Giants Cut 5, Get Reprieve From NFL On Some Cuts
The Giants were supposed to reduce their roster to 80 players Tuesday. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, however, will allow the team to keep an extra five players.
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The Giants were supposed to reduce their roster to 80 players Tuesday. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, however, will allow the team to keep an extra five players.
It was just last month that the National Football League and its players' union put aside their differences to end the NFL lockout. Now they're coming together again -- to support a cause close to New Yorkers.
Maybe the Giants ought to consider their loss to the Jets a success, given the way they've been riddled with injuries.
Just minutes after Monday night's game, a delighted Jets head coach Rex Ryan was presented with a trophy and a check for $40,000 for the team's charity of choice. However, if Ryan was being truthful, he would have apologized to Snoopy for a sloppy performance.
During Jerry 'Rello' Recco's first update we heard all sorts of tidbits from Monday night's Jets 17-3 win over the Giants in the first ever MetLife Bowl.
The Jets and the Giants locked horns last night in the first ever MetLife Bowl. It was Gang Green that came away with the victory 17-3, but neither team looked very good in the sloppy preseason game.
Mark Sanchez threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes and the Jets capitalized on two big special teams plays to defeat the Giants 17-3 Monday night.
Transit issues in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene have led to free parking for fans at the Jets-Giants preseason game Monday night.
MetLife shelled out a lot of money for the naming rights to the stadium in East Rutherford -- and to put their name on Monday night's Jets-Giants "MetLife Bowl." It will definitely look better with some fans in the stands.
One more chance for some while the clock ticks on others. The Giants go into tonight's annual preseason rivalry against the Jets knowing they'll have to get down to 80 players by Tuesday at 4 p.m.
The Giants have had to adjust their schedule due to Hurricane Irene but one benefit was getting an extra practice to prepare for the Jets' game on Monday.
As Hurricane Irene bears down on the Eastern seaboard, officials are scrambling to reschedule events. That's right, Irene is already leaving her mark on Tri-State sports even before coming ashore.
Giants president and CEO John Mara said Friday that moving the game two days later was the best course of action for the safety of all.
Is this the same Brandon Jacobs? Less than nine months after ending a moody 2010 campaign, Jacobs seems... content.
While Hurricane Irene continues its path toward the Tri-State area, Jets coach Rex Ryan is certainly not throwing any water on what he sees as a heated rivalry with the Giants.
