A Few Notes
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- November
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My main man, Brian Heyman, was out at the stadium today and came back with a few notes for us.
Looks like the boys are circlin’ the wagons around quarterback Eli Manning. Jeremy Shockey indicated the team had a players-only meeting, which generally means something in losing two of the last three games touched a raw nerve. He didn’t report any furniture moving or shoutdowns, just some routine stuff about needing to get things cleaned up—pronto!
No word on whether they gave Manning a group hug, but he probably didn’t get blasted out, either.
In injury news, Plaxico Burress’ sore knee wasn’t much better as he continued to miss practice. Tom Coughlin wasn’t sure he’d play, saying only that he was “hopeful.” That’s not great, considering he’s always been firm on Burress playing while he just sat with the sprained right ankle.
MLB Antonio Pierce ran on the side with his sprained ankle and could get back to practice tomorrow. But it doesn’t look like Aaron Ross is going to make it back from a hamstring pull this week. Expect Kevin Dockery to start at left corner.
Brandon Jacobs continued to take limited practice, as did WR Steve Smith. Don’t expect either of them in the lineup. But do expect RB Derrick Ward if he can make it through a third straight day of full practice tomorrow.
Also, S Gibril Wilson was held out of practice with a sore knee, but should make it Sunday.
——————————————Just a thought here. Everybody seems to be making a big deal out of Jerry Reese’s “skittish” comment about Manning that was buried in another newspaper’s column. A bit overblown, I’d say. Most quarterbacks get a little uncomfortable when they have 300-pound guys chasing them all afternoon. Don’t worry too much about that. If he gets protection and the running game works for him, Manning can win.
Ciao for now.
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Ernie Palladino
Ernie, You’re right. That “skittish” comment was in the very last graph of that column. It was blown way out of proportion by guess who? The media.
Reese also made a few negative comments about the offensive line, but those were ignored as the vultures chose to zoom in on Eli. Reese was right about both Eli and the line.
Eli played terribly Sunday and the line hasn’t looked very good for a few games. But the press, or most of
it, not all, is a joke looking to stir up crapola about Eli.
If he gets protection and the running game works for him ….
Ernie, you just described every average QB in the league. We know Eli is that, but we had been told to expect sooo much more.
Da Bears have consistently beaten the Giants over the years,I don’t see why it will change this Sunday.