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Jets Look for Giant Win
By Jason Keidel It’s been 45 years since the Jets have been atop the totem pole of New York City sports. Since Joe Namath flexed his forefinger out of the Orange Bowl. Since Woodstock and the Miracle...
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Vikings-Giants To Play In Prime-Time Dec. 27
NEW YORK (AP) — The Giants’ Monday night win over Miami means they will play on Sunday night in two weeks. The NFL announced earlier Monday that its Dec. 27 prime-time match-up would hinge on the...
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Giants Pose A Big, Blue Speed Bump To Panthers’ Perfect Season
By Jason Keidel As the Carolina Panthers rumble into MetLife Stadium to play the New York Giants, there are enough plots and subplots to fill a playbook. While the Giants have the pedigree and four...
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Beckham Gone Wild, Coughlin Gone Missing
By Jason Keidel It’s hard to say when Odell Beckham Jr lost his marbles and morphed into some flesh-hungry creature out of Ash vs Evil Dead. But yesterday’s performance against the Carolina Panthers...
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NFL Suspends Giants WR Beckham For Game Against Vikings
NEW YORK (AP) — Losing control during Sunday’s loss to the Panthers will cost Giants star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. one game. The NFL on Monday suspended Beckham for next weekend’s visit to Minnesota...
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No Worries About Adrian Peterson’s Left Ankle
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings aren’t concerned about running back Adrian Peterson’s sprained left ankle. Players were given Monday off, but Peterson was at the team facility for...
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Odell Beckham’s Appeal To Be Heard Wednesday
NEW YORK (AP) — Odell Beckham Jr. is going to have his appeal of his one-game suspension heard by a former NFL receiver. The NFL said Tuesday that former Washington and Philadelphia wide out James...
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Peterson Confident He’ll Play Sunday, But Will Skip Practice
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson says he’s confident he’ll play this weekend against the New York Giants despite a sprained left ankle that forced him out for...
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Vikings Get Giants, Without Star Receiver Beckham
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As in the rest of life, the approach of the end of the NFL season can prompt reflection of recent performance and experience. The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the most...
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Walsh Named NFC Special Teams Player Of The Week
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — For a team-best fifth time, Blair Walsh has been named the NFC special teams player of the week. The Vikings’ kicker was honored for his role in securing Minnesota’s 49-17 win over...
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Should An NFL Team Hire Tom Coughlin As Head Coach?
By Jason Keidel For such an innovative enterprise, the NFL is alarmingly retrograde in some ways. Every winter, some forlorn owner buries his head in the recycle bin to find his next head coach. It...
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Keidel: Watching Football Is So Much Better Now
By Jason Keidel On some fall Sunday last year, while nestled next to my girlfriend, focused on the 50-inch flat panel throwing football colors at us, I suddenly swelled with gratitude. “Do you realize...
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Ready To Play: Giants’ Jay Bromley Talks New Teammates, How He Gets Ready For...
It’s a long and tough road to get to the NFL for most players, but it might be an even more difficult task to get yourself mentally and physically “Ready To Play” in the NFL week in and week out. As we...
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Keidel: Beckham, Norman And The Game Within The Game
By Jason Keidel Normally, a September game between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins is hardly can’t-miss, soap-operatic television. But when you consider the Redskins are the defending NFC...
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WWE-NFL Connection: Big E’s Friend Plays For Giants, Is Hilarious
By Chuck Carroll Chris Jericho has a best friend. His name is Kevin Owens. Big E has a best friend, too. I’m not sure his name is Adam Gettis. In fact, he may not even be in the top 10, or even top 20...
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4 Things To Know: Downtown Mpls. Shootings, Kardashian Robbery & More
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — From overnight shootings in downtown Minneapolis to the armed robbery of Kim Kardashian, here are the four stories to know from Oct. 3, 2016. Downtown Minneapolis Shootings...
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Keidel: Beckham Goes From Competitive To Destructive
By Jason Keidel Before we proceed, we must agree on two items: 1) Odell Beckham Jr. is an absurdly gifted football player, whose eye-defying catches are rare, even by the NFL’s high standards. 2) His...
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Keidel: Can The Eagles, Giants Catch The Cowboys?
By Jason Keidel Though the Dallas Cowboys are 6-1, and have resumed their campy title as “America’s Team,” there are other football teams in the NFL in general, and in the NFC East in particular. Two...
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Keidel: Calm Down, Cowboys Fans
By Jason Keidel The NFL’s haunting vocational acronym, Not For Long, has long applied to the length of the average football player’s career, which hovers around three years. But it could also apply to...
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Thursday Night Breakdown: Giants Play For Seed; Eagles For Pride
By Danny Cox The New York Giants (10-4) and Philadelphia Eagles (5-9), rivals in a strong NFC East, often find themselves competing for a playoff spot. But not this year. While the division will likely...
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Keidel: In Praise Of Eli Manning, The Greatest QB In Giants History
By Jason Keidel The world west of the Hudson River may not be so acutely aware, but there still are two NFL teams in the Big Apple, though recently neither has made news worth crossing the George...
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What If The NFL Were Like European Soccer And Had A Loan System?
Tom Bogert, CBS Local Sports In European soccer, there are no trades and there is no draft. Players are developed through youth systems, some starting as young as eight years old, or they’re purchased...
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Keidel: Wild Card Weekend Could Be A Wild One
By Jason Keidel The first playoff football buffet kicks off this Saturday, appropriately called Wild Card Weekend. Last year, the road teams won all four games. That’s not likely this year, with some...
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Adrian Peterson Claims Interest In 3 Other NFL Teams
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Adrian Peterson is currently under contract with the Minnesota Vikings, but it’s looking more and more likely his days in purple are coming to an end. Peterson appeared on ESPN’s...
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Rookie Spotlight: Giants Have A New Offensive Weapon In Evan Engram
By Michael Ferro Name: Evan Engram Height: 6’3″ Weight: 240 lbs Position: Tight End School: Mississippi Draft Pick: 23rd overall in First Round The No. 23 overall pick in the first round of the 2017...
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Fantasy Football QB Breakout Candidates
By Matt Citak With opening kickoff right around the corner, it’s time to prepare for your upcoming fantasy football draft. Most fantasy rosters consist of a majority of proven veterans, some young...
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CBS Sports’ Phil Simms On Week 5 Patriots-Buccaneers TNF Matchup, More
By Matt Citak The New England Patriots entered the season as favorites to win Super Bowl LII. But after two losses in four games, including this past Sunday’s last-second defeat against the Carolina...
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CBS Sports’ Adam Schein On NFL’s Biggest Storylines Going Into Week 6
By Matt Citak We’re only five games in, and yet the 2017 NFL season has already been full of surprises. The New England Patriots, who some people believed could go 16-0 this year, lost their first game...
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Keidel: New York Giants Are Just Plain Bad
By Jason Keidel The area around the Meadowlands have a certain, native smell. It’s a cocktail of swamp and smoke and the shards of industry. But if you drove by yesterday afternoon, the area was...
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2017 NFL Holiday Wish List
By Matt Citak The Holiday season is upon us, which means people are putting together their lists of gifts they would like to receive. Similar to us, people all across the National Football League also...
View ArticleReport: Giants To Hire Vikings OC Pat Shurmur As Head Coach
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minnesota Vikings season is still very much alive and well, but Mike Zimmer might have to find a new offensive coordinator for next year. According to an NFL.com report, the...
View ArticleGiants Hire Vikings OC Shurmur As Head Coach
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur has been hired as the New York Giants head coach. The Giants announced the hiring late Monday afternoon, less than 24...
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Keidel: Should The Giants Pick Saquon Barkley?
By Jason Keidel Even the most ardent football fans must be suffering from some form of mock draft fatigue. With the real NFL Draft coming this week, we’ve seen every projection, permutation and...
View ArticleNFL Training Camp: What To Expect From The NY & LA Teams This Season
Ryan Mayer NFL teams have all gotten their first preseason games under their belt and are now gearing up for game number two. As we get deeper into camp, the positional battles become more important,...
View ArticleVikings Acquire Center Brett Jones In Trade With Giants
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings, who are running out of time before the regular season begins for rehabilitating center Pat Elflein to return, took a step toward protecting themselves by...
View ArticleGiants-Cowboys Preview: Can The Giants’ Defense Slow The Cowboys’ Passing Game?
(CBSNewYork) — The NFC East is shaping up to be competitive, though probably not in the way its teams had hoped. After Week 4, the Philadelphia Eagles lead the division with a 1-2-1 record. The...
View ArticleNFL Week 6 NFC East Picks: Don Bell Says Ravens ‘Physicality’ Will Be Too...
(CBS Philadelphia) — Should the NFC East just go ahead and change their name to the NFC Least? Heading into Week 6, the division currently has four wins among its four teams. For reference, the...
View ArticleVikings, Giants Shed Slow Starts, Move Into Playoff Position
(AP) — The New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings are in position to pull off remarkable turnarounds. The Giants have bounced back from an 0-5 start to the season and are now tied for first place with...
View ArticleNFL Week 14 NFC East Picks: ‘Arizona Offense Is Really The Difference In Why...
(CBS New York) — Judging by the standings, and many other metrics, the NFC East is the worst division in football. The New York Giants, winners of four in a row, sit atop the pile with a 5-7 record....
View ArticleFormer Vikings TE Kyle Rudolph Signing With New York Giants
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Former Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph, a stalwart on the purple and gold offense for a decade, announced via Instagram he’s headed to the New York Giants. The Vikings cut...
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