Rex Growing Impatient With Sloppy Jets As Geno Vows Improvement
Rex Ryan was shocked at how badly the Tennessee Titans beat his Jets and he's tired of hearing excuses about his youthful team's growing pains.
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Rex Ryan was shocked at how badly the Tennessee Titans beat his Jets and he's tired of hearing excuses about his youthful team's growing pains.
The last time this happened to Big Blue, they won only six games and missed the postseason entirely. Now there seems to be a gloomy feel of history repeating itself.
With the Giants getting off to an 0-4 start and looking very bad in the process, there has been plenty of blame to go around. Just ask Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning.
Geno Smith made a number of "rookie mistakes" in the Jets' 38-13 loss to the Titans. The Jets are now 2-2.
Michael Griffin then knocked Stephen Hill to the ground, and the receiver stayed on the ground for a few minutes before being helped up, and he walked to the sideline. Hill did not return.
The Giants have started the season 0-4 for the first time since 1987 after losing the Chiefs on Sunday.
Cornerback Darrin Walls is starting in place of injured cornerback Dee Milliner for the Jets on Sunday against the Titans.
"Really, he is just a real natural football player," Mornhinweg said of Powell. "Things come easily to him. You teach him something and then he gets it very quickly."
The resurgent Chiefs lead the NFL in turnover differential and sacks. None of that appears to be good news for the winless Giants, who are coming off their worst performance under coach Tom Coughlin.
Being two of the league's most-penalized clubs, the more disciplined team could very well be the one to improve to 3-1.
Five catches, 154 yards and a game-winning touchdown against the Buffalo Bills. It's safe to say Santonio Holmes is back, right? Wrong.
Jets rookie cornerback Dee Milliner injured a hamstring at practice and his status for the team's game at Tennessee on Sunday was uncertain.
Favre isn't about to make another comeback. Be he could if he wanted to, Favre's agent, Bus Cook, said during a speaking engagement this week in Alabama.
The Hall-of-Fame quarterback and national television analyst said the league is disrespecting teams by scheduling them across the pond.
After Sunday's loss, Giants coach Tom Coughlin told his players to stick together. Not everyone did. Receiver Hakeem Nicks complained about not being able to throw the ball to himself.
Whenever a player commits an infraction on the practice field, everyone out there - from coach Rex Ryan to owner Woody Johnson - needs to drop and give 'em 10.
Ugly. Sloppy. And, Rex Ryan will take it.
The Giants' offense is a mess, and coach Tom Coughlin knows time is running out to find answers and salvage the season.
So why was this lopsided game not decided until the Bills' final possession? Look no further than the Jets' bizarre case of what-in-the-world-is-going-on mental hiccups.
The Giants got thoroughly embarrassed in Carolina by the Panthers -- I'm talkin' 38-0 embarrassed -- and are now 0-3. An ugly 0-3.
Ivory also left midway through the second quarter, and had 5 yards rushing before being checked out by trainers on the sideline.
The Giants are in trouble: Of the 161 teams that have started the season 0-3 since 1978, only five made the NFL playoffs.
On Sunday, the attention will again be on the first two quarterbacks drafted, when the Bills (1-1) and Jets (1-1) square off. It's the 106th game in the series, and the first featuring a pair of rookie starting QBs.
In August the NFL settled a historic lawsuit involving head injuries, on Saturday local youth football players received an important and potentially life saving lesson.
The Giants downgraded Webster because of a hip injury. He will not make the trip to Charlotte, N.C.
