Giants 10 Ravens 24....Gross

The injuries showed in this third preseason game. Giants couldn't stop the ravens offense giving up 313 passing yds 229 of those belonging to Joe Flacco. They did however do a good job against the run giving up only 75 yds on 26 carries. Offensively nothing much to report pretty mediocre across the board. Ahmad Bradshaw looked good in spurts and is working himself towards a week 1 starting job in my opinion. This game deserves a double face palm because one just doesn't cut it.

Get your popcorn ready

New York Giants(1-1) vs Baltimore Ravens(2-0)

The Giants are coming off 24-17 loss versus the Steelers last week. The good news is Eli will be starting tonight the bad news is they're beat up with half the team out with injuries for the game tonight.

WR Ramses Barden (back)
WR Sinorice Moss (groin)
OL Kevin Boothe (PUP, Pec)
OL Shaun O'Hara (ankle)
RB D.J. Ware (concussion)
TE Travis Beckum (neck)
QB Jim Sorgi (shoulder)
DB Michael Johnson (back)
DB Aaron Ross (foot)
DB Terrell Thomas (calf)
DL Chris Canty (groin)
LB Chase Blackburn (knee).

Things to look out for

-The linebacker battle going on with Clint Sintim, Keith Bulluck and Jonathan Goff.
-Cornerback depth with Aaron Ross out with a heel injury
-VICTOR CRUUUUUUZZZZZZ!!

Melo to be traded?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AodsJaLMnPS4lZ_YRCsf_m05nYcB?slug=aw-anthonynuggets082610

According to Yahoo Sports

Carmelo Anthony wants out of Denver, and World Wide Wes delivered that message to the Nuggets with all the delicacy of a jackhammer at Sunday morning services. Do yourself a favor and trade him, the agent told the organization weeks ago.

Denver was furnished with a short list of teams and told to get to work. Yes, this how William Wesley and Leon Rose of CAA work now, thick with threats and ultimatums and a swagger suggesting that the sport belongs to them. After Anthony told owner-in-waiting Josh Kroenke that he still wanted out of Denver during a Sunday meeting, the Nuggets appear done trying to sell their All-Star forward on a contract extension.

This wasn’t a productive, nor particularly pleasant, meeting and multiple sources said it could turn out to be the point of no return for Anthony and the organization. Sources insist it’s no longer a matter of if the Nuggets trade Anthony, but when, where and for whom he’s traded for.

Call me a skeptic but I just don't see anything going down before the trade deadline in February.

Reality Check Carmelo Anthony Edition

I want to be clear about this so I’m just going to come out with it. The only way the Knicks are going to get Carmelo Anthony is if he plays out the season and signs in free agency. The Knicks don’t have enough of what Denver needs to make that happen. The Nuggets are going to want draft picks we don’t have any available until 2014. They would want a young established star another thing we don’t have, because as much as Knicks fans love Gallo around the leagues he is not known to be a star, plus some fillers expiring contracts and some nice role players. I think the only way it could possibly happen is if we clean house of all of our talent. Both Danilo Gallinari and Anthony Randolph among others would have to go along with Eddy Curry’s expiring contract and to be honest even with that if they do put him on the trade block they would probably go another route.

Big Blue Defensive Move

http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/giants/giants-lb-bulluck-goes-from-middle-to-outside-1.2234323

According to Newsday

For the last two days, Bulluck has been playing outside linebacker, the same spot he held down for a decade in Tennessee. It's also the spot that Clint Sintim had been penciled into as the starter since the 2009 season ended. Tuesday the two players shared first-team reps.

Suddenly there is competition at the position the Giants call their strong-side linebacker.

"I've never been one to worry about competition," Bulluck said.

Still, it came as a surprise when, on Monday morning, he was asked to move and make his old spot his new spot.

Giants linebacker Keith Bulluck is moving from middle to outside linebacker. Its a surprise move as many thought he was the veteran replacement for Antonio Pierce after they cut him at the end of the season. This puts Jonathan Goff at middle linebacker with Keith Bulluck and Micheal Boley on the outsides. From what I saw in the first two preseason games Jonathan Goff did a pretty serviceable job in the middle while Clint Sintim who was starting on the outside was invisible. Simtim's performance or lack thereof is probably the reason for the move. In other news it looks like Kenny Phillips is ready for more snaps. After playing for the first time since early last season this past weekend look for Phillips to have more than 6 snaps this week. It also looks like tomorrow Eli Manning will be practicing with a helmet for the first time since he got popped and was leaking like that BP pipe in the gulf in the preseason opener against the Jets.

Summer Reflection

Before I take on recent news I figured I would fill you guys in on how I feel about the Knicks and the moves made this summer. As we all know the Knicks have been one of the worst franchises in sports this past decade. Fast forward to 2008 the Knicks add Mike D’Antoni to the bench and Donnie Walsh to the front office and the frenzy begins. They were presented with the challenge of returning the Knicks franchise to it former glory. They spent the next two years making cap conscience moves bringing in disgruntled and unwanted veterans, destroying team chemistry and possibly slowing the maturation process of their young players. It was all in anticipation of the summer of 2010 when the best free agent class of all time, laden with franchise changing players, became available. 

The 2010 draft came and with their two second round picks the Knicks selected Syracuse guard Andy Rautins and Stanford unknown Landry Fields. Knicks fans responded with Landry who? What about that New York kid Lance Stephenson what are we doing? Well Landry fields won the heart of many Knicks fans with his play in the summer league and Lance Stephenson threw his girlfriend down the stairs…nice. Then the clock struck twelve on free agency the Knicks got Amare Stoudemire, Bulls got Carlos Boozer and the Heat got everybody else. Once LeBron’s 'Decision' was made public the Knicks didn’t sit on their hands they responded with one of the smartest yet miraculously uncovered moves of the offseason moving the already departing David Lee for Anthony Randolph, Ronny Turiaf and Kelenna Azubuike. Since then the Knicks have added a tough point guard in Raymond Felton, a sharp shooter in Roger Mason Jr, and a low risk high reward signing in Russian big man Timofey Mosgov.

What we Knicks fans need to remember about this summer is that the goal for the past two years was not just to get LeBron, there is no player so good that the mere prospect of getting him alone is worth purging your team for two years. The goal, which Donnie Walsh repeated ad nauseam for the past two years, was to get under the cap and have the flexibility to add talent to this team and win. If you use that as they measure of success I believe the knick have done well. They added a top 5 big man with playoff experience in Mike D’Antoni’s offense in Amare Stoudemire. The addition of Raymond Felton gives the Knicks a tough point guard who greatest assets are his speed and ability to get to the rim as well as his terrific perimeter defense. Anthony Randolph a 6'10 athletic specimen whose potential is arguably as high as any rookie in this years draft class. Ronny Turiaf a much needed defensive presence in the middle that block shots for you and is a great locker room presence. They also added Kelenna Azubuike and Roger Mason Jr. who are both true shooting guards who can shoot the rock. If you take into account player progression the Knicks have improved at every position while adding depth and a superstar. Raymond Felton >> Chris Duhon, Wilson Chandler 2010 > Wilson Chandler 2009, Danilo Gallinari 2010 >> Danilo Gallinari 2009, Amare Stoudemire > David Lee, Ronny Turiaf > Jared Jeffries.


So while we didn’t get the biggest fish in the pond, Donnie Walsh still succeeded in improving the roster by adding youth, athleticism, shooting, defense and most importantly winners.

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