No Choice
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- November
- 14
Looks like Plaxico Burress isn’t going to get additional rest anytime soon. Tom Coughlin admitted he has no better alternative for a deep threat, so Burress, even though his ankle remains as sore as all get—out, will stay in the lineup despite his diminished effectiveness.
When asked if Burress has reached a point of diminishing returns based on 11 catches for 81 yards and no touchdown over his last three games, Coughlin said, "I certainly hope not."
He said he is not at the point where he would place Burress on the inactive list to give his ankle addition rest, even though Burress now appears incapable of performing some of the work that made him a potent deep threat the first six games of the season.
"He’s commited to feeling better," Coughlin said. "Game in, game out, we want to take full advantage of him, so we’re trying to push him through."
Sealing the matter is that the Giants really don’t have another deep threat. Rookie Steve Smith, a natural selection, is still not ready to put his pulled hamstring through a full practice, much less a game, and Amani Toomer has lost the deep potential he had earlier in his career. Sinorice Moss has not shown himself as a reliable target.
Coughlin admitted if the Giants had a viable alternative, Burress might have had more of a rest by now.
"That’s not a reality for us," Coughlin said.
Middle linebacker Antonio Pierce was held out of practice today because of a mild concussion. But right tackle Kareem McKenzie, who had a bruised back in the Dallas game, returned and was not on the injury report.
Thoughts about the Lions game vis—a—vis Burress?
Ciao for now.
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Ernie Palladino
I’m going to assume Plaxico is only going to get worse. This Detroit game is no walk in the park because the Lions possess a GREAT group of WR’s and the Giants stink in pass coverage if they don’t generate a rush. Kitna, like it or not, is an Eli clone, so expect inconsistency throughout the game from him. Their line has surrendered well over 30 sacks, so the potential is there for them to get to Kitna. Lets say Detroit scores 24 points and Kitna gets sacked 3 or 4 times. Who here is 100% confident that Eli and an obviously flaming out passing offense is going to score 25 or more at this point?
With regards to no viable backup to Burress, is Anthony Mix really that bad? Isn’t he still on the practice squad? Just throwing it out there.
The results of common opponents games implies that the Giants should win this one, But the offense will have to be consistent, the defense will have to overwhelm Detroit’s passing game, and the Giants will have to minimize the game killing mistakes.
Dan: I hope the Giants pass rush is better against the lions than they were against the cowboys..The offense also seemed to stop runing with the ball and needs to start it up again.. This is a must game and the Giants had always tough luck in Detriot..