New York Giants' Monday notebook, 09.08

by ETVal on Sep 8, 2008 7:00 AM EDT in News

The biggest news from the first Sunday of the NFL season has to be the season-ending knee injury suffered by New England's Tom Brady.

This from NFL.com. It's just a little more than what 'jrs' reported Sunday night.

The fear now is that Tom Brady suffered damage to his ACL and MCL in his left knee, which would mean the Patriots quarterback would be sidelined eight months, reports NFL Network’s Adam Schefter. More medical tests are pending Monday.

“It’s not good,” said one source.

Meanwhile, free-agent quarterback Chris Simms is scheduled to arrive in New England Monday morning for a workout and a physical, Schefter reports. If all goes well, Simms could be a Patriot by the end of the day. Kansas City and Tennessee, each of whom had quarterbacks suffer significant injuries on Sunday, also have contacted Simms.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick had little to add about Brady during his postgame press conference, saying he had no update on the status of the injury and that tests were being done. We now have the video of Brady’s injury.

“They’re looking at him, doing some tests on him, so I don’t have any information there,” Belichick said, cracking a smile as he added, “doubt anybody’s interested.”

Belichick knows -- everybody is interested. I guess now we find out what sort of genius Belichick is without his star quarterback.

Don Banks of SI.com offers a few snap judgments on Week 1.
Tonight Aaron Rodgers gets a chance to begin to show whether or not he can step out of the shadow of that quarterback who left Green Bay this season.
ESPN's Matt Mosley watched the Dallas Cowboys destroy the Cleveland Browns Sunday, and came away impressed.

On to some Giants' notes:

Don't forget to send in your entries today for our Caption Contest, if you want a shot at winning Tom Coughlin's book, 'A Team To Believe In.'

The winner of our first giveaway will be announced Tuesday.

KEHL SURPRISED: Rookie linebacker Bryan Kehl says he was surprised to get so much playing time Thursday against Washington.

CLARK PLOTS FUTURE: Right now, linebacker Danny Clark is busy helping the Giants' defense wreak havoc. But, he has interesting plans for his future.

NO RUSH FOR TYNES: With John Carney around, there is no need for Lawrence Tynes to rush back.

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I love how

ESPN’s NFC East blogger is a reporter for a Dallas paper who extensively covers the Cowboys. I’m sure he’s really unbiased…

by cjmulrain on Sep 8, 2008 8:27 AM EDT 0 recs

Mosley

I do think that is an issue. The guy writes about Dallas more than any other team.

by ETVal on Sep 8, 2008 8:37 AM EDT up 0 recs

Mosely

That may be, but I find his stuff real good. I remember last year he was parked at Giant’s camp. I don’t think he’s a Dallas homer though.

by queler on Sep 8, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up 0 recs

Maybe/maybe not

I’d like to know what percentage of his stuff is about Dallas, though.

by ETVal on Sep 9, 2008 6:28 AM EDT up 0 recs

I have seen him apologize for it, as well as doing a special non-Dallas mailbag

by queler on Sep 9, 2008 3:55 PM EDT up 0 recs

I’m not ready to bury the Pats just yet. I think Cassels has been there long enough, and I think they will be ok. I was listening to Sid Rosenberg this morning, and Jet fans were calling in basically annointing themselves AFC East Champions. The Jets didn’t exactly bowl me over in their win over the worst team in the league last season, and overall I thought their old QB outplayed their new one. If there is a God, the Dolphins will finish 9-7 and make the playoffs, and the Jets will go 7-9. I think Chad Pennington deserves that. Oh, and while God is at it, the Packers make the playoffs too, and Aaron Rodgers throws for 4000 yards.

John Carney will miss practice on Thursday, its time for his carbon-dating.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by jrs1940 on Sep 8, 2008 8:34 AM EDT 0 recs

Brady

I feel bad for him personally, and it’s a terrible thing for a league to have it’s best player go down. But karma’s a bitch. Maybe Bellicheat can throw in some of those 5 TD wins from last season, with Brady throwing bombs to Moss late in the 4th quarter, up 28 points…you know, relive the good times.

Jets fans are giddy b/c they saw their first deep TD throw since Vinny T was the QB. Take that play away, however, and it wasn’t a great day for either team or QB.

by drunkUncle on Sep 8, 2008 8:48 AM EDT 0 recs

i hate to admit it

but Dallas looked really, really good yesterday.

with Brady likely out for the year, and the Chargers, Colts, and Jaguars ~~less than impressive~~ putrid opening performances, maybe the Cowboys are the team to beat.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Sep 8, 2008 9:03 AM EDT 0 recs

'Boys

That O-line is just sick. I hope the Giants have enough firepower left on their D-line to beat those mammoth lineman like they did in the postseason or we’re going to have no shot.

Maybe people should also not forget about the Bears in the NFC. Pretty impressive game by that D last night. I know the Colts are out of synch, but they were flying all over the field like 2 years ago. They probably have the 2nd best D in the conference (you know who’s 1st)!

by potroast on Sep 8, 2008 9:10 AM EDT 0 recs

i was at the game

the new stadium is legit, but isn’t as loud as the old RCA Dome. the Dome was a dump but the crowd noise literally bounced right off the roof and came back to your eardrums. i couldn’t believe how rusty Peyton looked. oh and that’s what the Colts defense looks like when they’re not playing with a double-digit lead. the D overall is very average but is statistically strong because of the offensive giving them a cushion.

hidden stat of the day:
The Indianapolis Colts had been 21-0 in games played in September and October over the past THREE seasons. unbelievable.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Sep 8, 2008 10:11 AM EDT up 0 recs

It was interesting

I only watched a little of the game on TV, but Madden was actually critical of Peyton Manning. He said more than once that 2-3 years ago Manning would have burned the Bears on some of the blitzes and stunts they pulled, but that now he just seemed content to dump the ball off and be rid of it. Guess he doesn’t love Peyton the way he loves No. 4.

by ETVal on Sep 8, 2008 10:29 AM EDT up 0 recs

One more thing about the Pats

I don’t mind if they keep right on winning, for two reasons:

1. It will piss the Jet fans off to no end. Always a plus.

and 2., and most importantly:

I like it that the Giants are the only team that has been able to beat them in a game that counts while they are on this run.

The Pats have only lost two games since December 10th of 2006, the AFC Championship game to the Colts that season, and the Super Bowl to the Giants. Love them or hate them, that is just flat out unbelievable.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by jrs1940 on Sep 8, 2008 9:28 AM EDT 0 recs

Another great opening weekend

How depressing must it be to be a Redskins fan right now? The NFC East looks absolutely brutal. The Giants’ defense has a chip on their shoulders. The Cowboys O-line looks like the Berlin Wall circa 1969. Donovan McNabb looks like he’s on a revenge tour. Meanwhile, Jason Campbell looked lost and Jason Taylor looked 100 years old.

by rzor on Sep 8, 2008 10:33 AM EDT 0 recs

I'd be a lot more worried about the Eagles

If I didn’t just know that McNabb won’t play more than 10 games this year.

by cjmulrain on Sep 8, 2008 10:57 AM EDT up 0 recs

Couldn't have been better said

Great post !!!

We're only gonna score 17 points?

by big blue wrecking crew on Sep 8, 2008 12:56 PM EDT up 0 recs

the redskins are in trouble

i never knew a ‘west coast offense’ involved nothing but 3-5 yard dump offs to the 3rd reciever until i saw zorn’s interpretation of it.

by kendynamo on Sep 8, 2008 3:37 PM EDT up 0 recs

speaking of the Redskins

for finishing 3rd in the NFC East last year, they get to play the Saints, while the Giants get the 2nd place Panthers. The Saints would scare me a lot more than the Panthers, personally. Sucks for the Redskins, huh?

by cjmulrain on Sep 8, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up 0 recs

Strahan

Did you guys catch the Fox pre-game show? I am a bit miffed that Strahan picked Dallas to win the Super Bowl. Sorry, don’t think it would be a homer call. I know Dallas is good, yadayadayada. They were also good last year. Just hoping his pick fires up the Giants.

We're gonna STOMP you out!

by NYERinKY on Sep 8, 2008 11:00 AM EDT 0 recs

Strahan

You never know what his motivation was. Maybe it is what he believes. Maybe he was just trying to help the Giants. That’s why it is a conflict of interest to ask an ex-player, who is still emotionally tied to his old team, a question like that.

by ETVal on Sep 8, 2008 11:44 AM EDT up 0 recs

I don't blame him

for a few reasons. First of all, he doesn’t want to seem like a homer right off the bat and lose all his credibility. I’d prefer the way he did it over the way Tiki did it last year.

Second, to be completely honest, if you put a gun to my head right now and made me pick a Super Bowl team, I’d probably pick the Cowboys. You can’t deny their talent, now that Brady’s down they’re probably the most talented all-around team in the league. And I know we like to play up the “Romo can’t win the big one” angle, but going into the playoffs last year Eli was 0-2 in “big ones” too, so I wouldn’t be shocked if Romo plays great in the playoffs this year. He’s annoying and I wish he wasn’t on the Cowboys, but he is a very good QB.

Now, all that said I have faith in the Giants, and I think they definitely can beat the Cowboys again anytime they play them. I think they are probably one of the top 4 or 5 most talented teams (maybe even higher than that) in the league, and have a realistic shot at getting back to the playoffs, from which point it’s all a crap shoot anyway. I just don’t blame Strahan for picking the Cowboys. Besides, he’s as familiar as anyone at how good they are, as well as knowing exactly how much it takes to beat them.

by cjmulrain on Sep 8, 2008 12:38 PM EDT up 0 recs

Strahan

did nothing wrong. He would have been labeled an idiot (or a homer a la Aikeman) had he not gave the all star team the nod.

We're only gonna score 17 points?

by big blue wrecking crew on Sep 8, 2008 2:04 PM EDT up 0 recs

Well said

How can the “experts” not pick the Cowboys … they’re loaded. BUT as we have seen the last few years, everyone’s “best team” probably won’t win. There is too much parity and it’s usually the hot team that wins.

by potroast on Sep 8, 2008 3:21 PM EDT up 0 recs

Thanks man

I’ll take hot in December any time,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and it gives those behemoths time to get worn down a bit………………maybe we all here could take up a collection and start sending their O-line Mc Donalds and pies and stuff.

We're only gonna score 17 points?

by big blue wrecking crew on Sep 8, 2008 4:06 PM EDT up 0 recs

I almost forgot

I didn’t see any Fantasy Football trash talk from you today. Seems to me Adrian Peterson will get me at least three points tonight. You and I know what happens in that case. Guess it doesn’t pay to talk too soon. LOL!!!

by ETVal on Sep 8, 2008 1:03 PM EDT up 0 recs

Perhaps I shouldn't have started Eli.

Well, you guys know I’m a homer. Last night I was trying to determine whether I had a chance in he** to win our fantasy game, Ed, and I harkened back to the NFC Championship Game and to how many yards Bradshaw gained on GB. No way I am going to pull this out. GB defense better be a beast tonight or I had better prepare my concession speech now. “My hat goes off to…”

ugh.

We're gonna STOMP you out!

by NYERinKY on Sep 8, 2008 1:53 PM EDT up 0 recs