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Grading the Giants
OFFENSE: C+ Their first drive was a thing of beauty, 84 yards on 11 plays, alternating between jabs from Plaxico Burress and Brandon Jacobs, and finishing it off with an Eli Manning 1-yard body blow. After that, though, things slowed quite a bit. They...Tags: Brandon Jacobs, New York Giants, Eli Manning, Jeff Feagles, Lawrence Tynes
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Coughlin: No touches for Bradshaw not intentional
tom.rock@newsday.comIs Ahmad Bradshaw still on the team? Yes, and he did return a kickoff. But the second-year running back was left out of the rushing game. That wasn't by design, Tom Coughlin said. "I didn't get the rotation worked out the way I really would want to,"...Tags: Jason Taylor, Brandon Jacobs, New York Giants, Michael Strahan, Eli Manning
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Giants kick off Super Bowl defense with win
The Associated PressThe New York Giants kicked off their Super Bowl title defense with what else -- defense. Playing without Pro Bowl linemen Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora, the defense limited the new-look Washington Redskins to 11 first downs and 209 total yards and...Tags: Brandon Jacobs, Super Bowl, Michael Strahan, Eli Manning, Contracts
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Culpepper retires; Burress gets new deal
Daunte Culpepper, who starred for the Minnesota Vikings before a major knee injury in 2005 curtailed his career, announced his retirement in an e-mail yesterday, saying he has simply grown tired of fighting for one more opportunity. Culpepper completed...Tags: Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, Assault, Super Bowl, Daunte Culpepper
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Giants beat 'Skins, 16-7
Associated PressPlaying without Pro Bowl linemen Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora, New York's defense limited the Washington Redskins to 11 first downs and 209 total yards and gave indications that the Giants are back for another Super Bowl run in a 16-7 victory last...Tags: Brandon Jacobs, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Super Bowl, Michael Strahan
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Giants Open Title Defense With Victory
Courant Staff WriterIn the first game of their championship defense, the Giants emerged for 2008 looking not like a one-year-wonder but much like the team that stirred the country and shocked the world in February. Their offense dominated the first 28 minutes, their defense...Tags: Brandon Jacobs, Amani Toomer, Super Bowl, Michael Strahan, Eli Manning
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Skins feeling blue
The regular-season coaching debut of Jim Zorn wasn't the elixir that the Washington Redskins sought against a Super Bowl-winning defense.
Playing without Pro Bowl linemen Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora, the New York Giants limited the new-look...Tags: Shawn Springs, Jason Taylor, Brandon Jacobs, Super Bowl, Daunte Culpepper
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Defending champ Giants top 'Skins with defense
tom.rock@newsday.comEli Manning started the season with a 1-yard touchdown run that paralleled the opening-game effort. It was awkward at times, never quite a certainty, but ultimately effective. The Giants began the defense of their Super Bowl title with a 16-7 win over...Tags: Brandon Jacobs, Jason Taylor, New York Giants, Chris Samuels, Super Bowl
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Eli, not Favre, is No. 1 in town
wallace.matthews@newsday.comEli Manning is no better than the third-best player on his own offense. Plaxico Burress, with his hands of Velcro and nerves of steel, is surely better, as is Brandon Jacobs, a snorting bull in helmet and shoulder pads. And yet, Manning is the No. 1...Tags: Fran Tarkenton, Brandon Jacobs, Super Bowl, Eli Manning, Joe Namath
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Defensive Giants pound on 'Skins
Wire reportsThe New York Giants kicked off their Super Bowl title defense with what else — defense. Playing without Pro Bowl linemen Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora, the defense limited the new-look Washington Redskins to 11 first downs and 209 total yards...Tags: Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, Assault, Super Bowl, Daunte Culpepper
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Giants' Burress gets big deal, has big night
caitlin.strang@newsday.comAlthough he ushered in the 2008 regular season with 10 catches for 133 yards in the Giants' 16-7 victory Thursday night, Plaxico Burress' highlight reel for the day began three hours before kickoff. After spending the past couple months in contract...Tags: Super Bowl, Eli Manning, Contracts
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Giants follow familiar script
Associated PressEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants won the Super Bowl with defense and they kicked off defense of that title with more of the same. Playing without Pro Bowl linemen Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora, New York limited the new-look...Tags: New England Patriots, New York Giants, Super Bowl, Michael Strahan, National Football League
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