Giants' Eli Preparing For 2012, 'SNL' The Manning Way
Eli Manning's goal now is simply to get himself ready for a season in which the Giants will be hunted as the league's defending champions.
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Eli Manning's goal now is simply to get himself ready for a season in which the Giants will be hunted as the league's defending champions.
Whatever happens next Thursday, the Giants' brain trust will have about five hours to ponder their move. It needs to be a good one, even at No. 32.
Drafting a pass-rushing defensive lineman seems like a very New York Giants thing to do, doesn't it? Yes, the Giants' front seven is absolutely stacked, but why not add another? Nick Perry, Jerel Worthy and Devon Still are all viable candidates at Pick 32.
The 2012 NFL schedule was officially released this week and with more primetime games than ever before, this season is sure to be full of can't-miss games. Here are our top 10 most intriguing match-ups that you won't want to miss...
The Giants have re-signed middle linebacker Chase Blackburn, a key to their run to last season's Super Bowl title.
"To get where we want to go you have to play the best teams in football," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. "And we certainly are playing the best teams."
Boomer & Craig took a few minutes to take a look at what lies ahead for both the Super Bowl Champion Giants and those headline grabbin' Jets...
The Giants will face the three NFC teams -- Atlanta, Green Bay and San Francisco -- they defeated in the playoffs. They also will have games with Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Green Bay, New Orleans, and Baltimore.
"Live from New York, it's..." Eli Manning!
After acknowledging his overuse of his catch phrase 'at the end of the day' (for which he blames his mother), Rolle was treated to a montage of him doing his thing.
Two months after losing to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl, cornerback Antwaun Molden is now a member of Big Blue.
Eli Manning already has more championships -- not to mention Super Bowl MVP trophies -- than his older brother, Peyton. Now he's about to even the "Saturday Night Live" score.
"You can't ask for more than to be playing for the defending world champions and be in New York," Rivers said after his trade became official.
The drama could begin as soon as Monday for unhappy Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora.
Veteran running back Brandon Jacobs had a rough final season in New York. That is, until his second Super Bowl championship.
