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Friday's Notes; We know Eisen...
Topic Started: Nov 19 2006, 01:44 PM (25 Views)
KCGirl
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Eisen likes to be on top of things! Glad Friday is the last day he can report things regarding a Monday game. :rolleyes:

NOTES
*The Giants made one change to their injury report, adding David Tyree as questionable with a groin injury. Tyree did not practice.

Linebacker Carlos Emmons (groin) and wide receiver Santana Moss (quad) practiced and are questionable. Emmons is on track to return to the starting lineup after missing the Chicago game. Brandon Short (quad) is also questionable, though he did not practice.

Cornerback Sam Madison (hamstring) and defensive end Osi Umenyiora (hip flexor) are doubtful. Defensive end Michael Strahan (foot) and tackle Luke Petitgout (fractured fibula) are out.

The players and Coughlin have been asked repeatedly about the debilitating effect of the injuries and how hard it is to overcome them.

“You’re always concerned when you have a lot of guys going out, especially with the amount of guys we have hurt right now,” Emmons said. “It definitely brings concern. It makes it that much more important for the guys behind them to be able to step up and catch on quickly. We know we’re digging a hole for ourselves. It’s something we have to fight our way out of.”

“I’m just worried about the guys who are out there,” Manning said. “Those guys are going to have to play well for us. You can’t try to cover up or do anything different. You just have to go out there and go through your reads, go through your progressions and play your normal game.”

Some players have said the injuries can be a rallying point for those who are healthy and bring everyone closer together.

“It can, absolutely,” Barber said. “When guys are injured, the guys who are still here gather around each other and try to make a difference.”

Coughlin is trying to lead his team to as many victories as possible while waiting for the injured players to return.

“Each time I am asked a question of this nature, what we focus on are the players that are going to be playing and the idea that, to a great extent, the players that are out will at some point be back,” Coughlin said. “And what we have to do is obviously maintain and continue to play well and win while some of these players are gone and then get them back.”

*The other big story of the week is Coughlin coaching for the first time against the Jaguars, the team he constructed when it was an expansion franchise. Coughlin led the Jaguars to four playoff berths, including two AFC Championship Games, in their first five seasons. He was let go following the 2002 season. His Jay Fund Foundation charity is still thriving in Jacksonville, where he still has a home.

“I’m certain that at each stage walking on to the field and that type of thing, memories will come back into my mind,” Coughlin said. “But I’m going to do the best that I can to contain those types of things. I do not want to be a distraction to our team. I don’t want anything that occurs there to be that way. I have some wonderful memories of good times and of bad times in my experience in Jacksonville. I have many, many friends there. I have the Jay Fund Foundation that is located there. And I am extremely thankful for the support that we receive from the community of Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra and northern Florida for the great work that we do there with the Wolfson Children’s Hospital. (The Jay Fund) has been extended here to the greater New York/New Jersey area. So I’m sure that those things will enter my mind. But this is a very, very important game for both teams. It is a business trip. It is about the New York Giants and the Jacksonville Jaguar teams. And that is what it should be and that is where our focus will be.”

Coughlin has said nothing to the Giants players about returning to his old stomping grounds. The players are certainly aware of it, but they are focused on the game.

“It’s a big game for him. It’s a big game for us, obviously,” Barber said. “I don’t think that (winning a game for Coughlin) is on our mind. I think our consciousness is mostly, we need to win. We need to stay ahead of Philadelphia and Dallas, who are right on our heels right now. They’re only a game behind. There’s still a lot to play for, even though Chicago right now has the straight line to home-field advantage.”

“We have to treat it as a big game, because that’s what it is,” Manning said. “We can’t worry that Coach Coughlin used to coach there. For him it might be emotional, but for us, we have to play our game and not worry about that.”

Jacksonville tight end Kyle Brady, who played four seasons for Coughlin, was asked on a conference call what kind of reception he expects his former coach to receive in Alltel Stadium.

“He returns here in the offseason (and) does things in this community charitably with his golf tournament and the Jay Fund Foundation that helps young people struggling with leukemia,” Brady said. “I think he’s going to get a warm reception. Maybe he doesn’t think that or maybe he wonders, but I think he will get a warm reception because of all he did do for this community. Jacksonville has embraced this team and he made it easy. He and his staff and the players that were here with him, what they did those first eight years made it easy for this community to embrace them because of obviously a great amount of success - probably really unprecedented success for an expansion franchise. I don’t know if the record they had in those years will ever be repeated by an expansion franchise. So I think he’ll certainly get a warm reception for those reasons.”

*Former Giant Nick Greisen :wub: is the Jaguars’ starting strongside linebacker. Greisen is fifth on the team with 47 tackles (28 solo) and he has an interception and a fumble recovery.

*Eli and Peyton Manning always support each other, but they have even more reason to this week, because they’re playing each other’s top division rivals. The difference is that the Giants and Eli are in a much closer race than Peyton and the Indianapolis Colts. The Jaguars are four games behind the 9-0 Colts in the AFC South. Indianapolis is at 5-4 Dallas Sunday – then plays Philadelphia next week.

*The Giants lead the series with Jacksonville, 2-1, with the victories coming in Giants Stadium in 2000 and 2002. They lost their only previous game in Jacksonville, 40-13, on Sept. 7, 1997.

*Manning has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 24 of his last 26 starts. The Giants are 17-9 (.654) when Manning throws a touchdown pass…Barber has four touchdowns in three games against the Jaguars.
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Gene
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As always it's still going to come down to how well Manning plays.

Injuries or no injuries the Giants fortunes rest on his shoulders.

If he continues to have the accuracy problems he's had the team is doomed.

If he can get his shit together I think this team will be ok.........

It's all up to Eli
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