Loading ...Following a perfect performance against the Carolina Panthers in which he connected on all five of his field goal attempts, New York Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes has been named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Both linebacker Spencer Paysinger and punter Steve Weatherford were also nominated.
Tynes accounted for 18 of the Giants' 36 points in their blowout win on Thursday night, with field goals of 27, 30, 36, 47 and 49 yards. He also connected on three extra points, extending his streak and the team record to 166 consecutive makes dating back to October 21st, 2007.
So far this season, Tynes is a perfect 10-for-10 on field goals, and his 10 makes tie him for the league lead with Jason Hanson of the Detroit Lions (10-for-11).
Tynes is the first Giants player to win the special teams award since Domenik Hixon did it in week 13 of the 2009 season, and the first Big Blue kicker to win it since John Carney in week three of the 2008 season.
This marks the third time Tynes has won this award, but his first with the Giants. The previous two came as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs.
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What’s ironic is I don’t know if having the real refs is any help for us vs Philly. And actually might slightly hurt us. I think the replacement refs allow to be a lot more physical with WRs down the field and that could be helpful vs Philly given their speed at WR incluidng the rookie kid #13. Our WRs while helped by less contact are physical and like the TB game showed can fight through some extra contact. I think the extra holding that goes on is a wash with both DLs being strong.
In addition, against Philly you want hit Vick and real refs call everything boorderline and some that isn’t even boorderline a personal foul. While the replacement refs allow more hitting of the QBs. The combination of Vick, RG3, Shaub, Romo and Peyton took some of the most brutal QB shots I have seen in a long time this past Sunday.
Jayron Hosley says his hamstring is still sore. #nyg #giants
This is very bad news. Hosley has probably been our best CB so far. We could really use him. What Tryon plays the slot? Or Rolle? That’s a big drop. And Avant is dangerous on 3rd and medium. I hope he plays but it doesn’t sound good.
It’s Wednesday. He’s young. Don’t count him out yet.
It’s not that he can’t play. I think TC has showed so far he’s being conservative with these injuries. So if Hosley doesn’t practice at some level tomorrow I think he will be held out. I agree while Hosley would be a big loss for Sunday I rather him miss one game even one this big than 3-4 games because he hurts it worse.
What about Coe? He practiced today didn’t he?
Nope, Coe was out today too. Hopefully Hosley heals fast because I don’t even wanna think about what any WR on Philly will do to Tryon.
Although it is hard to find fault with Back-to-back 41 and 36 point outbursts,both games saw significant red zone failure. The Bucks game gave us 4TDs and 4 FGs; the Panthers 3 and 5. Add to that the fact that 2 of the Buc TDs were long plays and what you are seeing is a 5 for 14 TD conversion rate inside the 20.
That kind of ratio is fine when you reel off 8 scoring drives like we did in the last 2 games, but if we only end up with 4, then we could be in trouble.
I think you have a fair point. Bennett has to catch the ball. We have to be able to run the ball some. I thought we showed some positive signs of running in the redzone vs Carolina.
I think the key might be Nicks. While Nicks was great against TB I think the one concern with his connection with Eli is the redzone passing game. This requires both players to be very precise and with the lack of pratice time it hurt their redzone connection. Cruz on the inside isn’t a great redzone option. Bennett is a top option but we need another go to redzone player and I think that’s Nicks. Barden can also help but I question taking Cruz or Nicks off the field. I guess 3 WRs are a good idea but many times we will play a FB or #2 TE in the redzone.
Actually, if Hosley can’t play the best option vs Philly might be Rolle. I cringed even typing that sentance but it makes some sense. I specifically mean versus Philly because their slot WR is Avant. I worry that he’s just too physical for Tryon (maybe a concern for Hosley as well. Rolle is not quick enough for most slot WRs but Avant is not quick either. The key is if the coaches have confidence in Hill at safety.
Or maybe Hill is an option at slot as well for similar reasons to Rolle. Plus you can leave Rolle at safety.
A last option would be Prince at the slot and play Coe on the outside.
I want to see Hill get some playing time
I always used to dread Philly games since we never knew which team would show up and lately Iglles have been on a roll but seeing how they have played so far this year I think it would be a great time
to really put the Iggles down for the count .
the three Bs – Who havent the Eagles seen yet -Bennett , Barden (as he played last week ) I ll get to Brown -I think he will get his opportunities but Bradshaw first up .
But the third B is blitz Vick and dont give him any chance to react . it has been obvious up to now that the front four dont look like they can get enough pressure on Vick so I think a constant barrage of pressure from blitzes that will force Vick into making mistakes which seems to be prone to .
I have no worries this week , I think the Giants are emerging as the cream of the crop in the NFC East and a good thumping of the Iggles will help cement that
O team are you ready for a big week ?
Surprised? Disappointed? Then maybe you’re here
5. Andre Brown, running back, N.Y. Giants: The New York Giants entered this season determined to fix the league’s worst-ranked running game, and in Ahmad Bradshaw and rookie David Wilson they thought they had just the guys to do it. They were wrong. Wilson fumbled in the season opener, putting him in Tom Coughlin’s doghouse, and Bradshaw bowed out one game later with a neck injury. That left … well, it left the rushing attack to Brown, a guy cut by five teams — including the Giants — before he re-signed with New York last summer. Brown’s notable achievement was leading the team in “I Gotta Ring” on the plane home from Super Bowl XLVI and the parade that followed in New York. But that was it … until now. Because now he has more yards rushing (184) and more touchdowns (3) than Bradshaw and Wilson combined. Maybe, just maybe, Andre Brown is the ticket New York needs to put its rushing attack back together. Hey, it happened a year ago when Victor Cruz emerged out of nowhere. It could happen again.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/clark-judge/20375794/surprised-disappointed-then-maybe-youre-here
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