Loading ...Following a 10 catch, 199 yard and one touchdown performance against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, the NFL has named New York Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for week two of the 2012 season.
“You can’t say enough about him,” Head Coach Tom Coughlin said of Nicks after the game. “He goes out there with one day of practice and made an awful lot of plays.”
Nicks also received the game ball from Coughlin – a testament to his performance on a bad foot that was also stepped on during the game.
Along with Victor Cruz, the duo set an NFL record and became the first pair of wide receivers (teammates) to ever catch at least 10 passes for 175 yards respectively.
#88 becomes the first Giants WR to win the award since Plaxico Burress in week four of the 2005 season.
It is not known whether or not Aqib Talib will personally deliver the award to Nicks.
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F0XLIN says:
September 19, 2012 at 8:13 AM
I think we all need to get use to the new Justin Tuck. His body is no longer able to physically produce at the level we are use to prior to last year. As I’ve said numerous times on here, his knee and shoulder will never be 100% again. Yes players all have nagging injuries they play through, but this is not nagging.
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If we assume this to be true (and I have no idea if it is) then shouldn’t the Giants seriously rethink the way in which they use Tuck?
Tuck demonstrated during the stretch run last year that he is still able to rise to the occasion and play at an elite level when the stakes are highest.
Unfortunately, in many of the games prior to the stretch Tuck was no better than a JAG. At various times his sub par play was blamed on nagging injuries, general wear and tear, and mental weariness.
If this is really the “new normal” for Tuck, as FOXLIN suggests, would it not make sense then to reduce his snap count and give more playing time to Tracy?
Yes, Tracy is still an unknown quantity. He may or may not be a JAG. But we’ve already seen that a banged up, unhappy Tuck is no more than a JAG himself. If that’s largely what you’re going to get from Tuck, where’s the downside in replacing the older, unhappier JAG with a younger, healthier one? Would it not be better to limit the wear and tear on Tuck so as better to preserve him for those times when the team needs him to step in and play at an elite level?
Obviously, it’s still much too early in the year to draw any definitive conclusions about which Justin Tuck we are going to see going forward. But I do hope the coaches have him on a much shorter leash this year and are not afraid to rethink the ways in which they use him if the quality of his play does not improve. From my fan’s perspective, I really have no desire to watch Justin Tuck moping on the field through the first 3/4 of the season while he counts down the days to the playoffs…. or the offseason.
I think Tuck has been a risk to fall of the face of the earth for a couple seasons now due to his chronic injuries and frowny face.
The Giants need to seriously plan for the possibility of a 2013 without Osi OR Tuck. May very well be why they made some tough roster decisions to protect Ojomo.
The information on Justin Tuck came from my boss who lives next door to one of the Giants doctors/surgeons (not Ronnie Barnes)
Wow I thought I was alone. I also suggested mixing Tracy in a few days ago. Tracy though in my view would be in mostly pass rushing downs. But at I think if our pass rush is struggling he should be given a chance because he’s shown good pass rushing skills.
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GOAT56 says:
September 19, 2012 at 10:19 AM
I think we need to limit Carolina’s big plays. They are a little like the Eagles in that there offense is use to getting big plays. Hopefully we can make the plays we need to stop drives if we limit big plays.
The hidden weapon I worry about them hurting us with is Olson. Clark started to hurt us towards the end of the game and at this point of their careers Olson is bigger and faster. He will be tough to stop with all the focus on the RBs and Cam.
The more I think about it the only way to really stop this Pather offense is a dominant DL effort. They have enough very good threats around Cam that you just can’t fully focus on Cam. Tuck and Osi have to step up this game or we will likely have to try to win a shoot out.
I love our match up vs this defense. I think they are similar but less talented than TB. If Beatty plays well against Johnson I don’t see them getting much pass rush. I think this game we will see another WR either Barden or Randle along with Bennett having huge games. I see Carolina trying to double Nicks and Cruz a lot which will allow for some huge plays from others. I think they will play a lot more coverage than TB so Eli has to be patient.
jfunk says:
September 19, 2012 at 10:46 AM
I think #1 is stop their running game. Can Cam Newton beat us on his own? I don’t know, but I’d at least like to make sure that he has to in order to get the win. Keying primarily on Cam instead of the RBs will only make things easier on him.
this.
I see the giants winning this game by 10+ pts.
Much deserved honor.
I said when we drafted him he would prove to be a Michael Irvin-type receiver with more speed and was going to wind up in Canton. I got accused of jumping the gun, which was, admittedly, probably right. But this guy, provided he stays healthy, is definitely a HOFer and the best receiver the Giants have ever had.
The fact that we now also have Victor Cruz is just ridiculous. Eli must look forward to every game knowing he has two largely unstoppable receivers out there. If Reese can keep both of them, and if Robinson develops as they expect, and they can keep Bennett, there will be no way to stop our passing game except praying for really bad weather. Oh yeah, Randle is also going to be a stud. By the latter part of this season the NFL cognescenti will start to realize that, with the development of Wilson and the emergence of Brown and play of Bradshaw, the Giants have the best group of skill players in the league. If this defense ever gets its act together, watch out.
The player I think can really help us by year end that many aren’t talking about is Robinson. To have 2 Bennett like threats out there in the passing game at TE is scary for a defense. But when you have Nicks and Cruz it can be impossible to stop, especially if we muster an average running game.
I admit the Panthers scare more than most teams because of Cam. He reminds me of facing a better Randle Cunningham. The problem is your defense can do everything right and he still can beat you. I understand Vick and RG3 present some of the same issues but what makes Cam more unique to defend is he’s huge. I think you can beat up Vick and probably RG3. But I don’t think that works with Cam. When you tackle him you have to worry about his size and speed not one or the other. He’s still not a great passer but good enough that he’s a real threat at all times.
In all honesty, I worry MUCH more about Vick than I do about Cam.
Cam is a great player, But he doesn’t have the receiving Threats like Vick does.
If any of that stuff about Tuck is really true, doesn’t it make more sense to make a lot of use of Kiwi at LDE and have two combinations of linebackers (Boley, Rivers and a MLB, preferably Herzlich but probably Blackburn; and Boley, Rivers and Williams based upon circumstances)?
Tracy could be mixed in on occasion but that means dressing him at the cost of dressing someone else we may need more.
I have absolutely no idea what is going to happen tomorrow night. Kudos to those who believe they have a read on it.
In fact, I tip my hat to anyone who attempts to handicap an NFL game nowadays.
I’m still not sure how it’s possible to accurately forecast the outcome of a game when no one is really sure what the game is that’s being played.
As I’ve repeatedly said, new refs = new rules. It’s simply folly to expect that any game you’re going to see this year will occur within the same parameters of the games we’ve been watching for the past decade.
Until now, the scabs have shown themselves unable to keep pace with the speed and violence of NFL football. They’ve shown little to no ability to keep the players and coaches emotions in check and prevent tempers and dirty play from spiraling out of control.
It’s going to get worse. Mike Tirico on MNF compared it to classroom behavior under a substitute teacher. This is a good analogy. We were all recall how we all acted when the sub came in; how we would continually test the boundaries of what kind of outlandish behavior we could get away with. I foresee a similar downward spiral under the scabs.
It’s quite possible that Ron Rivera has been showing his team film of the way Nicks and Cruz eviscerated the Tampa secondary, pointing out how the Buc defenders had a handful of jersey every play. Rivera could be telling them, “I want you to do the same, only better. Ride those two mofos harder than Secretariat until they start flagging you.”
This Giants team was built to dominate the game that was being played prior to this season. This year? Who the hell knows.
+1
I’ve no idea how the game will go. None. Not even a guess.
And I understand that Rolle said on the radio yesterday that the Giants weren’t going to hold receivers because they didn’t want to “adjust back” when the real officials return and have to get themselves out of bad habits. Well, guess what? We may be waiting a LONG time for the real officials. The greedy owners and their front man Goodell are going to break that union in order to show the players that they are capable of standing together and holding out just in case De Smith decides to make demands they don’t like the next time labor talks come around. They’ll take their chances on player well-being and fan anger, because the battle they’re fighting isn’t for the peanuts involved in the dispute with the officials. It’s a shot across the bow of the NFLPA. Whomever is the head of the zebras union needs to understand that because if he doesn’t get his guys back into work with nothing but some face-saving concessions by the owners within the next 3-4 weeks the owners are going to take this all the way and a lot of his members will be out of work permanently. Given enough time these scabs will learn to be at least “adequate”, and half of them (hopefully the best half) will be hired next year along with the half that the league takes back from the real officials on the league’s terms.
How the hell did a WR like Nicks get named the Offensive Player of the week when he has such a mediocre QB. Oh wait! I’ll ask Jason Whitlock. I’m sure he’ll know.
Nice!!!
I don’t know who that clown is, but he should now become the butt of all jokes at Giants 101.
How can our economy be in such bad shape when the President says it’s getting better? Wait, let’s ask Jason Whitlock. He’ll know.
Whitlock is a Racist cowboys fan. Enough said.