Team Grades: 49er Defense Saves The Day In Nail Biter Against New York Giants
By Jerrell Richardson It was far from pretty, and a game that saw the 49ers make countless mistakes, but a win is a win. While the offense and special teams made their contributions, this win was due...
View ArticleShould The Raiders Play For The No. 1 Pick In The Draft?
By Sam McPherson Once upon a time, Gil Brandt was a key part of the brain trust behind the Dallas Cowboys’ amazing run from 1966 to 1985, when America’s Team made the playoffs 18 times in 20 seasons....
View ArticleOpponent Profile: Battle Of The Bay Has Added Harbaugh Intrigue
By Sam McPherson The NFL’s version of the Bay Bridge rivalry has changed a bit, since the San Francisco 49ers moved to Santa Clara—you no longer need to drive across any bridge to get from Levi’s...
View ArticleHere We Go Again: Patriots Face Ravens In AFC Playoffs
By Gregory Hunt The New England Patriots will face a familiar postseason foe when the Baltimore Ravens visit Gillette Stadium Saturday afternoon for an AFC Divisional Playoff game. The Ravens set up...
View ArticleRonnie Lott on JPP: ‘Physical Pain Won’t Be His Only Issue’
By Ross Kelly There aren’t many people who can relate to the situation that Jason Pierre-Paul is currently going through. The Giants’ DE recently had his right index finger amputated after a Fourth of...
View ArticleGiants Will Try To Eliminate Late Game Struggles Against Redskins On Thursday...
Shawn Lealos The Washington Redskins entered the 2015 NFL season with little expectations. They lost their starting quarterback and chose to move on, making Kirk Cousins their new signal caller....
View ArticleCBS Sports’ London Fletcher Talks Redskins Vs. Giants And The NFC East’s...
By Danny Cox CBS Sports analyst and CBS Sports Network’s That Other Pregame Show host London Fletcher has gone from a leader on the field to discussing them as an NFL commentator. After a long career...
View ArticleKeidel: New York, New York
By Jason Keidel In the New York City area, there’s an odd symmetry between baseball and football teams. The Giants and Yankees once shared a stadium and still share the legacy as the preeminent teams...
View ArticleGeoff Schwartz: My Life As An NFL Offensive Lineman
Growing up in Los Angeles, my parents are UCLA alums and we had season tickets to UCLA football games. I remember going to games as early as age five. We went to every home game each Saturday and then...
View ArticleKeidel: Giants Cowboy Up On Dallas
By Jason Keidel Unlike the Jets, the Giants are regarded in NYC with a measure of respect, if not reverence. When the Jets tried hard, played well, but ultimately lost to their eternal tormentors — Tom...
View ArticleThe Giants Can Beat The Patriots
By Jason Keidel Thursday night’s game popped the lid off MetLife Stadium, where Rex Ryan exacted some form of revenge on the Jets — then shrieked and cussed and contorted like he just won the Super...
View ArticleBig Blue’s Black Eye
By Jason Keidel It’s hard to find solace in losses, especially in the emergency room schedule of the NFL. Especially to an old-world coach like Tom Coughlin. But the Giants can say with certainty that...
View ArticleJets Look for Giant Win
By Jason Keidel It’s been 45 years since the Jets have been atop the totem pole of New York City sports. Since Joe Namath flexed his forefinger out of the Orange Bowl. Since Woodstock and the Miracle...
View ArticleGiants Pose A Big, Blue Speed Bump To Panthers’ Perfect Season
By Jason Keidel As the Carolina Panthers rumble into MetLife Stadium to play the New York Giants, there are enough plots and subplots to fill a playbook. While the Giants have the pedigree and four...
View ArticleBeckham Gone Wild, Coughlin Gone Missing
By Jason Keidel It’s hard to say when Odell Beckham Jr lost his marbles and morphed into some flesh-hungry creature out of Ash vs Evil Dead. But yesterday’s performance against the Carolina Panthers...
View ArticleShould An NFL Team Hire Tom Coughlin As Head Coach?
By Jason Keidel For such an innovative enterprise, the NFL is alarmingly retrograde in some ways. Every winter, some forlorn owner buries his head in the recycle bin to find his next head coach. It...
View ArticleKeidel: Watching Football Is So Much Better Now
By Jason Keidel On some fall Sunday last year, while nestled next to my girlfriend, focused on the 50-inch flat panel throwing football colors at us, I suddenly swelled with gratitude. “Do you realize...
View ArticleReady To Play: Giants’ Jay Bromley Talks New Teammates, How He Gets Ready For...
It’s a long and tough road to get to the NFL for most players, but it might be an even more difficult task to get yourself mentally and physically “Ready To Play” in the NFL week in and week out. As we...
View ArticleKeidel: Beckham, Norman And The Game Within The Game
By Jason Keidel Normally, a September game between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins is hardly can’t-miss, soap-operatic television. But when you consider the Redskins are the defending NFC...
View ArticleWWE-NFL Connection: Big E’s Friend Plays For Giants, Is Hilarious
By Chuck Carroll Chris Jericho has a best friend. His name is Kevin Owens. Big E has a best friend, too. I’m not sure his name is Adam Gettis. In fact, he may not even be in the top 10, or even top 20...
View ArticleKeidel: Beckham Goes From Competitive To Destructive
By Jason Keidel Before we proceed, we must agree on two items: 1) Odell Beckham Jr. is an absurdly gifted football player, whose eye-defying catches are rare, even by the NFL’s high standards. 2) His...
View ArticleKeidel: Can The Eagles, Giants Catch The Cowboys?
By Jason Keidel Though the Dallas Cowboys are 6-1, and have resumed their campy title as “America’s Team,” there are other football teams in the NFL in general, and in the NFC East in particular. Two...
View ArticleKeidel: Calm Down, Cowboys Fans
By Jason Keidel The NFL’s haunting vocational acronym, Not For Long, has long applied to the length of the average football player’s career, which hovers around three years. But it could also apply to...
View ArticleThursday Night Breakdown: Giants Play For Seed; Eagles For Pride
By Danny Cox The New York Giants (10-4) and Philadelphia Eagles (5-9), rivals in a strong NFC East, often find themselves competing for a playoff spot. But not this year. While the division will likely...
View ArticleKeidel: In Praise Of Eli Manning, The Greatest QB In Giants History
By Jason Keidel The world west of the Hudson River may not be so acutely aware, but there still are two NFL teams in the Big Apple, though recently neither has made news worth crossing the George...
View ArticleWhat If The NFL Were Like European Soccer And Had A Loan System?
Tom Bogert, CBS Local Sports In European soccer, there are no trades and there is no draft. Players are developed through youth systems, some starting as young as eight years old, or they’re purchased...
View ArticleKeidel: Wild Card Weekend Could Be A Wild One
By Jason Keidel The first playoff football buffet kicks off this Saturday, appropriately called Wild Card Weekend. Last year, the road teams won all four games. That’s not likely this year, with some...
View ArticleRookie Spotlight: Giants Have A New Offensive Weapon In Evan Engram
By Michael Ferro Name: Evan Engram Height: 6’3″ Weight: 240 lbs Position: Tight End School: Mississippi Draft Pick: 23rd overall in First Round The No. 23 overall pick in the first round of the 2017...
View ArticleFantasy Football QB Breakout Candidates
By Matt Citak With opening kickoff right around the corner, it’s time to prepare for your upcoming fantasy football draft. Most fantasy rosters consist of a majority of proven veterans, some young...
View ArticleCBS Sports’ Phil Simms On Week 5 Patriots-Buccaneers TNF Matchup, More
By Matt Citak The New England Patriots entered the season as favorites to win Super Bowl LII. But after two losses in four games, including this past Sunday’s last-second defeat against the Carolina...
View ArticleCBS Sports’ Adam Schein On NFL’s Biggest Storylines Going Into Week 6
By Matt Citak We’re only five games in, and yet the 2017 NFL season has already been full of surprises. The New England Patriots, who some people believed could go 16-0 this year, lost their first game...
View ArticleKeidel: New York Giants Are Just Plain Bad
By Jason Keidel The area around the Meadowlands have a certain, native smell. It’s a cocktail of swamp and smoke and the shards of industry. But if you drove by yesterday afternoon, the area was...
View ArticleOakland Raiders Week 13 Injury Report: Raiders Missing Two Starting Receivers...
By Shawn Lealos Things seem to be lining up well for the Oakland Raiders. After beating the Denver Broncos last week, the Raiders remained in a tie for second place in the AFC West. They can now hold...
View ArticleRaiders Team Grades: Raiders Take Down Giants, Move Into First Place In AFC West
By Shawn Lealos The Oakland Raiders (6-6) followed up their big divisional win over the Denver Broncos last week with a victory over the struggling New York Giants (2-10) in Week 13. The win was...
View Article2017 NFL Holiday Wish List
By Matt Citak The Holiday season is upon us, which means people are putting together their lists of gifts they would like to receive. Similar to us, people all across the National Football League also...
View ArticleKeidel: Should The Giants Pick Saquon Barkley?
By Jason Keidel Even the most ardent football fans must be suffering from some form of mock draft fatigue. With the real NFL Draft coming this week, we’ve seen every projection, permutation and...
View ArticleNFL Training Camp: What To Expect From The NY & LA Teams This Season
Ryan Mayer NFL teams have all gotten their first preseason games under their belt and are now gearing up for game number two. As we get deeper into camp, the positional battles become more important,...
View ArticleGiants-Cowboys Preview: Can The Giants’ Defense Slow The Cowboys’ Passing Game?
(CBSNewYork) — The NFC East is shaping up to be competitive, though probably not in the way its teams had hoped. After Week 4, the Philadelphia Eagles lead the division with a 1-2-1 record. The...
View ArticleNFL Week 6 NFC East Picks: Don Bell Says Ravens ‘Physicality’ Will Be Too...
(CBS Philadelphia) — Should the NFC East just go ahead and change their name to the NFC Least? Heading into Week 6, the division currently has four wins among its four teams. For reference, the...
View ArticleNFL Week 14 NFC East Picks: ‘Arizona Offense Is Really The Difference In Why...
(CBS New York) — Judging by the standings, and many other metrics, the NFC East is the worst division in football. The New York Giants, winners of four in a row, sit atop the pile with a 5-7 record....
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