slinky Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2271289 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants' linebacker situation has become so dire that the team might look to its past for solutions. Last week, the Giants worked out Jessie Armstead, a five-time Pro Bowl selection with the team in the late 1990s. The last time he played in a regular-season game was 2003 with Washington. Armstead was on Carolina's preseason roster in 2004, but was put on injured reserve in September with a shoulder injury and didn't play. The Giants also recently signed Roman Phifer, who hadn't played since being released by New England last spring. Coach Tom Coughlin didn't say Sunday whether Armstead would join the team. "I'm not going to elaborate what we thought about who, what and where," he said on a conference call. A linebacker corps already missing starters Antonio Pierce (high ankle sprain) and Carlos Emmons (strained right pectoral muscle) took another hit Saturday when rookie Chase Blackburn, filling in for Pierce, strained his neck in a 35-20 loss at Washington. Blackburn was released from the hospital Sunday but likely will miss the final game of the regular season at Oakland next Saturday, Coughlin said. The Giants (10-5) secured a playoff berth when Minnesota lost to Baltimore late Sunday night, but need to beat the Raiders to clinch the NFC East. "There was trauma obviously in the neck area but all the tests disproved any thought that there may be some type of a fracture," Coughlin said. Blackburn was hurt on a helmet-first tackle on Redskins H-back Chris Cooley. Before that, Blackburn had scored on a 31-yard interception in the first quarter. A week earlier, Blackburn finished with nine tackles in a 27-17 win over Kansas City. Coughlin didn't elaborate on the status of tight end Jeremy Shockey, who hurt his ankle against Washington. "I'll know more about that as the week progresses," he said. Coughlin said a 72-yard touchdown pass from Patrick Ramsey to Santana Moss after Mark Brunell left with an injury in the third quarter was a big momentum shift. "That gave them confidence then that they were going to be able to continue and that was a critical time," he said. "These are all big games. We're very, very disappointed that we lost the game and we didn't make enough big plays to do anything about it. We're looking for the win this coming weekend so we might be able to say we won the division." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Complete Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Looking pretty desperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSF Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Yeah, there pretty banged up, and I forgot about Blackburn going out. Could it be possible that the Raiders beat the Gmen? Pound Jordan up the middle and hit Moss deep whe they match Allen up on him? Come on Norv, You useless waste of space!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom [Giants fan] Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Blackburn, Emmons, Pierce, and possibly Torbor are out this week at LB. I would take Armstead over everyone we have except Griesen. This is not good. Pierce and Blackburn are probably done for the season but Emmons and Torbor should be back for the playoffs. This sucks. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 This gives us a slight ray of hope that LaMont Jordan has a big day and the Gnats lose. How cool would it be to snatch the division from them at the last minute? :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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