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A week ago, New York Giants defensive tackle Chris Canty was already counting down the days. He knew his time on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list was ending, and he assured everyone that he would "absolutely" be ready to return to the field this week. Well, the time is here, and Canty is ready to go.
When Big Blue hits the practice field on Tuesday afternoon, #99 will likely be there. And if all goes well, he has a chance to play against the Washington Redskins this Sunday.
"The plan right now is for Chris Canty to come back this week and begin to practice," head coach Tom Coughlin said on Monday.
Canty admits that, although frustrated, the team likely made the correct decision by putting him on PUP. He acknowledges that his knee feels much better now than it had, and that he's lost 10-15 pounds, but remains in good shape and well conditioned.
The news wasn't as good for tight end Travis Beckum, who Coughlin said is not ready to return to practice yet after tearing his ACL during Super Bowl XLVI.
Players on the Physically Unable to Perform list must miss the team's first six games of the season before a three-week window opens up for them to return to practice. The team then has an additional three weeks to place them on the 53-man roster. If, after that, they aren't placed on the 53-man, they must be placed on Injured Reserve (IR) or released.
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It’s a week-to-week league and this week is the Redskins. The 49ers are history. Nice win. Good to have it under the belt. Move on.
But one terrific residual that comes out of the past three weeks is that the Giants have discovered their running game again. And while the pundits will all be slobbering over Peyton today (and deservedly so from what I hear), make no mistake about it. It will be a rare Sunday when Eli Manning loses a game in which he has a good running game to keep defenses honest.
Also make no mistake about this: an offensive line that is allowed to run block and succeeds in doing so is a happy, enthused, offensive line. Those guys go into the locker room after every game knowing they won’t win any plaudits for their work from any but the most sophisticated fans and pundits, but when they, and their entire team, know that they dominated the guys across the trench from them they are usually a VERY raucous and happy bunch. And that feeds on itself over the course of a season. Not only that, it usually leads to the defensive line getting into competition with their offensive counterparts and makes them hungrier for the acknowledgement that they, too, are physically dominating the line of scrimmage. And in the case of the Giants, they have the personnel to do both.
This group on offense is not the “finesse” group that Flaherty turned into a finely tuned “dance group” that relied on precise timing. The addition of a mauler like Baas, and Boothe’s strength, and Hynoski’s incredible will to hit someone, and now Diehl’s addition as the extra blocker (Diehl was ALWAYS the type who preferred hitting you in the mouth to using technique, which was one of his problems with speed rushers), plus having two really fine blockers as tight ends, has made this group something else. It isn’t that there’s no technique and finesse. But it looks to me that since the start of the Panthers game this offensive front has been plain physically dominating their opponent. I have seen a lot of defensive linemen winding up on the ground or being run way out of the gap that the running backs are accelerating toward. It’s pretty impressive. Then add to that the fact that they are keeping Eli very clean (some of that is his quick decision-making but some is that they are doing a fine job when they have to step back and absorb the rush rather than shooting out as the aggressors) and the whole thing is quite remarkable.
And then you get the running backs trusting that the hole will be there when they arrive so a guy like Bradshaw is hitting it quickly rather than hesitating as he reads what’s happening. And it all feeds back on itself. I think this all started with a lot of practice with Flaherty, Beatty’s return, Locklear’s cementing the RT spot thanks to Diehl’s injury, and Andre Brown’s brutally effective running in Carolina. It hasn’t stopped yet.
And as long as the Giants can run, even a bit less effectively than they have as of late but effectively enough to make the defense honor the run, it becomes nearly impossible to stop our passing game. Eli didn’t have to win Sunday’s game with passing, but he certainly would have if he had to because the Niners HAD to respect the run once it became clear they couldn’t control it with their front seven.
It may well be that we are rapidly approaching the day when opposing teams will have to take huge chances on defense to try and stop the Giants, which should open plenty of opportunities. And I think we have already reached the day where astute observers of the NFL can say the top two quarterbacks grew up in the same house. I don’t mean the ESPN’s of the world. They’ll be all over Peyton/Rodgers/Brady. But Giants fans should know better, and so should those with open eyes.
Luzz,
This is not a 180-degree turnaround. 2 years ago, my argument was that some of the players we had on our OL were not good enough.
Specifically I said we needed to upgrade our center and not accept that Adam Koets or Shaun O’Hara were “good enough”; we did.
I said Diehl needed to be moved out of the left tackle role and/or removed from the starting lineup altogether; he has been.
I said we needed to acquire new talent to take over for McKenzie; we did, though I had no idea who Sean Locklear was until about 6 weeks ago, and it remain to be seen whether James Brewer ends up being the long term guy there.
I said Boothe was garbage and needed to be replaced; I was wrong.
I’ve been consistent in my predictions, but they have been wrong. I thought they’d draft a center–they signed one. I thought they’d draft a left guard–they promoted Boothe. I thought they would draft someone high to replace McKenzie–they drafted Brewer in the 4th in 2011 and signed former 3rd round pick Sean Locklear. Nevertheless, the proof is in the pudding–this group of 5 is getting it done, and at a high level. What kind of ideologue would I have to be to say otherwise?
What he said
Last year , Washingtons edge was Cofield passing on tips about the Giants plays but this is a different team . RG111 ? This is the Giants first time facing him but with the defenses experience playing Vick and the handling of Cam Newton I dont think they have much to be worried about .
I would rather the Giants remember their play and their attitude last week and translate it into future wins .With the attitude they had last week there should be no way the redskins are even in the game . Stop RG111 and the Giants can pound with their new found running game . Im not looking for spectacular just put their foot on washingtons throat and make sure they understand that last year was an aberration and the Giants are a for real team
talking about ff55y not meat locker boy
Really, Cofield passing on tips? C’mon, then what happened to Manningham supposedly giving the defense tips about the Giants offense? Or was that neutralized by Jacobs passing info back to the Giants?
It’s true. Kerrigan’s INT return for a TD was due to Cofield recognizing the audible and alerting the D Line.
The real reason we lost was their front 7 dominated our OL both games and their OL controlled our front 7. We lost those games in the trenches. If we carry of the SF effort in the trenches we willl be more than fine.
“When Big Blue hits the practice field on **Tuesday** afternoon, #99 will likely be there.”
HA! SEE YOU WEDNESDAY! HA, SEE YOU WEDNESDAY! HA! SEE YOU WEDNESDAY …
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Wow! Eagles have fired DC Juan Castillo!
Right. Cuz it’s the defense’s fault that Vick coughs up more balls than Kim Kardashian.
Crazy! The Philly defense has played very well for the large part. I thought he was far from the issue. Reid firing himself as the play caller would have made more sense. That was a panic move. I actually respected the fact they brought him back because the defense at the end of the year was playing very well.
Can Andy Reid be far behind? Or does Vick get to ride the bench?
good one !
I think the Giants proved this week that they can beat any team at any time.
But what they still haven’t proved (to me, anyway) is that they can play consistently week in and week out. Yes, the D showed up this Sunday and hopefully does again. I’m not saying the Giants won’t beat the ‘skins, I’m simply saying I haven’t seen enough consistency in this team to be overly confident.
Well , I think the top saw about the NFL is ‘ Any given Sunday ” So , especially the old timers probably go into EVERY game not knowing and worrying about who will show up – now is this a function of a poor game plan or is it a good plan from the other team ? We will never really know – But just be glad that the team has enough talent to be able to fly across country and beat down the supposed best team in the nfc etc etc .
I’m very glad they flew across the country and gave the 49ers a decisive beat down. But they need to show me they can consistently perform at the same level against a division rival.