Somers' Monologue: Giants Fans Still Waiting For Football
Everybody is happy to have the NFL back with the preseason now underway. Giants fans, however, they're still waiting for football.
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Everybody is happy to have the NFL back with the preseason now underway. Giants fans, however, they're still waiting for football.
Osi Umenyiora, still miffed, has returned to the Giants without a new contract.
No one with a pen and a pulse would write that Plaxico Burress didn't deserve to be punished. Fined? Hell, yes. Suspended? Absolutely? Cut? Why not? But jailed for 20 months? That's different.
Just after 8 a.m., Boomer talked about a few occasions where he was mistaken for his colleague and fellow Blonde Bomber, Phil Simms, and how he handled the mistaken identity.
After an extended vacation, Boomer returned this Monday morning to take his seat next to Craig. All was back to normal on this thing we've come to know as the Boomer & Carton Morning Extravaganza.
Lawrence Tynes bruised his right thigh in Saturday night's preseason loss to the Carolina Panthers, and coach Tom Coughlin said Sunday that the veteran kicker will be spending a lot of time with the team's medical personnel this week.
Here's our thumbnail review of how the Giants fared in our Things to Watch during their 20-10 loss to the Carolina Panthers in Saturday's preseason opener.
Cam Newton made his NFL debut, Carolina Panthers beat the New York Giants 20-10.
Jerry Reese took a half-page out of Rex Ryan's playbook on Thursday. The Giants general manager didn't guarantee a Super Bowl, but he did say his team will make the playoffs, despite failing to make any "sexy" moves in the free-agent market.
Emotions were running high at Giants camp on Thursday, one day after Steve Smith, who had a team-record 107 catches two years ago, joined the Eagles' "Dream Team."
Don Chandler, a kicker and punter who was part of four championship teams with the Giants and Green Bay Packers, has died. He was 76.
Question him all you like. Giants GM Jerry Reese is not one to blink. What of the mass exodus of starters from last year's team? It's okay. Thank you for your concern, he says.
Contract talks between Osi Umenyiora and the Giants remained deadlocked, the two-time Pro Bowl defensive end said on Thursday. Doctors gave Umenyiora the go-ahead to practice -- but will he?
Giants spokesman Pat Hanlon, who famously tweeted "talk is cheap" to Jets coach Rex Ryan earlier this year, is at it again. Hanlon's pro-Giants twitter tour took a not-so-social turn on Wednesday after former New York wide receiver Steve Smith signed with the rival Eagles.
First, the Eagles shocked Jets fans and signed coveted free agent cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha. On Wednesday, Philadelphia surprisingly signed former Giants wide receiver Steve Smith when all signs pointed to a Big Blue return.
