By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- Fans didn’t know it when they bought them, but the tickets for Sunday’s New York Giants at Washington Redskins game also admitted them to the Saquon Barkley Sideshow. It took Barkley less than twenty-four minutes of game time to accumulate 100 total yards. At the half, Barkley averaged…
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Week 12 Recap: Philadelphia Eagles Dash New York Giants’ Hopes of Miracle Playoff Run
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- Another one bites the dust: in a 25-22 loss in Philadelphia, the Giants’ 2018 playoff hopes (in a wide-open NFC East) are all but gone. At 3-8, New York would need a real miracle to make a late-season run at the 6-5 Cowboys, 6-5, Redskins, and 5-6 Eagles….
Week 12 Preview: NEW YORK GIANTS @ Philadelphia Eagles
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- With the Dallas Cowboys and Alex Smith-less Washington Redskins set to square-off for first place in the NFC East on Thanksgiving day, the New York Giants (3-7) have a date with the Philadelphia Eagles (4-6), at the bottom of the division, on Sunday. The first time these teams…
Week 12: New England Patriots @ NEW YORK JETS
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- Sunday afternoon, the (7-3) New England Patriots will visit the (3-7) New York Jets at MetLife Stadium. Both teams are coming off a bye week, both are coming off ugly, disappointing losses in week 10, but both teams are headed in entirely different directions. The Patriots are set…
Week 11 Recap: Points-Off-Turnovers Propel New York Giants Past Tampa Bay Buccaneers
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- A single-possession game entering the final two minutes of play, the New York Giants certainly gave their fans reason to stay in their seats through the end of the game. In the end, to the delight of fans, players, and coaches alike, the Giants were able to hold…
NEW YORK JETS: To Bell or not to Bell: Le’Veon is the Question.
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- 🙄 that ain’t enough to come run with the Jets… https://t.co/R0Ockg5Leh — Le’Veon Bell (@LeVeonBell) February 1, 2018 Let’s take “Tweets that Didn’t Age Well” for $300, Alex. Clearly, it wasn’t enough to ‘come run’ with the Pittsburgh Steelers, either. In an unprecedented game of chess, Le’Veon Bell…
Week 11 Preview: Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ NEW YORK GIANTS
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- The New York Giants’ come-from-behind victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football was reminiscent of the “good ol’ days” for Big Blue. Eli Manning engineered his 41st (including the postseason) game-winning drive, the offensive line allowed only one sack, and Odell Beckham, Jr. found his…
WEEK 10 PREVIEW: NEW YORK GIANTS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- This certainly was not the matchup the National Football League had in mind when scheduling the New York Giants at the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football in week 10 of the 2018 season. Instead, the Giants, at 1-7, are coming off a bye week…
NEW YORK JETS: Head Coach Todd Bowles’ Seat On Fire… Deservedly?
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- As a head coach in the National Football League, you need to produce positive results… especially in this town. The honeymoon is over. The time has come for the New York Jets to fire Head Coach Todd Bowles. Bowles’ fate should not be predicated on whether or not the…
NEW YORK GIANTS: Beyond Eli Manning and the 5 Stages of Grief
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- In her book On Death and Dying (1969), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross identified a model to explain, what she calls, the Five Stages of Grief. Although Eli Manning, the person, is alive and well, the model is directly applicable to his career as the starting quarterback of the New York…
Week 8 Recap: NEW YORK GIANTS Offense Continues to Sputter, Defense Can’t Make Crucial 4th Quarter Stop
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- The gray, damp, chilly weather at MetLife Stadium matched the mood of the New York Giants this Sunday afternoon. It was much of the same from the New York Giants sputtering offense. The Giants had a chance in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter to tie…
Week 8 Keys to Victory: Washington Redskins @ NEW YORK GIANTS
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.– The 1-6 Giants are coming off a fire-sale that shipped one of the league’s most productive run-stoppers, Damon “Snacks” Harrison to the Detroit Lions (for a 2019 fifth round pick) and a cornerback in his prime years, Eli Apple, to the New Orleans Saints (for a…
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