Giants-Panthers Game on December 21st Flexed to 8:15PM: The start time of the Giants game against the Carolina Panthers on December 21 has been changed from 1:00PM to 8:15PM. It will also now be aired on NBC. Game times in the season’s final seven weeks are subject to change because of the NFL’s flex schedule policy.
Injury Update: HB Brandon Jacobs (knee) is not sure if he will play against the Cowboys on Sunday night. “I don’t know what they want to do upstairs, but if I’m ready to go, I’ll line up,” said Jacobs. “I want to see how the week goes and we’ll go from there. I think I’ll be pretty good, but I don’t really know what approach the team is going to take.”
“It’s the Cowboys. I want to play really, really bad,” Jacobs said. “One, to help the team eliminate them, and also to get this first-round bye. It’s real big for our team to go out and perform well, which I think the team will do anyway, but I really want to get out there and get after it myself because they (the Cowboys) are a team I really dislike.”
Article on DE Justin Tuck and the Defensive Line: Justin’s Downright Tuckered by Tom Rock of Newsday
Article on WR Plaxico Burress: Union Give Plaxico Burress Shot in Arm on Fines by Ralph Vacchiano of The Daily News
Daily News Poll on the Greatest Wide Receivers and Tight Ends in Giants’ History: Check out the poll by The Daily News on the greatest wide receivers and tight ends in Giants’ history.
Notes and Quotes: LB Danny Clark on the Dallas Cowboys: “A wild animal backed into a corner is not going to be a safe one. Extremely dangerous.”
The Giants only have seven sacks in the past five games.
With the Giants clinching the NFC East title, the Giants have now been to the playoffs 30 times in their history, which is the most in NFL history. If the Dallas Cowboys make the playoffs this season, they will also make it to the playoffs 30 times in their history. The Giants have won 21 division/conference titles in their history, seven since the 1970 merger that created the NFC East.
With the playoff appearance, this is the first time in Giants’ history that the team has made the playoffs four years in a row.
This is the first time the Giants have made the playoffs following a Super Bowl appearance.
QB Eli Manning is the first quarterback in Giants’ history to throw at least 20 touchdown passes in four consecutive seasons.
HB Brandon Jacobs is the fourth running back in Giants’ history to rush for 1,000 in two consecutive seasons. The others were Joe Morris, Rodney Hampton, and Tiki Barber. Nine runners in Giants’ history have reached the 1,000-yard mark.
New York Giants 2008 NFC East Division Championship Gear: New York Giants 2008 NFC East Division Championship gear is now available at NFL Shop.
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