By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY- Let’s cut right to it: there is an air of uneasiness and uncertainty surrounding the New York Giants this season. Las Vegas odds-makers have them at 100-1 to win Super Bowl LIV- the same as their MetLife Stadium roommates, the New York Jets. For whatever reason, the…
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NEW YORK GIANTS: Aldrick Rosas Proactive Against Complacency, Pro Bowl ‘Hangover’
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) NORTH CALDWELL, N.J.- On the eve of professional football’s 2019 training camp opening, Aldrick Rosas enters his third NFL season as the only kicker listed on the New York Giants’ roster. In March, coming off a record-setting, Pro Bowl season, he signed a one-year, $645,000 deal to remain with Big Blue. “I…
NEW YORK GIANTS: Zak DeOssie Reflects on Career with Big Blue
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) NORTH CALDWELL, N.J.- In March, Zak DeOssie, two-time Super Bowl winning New York Giant, inked a one-year deal to remain with the team through the 2019-2020 season. Obviously excited, he took to Twitter to shout the news to his nearly eleven thousand followers. Almost half of them took the time to…
NEW YORK GIANTS: Triumphant Nate Harvey’s Minor Setback
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY- Undrafted free agent Nate Harvey is no stranger to adversity, so what made him break down on day one of the New York Giants’ 2019 rookie camp? The doctor’s utterance of: “A torn meniscus”. After working his entire life to put on a National Football League uniform,…
A LOGICAL 2019 NEW YORK GIANTS DRAFT STRATEGY
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- Since December 29, 2017, since his tenure in New York began, New York Giants’ general manager Dave Gettleman has traded Jason Pierre-Paul, Damon Harrison, Eli Apple, Olivier Vernon, Odell Beckham, Jr. and has allowed Landon Collins to walk. In allowing six starters, including his defensive captain, to play on…
NEW YORK GIANTS General Manager Dave Gettleman: Is there a plan?
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY- New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman, entering his second year in East Rutherford, created the biggest tsunami in all professional sports in recent memory. Late last night, Gettleman traded Odell Beckham, Jr. to the Cleveland Browns for a 2019 1st round pick, a 2019 3rd round…
Week 16 Preview: NEW YORK GIANTS @ Indianapolis Colts
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- After a week 15 loss to the Tennessee Titans, the New York Giants are mathematically guaranteed to miss the playoffs for the sixth time in the past seven seasons. Subsequently, the Giants have opened week 16, at the Indianapolis Colts, as nine-point underdogs. The Colts are surging: they…
Week 15 Recap: Unrelenting, Freezing Rain Washes New York Giants Playoff Hopes Away
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- Following the bye week, the New York Giants faced a tall task of earning the final wild card spot in the NFC Playoff picture. After turning a bleak season around after the bye week, the Giants were 4-1 (that loss was of the three-point variety to the Philadelphia…
Week 14 Recap: NEW YORK GIANTS Steamroll Washington Redskins, 40-16
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…
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 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…