From the NFL media release:
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
WASHINGTON REDSKINS AT NEW YORK GIANTS
SERIES
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REDSKINS |
GIANTS |
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SERIES LEADER |
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85-61-4 |
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STREAKS |
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3 of past 4 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Zorn: 0-0 |
Coughlin: 6-5 |
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LAST GAME |
12/16/07: Redskins 22 at Giants 10. Making his 1st start in 10 years, Washington QB Todd Collins engineers 5 scoring drives. RB Clinton Portis registers 126 yards & 1 TD. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
12/16/07 |
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BROADCAST |
NBC (7:00 PM ET): Al Michaels, John Madden & Andrea Kremer (Field reporter). Westwood One Radio: Marv Albert, Boomer Esiason, John Dockery (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 124 (Westwood), 126 (Was.), 127 (NYG). |
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STATS
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PASSING |
Campbell: 250-417-2,700-12-11-77.6 |
E. Manning: 297-529-3,336-23-20-73.9 |
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RUSHING |
Portis: 325-1,262 (3C)-3.9-11 (2C) |
Jacobs: 202-1,009-5.0-4 |
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RECEIVING |
Cooley (TE): 66-786-11.9-8 |
Burress: 70-1,025-14.6-12 (T2C) |
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OFFENSE |
333.4 |
331.4 |
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TAKE/GIVE |
-5 |
-9 |
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DEFENSE |
305.3 (3C) |
305.0 (2C) |
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SACKS |
Taylor (Mia.): 11.0 |
Tuck: 10.0 |
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INTs |
Springs: 4 |
Madison: 4 |
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PUNTING |
Brooks (R) (Pre.): 42.8 |
Feagles: 40.4 |
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KICKING |
Suisham: 116 (29/30 PAT; 29/35 FG) |
Carney (KC, Jax.): 63 (27/28 PAT; 12/14 FG) |
NOTES
REDSKINS: Rookie head coach JIM ZORN makes NFL debut…QB JASON CAMPBELL passed for career-best 2,700 yards & had 60.0 comp. pct. (250-417)…RB CLINTON PORTIS rushed for 1,262 yards & has 1,250+ rush yards in 5 of 6 career seasons. When Portis has 100+ rush yards, his teams are 28-9 (.757)…Pro Bowl TE CHRIS COOLEY has 27 TDs since entering NFL in 2004, most in NFC among TEs. WR SANTANA MOSS has 351 rec. & 5,497 yards for 15.7 avg., 4th highest among active players with 5,000+ yards. Incl. playoffs, WR-PR ANTWAAN RANDLE EL has 24 career TDs (13 rec., 6 PR, 4 pass, 1 KR)…LB-DE JASON TAYLOR could make Redskins debut. Has 117 career sacks, most among active players. Taylor (Mia, 2006) & CB SHAWN SPRINGS (2004) are 2 of 5 players in NFL history to lead team in sacks & INTs…GIANTS: Have 46 wins in openers (46-32-5), 3rd-most in NFL history…Head coach TOM COUGHLIN aims for 4th consecutive postseason berth…QB ELI MANNING passed for 3,336 yards & 23 TDs last year, joining PHIL SIMMS as only NYG QBs with 3,000+ yards & 20+ TDs in 3 seasons in row. Manning & Simms are only NYG QBs to be named SB MVP…Rush offense was 2nd in NFC (134.3 yards per game). RB BRANDON JACOBS led team in rushing with 1st 1,000-yard season (1,009). Had 130 yards in last meeting…WR PLAXICO BURRESS led team with 70 receptions, 1,025 yards & 12 TDs – 1st Giant since DEL SHOFNER (1961-62) to post back-to-back seasons with 10+ rec. TDs. WR AMANI TOOMER is team leader in catches (620), rec. yards (8,917) & rec. TDs (50). TE KEVIN BOSS had 1st career TD in last meeting…Defense led NFL with 53 sacks. DE JUSTIN TUCK had career-best 10 sacks. DE MATHIAS KIWANUKA had 1.5 sacks in his last game vs. Was. LB ANTONIO PIERCE led team in tackles last year.
I am pumped for the game tonight! How awesome would it be to have the Redskins beat the defending Super Bowl Champs to start the opener??? I think the Giants have a great deal of talent but I also think they got hot at just the right time as well last year. I will take our D over the G-mens D and our RB and TE over the Giants as well. It’s great to have the NFL again and with the NFC East going to have 4 great power teams it’s going to a fun season in which I hope the Skins surprise a lot of people. I already got my opener tickets next week vs the Saints. Since I belong to the Redskins myspace page I got a coupon code: RXL5 and I saved like $30 extra on my eSellOut tickets if anyone else might be interested?
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Should be fun, I hope the Eli Manning looks like the Eli many of us have grown to laugh at over the years and not the Eli who was Super Bowl MVP. I think a healthy dose of CP will be more than enough to beat the Giants tonight!