of the great sports stories of all time, when you consider the level of competition the Giants are going to face in the 2nd half. Giants don’t have the luxury of facing the Jets, Dolphins, and Bills 6 times.

ok, see? The thoughts gone now.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Oct 8, 2008 3:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

LOL!!

I put it up basically because Banks IS getting way ahead of himself. No chance it happens. I would still be thrilled with 11 wins. The schedule beginning with Pittsburgh is absolutely brutal. If the Giants go 5-5 in the last 10 games I wouldn’t be shocked.

by Ed Valentine on Oct 8, 2008 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs