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The mysterious fitness methods of Joe McKnight

The good news: Joe McKnight bulked up this offseason in the hopes of vying for more carries and more regular role in the offense. He’s at 216 pounds now, up from 198 last year. When the season starts, he hopes to be in the 205-210 range. More

Posted on May 18th, 2012 3:00pm

What's a middle linebacker? And other questions to be answered by the Giants

It's still anyone's guess what the Giants' linebacking corps will look like this season.

Chase Blackburn is penciled in as the starting middle linebacker at the moment, but defensive coordinator Perry Fewell said Keith Rivers, Greg Jones and Mark Herzlich will compete for the position. Earlier in the offseason, general manager Jerry Reese mentioned Michael Boley, which basically means that every linebacker other than Mathias Kiwanuka and Jacquian Williams is a candidate for the job. More

Posted on May 18th, 2012 1:30pm

Greg Hanlon commented on Matt Bahr on kicking the Giants to a championship while 'dinged up'

I totally remember that game against the Tim Rosenbach-Garth Jax "Phoenix" Cardinals. The idea that the perfect start would be ruined by that scrubby team was pretty horrifying, but luckily Hoss gave a preview of things to come. The Giants struggled late in the year against the Cardinals too, part of that string of dispiriting performances that had everyone writing them off before the playoffs started.

Posted on May 17th, 2012 7:25pm

Latest, @capitalnewyork Matt Bahr on kicking the Giants to a championship while 'dinged up' http://t.co/xW9P8RwI

Matt Bahr on kicking the Giants to a championship while 'dinged up'

Another data point on how concussion awareness has evolved, and the tangled web between head injuries and everything that has ever happened on a football field: It turns out that Matt Bahr was suffering the after-effects of a severe concussion when he kicked the game-winning field goal that sent the Giants to the Super Bowl in 1990. More

Posted on May 16th, 2012 11:48am

Good stuff by @reidpillifant on the June Espaillat-Rangel primary in Upper Manhattan, which should be fascinating: http://t.co/lYvK8dSW

Greg Hanlon commented on Osi agrees with Kurt Warner about kids and football; Ahmad Bradshaw enters his 'thunder' phase

Wilson's very exciting, and the beat reporters all said/tweeted that they were impressed by his burst. It should be fun to watch him develop. I neglected to link to this in my piece, and not sure if you've seen this already, but here's a great breakdown of his strengths/areas for improvement by Chris Burke in Si.com: http://nfl.si.com/2012/05/03/boom-or-bust-is-david-wilson-new-yorks-next-big-star/#more-5039 Randle's exciting too, and so is Marty B. If Kevin Boss and Jake Ballard can put up pretty good numbers in this offense, I'm sure Bennett can too.

Posted on May 11th, 2012 6:36pm

@pinzler @greghanlon Do I get a $1 million cash prize?

Some actual buzz around Mets-Marlins series, writes @howardmegdal http://t.co/kryKjGqn

Great work by @tommcgeveran Jason Horowitz and 'The Washington Post' won, and the rest is political noise http://t.co/IOGj9ajc