New York Giants defenseive end Justin Tuck had a few simple words in response to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for telling his fans that they’re going to kick the Giants as*** this season.
Tuck told the media on Wednesday, “talk is cheap, play the game”
The Giants and Tuck have been playing according to those words for the past few seasons and because of it they’ve been able to come away with two Super Bowl wins. Maybe Jones needs to do less talking and make better personnel moves.
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New York Giants tight end Martellus Bennett told the media on Thursday that he has “ill feelings” towards the Dallas Cowboys.
“I just want to kick those guy’s asses,” Bennett said, via the New York Daily News.
“I don’t like a lot of people. I’m kind of an a–hole,” Bennett said.
The Giants better hope Bennett uses his anger to motivate himself to catch the ball, after all the drops he accumulated in Dallas.
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Following the comments that former Giants receiver Amani Toomer made about Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo being better than Eli Manning, former Giant and current FOX analyst Michael Strahan believes Toomer is a little nuts.
“You gotta check his house for bath salts,” Strahan told Hill & Schlereth on ESPN Radio.
Strahan believes Eli still doesn’t get enough respect after winning two Super Bowl’s.
“I look at Eli and I think he’s the only two-time-winning quarterback in the league who probably gets less respect than anybody else,” Strahan said. “And I think maybe it’s his demeanor, maybe it’s just the way he goes about his business where he’s not showy, and it’s doesn’t look fancy — and it’s not extravagant-looking.”
Strahan also said that this is ”not the same Eli” that he saw earlier in his career now that he’s found some confidence in himself.
Thanks to NFL.com for the quotes.
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According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, while appearing on Sirius XM NFL Radio, former New York Giants wide receiver Amani Toomer said that Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is better than Eli Manning.
Either Amani Toomer has gone insane now that he’s retired, or he’s trying to be unbiased now that he’s a part of the media. He could also want to be like ESPN’s Skip Bayless. I don’t know, you decide.
Here’s the audio of Toomer appearance on Sirius XM Radio.
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New York Giants tight end Martellus Bennett told Mike Garafolo of the Newark Star-Ledger that he really likes playing with Eli Manning because he doesn’t show favoritism when throwing the football, like most quarterbacks do.
“Just his approach. I mean, he’s just looking for the open guy. It doesn’t matter who it is or what number you are,” said Bennett. ”If you’re open, he’s going to hit you. You have to be ready. That’s what makes it so fun playing in this offense because anytime you beat your guy, you know you could get the ball.”
“Yeah, every quarterback has one or two guys they go to on most teams,” Bennett said. ”But here, it’s not really like that.”
I would think that Bennett is referring to Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, since it’s been obvious that his favorite target has been tight end Jason Witten.
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New York Giants defensive tackle Chris Canty told ESPN’s SportsNation, (via the Dallas Morning News) that the Dallas Cowboys haven’t been able to have as much success as the Giants because quarterback Tony Romo simply hasn’t performed well during crunch time.
“Romo’s a tremendous quarterback, statistically he’s a top five quarterback, that’s undeniable,” Canty said. “At the end of the day, in the clutch situations, he hasn’t performed as well as you would like him to. I think ultimately, that’s been the difference between their franchise and the Giants ability to be successful.”
Canty was asked if he feels as if he can force Romo into making some mistakes.
“Absolutely. Absolutely,” Canty responded. “Obviously, when you put pressure on any quarterback you can cause mistakes. I think Romo has been prone to make mistakes in the clutch situations and his team has not been able to be successful because of it.”
I completely agree with Canty’s assessment of Romo, he puts up great numbers but seems to crumble when the game is on the line.
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New York Giants secondary coach/safeties coach Dave Merritt told Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News a story of when he spoke with Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten at the Pro Bowl a couple of years ago.
Merritt said that Witten told him that the Cowboys don’t even bother throwing the ball in safety Kenny Phillips’ direction.
“Witten told me when I went to the Pro Bowl two years ago when Antrel invited me, Witten said, when 21′s in the post, we don’t even throw anything deep because we know he can go and get it.” Merritt said, ‘But if I see anybody else back there, (Tony) Romo knows, we’re going deep.’
“That’s comforting for me to hear.”
Even though Phillips under went microfracture surgery on his knee in 2009, he’s been one of the most underrated safety’s in the NFL. He possesses excellent sideline to sideline speed and can come up and play the run as well.
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During an interview with NBC Sports Talk, Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware was asked what the Cowboys need to do in order to win a Super Bowl. I want to caution all Cowboys fans that you may not like what he had to say.
“I really don’t like to talk about the Giants, but their team camaraderie, where they had the adversity right at the beginning, and then all of a sudden, it really kicked in,” Ware said. “The last maybe eight games, the blood sweat and tears really kicked in, the guys started feeling it and they had that swagger about themselves.”
Ware believes that in the end it has to do with the players and not the coaches.
“It’s not on the coaches at all, it’s all about the players,” Ware said. “It’s just being there for the man beside you.”
Ware is absolutely right, but the reason the Giants players came together is because of the leadership they have in the locker room and I don’t see any leadership in the Cowboys locker room.
You can see his interview below.
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According to the Dallas Morning News, Dallas Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr made an appearance on ESPN’s NFL Live and was asked how he plans on stopping New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz this coming season.
“I want to use all my body. I’m six-foot, 200 pounds. I know he’s got to run through me to get wherever he’s running, so I’m going to be patient at the line. All that salsa dancing, that’s fine, but you’ve got to come through me,” Carr said.
“I don’t plan on seeing no dancing.”
It’s nice to see how confident Carr is but at the end of the day he’s going to have to line up across from Cruz and prove that he can shut him down.
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It looks like the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys will have a score to settle on the field when they face off on Wednesday September 5th to kickoff the 2012 NFL regular season.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones isn’t too happy that Giants owner John Mara said that he wouldn’t win his grievance over losing $10 million in salary cap space.
On Tuesday, the NFL owners ratified the agreement between the league and the player’s union that’s taken away $36 million from the Washington Redskins and $10 million from the Cowboys.
Jones has insisted that his relationship with Mara is just fine but, “I would like to settle this on the field. Our relationship is good from my perspective.”
Jones was jokingly asked about a half time boxing match, he responded, “Not really. We will have all of this in the rear-view mirror hopefully by the time we get to this game.”
It will certainly be difficult for the Cowboys to go into MetLife Stadium on September 5th and win. Since the NFL instituted the season kickoff game in 2004, the defending Super Bowl champion is 8-0.
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