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Giants to Face Tampa Bay in First Round of Playoffs: With the Redskins defeating the Vikings last night, the Giants are assured of facing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the road in the first round of the playoffs on January 5 or January 6.
The postseason berth is the 29th for the Giants, tying them with the Dallas Cowboys for the most in NFL history.
Injury Report: HB Brandon Jacobs injured his left ankle against the Bills on Sunday. "Jacobs had the left ankle and got re-taped, came back into the game," said Head Coach Tom Coughlin. "It doesn’t appear to be too bad."
Head Coach Tom Coughlin’s Monday Media Conference Call: The transcript from today’s conference call with Head Coach Tom Coughlin is available at Giants.com. The audio of the conference call is also available.
Article on the Giants-Patriots Game: Coughlin Contemplating Giants’ Week 17 Gameplan by Arthur Staple of Newsday
Notes: The Giants’ 7-1 regular season road record this year was their best since they were 7-1 in 2000, the last time they won the NFC Championship.
The Giants, who were 5-3 on the road in 2006, have winning road records in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1993-1994.
The Giants have been shutout in the first quarter of the last four consecutive games.
The Giants rushed for 291 yards against the Bills, which is tied for the fifth-highest total in franchise history. It was the most rushing yards by the Giants since November 29, 1959, when they ran for 351 yards in a 45-14 victory over Washington.
The Giants became the first team to have two runners with 140 or more yards in the same game since November 11, 2001, when St. Louis’ Marshall Faulk and Trung Canidate did so.
HB Ahmad Bradshaw’s 88-yard run was the third-longest in the 83-year history of the franchise. Tiki Barber set the record with a 95-yarder at Oakland on December 31, 2005. Hap Moran had owned the mark for 75 years on his 91-yard run vs. Green Bay on November 23, 1930. The 88-yard run was also the longest in the NFL this season.
