The Giants May Rest, but the Debate Will Not
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With his teamâs position in the playoffs locked, Giants Coach Tom Coughlin must decide whether the best strategy is to rest key players or to take a serious stab at upsetting the Patriots.
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The eight Giants chosen in last Aprilâs N.F.L. draft are still treated like rookies in the locker room, but have also increasingly become pieces to the teamâs sudden championship hopes.
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The Giants are not exactly fearing their game in Philadelphia on this first Sunday of the N.F.L. season. In many ways, they relish it.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Neither rain, sleet, nor snow - and not even Bills tight end Kevin Everett's inspirational return to Buffalo - could prevent the New York Giants from clinching a playoff berth yesterday.
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PHILADELPHIA - Go ahead and burn the season tickets. Hold them up like candles in the Jersey marshland winds. Start a parking lot vigil, right now, in the name of Eli Manning, because these Giants will have
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Two days before Sundayâs first-round playoff game against the Buccaneers in Tampa, Fla., the Giants and Coach Tom Coughlin remained a loose bunch.
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Giants Coach Tom Coughlin, for the first time in this surprisingly good but suddenly teetering season, grew animated Monday when confronted with hard questions about Sundayâs loss.
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Most of the Giants thought the squabbles surrounding Coach Tom Coughlin&#39;s rules on punctuality had long ended. They were 4-1 going into Sunday&#39;s game and admitting
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CHARLOTTE - Kurt Warner may still be the favorite to start the regular-season opener for the Giants. But Eli Manning isn&#39;t making Tom Coughlin&#39;s decision very easy.
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The Giants acknowledged that Saturdayâs game carries much more significance for the Patriots, but stopped far short of saying the game was meaningless to them.
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You don&#39;t have to be a brain surgeon to understand there are two Giants who absolutely can&#39;t get hurt if they are to reach the playoffs. Now, one of them is hurt.
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In the Tom Coughlin Era, the Giants have almost always been steeped in a back-page saga. On Sunday, they functioned for a normal cause: winning.
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It all depends on the viewpoint. One view looks solely at the bottom line. The Patriots entered their regular-season finale against the Giants tied for the fewest points allowed in the NFL, then proceeded to surrender a season-high 35 - 28 coming on defense and 7 on special teams.
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If the Giants hope to pull off the impossible and beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl, New York likely will have to follow a path set before it in some of the great sports upsets of all time.
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Injuries are the part of the game most controlled by fate, and the Giants, who were fraught with injuries last season, look more susceptible than usual.
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As incredible as it sounds, the Giants have hit must-win territory already. They have played one game, lost it badly, and have spent the ensuing week talking as much
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As much as the final score will be remembered, so, too, will the way the Giants managed to win a game that few expected them to even play.