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Here Is The Ultimate Eli Manning Derp Face
Via The Big Lead. The Giants' struggles may not all be on the quarterback, but this image is a pretty tidy summary of what 0-6 looks like....

Giants Have Too Many Questions For Teddy Bridgewater To Be The Answer
No quarterback receives more excuses for his interceptions than Eli Manning–which isn't at all to say those excuses don't have some validity. A few years ago, it did seem that an inordinate number of picks bounced off the hands of his receivers. This season, playing behind an offensive line composed...

So Many Manningfaces: Your Giants-Bears Roundup
Bears 27, Giants 21: A game on short rest was the least helpful thing to the Giants' 0-5 woes. New York actually held it together for the most part, though, and their defense gave the team a chance. Unfortunately, Eli Manning's turnovers severely hindered the offense. Matt Schaub knows how you're ...

Meet The Prankster Who Offered Dungy The USC Job. He's At It Again.
[Update, Dec. 9: Tarr has been arrested and charged with felony eavesdropping.]...

Why Your Cardinals Suck
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates last night, because the Cardinals don't like it when another team like the Pirates or Nationals dares to threaten their self-appointed status as America's Baseball Sweethearts. They'll move on to face the GLORY BOY Dodgers in the NLCS, and somehow ...

Hoboken Mayoral Candidate Burns Eli Manning In Dumb Open Letter
Poor Eli Manning. He's already five weeks into what is by far the worst season of his career, he's been playing with what is essentially a permanent Manning Face, and now he's catching shit from some guy who's running for the mayoralty of Hoboken, N.J. ...

New York City Strip Club Says It Won't Show Giants Games Anymore
Breaking: People go to strip clubs to watch football. And at Rick's Cabaret in New York City, the football being played by the winless New York Giants is a total buzzkill. So now there's a new policy at Rick's: No more Giants games on the TVs this season....

Two Coaches, One Review
Tom Coughlin reacts to a wasted challenge when refs uphold a questionable call on a LeSean McCoy catch on the sideline....

More Like The New York Fumble Giants
Brandon Jacobs, brought (back) in to bolster a shaky and turnover-prone running game, fumbled without ever being touched....

Gah, So Close!
What looked like a no-doubt-about-it interception wound up being a 56-yard hookup between Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson. LeSean McCoy punched it in shortly thereafter for a 13-7 lead midway through the second quarter....

David Wilson Scores TD, Does Double Backflip
Not sure if it's a touchdown celebration or a didn't-fumble celebration. Maybe both....

Chart: Eli Manning Has Started 150 Consecutive Games; We Are Old
Eli Manning made his 150th consecutive start for the Giants this Sunday, completing 18 of 37 passes for 217 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. The excellent New York Times graphics team has put Manning's feat of longevity into historical context, creating an interactive chart that chronicle...

Why People Hate Darren Rovell
This weekend, Steve Kandell at BuzzFeeᴅ took a brief respite from posting listicles of shit that makes you feel old to do a big #longread on ESPN sports business reporter and Boiler Room extra Darren Rovell. As usual, Rovell comes across as an unapologetic industry hack, someone who found his niche...

Dexter McCluster Returns Punt For Touchdown, Trolls Victor Cruz
After being brought down just shy of the first-down marker on a third-down play, Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz had to watch Dexter McCluster house a punt on the very next play. And then, to add insult to injury, McCluster stole Cruz's signature victory dance. That's cold blooded. ...

Victor Cruz Burns His Man Easily For A Touchdown
Outside of a wee bit of hand fighting, Dunta Robinson should have just not covered Victor Cruz. It would have produced the same result. Cruz flat out beat Robinson in a foot race and effortlessly scored a 69-yard touchdown....

Barry Zito's Endless Summer In San Francisco Is Mercifully Over
One of the worst MLB contracts in history has concluded after seven grueling seasons. Barry Zito made his last start as a Giant on Wednesday and will walk away from San Francisco after seven years, having pocketed $126 million, the last $7 million of which comes in form of a buyout. There are lots ...