Injury Update – CB Aaron Ross Has the Flu Now: The flu bug that has been pestering the Giants’ locker room the past couple of weeks continues to be an issue. CB Aaron Ross apparently has the flu now as well. Ross vomited on the plane to Arizona shortly after boarding, causing the flight to be delayed.
"Well, I hope that’s the end of it," said Head Coach Tom Coughlin. "It surfaced with one or two players the last few days. We had three guys miss some practices at home with high temperatures. We have had some guys who were not quite as sick. They were people who maybe had a day’s worth of it, and the symptoms may have been close to the same, but they didn’t drain the players like the three that it happened to at home. We have taken precautions. Our medical people did as best they could to distribute some medicine in advance of the plane trip out here, and hopefully the guys are rested enough that this will not be an issue."
Head Coach Tom Coughlin’s Monday Press Conference: The transcript of Head Coach Tom Coughlin’s press conference from yesterday is available at Giants.com. The video of the press conference is also available.
QB Eli Manning Interview on the NFL Network: The video of QB Eli Manning’s interview on the NFL Network from yesterday is available at Giants.com.
Media Q&A with Various Players: The transcripts and video of yesterday’s media Q&A sessions with the following players are available at Giants.com:
- QB Eli Manning (Video)
- WR Plaxico Burress (Video)
- WR Amani Toomer (Video)
- DE Michael Strahan (Video)
- LB Antonio Pierce (Video)
- P Jeff Feagles (Video)
Article on the Giants and Super Bowl XLII: Chance to Be City’s Best Ever by Mike Lupica of The Daily News
Articles on QB Eli Manning:
- Eli Manning Took Cues from Mother by Karen Crouse of The New York Times
- Easy Does It by Mike Vaccaro of The New York Post
Article on RG Chris Snee: Snee Emerges From a One-Stoplight Town to Giants’ Spotlight by Pat Yasinskas of ESPN.com
Article on DE Michael Strahan: Happy Non-Camper by George Willis of The New York Post
Article on the Giants’ Rookies: Giants’ Many Rookies Go Right to Super Bowl by Arthur Staple of Newsday
Article on P Jeff Feagles: Feagle’s Roundabout Route to the Super Bowl by John Branch of The New York Times
Article on Lt. Col. Gregory Gadson: Injured Iraq War Vet Inspires Giants by Bob Glauber of Newsday
Notes: Today is media day for both teams at Super Bowl XLII; the Giants will not practice today. The Giants will operate under their normal practice schedule on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
In a show of solidarity, many Giants player wore all black on the charter flight to Arizona. "Isn’t black considered business attire?" asked LB Antonio Pierce, who came up with the idea.
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