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One Giant 'actually in a good spot' heading into offseason
There is tremendous uncertainty swirling around the Giants. Who is the head coach in 2018? Who is the general manager? Who is the quarterback? Justin Pugh, an impending unrestricted free...
Returning Sterling Shepard details 'terrible' migraine pain
When he was younger, Sterling Shepard recalled getting severe headaches and nose bleeds, issues that prevented him from taking part in football camps. The discomfort quickly dissipated and he was...
'A tough thing to see': Giants react to new scout-team QB
At 12:18 p.m. Wednesday it became official, in startling fashion. Eli Manning stretched on the practice field, as usual, with Geno Smith and rookie Davis Webb, and then lined up...
Justin Pugh is feeding offensive line pounds of Thanksgiving food
The Giants play on Thanksgiving, but that does not mean they have to forgo the holiday. There will be plenty to eat the next night, at Justin Pugh’s apartment in...
The Giants may have stumbled upon offensive line solution
The sound of silence was all Shane Vereen needed to feel good about the first NFL start for Chad Wheeler. “I mean, his name wasn’t called — that’s usually a...
Giants may have found answer to major offensive line problem
Two snaps. That was the sum total of Chad Wheeler’s workload on offense in the first nine games of this season. Wheeler was promoted this week and moved in as...
Giants rookie gets leadership honor from Ben McAdoo
There have been very few positive takeaways from a catastrophic season for the Giants, but one is the rapid development of 23-year-old tight end Evan Engram. Coach Ben McAdoo named...
Giants vets glad McAdoo called out team in 'brutally honest meeting'
Ben McAdoo’s impromptu airing-out film session has the support of his veterans. Landon Collins said he loved the Giants’ coach bringing the entire team together Wednesday to watch the ugly...
Giants' D.J. Fluker: I'll play through the pain
D.J. Fluker was clearly hurting Sunday as he banged up a knee and missed seven snaps in the second half of a 31-21 loss to the 49ers. Fluker did not...
Giants are so bad no one has noticed their kicker is a disaster
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — If the Giants’ season had not gone so horribly wrong, the substandard place-kicking of rookie Aldrick Rosas would be more of a story and, perhaps, he...
One way Giants can prove they really have Ben McAdoo's back
They said all the right things Thursday. Now it’s time for the Giants players to do all the right things Sunday. In the wake of the Wednesday ESPN report that...
'It's called an embarrassing pit': A blunt description of Giants' 'D'
Steve Spagnuolo used the “E” word — embarrassing — which his head coach has refused to utter. Spanguolo ripped his defense’s horrific performance in last Sunday’s 51-17 loss to the...
Giants already have scouted one of the top college QBs
The Giants scout the top college quarterbacks every year, but will do so more intently this fall and winter, with a high draft pick awaiting them in the 2018 draft....
Ben McAdoo changes tone as Giants players' whispers leak
As Ben McAdoo’s hold on the Giants slips through his fingers, as the losing reaches new lows and the record devolves from ugly to unsightly, cracks continue to surface, further...
Giants fans deserve better than this disgrace of a season
They have let their fans down, they have let their owners down, and some of them have let themselves and their teammates down. The Giants have played like pee-wees, and...
The Giants' injuries are somehow worse than before
Somehow, the Giants’ health situation worsened over the bye week. The names on the back of the jerseys will be so unfamiliar on the home sideline Sunday afternoon at MetLife...
Ben McAdoo knows Giants fell victim to their own hype
Ben McAdoo admitted his team has taken a big hit to the ego. “We were humbled, obviously, the first half of the season,” McAdoo said Monday. Last week, general manager...
Giants know it will take complete reinvention to save their season
What it did was give the Giants “a little pep in your step,” and yet Landon Collins knows what comes next determines what long-lost victory No. 1 meant. “Now we...
Measuring the Giants' offensive rebuild under new play-caller
Sunday was a different kind of game day for Mike Sullivan, a more rewarding game day than most — not only did his team win, but he had a tangible...
Banged-up, beaten down Giants face near-impossible challenge
DENVER — If the Giants quit on Ben McAdoo, how will we know? The resolve of the players to give all they have for their head coach cannot be gauged...