At his meeting with reporters last year, Giants General Manager Jerry Reese talked about a sense of urgency after the Giants missed the playoffs in 2012. But the team stumbled to a 0-6 start. A second-half surge only lifted the Giants to 7-9, their first losing season since 2004. No predictions for this year
Midway through the workout at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center, the players headed en masse to the field house to drink water or Gatorade and to cool off. At the conclusion of the five-minute hydration period the players returned to the outdoor field and resumed practice.
Several players had to leave the opening practice yesterday with heat-related issues. A breeze and cloud cover made it cooler today, but Coughlin kept the break on the schedule.
Lane Johnson of the Philadelphia Eagles has been suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2014 regular season for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances.
Johnson will be eligible to return to the Eagles’ active roster on Monday, September 29 following the team’s September 28 game against the San Francisco 49ers.
Johnson is eligible to participate in all offseason and preseason practices and games.
Chris Snee was emotional at his press conference where he announced his retirement from the Giants after a ten year career that included two Super Bowl championships and multiple Pro Bowl appearances.
With the retirement Chris Snee, the Giants are forced to start over in putting a new offensive line together, while learning a new offense. Manning and his new protectors are looking at the positives of the situation they have been put into.
ANDREW HURST: There is nothing of greater importance than putting the proper fuel in your system both for competition as well as during the off-season. Just like with academics, the off-season is when the biggest strides are made. It is how you train when there are no games to play that scholarship athletes are made.
Eric Shantzer, a Doctor of Dental Surgery based in Richboro, PA gives an explanation on how sleep apnea works as a condition that can do much harm to the body while a person sleeps.
As he tries to “build the Penn State brand,” Franklin will also look to friends and former classmates at East Stroudsburg University. Dan DiZio and Len Lehman are the founding partners of the Philly Pretzel Factory which has well over 100 locations serving Philly soft pretzels.
Coach Franklin was in Philadelphia a few weeks ago as part of a Penn State coaches caravan.
Two new players Eagles fan will no doubt be keeping and eye on are safety Malcolm Jenkins and running back Darren Sproles who last year played for the New Orleans Saints.
Both played key roles in breaking a lot of Eagles fans hearts after the Saints defeated the Birds in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, by a score of 26–24 on a walk-off field goal.
Former Eagles great Mike Quick talks about draft day and his job to represent the Eagles for their second pick in the draft which turned out to be wide receiver Jordan Matthews of Vanderbilt.
