Lughead Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Giants Receive Gift from Falcons By Sean Carroll | October 10th, 2007 E-mail | Print | Share Today it was announced that Wayne Gandy, the Falcons starting Left Tackle will likely be out for the rest of the season due to a torn ACL. While injury is never a thing to celebrate about, it is by far worth mentioning that the struggling Atlanta Falcons will be placing a backup LT against a Defensive End who only two weeks ago racked up a superb six sacks against "the great McNabb." What's more? In addition to that, the Falcons are also shy their starting Right Tackle (hat tip, Vacchiano for remembering that one). Now things are looking interesting. With a defensive line playing well in tandem with a momentum swing and the bright lights of Monday Night Football, Osi and Strahan must already be circling. This begs the question, who will get the help? Either way, I foresee a nice night for Strahan, Umenyiora, Tuck and Kiwanuka. Speaking of Strahan, I thought it about time to take a temperature reading on our Pro-Bowl Defensive End. Thus far Strahan has 13 solo tackles, 1 sack and 1 pass defended. A far cry from the days of old when #92 was making more pancakes than IHOP, but it seems he's still more than capable of causing havoc on the gridiron. What is interesting are some of the excerpts from his newly released book, Inside the Helmet, where he discusses his thoughts on Coughlin. Naturally there were comments about his initial distaste for the old school coach, but what caught my eye was his take on Coughlin at present: "I can tell you, (after) my first meeting (with Coughlin) I went home and said 'I'm going to enjoy this year. I'm not going to play for him next year. I hate him.' And now I can see myself definitely ending my career with him as a coach. And I never would have thought that before." Perhaps I am just instinctually opposed to change, but with the very strong chance of Coughlin receiving his walking papers at the end of the season, does this mean Strahan will follow suit? It would be a shame to lose a team leader, despite his average performance, because of a coaching change. Later in the article Strahan also mentioned his ability to play more football following this year, hopefully without a holdout this time. Maybe…say…John Fox, Bill Cowher or Charlie Weiss could re-up Strahan's fading lust for the game? Time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGBLUE01 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 OMGoodness, has anyone notified the new LT's immediate family that he's about to get murdered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 no way strahan walks away from that 4 mil for any coach, if anything he's going to ask an extension and then hold ou--err, excuse me, 'ponder retirement'--if they say no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Are you kidding me? IF we continue this roll we're on and have a good season, there shouldnt even be any questions about Coughlin staying! Assuming we get to the playoffs, that's what, 3 years in a row? Granted, we didnt reach potential his other times, BUT, you can't let a coach go that's been developing your core group of players for the last 4 years. We'd end up like the Chargers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 OMGoodness, has anyone notified the new LT's immediate family that he's about to get murdered? that's cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGBLUE01 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 that's cold Yeah, and as long as Osi's healthy, its gonna be true too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randoff Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Atlanta will double team Osi and take their chances on Strahan...one on one. I hope Osi can get 5-6 sacks, but I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treehugger Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Atlanta will double team Osi and take their chances on Strahan...one on one. I hope Osi can get 5-6 sacks, but I don't think so. In Spags we trust. Double-teaming Osi leaves Tuck/Strahan/Kiwi free to reek havoc against a rookie Tackle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence the Blue Puppet Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Not to be a killjoy, but this is Monday night game. Monday doesn't seem to be the Giant's favorite day to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gateb Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Not to be a killjoy, but this is Monday night game. Monday doesn't seem to be the Giant's favorite day to play. Drew Bledsoe and Tony Romo disagree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randoff Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Drew Bledsoe and Tony Romo disagree 'X' marks the square, gate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGBLUE01 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Drew Bledsoe and Tony Romo disagree Damn, ya beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence the Blue Puppet Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Drew Bledsoe and Tony Romo disagree That was one game. The Giants' record on Monday NIghts is 16-29-1. Don't get me wrong, I want the Gaints to completely dominate the Falcons, but the Falcons usually seem to beat the Giants when on paper they are clearly outmatched, and their record on Mondays speaks for itself. Not a very good combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osi724dasack Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I wonder why offenses STILL double Strahan but leave 1 guy on Osi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jints Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 They are probably going to use max protect, I expect the linebackers to have a field day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feefifoefum Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 That was one game. The Giants' record on Monday NIghts is 16-29-1. Don't get me wrong, I want the Gaints to completely dominate the Falcons, but the Falcons usually seem to beat the Giants when on paper they are clearly outmatched, and their record on Mondays speaks for itself. Not a very good combination. How about this tidbit of info? In the Giants-Falcons series, the road team has won 11 straight times. Have no fear ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Not to be a killjoy, but this is Monday night game. Monday doesn't seem to be the Giant's favorite day to play. Actually we broke that curse last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Actually we broke that curse last year. And hopefully we didn't start a new one in Jacksonville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence the Blue Puppet Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Actually we broke that curse last year. We need a winning record overall on Mondays before I consider the curse broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gateb Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 We need a winning record overall on Mondays before I consider the curse broken. I guess you're gonna have to wait 20 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lughead Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 I guess Osi just wanted to get all his sacks in for the year just against Mcnabb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lubeck Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 They put some good pressure on Harrington but that rookie did a decent job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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