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New York Giants’ top draft moves |
New York Giants’ top draft movesApril, 20, 2011
Apr 20 5:00 PM ET ESPNNewYork.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk reviews the past 20 drafts for the New York Giants. From Eli Manning to Tiki Barber and Michael Strahan, the Giants have been fairly successful on draft day for the last 20 years.
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New York Giants 2011 Schedule: Start 2-0, Or The Alarm Bells Will Ring |
Read More: Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers If the New York Giants don’t start their season 2-0 headed into the big Week 3 clash with the Eagles, and at least 5-2 headed into the Week 9 game against the Patriots (we’ll allow one slip-up), the alarm bells are seriously going to be ringing in New York. The Giants’ schedule ranks as the 22nd hardest based on last year’s records, and most of their easy games come in the first half of the season. If the Giants want to be playing in January of 2012, they’re going to have to get off to a hot start. Here’s the team’s full schedule, courtesy of NFL.com: Week 1: Sunday Sept. 11 at Washington Redskins, FOX 4:15 pm Week 2: Monday Sept. 19 vs. St. Louis Rams, ESPN 8:30 pm Week 3: Sunday Sept. 25 at Philadelphia Eagles, FOX 1:00 pm Week 4: Sunday Oct. 02 at Arizona Cardinals, FOX 4:05 pm Week 5: Sunday Oct. 09 vs. Seattle Seahawks, FOX 1:00 pm Week 6: Sunday Oct. 16 vs. Buffalo Bills, CBS 1:00 pm Week 7: BYE Week 8: Sunday Oct. 30 vs. Miami Dolphins, CBS 1:00 pm Week 9: Sunday Nov. 06 at New England Patriots, FOX 4:15 pm Week 10: Sunday Nov. 13 at San Fransisco 49ers, FOX 4:15 pm Week 11: Sunday Nov. 20 vs. Philadelphia Eagles, NBC 8:20 pm Week 12: Monday Nov. 28 at New Orleans Saints, ESPN 8:30 pm Week 13: Sunday Dec. 04 vs. Green Bay Packers, FOX 4:15 pm Week 14: Sunday Dec. 11 at Dallas Cowboys, NBC 8:20 pm Week 15: Sunday Dec. 18 vs. Washington Redskins, FOX 1:00 pm Week 16: Saturday Dec. 24 at New York Jets, FOX 1:00 pm Week 17: Sunday Jan. 01 vs. Dallas Cowboys, FOX 1:00 pm Visit SBNation.com for every 2011 NFL schedule. For more coverage of the New York Giants, visit Big Blue View, our Giants blog, and SB Nation New York. Gotta run!. Posted in giants-news | Comments Off
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New York Giants to play Washington Redskins, New York Jets to host Dallas Cowboys on 9/11 |
The New York Giants will visit the Washington Redskins and the New York Jets will host the Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 11, marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. With the NFL and its locked-out players mired in negotiations over a new labor agreement, the league on Tuesday announced its 2011-12 schedule — assuming the season starts on time. The regular season kicks off Thursday night, Sept. 8, when the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers host the New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field. The first Sunday features several high-profile games, including Indianapolis at Houston and Atlanta at Chicago. But much of the national focus will be on Washington and New York, the two cities most affected by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “That stadium is going to be full of emotion, not only the people from the area but in the entire country,” said Jets Coach Rex Ryan, who will be matching wits with his brother, Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan. “The fact that it’s the 10th anniversary of 9/11, that’s where the focus should be, not me playing against my brother.” The Redskins and Giants kick off at 4:15 p.m., with the Jets and Cowboys at 8:20 p.m. “For nearly 10 years, we have felt an obligation to use our platform to make sure none of us ever forget the tragedy and heartbreak and courage and heroism of Sept. 11,” Giants spokesman Pat Hanlon said. “That responsibility becomes even greater.” Pittsburgh was the third NFL city most closely affected by the terrorist attacks after Flight 93 crashed 80 miles away near Shanksville, Pa. The Steelers will visit the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 11. New England travels to Miami and Oakland visits Denver for the opening Monday night. The final Sunday of the regular season falls on New Year’s Day, when all 16 scheduled games are between division rivals, enhancing the potential for playoff ramifications. The regular season covers 17 weeks, with the opening round of the playoffs scheduled for Jan. 7-8 and the Super Bowl on Feb. 5 in Indianapolis. The NFL has expressed a desire to stretch the season to 18 games, one of the sticking points in the contentious fight between owners and players over a new labor agreement. The two sides resumed court-ordered mediation on Tuesday in Minneapolis, with a federal judge’s decision expected soon on a request to immediately halt the lockout. The two sides spent 16 days immersed in mediated talks in Washington without coming to an agreement, resulting in a class-action antitrust lawsuit filed by the players against the NFL and the league’s first work stoppage since 1987. They’ve recently spent about 20 hours over three days meeting in Minneapolis, with more discussions planned for Wednesday. In a statement announcing next season’s schedule, the NFL did not provide any contingencies should negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement stretch into the fall. “I’m confident we will have season,” Rex Ryan said Tuesday night. “We’re going to be ready to play. Whenever they say, ‘OK, we’re going back to work,’ we’ll be ready to play.” Among the other highlights of the schedule, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will host the Chicago Bears at Wembley Stadium on Oct. 23, one of two games outside the United States and the fifth consecutive year the NFL has played a regular-season game in London. The Bucs lost to the New England Patriots at Wembley Stadium in 2009, while the Bears will be marking the 25th anniversary of their preseason game against the Cowboys in London. The Buffalo Bills will play a game in Canada for the fourth consecutive season when they host the Redskins at the Rogers Centre on Oct. 30 in Toronto. The Bills have a deal with Rogers Communications through 2012 to play five regular-season games in Canada’s largest city. The Thanksgiving Day games include the Packers at Detroit, Miami at Dallas and San Francisco at Baltimore, when new 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh faces the Ravens and coach John Harbaugh in the first meeting between sibling head coaches in NFL history. The Packers play the Bears in the only game on Christmas Day. There are 13 games scheduled for Dec. 24, including the Giants against the Jets. The NFL will again use “flexible scheduling” for Weeks 10-15 and the final week of the regular season, allowing the league to move the start times for select games. What do you guys think about this. Posted in giants-news | Comments Off
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New York Giants schedule analysis |
 Breakdown: The New York Giants better keep their bags packed early. They open the season with three of their first four games on the road (against the Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals). Granted, New York will face only one team with a winning record in its first seven games but that’s still a rough way to start the season. Nobody wants to spend that much time on the road so soon.
If that isn’t bad enough, the Giants will have plenty of tests from their non-divisional opponents. They’ve got road games against the New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints and the New York Jets and they face the Green Bay Packers in the first weekend in December. Correct me if I’m wrong but don’t the toughest schedules go to the teams that actually make the playoffs? The Giants might want to remind the league’s decision-makers of that if New York’s fortunes go south this fall. Complaint department: The Giants’ season will be heavily impacted by what happens in late November and early December. In that four-game stretch they’ll face the winners of the last two Super Bowls (New Orleans and Green Bay) along with divisional rivals Philadelphia and Dallas. Good luck with that one. Revenge factor: The last time the Giants and Patriots met — in Super Bowl XLII — New York pulled off one of the greatest upsets in NFL history. This contest clearly won’t have the same drama hanging over it, but it is the first meeting between these teams since that day. That alone should give it a nice storyline heading into what should be a fun watch. Giants Regular-Season Schedule (All times Eastern) Not much else going on in the NFL world today. Posted in giants-news | Comments Off
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New York Giants 2011 Schedule: Start With Redskins, Close With Cowboys |
Here is the just-released New York Giants’ schedule for 2011. I will have some reaction to follow. Sunday, Sept. 11 — at Washington Redskins, 4:15 p.m. (FOX) Schedule source — ESPN Comment Below!. Posted in giants-news | Comments Off
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