Archives for October 2011

‘”I can definitely give them my insight on how their players play, what I think their strengths and weaknesses are,” Fewell said. “I’ve tried to do that and share that with them. Does that help our team? I hope it does from a preparation standpoint, but we have to play the game.”‘

Ahmad Bradshaw must shoulder load for NY Giants as Brandon Jacobs and offensive line battle injuries (New York Daily News)

Perry Fewell’s NY Giants defense out to stop Bills’ Ryan Fitzpatrick; progress slow for Justin Tuck (New York Daily News)

Fitzpatrick journey from Harvard to Buffalo may end in playoffs (New York Post)

Giants’ defense eager to beat Bills for coordinator (New York Post)

Bradshaw is hoping to run wild (New York Post)

‘Coach’ Tuck itching to get back on field (New York Post)

Bills may need to fill big hole in their D-line (New York Post)

Ahmad Bradshaw, Giants look to get running game on track (Newsday)

Tuck doesn’t want to return too early (Newsday)

Giants’ Ahmad Bradshaw frustrated with running game but trying to motivate teammates (Newark Star Ledger)

Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell not sentimental about coaching against the Bills (Newark Star Ledger)

Giants DE Justin Tuck remains out of practice, concerned about suffering setback (Newark Star Ledger)

Giants’ Brandon Jacobs, battling knee injury, absent from practice (Newark Star Ledger)

Giants’ Perry Fewell fits the bill (Bergen Record)

Justin Tuck hopeful (Bergen Record)

Upstart Bills will be tough test (Trenton Trentonian)

Fewell downplaying Bills, hopeful for D (ESPN)

Brandon Jacobs, Justin Tuck sit (ESPN)

Giants’ Fewell downplays game against the Bills (AP)

Tuck, Jacobs, Snee all miss practice for Giants (The Sports Network)

Punt team holding down fort (Giants.com)

Perry Fewell knows the Bills (Giants.com)

DC Perry Fewell (Giants.com)

STC Tom Quinn (Giants.com)

DE Justin Tuck (Giants.com)

Offensive Coordinator Kevin Gilbride (Giants.com)

RB Ahmad Bradshaw (Giants.com)

Coach Tom Coughlin (Giants.com)

Giants vs. Bills Scouting Report (Giants.com)

‘”My best game? Not yet,” Barnett said, Thursday as Buffalo prepares to travel to play the Giants (3-2) this weekend. “The good one’s coming up. I’m still working on that one.”‘

‘Though Williams won’t disclose the exact nature of the injury, he says it’s something he’s confident he can play through. Williams is the anchor of Buffalo’s defensive front, and appeared in his first Pro Bowl in February.’

‘Yet the Bills are 4-1 because the defense has become a group of ball hawks and they have a nose for the end zone. Buffalo leads the league in takeaways(16), interceptions(12) and they’ve scored a touchdown in 3 straight games. The Bills have already surpassed their interception total for all of last season. In addition, an explosive offense is capitalizing off the turnovers. The offense has received the ball off a takeaway 12 times and they’ve cashed in with 7 touchdowns and 3 field goals. They only times they haven’t scored came in last Sunday’s game when they punted after a George Wilson pick and knelt down at the end of the game. All in all the Bills have 79 points off of 16 takes.’

‘”You have to take advantage of good field position, ” Head Coach Chan Gailey says. “And we’ve been fortunate to be able to do that. But if you don’t take advantage of field position the way the new rules sit, you’re in for a long day of driving the football, and trying to get eight, ten, twelve play drives down the field, and that’s hard to do in this league.”‘

‘Start with the fact Buffalo is averaging 33 points a game, having already scored 164 with only Green Bay (173) and New England (165) producing more. If the Bills’ points-per-game is lost on you, consider that in the franchise’s 51-year history, Buffalo has never averaged even 30 points per game, the best being 28 in 1964 and ’91.’

‘Bills 34, Giants 28.’

‘”That’s pretty much what we expect,” said Fred Jackson, who currently ranks third in the league in total yards from scrimmage. “Our opponents are usually the big name teams. They have a bunch of big names guys and that’s what the national media is focused on. We’ll continue to fly under the radar. As long as we get the opportunity to go out and stack wins we’ll get that (recognition) eventually. But right now we don’t have any problems flying under the radar.”‘

‘The Bills rank No. 1 in the NFL in red-zone offense, scoring TDs on 75 percent of their trips inside the opposition’s 20-yard line.’

‘ Of course, they’re allowing 421.8 yards a game, a staggering rate that would shatter the franchise record by close to 1,000 yards. The defense is 31st in the league in first downs (yes, at a franchise record pace) and average yards allowed per rush.’

‘ “It’s a pretty sensitive spot in my foot,” said Williams, who would not disclose the exact injury. “Once I get warmed up and going, it has been OK. But like I said, it came to head Sunday. I actually thought somebody had fallen or hit me in a spot. But I just came off of it in a bad way, got caught with it and couldn’t do anything. So hopefully we can get some strength back in there, calm the inflammation down and play on Sunday. That’s what I want to do.”‘

‘Without getting specific, Gailey went on to say: “We’ll try some different things. We’ll work some different ways to get that done. I think we can do it with our packages.”‘

‘”It’s a good honor. I’m very appreciative of it,” he said. “But my teammates helped me to receive it. Without Arthur’s (Moats) pressure on Mike Vick, hitting him in the back, I might not get that interception. It just goes to show you when you win, and everybody’s on the same page, it’s a total team effort. And these are some of the accolades that you get.”‘

‘But Gailey has worked wonders with Fitzpatrick, who is second behind Tom Brady in the AFC with a 96.4 rating after completing 66 percent of his passes for 1,233 yards and 10 touchdowns, and the coach gets raves from Fitzpatrick’s teammates for his grandfatherly style. “He doesn’t say a lot – he just expects you to go out and do your job well,” Merriman said.’