ESPN finally figures out who Justin Tuck is

by Ed Valentine on Sep 11, 2008 12:30 PM EDT in News Comment 8 comments

New York Giants' defensive end Justin Tuck is finally getting some much-deserved recognition.

Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News recently wrote a nice piece on Tuck.

Now ESPN's NFC East blogger Matt Mosley has picked up on the theme. I am not generally a Mosley fan. He is a former Dallas Cowboys beat reporter, and his blog seems to be all Cowboys all the time. For example, as I write this I am looking at Mosley's last five posts, and each one has something to do with the Cowboys.

Mosley did take timeout the other day from his Cowboy love-fest to say some nice things about Tuck.

In his own quiet way, Tuck has set the tone for the defense over the past couple of weeks since Umenyiora suffered a season-ending knee injury. Fans were worried he might try to put too much pressure on himself, but that's not his style at all.

He's a relentless worker, but he doesn't sit around trying to analyze this opportunity. Perhaps no other player on the defense typifies Tom Coughlin's team-first concept than Tuck. And even though he's relatively shy, he's becoming a go-to quote for the New York media. Linebacker Antonio Pierce is the most outgoing player on the team, but he's disgruntled about his contract right now. Fortunately, agent Drew Rosenhaus is feeling some good vibes from GM Jerry Reese right now, so perhaps something will get done after the season.

Anyway, I think Coughlin has to be thrilled by what he's seeing from Tuck. He's always led by example, but right now, he's also saying some inspiring things in the locker room.

Nice of you to notice there is life outside of Valley Ranch, Matt!

Rookie linebacker Jonathan Goff was finally back on the practice field Wednesday.
Forbes has released its annual ranking of the NFL's most valuable franchises. The Cowboys are first, but the Giants have moved up from eighth to fourth on the list.
Here is a Q&A with Rams' coach Scott Linehan.

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Wat to go Mara and Tisch!

maybe you could get rid of all the "regulars and just sell corporate PSL’s and jumpimmediately to number one……………..wait a minute you’re already doing this to the fans with the approach I used in high school: start slow with a hand on the knee ………….and end up with the same result!

We're only gonna score 17 points?

by big blue wrecking crew on Sep 11, 2008 2:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Linehan

I love this from Linehan when he is asked what kind of identity he wants his offense to have:

“Really what the Giants are doing, our opponent, is perfect. Play great defense, better special teams week-in and week-out than your opponent, and then have an offense that takes the run if it is there and takes the pass if it is there and have a quarterback that plays at a high level. I think that is what we would like to be.”

Great praise. I don’t necessarily agree that our special teams is playing that way right now, but nice to hear.

by potroast on Sep 11, 2008 7:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Tuck

is a certified assassin.

side note, Jets just moved up to 8-to-1 odds to win the Super Bowl.
the defending champs are 25-to-1.

that is so beyond laughable, that i don’t even know what to say…

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Sep 11, 2008 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely ridiculous

by potroast on Sep 12, 2008 8:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It is

But Vegas probably takes into consideration divisions etc.

There road to the playoffs got easier with Brady’s injury, and all the rest of the AFC blunders during week 1.

Where as the giants, now play in the hardest division in pro football. There road to even make the playoffs will be tougher then any team from the AFC east.

I don’t even give too much weight to the AFC south at the moment, after the colts looked awful and the jags looked equally dreadful. I have hope that the colts will rebound, but the not so certain about the Jags.

by Woogie526 on Sep 12, 2008 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Those same experts

didn’t give us a chance in hell to reach the Super Bowl last year. If I had to bet my hard earned money on who would go farther this year it would have to be the Pats. They will figure out a way around the current quarterback crisis.

Favre might have done OK against Miami, let’s see how he does against a team that actually won a few games last year. I didn’t like the look of that desperation pass he tossed up for grabs at a critical time. A the season progresses look for more of the old Favre (the guy with the interception record) to show up more and more as he gets more desperate for glory.

Based on what I’ve seen out of Rogers, I’d say the Packers made the right move for years to come.

by giant fan since 57 on Sep 12, 2008 5:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

the thing about that pass though

is that it was 4th down and he was about to get sacked. Mangini made a good point after the game that Favre was actually smart to just heave that thing up there, because even if it was intercepted, the Dolphins would get the ball in worse field position than if he took the sack. Of course, he got lucky and the Jets caught it for a TD, so that was the best possibly scenario, but even the worst scenario wouldn’t have been too bad.

I don’t like Favre b/c of all the drama the past few years, but I’ve gotta give him credit: he’s still a very good QB. I’m interested to see the Jets/Pats game this weekend…

by cjmulrain on Sep 12, 2008 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs