Big Blue on the Web: The No-Burress Zone

There's an abundance of non-Plaxico news out there this week and a number of good stories on the G-men that you should check out. But before we look at that though, I'd like to acknowledge the passing of former Giants' CB and radio analyst for over forty years, Dick Lynch. He passed on Wednesday morning after a tough battle with Leukemia. He was 72.

By all accounts, Lynch was a wonderful guy, a family man, and a great Giant. He will clearly be missed by many, and the Giants faithful send their condolences to the Lynch family.

Bob Papa discusses his former friend and broadcast partner in this week's Papa's Perspective.

Mike Eisen at Giants.com remembers the former Giant.

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Here are some other stories from the past week, including some post-game write-ups and a few player profiles amongst other things...

Giants vs. Bengals post-game:

The Giants' no huddle offense

Mike Garafolo from the Newark Star-Ledger gives us a look back at CIN-NYG


Ralph Vacchiano from the NY Daily News takes a closer look at the Giants' pass rush, sans Strahan and Osi.


Op-Ed:

Vacchiano takes a look at the Giants' start.


Player features:

Here comes Fred Robbins...

Ahmad Bradshaw doesn't mind the shortage of carries; he's all about team.

Mike Garafolo gives us some interesting stats on Kevin Boss and the Giants' running game.


SporsCenter interview with Coach Coughlin:



TC talks about the team's early season success and the impact of last year's run on the 2008 squad.

Stay tuned for some Burress-related news and opinion at the end of the week. And as always, please leave your comments and sign up for the RSS feed. If you're a regular Blogger user, you can now also sign up to follow this website on the lower left-hand side.
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BREAKING NEWS: Burress suspended 1 game

There's nothing I hate more than being surprised by bad news from Giantsland, and this morning ranks up there with "Toomer Done for the Season" from Week 9, 2006: Plaxico Burress has been suspended by the team for two weeks - one game - and can not return to the team until October 6th.

The whole story is yet to emerge, but the gist is that Plax didn't show up to team meetings on Monday and could not be reached on his cell phone. GM Jerry Reese and Coach Coughlin informed him of his suspension in a meeting on Wednesday morning for "insubordination."

After barely escaping Sunday's game with a win, and looking sluggish on both sides of the ball, the last thing the Giants need is a distraction like this. The full details have yet to emerge, but even if Burress had a viable reason for missing Monday's meetings, it seems absurd to me that he wouldn't have contacted someone on the team to let them know about it.

It's very tempting for me to lose it here, but I want to wait until more information becomes available, and until I have adequate time to process this. I'll keep you posted as details emerge.

In the meantime, here are some write-ups of the story from around the web:

John Clayton lays down some facts and figures on this story: ESPN.com

Some good stuff from Matt Mosley at the ESPN's NFC East Blog

From NFL.com

Mike Garafolo weighs in from the Newark Star-Ledger


And finally a video; Mark Schlereth from ESPN reacts:




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Under the Lens: Bengals @ Giants, Week 3

Hey all. There won't be a full recap this week on the game as my ridiculous sleeping habits (or lack there of) finally caught up with me on Monday and Tuesday. As if staying up until 4 am wasn't bad enough, the G-men had to make it an OT affair...keeping me up and giving me a near-heart attack all in one.

But, all's well that ends well, and for the Big Blue faithful, Sunday's game ended with what counts: the win. After seven lead changes on the day, Giants' kicker John Carney drilled his fourth field goal of the afternoon to seal a victory for the G-men, 26-23.

For this week's "Under the Lens" - where we take a closer look at some key aspects of each week's game - we'll review the ins and outs of Week's 3 win with a 3-part video from Giants' Steps TV.
Normally, I plan to keep the two things somewhat seperate, but again, not enough gas at the beginning of the week to get both things done.

So, without further ado, I present to you Parts I, II and III of Week 3's recap from Giants' Steps TV(GSTV):

Part I

Part II

Part III

That will wrap up this week's special video-version of "Under the Lens." Later in the week will recap the weekend's "Key Contests" and link up another round of Giants news. Also stay tuned to GSTV. There will be some more vids at the end of the week.

Finally, you may also have noticed the blog's looking a bit different. I'm currently experimenting with some new looks and features in hopes of improving the site. Please be patient during this trying time, and if you have any suggestions, let me know!

Alright, that'll do it.

Be good,

Will



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Giants make it to 3-0

Well, they made it terrifying, but the Giants' pulled it off in OT, winning 26-23 on a John Carney field goal.

A lot to talk about this game, but as it's 4:30 am here, it'll have to wait until tomorrow.

Quick rundown: Eli Manning's arrived, the Giants are deep at WR, TE Kevin Boss had more receiving yards than Plaxico Burress, and the Giants can still get to the QB without Strahan and Osi.

That and much more coming up tomorrow...

Big Blue is 3-0. PHEW!!!


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