Keidel: Giants Are Far From Finished In NFC East With Eli At The Helm
The Giants have one thing the rest of the NFC East doesn't, at least for the next two months: a proven starting quarterback.
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The Giants have one thing the rest of the NFC East doesn't, at least for the next two months: a proven starting quarterback.
The New York Giants come into the Thursday Night Football game with a better team than the Washington Redskins, but they may not have the advantage.
Despite a couple of heartbreaking last-minute losses, the New York Giants just might have a shot at turning around things in the unsettled NFC East.
Dropped passes, mental errors, fumbles ... it just keeps on happening. The list that outlines how the Giants have self-destructed is already very long -- and the season is only two games old.
The New York Giants could have put to rest last week's heart wrenching defeat to the Dallas Cowboys simply by playing a full 60 minutes of football. Instead, the team treated the hometown crowd to more of the same, as the offense and defense sputtered late, and the Atlanta Falcons took advantage of the Giants' miscue on their way to a 24-20 victory at the Meadowlands.
The best images from Big Blue's 24-20 loss to Atlanta on Sept. 20, 2015, at MetLife Stadium.
Two games into the football season, the Giants give off a distinct feeling that this team just doesn't have what it takes to win, much less become a playoff contender.
Devonta Freeman's 2-yard touchdown run with 1:14 remaining lifted the Atlanta Falcons past the New York Giants 24-20 on Sunday.
The Giants badly require a feel-good moment, one that might be able to get them back on track after their crippling opening-day loss in Arlington,
A game into the season, the question is where's the Giants' offense?
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Maybe Sunday night's loss to the Dallas Cowboys will be rock bottom for the New York Giants. But the hangover effect of the crushing 27-26 loss in Dallas lingered into the new work week, largely fueled by comments made by running back Rashad Jennings.
After badly mismanaging the end of the season opening-loss to the Dallas Cowboys, Eli Manning has been taking a lot of heat.
On Wednesday morning, Jennings penned a first-person editorial in the New York Post. In the column, he apologized to his quarterback.
Brutal clock management and poor decisions late cost Big Blue an upset in Arlington, but Prince Amukamara is trying not to let the defeat get him and his teammates down.
It looked like the Giants would pull off the upset against the rival Cowboys. And then, just like that, they let it go.
Mark this one down as one of the Giants' most painful regular season losses in recent memory.
After losing track of Dallas' timeouts, Manning said he told halfback Rashad Jennings not to score on two consecutive plays when the Giants had a first down at the Cowboys' 4-yard line with 1:54 to play.
While the Giants lick their scabs, nearly everyone who loves football is mauling Tom Coughlin for Sunday night's numbing loss to the Cowboys -- a game New York owned until it didn't.
Tony Romo threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Jason Witten with 7 seconds left, and the Cowboys overcame three turnovers to beat the Giants 27-26 on Sunday night.
The last time the Dallas Cowboys (1-0) and New York Giants (0-1) clashed in prime time, Odell Beckham, Jr. made a catch for the ages. This time around, Beckham could not provide any heroics, and the Big Blue's defense crumbled late, allowing a late Cowboys' touchdown. New York lost to the Dallas Cowboys 27-26 in an action-packed prime time affair in Texas.
The Giants will open their schedule Sunday night on the road against the Dallas Cowboys because the NFL said so - and that's all coach Tom Coughlin needs to know.
According to multiple reports, the Giants and starting quarterback Eli Manning are finalizing a four-year contract extension.
Eli Manning doesn't want his contract hanging over the Giants' season.
Heading into the preseason finale at New England on Thursday night, the Giants first team has scored 10 points in 12 possessions. It certainly is not what everyone expected heading into the season.
