New Year’s resolutions, anyone? Over the years, I’ve found that exercise to be a fruitless one. But there are a few things I’d like to see in the next six weeks……. Even though I’ve been a Giant fan for over four decades, I’d like to see the Jets finally do something besides disappoint 75% of [...]

Shaun O’Hara is bittersweet about his second consecutive Pro Bowl selection…..“To be going back again, I am just very blessed and I can’t help but think that this reflects more on my unit and the guys around me than me,” O’Hara said. “I’m excited about it. It’s a little excitement in an otherwise sad 48 [...]

Steve Smith Left Off Roster Center Shaun O’Hara was the only New York Giants player to be selected to the  NFC’s 2010 Pro Bowl roster today. Wide receiver Steve Smith was thought to be a lock to get voted in, but was bypassed.  Instead, Larry Fitzgerald (Arizona), DeSean Jackson (Philadelphia), Miles Austin (Dallas) and Sidney [...]

Tier 1 (The Elite) -NONE- Tier 2 (In The Playoffs) 1. New Orleans Saints (13-2) They have clinched home field advantage and a first round bye, which also gives them the #1 spot in power rankings.  But They have now lost two in a row, and if I were Sean Payton, I would let my [...]

Several Bright Spots To Build On 2009 will be a forgettable season for the Giants and their fans.  Sure, they can finish out with a bang by beating Minnesota this week but overall, the season was a gigantic disappointment. The defense was atrocious, for a myriad of reasons. There were injuries and disconnects to go [...]

Crawling From The Wreckage: Day Two Tom Coughlin put a quick end to any questions regarding Osi Umenyiora’s Giant status….“He is very much in our plans….” There you have it. Michael Boley on Harry Carson’s harsh criticism of the teams’ lifeless play: “It doesn’t mean anything to me,” Boley said. “These guys in this locker [...]

Philadelphia Eagles: After suffering two concussions this season, RB Brian Westbrook took the field yesterday for the first time in six weeks. “We were looking somewhere around 20 [plays] and then we would just see how he feels,” Andy Reid said. “I wasn’t sure what to expect. He told me he felt good, and he [...]

Whenever a team wins its sports respective championship, the players and coaching staff are given a grace period in which they are forgiven for most sins.  It is safe to say that for the New York Giants, the grace period is over. After a 5-0 start, the Giants find themselves 8-7 with a meaningless week [...]

I usually write my hangover column on the mornings after games.  This morning I have no hangover, just an empty, barren feeling.  The 2009 Giants pulled a Mets on New York this year – they collapsed.  In this case, the Giants had a pedigree of winning, though, which makes this plane wreck harder to digest. [...]

Worst Home Loss In Years Turns Farewell Into a Dud They saved the worst for last. The 32-point drubbing the Giants absorbed today at the Meadowlands was their third-worst defeat in the 34-year history of Giants Stadium.  That hasn’t been confirmed to me as of yet, but who really cares? The Giants got whupped at [...]