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  1. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000701857/article/nfl-power-rankings-week-2-patriots-broncos-shoot-to-the-top http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17531081/nfl-2016-week-2-power-rankings-green-bay-packers-new-england-patriots-seattle-seahawks http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/rankings How come I can't do this like I used to? Put the link in and name the link?
  2. Ex-NFL player Taylor arrested on DUI charge in Florida 21 / 26 3 hrs ago © The Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The Florida Highway Patrol says ex-NFL player Lawrence Taylor has been arrested in Palm Beach County on a DUI charge, the Palm Beach Post reports (http://pbpo.st/2cx7Pgv). Spokesman Sgt. Mark Wysocky tells the newspaper that Taylor was arrested after a crash on Florida's Turnpike. Wysocky says more details will be released Saturday. WPTV reports that Taylor, 57, was driving south on the turnpike from Beeline Highway about 5:20 p.m. when he became involved in a crash. The TV station says that Taylor switched lanes and hit a motor home and sideswiped a patrol vehicle. Taylor was taken to the Palm Beach County Jail, WPTV reports. Taylor, a retired linebacker, played 13 seasons with the New York Giants, helping the team win Super Bowl titles in 1987 and 1991. In 2011, Taylor pleaded guilty in New York to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute, misdemeanor charges. He was sentenced to six years of probation.
  3. QB Eli Manning WR Odell Beckham Jr. OL Weston Richburg TE Will Johnson CB Janoris Jenkins CB Leon Hall S Darian Thompson CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie LB Jonathan Casillas LB Jasper Brinkley DE Olivier Vernon DE Jason Pierre-Paul LB B.J. Goodson DT Johnathan Hankins DT Damon Harrison
  4. When it comes to Giants, not a lot of depth Giants quarterback Eli Manning needs to hope his offensive line protects him. (Howard Simmons/New York Daily News) Pat Leonard NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, August 30, 2016, 5:57 PM The Giants are like a lot of NFL teams right now: Depth entering the 2016 season is a concern. You still would take an Eli Manning-led offense with Odell Beckham and hopefully a healthy Victor Cruz over a lot of other franchises’ top weapons. The revamped Big Blue defense also is exciting, with big preseason plays from Landon Collins, Jonathan Casillas, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Olivier Vernon, plus a determined Jason Pierre-Paul. Offensive tackle Will Beatty’s re-signing on Tuesday, though, was a reminder not only of how the Giants are one injury away at so many positions from a major drop-off; it was also a wake-up call that there are still some critical position groups on Jerry Reese’s roster that aren’t up to snuff. Specifically, the blocking failure of the Giants’ offensive line, tight ends and running backs has emerged as a major issue threatening to derail a strong start to the regular season. Because it doesn’t matter if you have a two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback on your roster if he has no time to execute the plays he is calling. Follow the Daily News Sports on Facebook. "Like" us here. “We have the personnel to do it,” rookie wide receiver Sterling Shepard said Tuesday of the offense’s ability to execute. “We have guys that are ready and hungry to play. I don’t feel like what has happened in the preseason is going to affect us in the regular season at all.” They can only hope. The first-team offense’s preseason numbers with Manning under center are startling: 12 drives, four first downs, no points. The Giants’ pocket protection was in this position a few years ago. Longtime offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride basically was forced to take the fall. McAdoo arrived from Green Bay in 2014 to run a new offense that worked more efficiently with what the Giants had. Reese drafted tackle/guard Justin Pugh (first round, 2013), center Weston Richburg (second round, 2014), tackle Ereck Flowers (first round, 2015) and guard Bobby Hart (seventh round, 2015). Free agents John Jerry (2014) and Marshall Newhouse (2015) arrived, compiling the current starting five plus Hart, the Giants’ top reserve lineman, that have had an uneasy August after a difficult 2015 season. Backup tackle Byron Stingily is now on injured reserve with a concussion, to boot. Giants re-signing tackle Will Beatty to one-year deal Beatty is familiar and has Super Bowl pedigree, but the drop-off from the starting line to the reserves has been evidently dramatic this preseason, even with the first unit’s struggles with blocking and discipline. That is one reason why McAdoo probably wants to see his first-teamers for at least a series or two in Thursday night’s preseason finale against the New England Patriots at MetLife Stadium. Another would be that Manning has never played in fewer than three preseason games in any year since 2006. He sat out this summer’s first exhibition for the first time, so it’s possible he takes no reps Thursday. But more than likely he’s just as eager to move the sticks a few times in this final dress rehearsal before the Sept. 11 opener in Dallas. After that, this game will be most significant for the Giants to get one final evaluation of their depth at some shakier spots: At quarterback, where backup Ryan Nassib has struggled; at tight end, where no one has asserted himself; at linebacker, where only Casillas has shown a ‘wow factor'; at safety, and at wide receiver and running back, where there are top players but the depth talent must be difference-makers. Giants' Army inspiration can't defend Kaepernick's anthem stance Where are the Giants most talented and deepest? Probably on the defensive line, with Pierre-Paul, Johnathan Hankins, Damon “Snacks” Harrison and Vernon complemented by high-ceiling young pass rushers Owa Odighizuwa and Romeo Okwara, defensive end Kerry Wynn, and tackle Louis Nix making a late push to stick around past Tuesday’s first cuts. At various other positions on the field Thursday, though, McAdoo needs to see fire and ferocity and a higher-level of play across the board. “We’re obviously going to take a nice long look at some guys at the bottom part of the roster and give them an opportunity,” McAdoo said.
  5. Report: Giants re-sign Will Beatty Dan Schneier - 50 minutes ago Will Beatty is back in blue. According to NFL insider Mike Garafolo, the former New York Giants offensive tackle is re-joining the team. The Giants brought back Beatty on a one-year contract. According to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Caplan, Beatty's deal includes $1.1 million in guaranteed money and $750,000 in incentives. The Giants released Beatty last season and the two sides were not reported to be engaged in any contract talks prior to today's transaction. Per Garafolo, as of about one week ago, a deal between the two sides seemed extremely unlikely. Beatty worked out for the team today and the Giants quickly decided they had seen enough to make him an offer right away, according to Paul Schwartz of The New York Post. The Giants weren't the only team interested in signing Beatty for the 2016 season. SNY's Ralph Vacchiano reports that Beatty had worked out for the Panthers and had an offer from the Jaguars. He also received interested from the Cardinals and Saints -- both teams wanted him in for a workout. Although Beatty left tackle almost exclusively during his first run with the New York Giants from 2009-2014 (he missed the entire 2015 season), Beatty is not expected to compete with current left tackle Ereck Flowers. His clearest path to playing time will come at right tackle where he will compete with current starter Marshall Newhouse. Before missing the entire 2015 regular season with a torn pectoral muscle, Beatty enjoyed his best season of his career in 2014. According to Pro Football Focus, Beatty graded out as a top-12 left tackle that season with above-average marks as a run blocker and pass protector. If Beatty is healthy, it should take him no time to beat out Newhouse, who has struggled mightily this preseason after a disappointing season-long performance in 2015.
  6. Eli Manning, Giants first-team offense can’t get anything going in preseason loss to Bills BY Pat Leonard NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Sunday, August 21, 2016, 2:56 AM BUFFALO — Eli Manning and the Giants’ first-team offense generated almost nothing through four penalty-filled drives Saturday afternoon in the franchise quarterback’s first action of the preseason, low-lighting a 21-0 loss to Rex Ryan’s Bills at the newly-renamed New Era Field. Head coach Ben McAdoo, now 0-2 to open his first exhibition season, stewed that Manning’s first-string unit “wasn’t very good, to put it politely,” most disgusted with the Bills’ defense pushing around his offensive line. “I just finished talking to the team. I told them we worked too hard to put a performance like that on film,” said McAdoo, whose team has committed eight turnovers and 17 penalties through two games. “They were more physical than we were, that was obvious. We need to take a long look in the mirror and bounce back … (The Bills) had a lot of free runners at the point of attack, and they took it to us.” Manning was just as disappointing, gaining only one first down on 4-of-9 passing for 44 yards on a 22-yard slant to Odell Beckham Jr. on Big Blue’s first drive. The preseason isn’t necessarily a predictor of the regular season, but the franchise quarterback wasn’t ignoring Saturday’s futility. “You can’t freak out,” Manning said, “but you’ve got to understand there’s got to be some urgency, we’ve got to do some things better than we were today.” The offensive line committed one penalty on each of the Giants’ first three drives, and the regular starters were the culprits, not backup Bobby Hart, who started at left guard for Justin Pugh (bruised shoulder). The first-team offense averaged just 2.1 rush yards on six carries by Rashad Jennings, Andre Williams and Shane Vereen. Eli Manning completes just four passes for 44 yards in his first preseason action of the summer. (Gary Wiepert/AP) A false start by right guard John Jerry set back the first series, which ended when Manning overthrew Beckham down the left sideline on fourth-and-4 from the Bills’ 36-yard line. A holding penalty by left tackle Ereck Flowers stalled the second drive. A holding penalty by center Weston Richburg and a Lorenzo Alexander sack past Flowers ended the third series. Manning took the blame for the sack, though, saying he didn’t move the pocket well enough. “Penalties don’t make it easy to overcome, holding calls and those types of things, but there were also a couple opportunities where I could have done a better job of moving the pocket or finding that completion,” said Manning, who had not played in the Giants’ 27-10 home preseason opening loss to the Dolphins. “I had a couple missed throws, a couple missed communications. Those were all reasons for not sustaining drives.” McAdoo responded by leaving Manning’s unit on for the first drive of the second quarter and leaving most of the line out for the full first half, saying: “They played longer into the game because they didn’t move the ball.” Manning went three-and-out on his final drive, shaking his head after overthrowing Roger Lewis Jr. on third down, and was bailed out by a great Jerry block as he unknowingly nearly stepped into another crushing sack. “What we practice needs to show up on game day, and it hasn’t been,” McAdoo said. “We’ve been sloppy with penalties. We haven’t been taking care of the ball very well, and we had opportunities in practice to develop our physicality. From an offensive perspective it wasn’t there tonight.” Rashad Jennings and the Giants get stuffed by the Bills in their second preseason game. (Gary Wiepert/AP) The Giants’ defense continued to make plays, at least. Second-year safety Landon Collins made three consecutive tackles on the Bills’ second drive on first, second and third down at the Giants’ goal line. Collins’ third-down hit forced a fumble by Bills fullback Jerome Felton that defensive tackle Damon (Snacks) Harrison recovered for a touchback in the end zone. But Collins lost LeSean McCoy in coverage for a 13-yard TD to open the scoring with 12:58 left in the second quarter. An Andre Williams fumble of an exchange from backup QB Ryan Nassib gave Buffalo a 49-yard short field to punch in rookie RB Jonathan Williams’s one-yard TD run with 4:58 to play in the half. Then rookie running back Paul Perkins missed a protection adjustment that left Bills corner Sterling Moore untouched off the edge to crush Nassib for a sack-fumble. The first team offense, though, is the major concern. The linemen heard McAdoo’s charge, and they know being physically overpowered is unacceptable. “That’s definitely something we should be hanging our hat on, and sometimes I guess it was lacking, guys may have been tentative, whatever you want to call it,” right tackle Marshall Newhouse said. “That’s something that you’ve got to strike the match and get it revved up. It’s there.”
  7. Shit you really can't get a good gauge on how these people play.....everybody worried about getting hurt in pre-season... we are notorious for that.
  8. Damn I was so pissed asset that last play I posted in the wrong thread! Damn it!!
  9. Only our offense makes the Buffalo Bills defense look good
  10. Report: Giants K Josh Brown was arrested for domestic violence The situation regarding suspended New York Giants kicker Josh Brown may have just been made a bit more clear. According to James Kratch of NJ.com, the kicker was arrested in May of 2015 on a domestic violence charge. Kratch details the full arrest here, but states that the arrest happened at 3:20 p.m. on May 22, 2015 in Woodinville, Wa. The charge is a fourth-degree misdemeanor in nature. Giants kicker Josh Brown released a statement on the matter, "While I do not agree with the suspension, I will accept it. I have exhausted the appeals process and have no other options along those lines. I will continue to work hard for this team, and I have tremendous confidence in my teammates and in my ability to move on and contribute to the team." Brown is suspended for the first game of the 2016 season for violation of the NFL's Personal Conduct Policy.
  11. Eli Apple, Sterling Shepard injured in Giants’ preseason game against Dolphins The field and seating area of MetLife Stadium. (Rich Schultz/Getty Images) BY Pat Leonard NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, August 12, 2016, 9:28 PM The Giants' top two picks from this year’s draft both sustained injuries in Friday night’s preseason opener, putting a damper on the positive contributions that Eli Apple and Sterling Shepard had made early in the game against the Miami Dolphins at MetLife Stadium. The team announced late in the second quarter that the defensive back Apple, Big Blue’s 2016 first-round pick, was having the outside of his left knee examined, while the wide receiver Shepard has a sore groin. Shepard made an excellent diving 24-yard catch on a pass by Ryan Nassib to set up a Rashad Jennings 3-yard touchdown run on the Giants’ first offensive drive. Shepard was targeted four times but that was his only catch, underthrown a couple times by Nassib. Apple received a ton of first-half reps and had two tackles on defense and was involved in special teams.
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