September 23, 2010 New York Giants Injury Report: Not practicing yesterday were OC Shaun O’Hara (ankle/Achilles), LB Phillip Dillard (hamstring), OT Will Beatty (foot), and S Michael Johnson (back).
TE Kevin Boss (concussion) and CB Aaron Ross (foot) practiced fully. WR Mario Manningham (illness) and LB Chase Blackburn (knee) returned to practice. Blackburn was limited and Manningham fully practiced.
Giants Put in Waiver Claim for Tight End: According to the Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Giants were one of three teams to put in a waiver claim for TE Mickey Shuler, Jr., who was waived on Wednesday by the Minnesota Vikings. However, Shuler was awarded to the Dolphins. The Colts were the other team that was interested in Shuler.
Article on Antel Rolle and Justin Tuck: Giants’ Antrel Rolle, Justin Tuck Clear Air Over Rolle’s ‘So-Called Leaders’ Comment by Mike Garafolo of The Star-Ledger
Article on the New Meadowlands Stadium: Giants’ Storied History, in 5,000 Square Feet by Judy Battista of The New York Times
Quotes: Defensive Coordinator Perry Fewell on the Giants’ problems stopping the run with their nickel and dime defenses: “I still think that we can stop the run with six in the box. I learned that we weren’t as sharp as we should have been and that our run fits with the two backers that we had in the football game at that point in time, that we have to concentrate more on that, that if there was an emphasis that should have been tilted one way or the other…hindsight is 20/20, but you took a team that for 13 years, they’ve thrown the football every down. Every year I’ve played them they’ve thrown the football every down. And they had a good plan of attack, so, again, just using our personnel and doing what we like to do, we should have and we could have done a better job.”
Offensive Coordinator Kevin Gilbride on pass protection against the Colts: “(The tackles) struggled against two outstanding pass-rushers in a hostile, loud environment last week so we’ll at least have the benefit of being home, which is a good thing now that…they’ve got to play better and just our unit has to play better because we never ask just our tackles to block. We’ve been helping our tackles for years with chips here and tight ends there. The guards have to slide on all of those things. They didn’t have their best game but we didn’t have as good of a game as we needed to as a unit in helping assist those guys, especially under the conditions of last Sunday.”
DE Justin Tuck on S Antrel Rolle’s criticism of the team’s leadership: “The only thing I was upset about was he didn’t come to me first, and we’re a team. So we’ll talk. We haven’t talked. We will talk, and I’ll figure out what exactly he meant by what he did. If he’s got a problem with how I lead, that’s fine. That’s his opinion. I mean, none of us are perfect. I’m not going to sit here and tell you I’m the best leader. When I make a mistake, I own up to it. And obviously against the Colts, we didn’t do a good job in leadership because the score reflected that.”
