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NY Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora to test injured ankle this week but return could still be 'a couple weeks' away


Osi Umenyiora plans to test out his injured ankle later this week, but the reality is that his return may still be “at least a couple more weeks” away.

According to a source familiar with his situation, Umenyiora is still recovering from the painful sprained ankle he suffered in New Orleans on Nov. 28. He was told at the time that he’d need 4-6 weeks to recover. The injury has already kept him out the last four games.

The Giants have asked him to give it a shot this week, the source said, and the defensive end plans on testing it either Thursday or Friday. But he is not optimistic that his ankle will hold up.

“He’s still not ready to play,” the source said. “In the end, he may try to play. But he needs at least a couple more weeks to properly heal.”

Umenyiora had hoped to return earlier than this. In fact, the source said he was initially told that surgery was an option, but he decided against it so he wouldn’t end his season. He will likely need a “clean-up” surgical procedure on his ankle when the season is over, but he had hoped to play down the stretch or at least in the playoffs.

Tom Coughlin only said that Umenyiora’s status for this week is “questionable.” It likely won’t be any clearer than that until late in the week.

BALLARD ON THE MEND

TE Jake Ballard said his injured knee was “getting better every day,” but he hasn’t even started running again, making it seem like his return is a longshot. Coughlin, though, said he’s hopeful Ballard will be ready to do some on-field work on Wednesday. . . . WR Mario Manningham (knee) “started to feel better at the end of (last) week,” Coughlin said, leading to hope that he’ll be able to practice this week and play against the Cowboys.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...a-couple-weeks-article-1.997138#ixzz1hkDewSF3
 
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NY Giants geared up for Dallas Cowboys with NFC East on the line, but history says Big Blue suffers from home field disadvantage


The stage is set for the Giants to get everything they’ve fought for all season. They couldn’t ask for much more than a winner-take-all game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night for the NFC East title.

The only thing that might be better for them is if the game were played someplace else.

The Giants welcome the chance to have this do-or-die game at MetLife Stadium, but the truth is they’ve had very few happy homecomings this season. They are just 3-4 in front of their home fans, including three absolute stinkers against the Redskins, Eagles and Seahawks.

Even in big games at home with a lot to play for, they have a tendency to fall flat on their face.

“We let a few slip away early on at home,” receiver Victor Cruz said Monday. “It’s a little frustrating. I don’t really have an answer for it. It’s just one of those weird things that kind of happens throughout the course of the season.”

“When we go on the road you always just have that mind-set of ‘me against the world,’ ” Justin Tuck added. “When you’re at home you have a tendency to relax in some ways. But that’s no excuse. We’ve got to play better at home. We all know that.”

They’ve known that for years, but with the exception of 2008 when they were 7-1 at old Giants Stadium, Tom Coughlin’s teams have been mediocre (33-30) in the Meadowlands. They’ve looked even worse this year.

On Oct. 9 they lost 36-25 at home to a bad Seattle Seahawks team that hadn’t won in the Eastern Time Zone in years and lost its starting quarterback midway through the game. On Oct. 30 at home, they needed a late rally to beat a winless Dolphins team, 20-17. They lost 17-10 at home to the Eagles on Nov. 20 when they had a chance to put the “Dream Team” away. They followed that with a lifeless 23-10 loss to the Redskins on Dec. 18 in a game that could’ve made their road to the playoffs a whole lot easier.

In each of those four games they were booed, sometimes relentlessly, for what looked like a passionless performance. They turned their home-field advantage into a House of Horrors.

How can that continually happen in their own building in such critical spots?

“If I had an answer to that,” Tom Coughlin said, “it would never happen.”

Could it be that they’re just too relaxed in a familiar environment?

“I don’t know why there would be (a tendency to relax),” Coughlin said. “It makes no sense to me. You’ve got outstanding people coming in to play against you. You should be able to turn everything to your advantage.”

Aside from their home opener back in September – a 28-16 win over St. Louis – they’ve only really done that once, in what turned into a hard-fought, 38-35 loss to the undefeated Green Bay Packers on a field goal with no time remaining. None of the other games was the kind of performance a true contender usually gives in its own building, unless you count the 29-14 win when the Giants were the “road team” against the Jets.

It’s hard to imagine the Cowboys – or any team, really – fear coming to play the Giants at the Meadowlands.

Of course, the Giants – who have lost three straight at home – hope they can turn all that around on Sunday night and feed off the energy of the moment and what Cruz called the fans’ “natural hate for the Cowboys.” These teams have never liked each other. Justin Tuck even broke out the “hate” words again on Monday.

Maybe that, plus the knowledge that their season is over with a loss, will spark the Giants to make their house a fun house for a change.

“I would think it is,” Tuck said. “I know our crowd is going to come out fired up for this game. I know our fans hate the Cowboys as much as I do.”

And those fans, by now, are owed a good home show from their sometimes erratic Giants.

“More than that,” Tuck said. “We owe it to ourselves.”
 
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I heard the winner of this game clinches the final NFC playoff spot.
 
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Right now it appears we may catch a break with the weather. Mostly cloudy and cool, but not ice cold. Also no chance of snow and little chance of rain. Could be a little windy however.
 
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We need to not have sone random bs tip pass interception to start the game. If we get down early garretts going 5 wide exclusively and JPP is gonna cause another to and that'll be that
 
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How is nobody else just enraged that this team hasn't locked up a playoff spot yet? That Arizona loss is just haunting us in so many ways.
 
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Very thrilled.

And I'm pissed about the losses where we just straight up gave the game away. It's one thing to get sodomized by Philly, but the Lions, Pats and Cardinals games kinda would have helped us out in the standings.
 
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even if we beat arizona...by losing next week, we would still be eliminated from the playoffs..nothing changes in that scenario
 
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Losing to the Giants, after being up by 12 with 5 minutes left.... now that one sucks a big dick.
 
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GloryDaysRBack said:
where did you see this line open at NY -1 midy?
Keep reading...

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no, the fact that the line opened at -1 is a slap in the face to the giants..where the line opens, imo, is the most important part of everything...it tells you exactly what vegas EXPECTS to happen...we are going to win this game...BOOK IT
 
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