but I suspect that cherry is at least one more week away (possibly as far as the bye week).

when I express my admiration for your staunchly churning out Giants’ News and Notes despite your peobable deep mourning over the Phillies dominance last night.
Bill Swiacki. anyone else remember him? He was a sensation in college (Columbia of all places) renowned for a miracle catch against a powerhouse at the time—Army (if my failing memory serves me correctly.)

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

~Einstein

KG and Eli will definately drive us all insane.

…step up and make big plays.

but hopefully Smith and Boss wont have to wait until the fourth quarter to have a pass thrown their way. We don’t have to throw fifty yard touchdown passes all day to be successful.

 Eli would be just fine if he played his own game and tried not to imitate his brother with longballs. It seems like he for got about having a tightend onthe field

I love the big plays but a few well timed shots should suffice, this is a run first/ ball control power football team, what happened to that? The mid range passes help keep your defense of the field and chew up the clock. We also need better pressure from our D line. One of our main strengths has been the ability to get pressure on the QB with just our front four, that has not happened enough this year. Our LB play has to step up as well, you will rarely see our lb make a big play or a punishing hit, they got ran all over last week. With all that said the D kept us in the game last week and our Offense has to win this one for us with power football, lets get back to playing Giants football.

We all know the Eagles like every other team has our number..They are going to put eight in the box and our guys need to desperately figure that out, how to neutralize it..plus they will be blitzing like crazy..We have basically handed out a ‘template’ to the teams we face on how to defend us..Eli needs to loosen them up with some quick swing passes to Jacobs and Bradshaw..that will drive them out of the box..Nobody fears our receivers on the long ball, and we all know that Eli has a great arm but the longer he throws it the more inaccurate he is..They’ll know they have to blanket Smith..The whole league knows that now…and our other recievers are not feared as a threat at all yet…Screens won’t work initially..and I still think Eli’s heel is bothering him more than we are being told..We need to get teams out of the box in order to run the ball..teams are forming a brick wall on the line, they have Smith covered and they have no respect for our long ball..If we get them off the line of scrimmage, we win..If we don’t it’ll be another long day for our guys.

If you notice, teams stick eight in the box then they drop one back to help double up on Smith..The corners are in single coverage, the strong safety shadows Smith and gets help underneath..Hence Smith is neutralized..and they don’t worry about single coverage on Manningham (because he can’t consistently catch) or Hixon (who can’t catch)..I am hoping Nicks will continue to improve and provide that deep threat. We need it..and I really would like to see Barden out there..Ed mentioned that the coaching staff probably are seeing things that make him not ready to step in..but he would be one hell of a big decoy.

I don’t think Westbrook is going to be able to go this week, so we have that advantage..I don’t like to see a great player hurt, but he is still looking up at the stars at night trying to pick out his horoscope..and Mcnabb smiles alot during the game but can’t scramble or run anymore..If our defense gets it all together this week then they are going to have a tough day..I know we all applauded the fact that our defense played better, but they have far more potential than what we witnessed last week.

because he was knocked out (3-4 times, as I recall.) The docs told him he was risking a lot if he continued. I saw an interview with that wild man from ND (can’t recall his name at the moment.,) an LB who tackled with his helmet, spit at opponents , etc. (he played for Denver and Oakland.) He described playing a game as being involved in 12 auto collisions. It was clear he was punch drunk.

There was a study conducted regarding long-term effects of concussions and how that equates to future dimentia..I don’t like to see any player get hurt..I don’t care who they play for..It is not worth rushing back in there, although they definitely do try..but the NFL is doing something about it and that is great for the Players and the sport.

send them back in. It’s a wonder no one got killed. That’s why the Flying Wedge was outlawed—people got killed.

is the bigger problem IMO, not that the play calling has been good, it hasn’t been, but in the NO game Eli missed a couple of sure TD"s. Against AZ Eli just didn’t look like his usual cool, calm self and we still had a chance to tie at the end if it wasnt for the int,
 This weeks game will be the true guage of where we are, I don’t think Philly is playing all that good, and if we just execute better, make throws, catch those throws, run with power while holding on to the ball and pressure McNugget I think we would win handily, will this happen???? No telling which Giants team will show up.

Thats my boy!!