Manningham Out For Giants, McKnight In For Jets
Giants wide receiver Mario Manningham is inactive and Jets running back Joe McKnight, the NFL's leading kick returner, is active after being questionable.
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Giants wide receiver Mario Manningham is inactive and Jets running back Joe McKnight, the NFL's leading kick returner, is active after being questionable.
A win for the Jets or the Giants brings either team closer to the playoffs, but for the fans, there's much more at stake.
It's been confirmed that Giants will be missing Jake Ballard, Osi Umenyiora and Mark Herzlich when they face the Jets on Saturday. Mario Manningham is listed as doubtful.
And the question from this column is… who would you rather have coaching your team?
In the case of the Jets and Giants, it's a little more than just a sibling rivalry. It's about history, success and the constant bickering between fans of Gang Green and Big Blue.
Neil Keefe makes his Week 16 picks and asks for the same two things he asked for last Christmas. And then of course there's Giants-Jets...
The bottom line is that the NFL doesn't care about which player said what – it will simply look at the final score Saturday afternoon and adjust the standings.
Christie quickly touched on the VP issue Friday so Tri-State football fans could focus on more important matters. That's right, we're talking Jets vs. Giants.
Sure, Revis heard that one Giants wide receiver called him merely "decent," while another insisted that teams no longer are afraid of him. All he could do was chuckle.
For the first time in his three seasons as Jets coach, Ryan gets to play for NY supremacy when he and Coughlin's Giants square off Saturday in a game with plenty of playoff implications.
This is why firing back at a trash-talking team can get you in more trouble than it's worth. Insulting arguably the best cornerback in the NFL will only increase his motivation.
This is one of those years Giants defensive captain Justin Tuck would like to forget. Coming off his second Pro Bowl season, Tuck has had more injuries than sacks.
Can you believe we are already in Week 16 of the NFL season?
Al Dukes was trying to think of a way to further amp up the Giants-Jets game this Saturday, so he reached out to a couple of recognizable fans from each team and invited them in for a visit.
With the Bills falling as they have and the Knicks not yet underway, Omar has had little to be pumped up about. Enter the Giants-Jets Christmas Eve clash.
