Chase Blackburn will avoid surgery but has a sprained MCL  that will cause him to miss an undetermined amount of time according to Ralph Vacchiano of the Daily News: Blackburn was more or less a lock to make the team if he stayed healthy.  For the past five years he has been a quality reserve [...]

The offense has done nothing other than take three tries to rush 1 yard for a TD.   Followed by a blocked punt, the Giants haven’t looked exactly stellar thus far. The only consolation is the fact that it is only the first pre-season game.  If they look like this two weeks from now, there [...]

Hello GFB community. I will be doing a weekly blog post, focusing on areas where I think the Giants could use some improvement. Expect to see me every Thursday. For my first post I thought I would try to establish a rubric, so to speak, for my own dissatisfaction with the MLB situation.  I know [...]

Injury Issues of 2009 Spilling Over Into This Season Two years ago two key players for the New York Giants had off season knee surgery.  Fred Robbins and Barry Cofield both went under the knife during the off season to repair torn up knee ligaments and to no surprise…they had terrible  seasons. Thinking back upon [...]

Judging by last season’s meltdown on defense, the pundits have been poring over the short list of defensive free agents and eligible draftees the Giants should bring in this spring. When I look at the roster, the defense is not the only shaky unit I see. The offensive line is cracking, the running game has [...]

Not everyone has ESPN insider, but I do. If you have insider, I’m sure by now you’ve read Kiper’s take on the Giants’ needs heading into the NFL draft. If you don’t have insider, here’s a look at what he had to say. Assuming this his order of importance: Top needs: MLB, DL, CB, S, [...]

A little less than two weeks back, ESPN NFL draft aficionado Mel Kiper Jr. came out with his first NFL mock draft. The following is what he came up with for first the Gmen, and then the rest of the NFC East squads. New York Giants:(15) Carlos Dunlap, DE: Florida: “This is a high-value pick [...]