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EAGLES ATTACK ELI'S MANN-HOOD
SAY GIANTS QB GETS 'RATTLED' EASILY
By PAUL SCHWARTZ
NY Post
January 3, 2007 -- Extra, extra, read all about it. Eagles defensive end Trent Cole says Giants quarterback Eli Manning can and will be rattled Sunday in the NFC playoff game pitting two longstanding and fierce rivals.
"You get him rattled and his game starts going downhill," Cole said.
Surely, the Giants have read the comments.
Or perhaps not.
"I don't read garbage," right tackle Kareem McKenzie said yesterday.
What about left tackle David Diehl, who in his new role gets to line up against Cole play after play?
"Let's just say it's going to be a great challenge," Diehl said, chuckling. "It's not about talking; they're doing enough of it. We know what it's going to be like, we know what they're going to try doing. That's fine, let 'em do all the talking, we're just gonna play football."
One day gone, and the chatty Giants have held their tongues, which qualifies as some sort of self-restraint record for this team this season. As fervently as they publicly stand behind Manning, the Giants know they can't rely on the offense revolving around the 234-yard rushing outburst by running back Tiki Barber that saved them last weekend in Washington. The Eagles are going to fill the box with run-stoppers, including safety Brian Dawkins, and dare Manning to beat them with his arm. It's a simple strategy and also completely appropriate, given Manning's inability to make a defense pay.
"Eli's a young kid still," Barber said. "People are expecting him to play like a 28 year old. He's 25 years old [turns 26 today], he's in his third season in the NFL, everything doesn't happen quickly. I didn't get it until five years. You give him time, you support him and you build around him as it goes.
"Eli can handle anything. It's just a matter of us protecting him and keeping him confident so he's not getting hit, not feeling pressure and forcing himself into mistakes."
SAY GIANTS QB GETS 'RATTLED' EASILY
By PAUL SCHWARTZ
NY Post
January 3, 2007 -- Extra, extra, read all about it. Eagles defensive end Trent Cole says Giants quarterback Eli Manning can and will be rattled Sunday in the NFC playoff game pitting two longstanding and fierce rivals.
"You get him rattled and his game starts going downhill," Cole said.
Surely, the Giants have read the comments.
Or perhaps not.
"I don't read garbage," right tackle Kareem McKenzie said yesterday.
What about left tackle David Diehl, who in his new role gets to line up against Cole play after play?
"Let's just say it's going to be a great challenge," Diehl said, chuckling. "It's not about talking; they're doing enough of it. We know what it's going to be like, we know what they're going to try doing. That's fine, let 'em do all the talking, we're just gonna play football."
One day gone, and the chatty Giants have held their tongues, which qualifies as some sort of self-restraint record for this team this season. As fervently as they publicly stand behind Manning, the Giants know they can't rely on the offense revolving around the 234-yard rushing outburst by running back Tiki Barber that saved them last weekend in Washington. The Eagles are going to fill the box with run-stoppers, including safety Brian Dawkins, and dare Manning to beat them with his arm. It's a simple strategy and also completely appropriate, given Manning's inability to make a defense pay.
"Eli's a young kid still," Barber said. "People are expecting him to play like a 28 year old. He's 25 years old [turns 26 today], he's in his third season in the NFL, everything doesn't happen quickly. I didn't get it until five years. You give him time, you support him and you build around him as it goes.
"Eli can handle anything. It's just a matter of us protecting him and keeping him confident so he's not getting hit, not feeling pressure and forcing himself into mistakes."
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