With DJ Ware out indefinitely with post-concussion syndrome, second-year RB Andre Brown is stepping into the role of 3rd down back. Brown has played fairly well, but he is going unchallenged, unless you want to consider Gartrell Johnson a contender. READ
Andre Brown Finally Gets On the Field
The Giants’ second-year running back, Andre Brown lost his rookie season of 2009 to an Achilles tendon tear. Last night, he played in a game for the first time in front of Giants fans and showed some of the prowess he was known for at North Carolina State. Fans got a longer look that usual [...]
Andre Brown Says He’s Back
When they told me that I ruptured my Achilles, I never heard of someone rupturing their Achilles and coming back full strength. We have good doctors out here. I feel pretty good, and I'm back out there running and having fun..... in the spring my foot wasn't as strong as we wanted it to be. Then, as mini-camp came, I felt stronger and I made a couple cuts. I started feeling better. When training camp got here, I made some cuts and it was great. I felt good about it.Andre Brown, Giants' RB from Giants.com
Andre Brown was the Giants’ 4th round selection in the 2009 NFL Draft. He’s never played a down for the Giants. He injured his Achilles’ tendon in training camp last year and missed the entire season.
Grading Jerry Reese – 2009
J. Williams is a long-time GFB reader and commentator. His column appears every Thursday. 1) Hakeem Nicks, WR, NC – Steve Smith has been performing at the top his game since he came into the league yet Jerry Reese decides to pass on a blue chip college MLB (Rey Maualuga) and a blue chip college [...]
GFB Fan Feedback: Analyzing the Running Game
One of the things that surprised me about the Giants 2010 draft was that they neglected to get a RB prospect. It’s not that a team has to walk away from every draft with a back (though they should at least take a viable UDFA every season), but considering both the lack of production in [...]
Giants’ Secret Weapon Is Forgotten Man
RB Andre Brown Is Ready To Fulfill Promise At this year’s draft, there was a buzz that the Giants were going to take a running back high in the draft. C.J. Spiller of Clemson was a very tempting target and the rumors were that the Giants had coveted the speedster. Those rumors may have been [...]
Injury Update: Giants Dealing With Too Many Rehabs?
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 [...]
RB Brown Suffers Torn Achilles
Giants 4th round draftee Andre Brown suffered a torn achilles in practice today, and will miss the entire 2009 season. Brown is set to have surgery and hopes to be ready by next year. Ouch. This may not look like a big blow on paper, but if Ahmad Bradshaw struggles as Brandon Jacobs handcuff, I [...]
News: 4th Round Pick Brown Signs
4th round pick Andre Brown out of North Carolina State officially signed on with the Giants yesterday making him the sixth of nine draft picks to receive a contract. Brown showed good play making abilities out of the backfield in college rushing for 767 yards and starting all 13 games. As well as run, Brown [...]
Read: Running back Rankings
FoxSports.com has ranked the top running back groupings in the NFL and has the Giants ranked fifth. A bit surprising to see the Giants ranked so high in this seeing as they just lost one of the best 2nd string RBs in the league in Derrick Ward. I like Ahmad Bradshaw a lot (as does [...]
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