Kenny Phillips News Archives

There's no way you can spin Sunday's loss to the Saints as being about the failures of Eli Manning .

Chris Canty wants to wear his No. 99 jersey on the field, but doctors still won't let him go.

What happened in the secondary? There were plenty of plays in which a cornerback seemed to be looking for help in a certain spot but didn't get it because a safety was being suckered in by play action.

As they were beating up on the Giants, Drew Brees and the Saints might have helped not only the Cardinals, but all those other offenses in the coming weeks set to go up against what used to be a formidable Giants defense.

Photo credit: Kathy Kmonicek / AP Rex Ryan, left, will try to restore order for the Jets this weekend against the Raiders, who are coming off an expected win against the Eagles.

The beat down the Giants received at the hands of the Saints was tough to watch.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley NEW ORLEANS -- This was supposed to be a measuring stick game for both teams.

Pressure Drew Brees The Saintsa offensive line is allowing one sack per game, which is one of the reason Drew Brees has a 108.4 quarterback rating.

That's a significant indicator of a great team - dominating the games on the schedule that they're expected to dominate.

Andy Furman, who runs the Ultimatenyg blog and who has contributed occasionally to the Fifth Down, sent us this item from one of his posts: Lots of people have been talking about the Giants vs.

The following quotes are from NFL scouts, coaches and front-office personnel, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Football Insiders: Check out Stewart Mandel's College Football Overtime . NEW YORK -- So we're a quarter of the way through the season, except for those four luckless teams that had the dumb Week 4 byes.

Grant-Lee Phillips, "Little Moon" "Little Moon" is mostly sunny. Grant-Lee Phillips' new album opens with the cheerful, jaunty "Good Morning Happiness," which hits the spot like a first cup of coffee.

While his painful heel injury is improving, Eli Manning is not guaranteeing he will quarterback the New York Giants this weekend against the Oakland Raiders.

Michael Boley's smile is fading as the Giants offseason addition will miss a month after undergoing knee surgery to repair a partially torn meniscus.

Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes is second in the N.F.L. in scoring with 32 points, just 4 behind running back Willis McGahee of Baltimore.

Nice week last week with the survivor picks going three-for-three , and each team won going away by 31, 20 and 19 points respectively.A Even my next two picks in the poll came through in blowout wins.

Even though the Giants beat the Cowboys last Sunday, they were still upset about allowing 251 rushing yards.

Getting Tom Coughlin to smile during his meetings with the press is not an easy task.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley Giants safety Kenny Phillips underwent microfracture surgery earlier this week -- and he wrote about it on his Web site .

Eds: APNewsNow. By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. New York Giants safety Kenny Phillips has had microfracture surgery on his left knee and will have to wait about five months before he can start to run.

Q: How does your knee feel? MATT CASSEL: "It is getting better each and every week." Q: Does it still bother you a little bit? CASSEL:" I wouldn't say really bothering me.