Article on DE Justin Tuck: Between This Super Bowl and Last, Justin Tuck Sees a Giant Difference by Mike Lupica of The Daily News
Editorials on Cardinals’ WR Anquan Boldin and the Giants:
- Cardinals’ Anquan Boldin a Nice Fit for Giants to Replace Plaxico Burress by Gary Myers of The Daily News
- Hey Giants, Make Anquan Your ‘Go Q Guy’ by Steve Serby of The New York Post
Article on Former Giants FB Maurice Carthon and QB Jeff Rutledge: Cards’ Upset Bid Has Giant Feel by Paul Schwartz of The New York Post
Quotes: LB Antonio Pierce on if he thinks WR Plaxico Burress will play for the Giants again: “I think it comes down to how he goes about his business. He holds the decision. If he does everything he needs to do, I don’t think he’s played his last game as a Giant. Mentally and demeanor-wise, if they thought he was so bad, they would’ve never signed him to that long-term contract. He’s made some bad choices and that was a very bad incident. But once you get in trouble like that, everything else you’ve done gets magnified 100 percent. It’s like the stuff (Michael) Strahan had to go through with his wife. I know that Plaxico loves football. It’s all he knows. Sometimes when it looks like you might lose that opportunity, it can have a powerful effect on a person.”
Pierce on Defensive Coordinator Bill Sheridan: “Now he’s a boss…the boss. It should be fun. I know Bill is going to come with his own personality, his own style, of course he’s going to keep what we kept with Spags because it’s been so successful, but at the same time Bill Sheridan has got to be Bill Sheridan. You can’t ask him to be Steve Spagnuolo. When we get back to work I expect him to do his thing and put his own stamp on this defense. They’re different and I’m not going to say how, I think over time we’ll all see. That’s good. I don’t want to be the same. I don’t want Bill to be Steve Spagnuolo. That’s like asking Antonio Pierce to be somebody else.”
Pierce on the Steelers and Cardinals – two teams the Giants beat in the regular season – being in the Super Bowl instead of the Giants: “I think it’s just a missed opportunity. You can’t whine and gripe. We didn’t take care of our business and they did. Those guys are deserving of it. They played good in the month of January. Like I always tell you guys, you’ve got to play well in the right month. We played well all regular season and didn’t play well in the offseason.”