New York Giants notes: Magic in the air?
A few New York Giants notes for you this morning before you head off to make final preparations for Christmas.
Defensive end Justin Tuck is feeling magic in the air, and not just because tomorrow is Christmas.
"This season’s almost been a mirror image of how we were up and down for a long time in ’07, [found] a groove right at the right time . . . snuck into the playoffs . . . no one kinda gave us a shot and the rest is history. . . . If the Washington game is saying anything about it, hopefully that’s the starting point for us as far as getting in our groove and hopefully sneaking in the playoffs again, and kinda being the ‘nobody’ of the playoffs, and kinda surprising people."
Is this team capable of it?
"I think so," Tuck said. "If we come out and play like we did last week, I don’t see too many teams that can beat us if we were playing our style of football. The thing about it is: Which team’s gonna show up?"
From this point on, do you expect that team that won in Washington to show up?
"I think so," Tuck said. "I don’t see why not. Everybody around here understands the predicament we put ourselves in. Everyone knows — last week, this week and next week — all those games are gonna be playoff games for us. We need ’em."
The Giants need help (one Packers or Cowboys loss), too.
"Oh yeah, we definitely do," Tuck said. "But the one thing about this team, we won’t worry about that, because it doesn’t do us any good."
This should not come as a surprise, but in the midst of having the best season a Giants wide receiver has ever had, Steve Smith has begun making noises about wanting a contract extension.
In case you are still in an anti-Lawrence Tynes frame of mind, it is worth noting that the New Orleans Saints have released John Carney this week. It is also worth noting that Carney's kickoffs are awful, and he has made only one field goal outside 45 yards this season.
AOL Fanhouse makes the case that the Giants are still more pretender than contender.
(E-mail Ed at bigblueview@gmail.com)
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oohh yea. 1st lol
but back to football.. the giants are very much still in this.. I hope the defense buckles down like last week and does the same to carolinas weakened o-line.. and that will build up to a great showdown at the vikings(which i believe they will be playing for that first round bye)
worst case scenario we win out and still dont make it..but ill feel a little bit better if we do that rather than lose our way out.
Regarding Steve Smith...
In the words of one of the most entertaining players of all time…
PAY THE MAN
"With the game on the line. I want the ball in my hands."
-E
by tito (eight and oh) on Dec 24, 2009 9:54 AM EST reply actions
thats bad business
your paying him when his value is highest and he will want number one reciever money, and he might still be under team control for 3 more years depending on if there is a new collective bargaining agreement.
i say wait
by Ahmad Bradshaw on Dec 24, 2009 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
He's a FA in 2011.
PAY THE MAN!
…he’s not gonna get any more then Plaxico’s contract, which all in all, was pretty reasonable.
"It ain't over till its over"---
3rd down + Steve Smith = 1st Down.
"I just saw Avatar, and Sean Avery was hands down the best character!"
by FreeBradshaw on Dec 24, 2009 10:17 AM EST up reply actions
the kid deserves to make more then he is
hes proven to be a top-notch receiver for the Giants and should be paid as such… def not plax money but should make more the the 550K a season he now makes. SS said it himself that he wants to be in NY for a long time.. i see the next Amani Toomer x 10.. a long term Giant who steps up year in and year out, every game.. but will be that much better then amani
by Gmen Fan in Gmen Land on Dec 24, 2009 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
Honestly...
I really don’t care. The chemistry he and E have developed over the last two years is the stuff of legend. He deserves way more than the 500k he’s getting, and I don’t see him demanding Plaxico money, considering he had four 1,000 yard seasons before he got paid.
"With the game on the line. I want the ball in my hands."
-E
by tito (eight and oh) on Dec 24, 2009 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
This doesn't seem like something Smith would do?
The timing is all wrong, and not right to begin with. The Giants are in the midst of trying to get into the playoffs and now contract extension talks surface? I’ve never heard of his agent before, but this seems like something Boras or Rosenhaus would do. Why would Smith make this public now? This has his agent written all over it!
It's deff his agent...
I saw Steve Smith comment on it and he said something along the lines of “I can’t worry about all that right now”
"With the game on the line. I want the ball in my hands."
-E
by tito (eight and oh) on Dec 24, 2009 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
Coughlin
should take the Fanhouse article and plaster it all over the locker room. If that doesn’t motivate the defense to domination, then nothing will. This article is so meanly critical that I almost wonder if he is a closet Giant fan attempting reverse psychology.
i just wish
Tuck would close his yap and knock off the magical thinking and talking and just go out and do what he and other players keep saying they need to do to win. They have a bad habit of blowing one game win streaks out of proportion.
Bloozer
by blooz on Dec 24, 2009 9:59 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I agree Blooz..Let's hope Tuck and BJ don't wind up with more..
Egg-nog on their faces…
Knock on wood
Hopefully he didnt jinx it
by Gmen Fan in Gmen Land on Dec 24, 2009 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
It's like Strahan and Tuck's "Subway" Commercial..
I would like to see them in warm-ups singing to the Panthers: “You play 5 Dollar, 5 Dollar Foooootbaaalll!!!”…and that pretty picture..Dang, I thought she was running straight for me, then I looked over my shoulder and saw Tiger Woods…Damn the luck!..Okay, maybe it wasn’t Tiger…maybe it was my wife with a 3-Iron!!
nice to see the player thinking like this.
GO GIANTS!!!!!!!!!! lets surprise EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!
"Yes we lost and yes we are upset. But like all Champs we will bounce back."
Osi umenyiora
by donnybaseball23 on Dec 24, 2009 10:18 AM EST reply actions
Is that a cheerleader...
or the Panther’s Fullback?
"It ain't over till its over"---
3rd down + Steve Smith = 1st Down.
"I just saw Avatar, and Sean Avery was hands down the best character!"
I knew this was coming
You guys are retarded! If you came home to find that putting dinner on your table, you’d skip dinner and drag her to the nearest couch. I never get why people want to try to knock good-looking women… yesterday at the bar my friend told me elizabeth hurley was ugly ten years ago…

You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Dec 24, 2009 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
theres no argueing that
elizabeth hurley was naaasty 10 years ago… wow i wanted to hit myself for even joking about that.. she is gorgeous.
panthers cheerleader bench presses 225 16 times
by Gmen Fan in Gmen Land on Dec 24, 2009 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
I dunno man...
I mean..if she was in front of me..maybe I’d hit.
But that picture…Gmen fan’s got it right, she’d be leading the combine in bench reps.
She’d beat the crap out of Snee.
"It ain't over till its over"---
3rd down + Steve Smith = 1st Down.
"I just saw Avatar, and Sean Avery was hands down the best character!"
by FreeBradshaw on Dec 24, 2009 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
Ouch!
I was really amazed that it was difficult to find any Panther cheerleader photos worth running.
by Ed Valentine on Dec 24, 2009 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
IDK Ed, if it was difficult
Then maybe they’re the original cheerleaders when the Panthers came into the league? Perhaps the pics SM found were touched up? It’s possible!
Nah
If you search cheerleader there are lot of great Panther pics. This year’s set, not so much.
by Ed Valentine on Dec 24, 2009 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
Here's hoping
Dallas believes the Saints game gets them locked into a playoff and they mail in the next two weeks.
Before I become far too entranced with these pretty pictures popping up..
I want to wish every BBV fan and your families a very nice, safe and very Merry Christmas, or whatever your denomination and faith celebrates at this time of year…Again stay safe, keep warm and Go Giants!!!
Final Giant Game at the Stadium
If we can’t get up for this one and totally dominate the Panthers we are truly hopeless. I expect the Defense — spotted an early lead by Eli & Company to pin their ears back and chase this no name QB like Tiger Woods chases blondes.
For so many fans this is the last time they will have to enjoy their tickets that have been in the family for generations but have now become unaffordable. They deserve a blowout win of monumental proportions. A real treat on both sides of the ball - Inspired football.
Here's my take
No one should worry about contract issues until the end of the season.
Than pay Steve Smith to a nice juicy contract.
He deserves it
Never assume skill at bouncing a ball makes you smarter than the guy who built the court.
When there's a WILL there's a WAY
Ed, maybe you had the wrong camera angle:


You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Dec 24, 2009 12:14 PM EST reply actions
that's better....
"It ain't over till its over"---
3rd down + Steve Smith = 1st Down.
"I just saw Avatar, and Sean Avery was hands down the best character!"
by FreeBradshaw on Dec 24, 2009 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe so
I’m guessing those are not from this season, though. I only searched 2009.
by Ed Valentine on Dec 24, 2009 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
All I want for Christmas..is
My two front…er…her two back..er front…Oh hell I forgot!!
it's uncanny
like in 2009 equal opportunity (for butterfaces) and nepotism replaced the entire squad
You play to win the game!
by Simms-McConkey on Dec 24, 2009 12:35 PM EST reply actions
Compliments of Terry over on BTB...Latest Tiger joke..
There is a new ED drug on the market called “Tiagra”..After playing 18 holes, it allows you to get in 13 mores holes.
Playoffs,What Playoffs
Unless there is a placebo effect in the NFL, with the Redskins being the placebo, the Giant didnt prove to me that that they can turn it around against winning teams on defense. They should beat the Panthers, but the secondary is in worse shape
physically than at any point in the season. They would have to go into the Vikings game
needing a win, and Minn not bringing their “A” game ( having their playoff bye sewn up)
Even if this team, and Manning blooming as a QB, I just dont see it happening this season, there is too much to fix on Defense. Its one thing for these players to say the right things and to be focused, its another to overcome physical attrition, and game planning that been predicated all season on QB sacks and pressures, that have been a day late and a dollar short against non patsy teams, Even in the two quality wins against Dallas, they didnt harass Romo effectively. Their play last week was an ilusion.
Close out the season with two wins, knock Favre on his prima donna keister, enough to scare Childress, and then ill believe that they have the game on both sides of the ball
to be contender and not a prentender. The Saints are in uncharted waters despite their
dream season, they still can become the Aints in a big game. The Cards are for real,
but not a Juggernaut, we know what Warner looks like under constant pressure. The Vikings, area big time, big play team under Favre, but dont look any better than the Favre Packers,that Big Blue knocked off in OT on the tundra, thank you Bret. The Eagles have beaten the Giants twice, once convincingly, once, not in a dominating manner. Giants would have to duplicatethe 2007 run to get it done Teams werent prepared for for that teams effectiveness in harrassing their QBs , and taking away their running games. Its a copy cat passing league, and smash mouth football in the Meadowlands in winter has one last opportunity left against Carolina. After that, im sorry to say, the team that played 5-0 football against lay down teams, is a pretender. This Eli led team has a Superbowl run or two in them, no doubt, last year before the Burris affair was one. This season the handwriting has been on the wall for sometime now.
by sudden death overtime on Dec 26, 2009 5:08 PM EST reply actions

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