January 29, 2008 New York Giants Injury Report – Ross Says He Doesn’t Have the Flu: CB Aaron Ross said yesterday that he does not have the flu. He said that he was nauseous on the plane on Monday due to a pill that was supposed to ward off getting sick.
When asked how his injured ankle was feeling yesterday, WR Plaxico Burress responded, “I am probably about 97 percent, which is really good.”
Article on WR Plaxico Burress: Plax’s Talk Not Cheap to Giants by Ralph Vacchiano of The Daily News
Article on Running Backs Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw: Jacobs, Bradshaw: Desert Storm by Steve Serby of The New York Post
Article on QB Eli Manning: Underdog by Adam Sternbergh of New York magazine
Notes and Quotes: The City of Boston is already planning a Super Bowl victory parade for Tuesday, February 5th.
Also, although it was just pulled by Amazon.com, you could have pre-ordered “19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England’s Unbeatable Patriots” published by the Boston Globe. “If people go out and buy that book before (Sunday), they’re going to be pretty pissed off,” said HB Brandon Jacobs.
President and CEO John Mara on not firing Tom Coughlin last offseason: “One of the first things he (Coughlin) said was that he needed to make some changes. He said that there were a lot of things that he could improve upon and he talked about some of those things and some of the changes he wanted to make, so that to me was huge. The other thing that was important to me was that I never got the sense that last year there was a mutiny in the locker room or a movement to get rid of him. I talked with the players and the people who were down there with the players every day and there were enough people that did not want him to leave. They still believed in him and that was a big factor in the decision to bring him back.”
Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo on S James Butler: “The guy running the show back there, James Butler, has been invaluable to all of us.”
Offensive Coordinator on the game plan against the Patriots for Super Bowl XLII: “It’s hard, because they’ve seen everything. They know what we do. We could maybe package something a little bit differently or go to a different formation or do something a little different in terms of motion-shifting. But, it’s hard to change who you are and what you do at this point. We’ll have a wrinkle or two, and hopefully we’ll catch them off-guard. The essence of the game is going to come down to if we out-execute them with our offense going against their defense.”
WR Plaxico Burress on the Giants: “I just love the guys that I play with. I don’t think it’s about us being teammates. It’s more like a brotherhood. We have so much respect for each other. We love one another. We just go out and fight. We go out and play our hearts out, even when nobody gives us a chance. We have an opportunity to win a championship. I am very happy to be here, and I wouldn’t want to be here with anybody else, as far as guys I suit up with and strap my helmet up with.”
DE/DT Justin Tuck on the Giants: “We’re a pack of brothers. That’s rare. I don’t think I’ve been on a team where everybody seems to get along. No fights break out at practice; you don’t really see anyone arguing, other than about their college teams and things like that. We’re just blessed to have this group. To come together the way we have is a testament to this coaching staff and this team.”