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"Coach McAdoo told me I could continue to start while Geno and Davis are given an opportunity to play," Manning said. "My feeling is that if you are going to play the other guys, play them. Starting just to keep the streak going and knowing you won't finish the game and have a chance to win it is pointless to me, and it tarnishes the streak. Like I always have, I will be ready to play if and when I am needed. I will help Geno and Davis prepare to play as well as they possibly can."

He hasn't been playing well and it was obvious the organization was moving on next year, but this still sucks as a fan.    End of an era.

Robbie Gould signed by giants and on his way to London.

Josh brown did not travel with the team to London.   I guess they have to sign someone with a passport real quick.

The giants had so much cap space b/c of their poor drafting 2010-2013.    Good players from 2010-2012 drafts should be the core the of the team and should be on their 2nd contract.   Unfortunately they may not have any players from the 2011 and 2012 draft on their roster by the start of the season.    I don't think the Giants want to build a team via FA, they just didn't have many options and had the cash to spend.

The #'s were high, but with the way the cap has been going up, all of the FA players are getting huge deals. 

They focused on D b/c that was the horrible unit last year.  Ranked 32nd in the league and just being overall a historically bad defense.   Offense was rated much higher.    They've rebuilt the OL the last few years (2 #1s and 1 #2), but they still need some help on the right side.    Also a #2 WR (since cruz is a big ??? right now).

The giants owners seem to be stating today that they support Coughlin, but that the "offense is broken" and something needs to be done.  It seems to me that the ownership might ask Coughlin to get rid of Gilbride and bring in a new OC.  

Well Gilbride "retired" yesterday.   It looks like the Giants really like Mike Sullivan (OC from Bucs, former giants QB coach).  I'm not too sold on him since his system is merely a derivative of what the Giants were already running.  Hopefully they at least look at some other candidates.

Oops. You're right. I meant to say 7-9. Fixed.

Maybe not, but a think the strength of the team, both your lines, are getting long in the tooth. Age is catching up with your team.

The Oline was the biggest problem this year.    The giants had started to re-tool by drafting Justin Pugh and Round 1 this past year.  They had counted on Baas and Snee to anchor the middle for at least another year or two.  That was  a mistake, b/c both were lost to IR this year and can't be counted on in the future (Baas has just been injury prone and rumors are that Snee's injury is career threatening).   The center of the giants o-line was horrible this year.  Pugh was actually pretty good at RT, but Beatty was bad at LT this year (and broke his leg in the last game).   So the giants probably need to address at least 2 O-line positions in FA/draft.   I think one high draft pick and a late rounder, plus a good FA signing will do wonders for the line.

As for D-line, I don't think the giants are in as bad shape. They spent a 2nd (DT) and a 3rd (DE) on d-line in the last draft which should help with the youth.  Both players had decent playing time and showed potential.   There are some questions though.   They have some major FA decisions.  Linval Joseph (DT) is a FA.  Giants will make an offer, but like Barry Cofield, he may get a larger one elsewhere.  Giants may need to overpay here to anchor the center of the line.  Also Tuck is a major FA decision.  He is old, but did produce well towards the end of they year.  He has stated that he wants to remain a Giant.  The Giants will probably offer him something, but he will probably get a higher offer elsewhere.   So it comes down to how much is the difference and how much "money talks".  They other question is whether JPP will ever return to 2011 form.  He has been injured for two years in a row, so there are serious questions about him.    The giants may bring in a cheaper FA vet to compete for the DE spot.

I don't understand why Coughlin hasn't been fired.  True, they rebounded from 0-5 to finish 9-7, but just like Jacksonville, his shouting and red face eventually wears on players.  Jerrah can't fire Ginger.  He gave him a vote of confidence in front of the nation.

Perhaps I'm wearing blue-colored glasses, but it didn't seem to me like Coughlin lost the team.    They played hard in pretty much every game.   And the team leaders were very vocal in their support of the coach (Tuck threatening to punch any teammate that turned on the coach).    There were alot of things wrong with the Giants this year, but I don't think Coughlin "wearing" on the players was one of them.

The giants owners seem to be stating today that they support Coughlin, but that the "offense is broken" and something needs to be done.  It seems to me that the ownership might ask Coughlin to get rid of Gilbride and bring in a new OC.  

Shanny Fired per WaPo reporter:

https://twitter.com/MikeJonesWaPo/status/417663522064326656

 

 

Mike Shanahan and his staff have been fired.