On a night where many of the Blue Jays painted on dark 'staches in due respect to legendary manager Cito Gaston for his final home game, the Yanks took an 8-4 loss. Javy Vazquez took the ball for the Yanks and did exactly what everybody figured he'd do, give up a 3-run homer at some point. It was a 4-0 ballgame where it came to a crossroads in the 5th inning. Runners on first and second, 2 out, and Javy's pitch count just reaching 90. On many occaisions Joe Girardi has been in a similar situation whether its CC, Hughes, Nova, or Burnett on the hill in the middle of some chaos. Instead of giving Vazquez the hook like he would've CC, Hughes, Nova, or A.J., (for good reason) he leaves him in, and sure enough a 3 run homer off the bat of Aaron Hill follows. This makes it a 7-0 game, and really hurts the chances of winning a ballgame the same night the Tampa Bay Rays drop one to the O's, ground could've been made up however it wouldn't.
A-Rod homered to lead off the following half inning, and 2 more runs would follow to make it 7-3. Wow if Vazquez was pulled when he should've been that's a 1 run ballgame. In front of the biggest Blue Jay crowd in years, the Jays beat the Yanks with the fans chanting "Yankees suck" in the 8th and 9th inning. For a team that hasn't made the playoffs in over 15 years, and the Yanks being the team who have made it 14 times in those last 15 years, its kind of farfetched. Yanks stay a half game behind Tampa, and need to finish a game better than them because of the tiebreaker they hold, thanks to Girardi basically forfeitting the last 2 games of the 4 game series versus the Rays.
According to http://www.riveraveblues.com/, the Yanks have announced they will go with a 3 man rotation even with the shorter gaps between playoff games this year. That rotation consists of CC Sabathia, Andy Pettitte, and drum roll please......A.J. Burnett. Just kidding, Phil Hughes will be the game 3 starter. Short rest will play a role in the Yankee postseason, so here we go.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Clinch; CC nears CG
The Yankees have clinched playoff contention for the 14th time in the last 15 years last night in a 6-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. It was one of those, "this guy is the best pitcher in the league" games from CC Sabathia (21-7.) CC threw 8 and a third innings striking out 8, and giving up only 3 hits and an earned run in the process. The last batter he retired was Jose Bautista, the Major League leader in homeruns. Runners being on first and second at the time made Girardi's decision to yank him, however I don't understand why you don't let him pitch to Vernon Wells after he already got the more dangerous hitter out. Rivera did come on to clean up the small mess, clinching yet another big game for New York.
Son of former Yankee Doug Drabek, Kyle Drabek took the loss for Toronto (0-3.) The Yanks went the entire game without homering, "bottom-line worthy" guys included Derek Jeter and Brett Gardner who both had multi-hit games, as well as A-Rod who knocked in 2 runs. The first four batters in the Yankee lineup all had rbi. Travis Snider homered in the 3rd inning for Toronto, their only run.
Now that the Yanks have clinched at minimum, the Wild Card, the AL East chase is on. Tampa beat the Orioles 5-0 last night, so they have clinched a playoff birth as well. We'll have to see how Mr. Girardi plays this thing out being he wants everyone healthy and rested for October-ball, starting with tonight in Toronto. After tonight they finish the season up in Boston, of course. In my opinion I don't think you can go up to Boston and half-ass it. Even though they are the ones who missed out on the playoffs for the first time since '06, you do not want to go into the playoffs after being ripped up by your biggest rival, postseason team or not. If you see Robertson in the ballgame with the score within a run or 2, the Yanks want this division, on the flip side if you see Chad Gaudin in that same situation, welp, be happy with the wild card, and get ready for Minnesota.
Son of former Yankee Doug Drabek, Kyle Drabek took the loss for Toronto (0-3.) The Yanks went the entire game without homering, "bottom-line worthy" guys included Derek Jeter and Brett Gardner who both had multi-hit games, as well as A-Rod who knocked in 2 runs. The first four batters in the Yankee lineup all had rbi. Travis Snider homered in the 3rd inning for Toronto, their only run.
Now that the Yanks have clinched at minimum, the Wild Card, the AL East chase is on. Tampa beat the Orioles 5-0 last night, so they have clinched a playoff birth as well. We'll have to see how Mr. Girardi plays this thing out being he wants everyone healthy and rested for October-ball, starting with tonight in Toronto. After tonight they finish the season up in Boston, of course. In my opinion I don't think you can go up to Boston and half-ass it. Even though they are the ones who missed out on the playoffs for the first time since '06, you do not want to go into the playoffs after being ripped up by your biggest rival, postseason team or not. If you see Robertson in the ballgame with the score within a run or 2, the Yanks want this division, on the flip side if you see Chad Gaudin in that same situation, welp, be happy with the wild card, and get ready for Minnesota.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Recognizing the Two Big "Dogs"
This is Eric Krempa logging in to M. Tozz's blog, we're going to be blogging together over the next few months so i figured I'd start it off with a homerun, hitting 2 pretty hot topics right now.
First and foremost we all know the past 10 years (roughly) have been dubbed the "Steroid Era" in Major League Baseball, and i believe over the last few years the numbers in baseball have came back to reality for the most part from the years where hitting 50+ homeruns was barely acknowledge as an achievement. We saw guys like Ryan Howard, Prince Fielder, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Lee, David Ortiz, etc. put 50+ over the fence; but these guys are by no means small. This year, Jose Bautista, representing the shockingly improved 2010 Toronto Blue Jays, has hit 52 big flies with still 5 games left to play. Now i try not to be a hater but this has to raise some serious questions throughout the league. In 2006, this guy hit 16 dingers, followed by 15 in 2007, 15 in 2008, and a weak 13 last year in 2009. Suddenly, in 2010 he comes out and leads the league with 52 homers setting an MLB record of the largest increase in homeruns from one year to the next; +39 and counting.
When i discuss this topic with people they say things like, "well, athletes are becoming much stronger with more intense workout ethics" and "he may have straightened out his mechanics and found his swing." I don't care who you are, no workout that you may do in the off-season and no adjustments/improvements you may make to your swing can give you a +39 and counting homerun improvement.
The question arises - what is the answer to this monster slug fest going on in Toronto for #19? Obviously, i do not have the answer nor does anyone else - all we have is speculation. I am not accusing Jose Bautista of being a juicer, i am simply suggesting that we should not rule out the possibility that Bautista is using HGH or some other form of PEDs. So considering the other side of the argument - well what if Bautista is actually doing this naturally? If he is, then what he's doing is incredible, he has set an MLB record, and he deserves a huge contract and Toronto has finally found the star they've been looking for......but he's 6'0 190 lbs. has hit for average his whole career with below average homeruns - i just don't believe it.
Moving on to the next hot topic i want to acknowledge the performance of the former #7 of the Atlanta Falcons and the new #7 for the Philadelphia Eagles, Mike Vick. It's hard to believe that this time last year Mike Vick was failing as a back up for the Eagles and even more unbelievable, this time two years ago he was in prison. This guy has literally become a stud in the NFL by playing only 8 quarters of football. I know many people are skeptic about whether starting Vick was the right decision in Philly; i believe after seeing him play the last 2 games the skeptics are gone. Let's face it, the Eagles made a bad decision dealing McNabb to the Redskins and putting the weight of the Eagles' franchise on the shoulders of a backup with only 3 starts under his belt, Kevin Kolb. Yes, he had 3 solid starts and gave an injured Philadelphia Eagles squad some life coming out and making the offense look good, but to go out and deal your franchise quarterback after all that he has done for the franchise? I personally don't agree and i think the Eagles made a mistake. But luckily, they have been saved now that Vick has revitalized the Eagles 2010 hopes.
After watching the Eagles play in the first week of the season, i made a facebook status saying by week 3 Mike Vick would be the Eagles starter. I don't know if i actually believed it would be that soon, but regardless he is the starter by week 3 and it made me look right. Kolb sitting on the bench is a pretty expensive backup making $12 million this year with $9 million guaranteed - OUCH. It wasn't hard to tell that Kevin Kolb wasn't ready to bare the weight of the Eagles and i think its wrong to dub a quarterback a star after only 3 starts - which leads me to the Mike Vick bandwagon.
If you took the risk of getting Mike Vick on your fantasy team, which i did out of desperation as my starters were Alex Smith and Joe Flacco, you already know that Mike Vick stunned everyone putting up some big time numbers this past week vs. the Jags. Granted, it was only the Jags but for only your second true start after being a back up for a year and being in prison for 18 months before that, i was definitely impressed. I want to say for the record that i don't believe we can dub Mike Vick the Eagles savior just yet because he has only really played 8 quarters. Who knows how long he'll hold up getting hit 30 times a game, we really don't know how good of physical conditions he's really in.
I do know that he got me 33 fantasy points by putting up 3 touchdowns and 291 yards while going 17-31 not to mention he rushed for a touchdown. He gave the Eagles a sense of relief as well as momentum putting them atop the NFC East over the Dallas Cowboys and disappointing New York Giants. Oh did i forget about the Washington Redskins whom will be making their way into Philadelphia to take on the Eagles this upcoming week - Donnovan McNabb making his return to Philly. I believe he should get a solid reception but as we know, Philadelphia Eagles fans aren't known as being the classiest.
A final note on Michael Vick - when he was in Atlanta everyone knew that Mike Vick was more of a runner than he was a quarterback. His pocket passing was below average, his arm was strong, but his accuracy was lousy. He has come out looking like a completley new quarterback throwing accurate strikes out of the pocket, and oh yeah, the second you doubt or forget about his shades of Atlanta Falcons scrambling, he busts out 30-yard touchdown runs. So far i'm sold on Mike Vick and 2 years ago when he was in prison i did not believe he would ever return to the NFL. Wow was i wrong.
First and foremost we all know the past 10 years (roughly) have been dubbed the "Steroid Era" in Major League Baseball, and i believe over the last few years the numbers in baseball have came back to reality for the most part from the years where hitting 50+ homeruns was barely acknowledge as an achievement. We saw guys like Ryan Howard, Prince Fielder, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Lee, David Ortiz, etc. put 50+ over the fence; but these guys are by no means small. This year, Jose Bautista, representing the shockingly improved 2010 Toronto Blue Jays, has hit 52 big flies with still 5 games left to play. Now i try not to be a hater but this has to raise some serious questions throughout the league. In 2006, this guy hit 16 dingers, followed by 15 in 2007, 15 in 2008, and a weak 13 last year in 2009. Suddenly, in 2010 he comes out and leads the league with 52 homers setting an MLB record of the largest increase in homeruns from one year to the next; +39 and counting.
When i discuss this topic with people they say things like, "well, athletes are becoming much stronger with more intense workout ethics" and "he may have straightened out his mechanics and found his swing." I don't care who you are, no workout that you may do in the off-season and no adjustments/improvements you may make to your swing can give you a +39 and counting homerun improvement.
The question arises - what is the answer to this monster slug fest going on in Toronto for #19? Obviously, i do not have the answer nor does anyone else - all we have is speculation. I am not accusing Jose Bautista of being a juicer, i am simply suggesting that we should not rule out the possibility that Bautista is using HGH or some other form of PEDs. So considering the other side of the argument - well what if Bautista is actually doing this naturally? If he is, then what he's doing is incredible, he has set an MLB record, and he deserves a huge contract and Toronto has finally found the star they've been looking for......but he's 6'0 190 lbs. has hit for average his whole career with below average homeruns - i just don't believe it.
Moving on to the next hot topic i want to acknowledge the performance of the former #7 of the Atlanta Falcons and the new #7 for the Philadelphia Eagles, Mike Vick. It's hard to believe that this time last year Mike Vick was failing as a back up for the Eagles and even more unbelievable, this time two years ago he was in prison. This guy has literally become a stud in the NFL by playing only 8 quarters of football. I know many people are skeptic about whether starting Vick was the right decision in Philly; i believe after seeing him play the last 2 games the skeptics are gone. Let's face it, the Eagles made a bad decision dealing McNabb to the Redskins and putting the weight of the Eagles' franchise on the shoulders of a backup with only 3 starts under his belt, Kevin Kolb. Yes, he had 3 solid starts and gave an injured Philadelphia Eagles squad some life coming out and making the offense look good, but to go out and deal your franchise quarterback after all that he has done for the franchise? I personally don't agree and i think the Eagles made a mistake. But luckily, they have been saved now that Vick has revitalized the Eagles 2010 hopes.
After watching the Eagles play in the first week of the season, i made a facebook status saying by week 3 Mike Vick would be the Eagles starter. I don't know if i actually believed it would be that soon, but regardless he is the starter by week 3 and it made me look right. Kolb sitting on the bench is a pretty expensive backup making $12 million this year with $9 million guaranteed - OUCH. It wasn't hard to tell that Kevin Kolb wasn't ready to bare the weight of the Eagles and i think its wrong to dub a quarterback a star after only 3 starts - which leads me to the Mike Vick bandwagon.
If you took the risk of getting Mike Vick on your fantasy team, which i did out of desperation as my starters were Alex Smith and Joe Flacco, you already know that Mike Vick stunned everyone putting up some big time numbers this past week vs. the Jags. Granted, it was only the Jags but for only your second true start after being a back up for a year and being in prison for 18 months before that, i was definitely impressed. I want to say for the record that i don't believe we can dub Mike Vick the Eagles savior just yet because he has only really played 8 quarters. Who knows how long he'll hold up getting hit 30 times a game, we really don't know how good of physical conditions he's really in.
I do know that he got me 33 fantasy points by putting up 3 touchdowns and 291 yards while going 17-31 not to mention he rushed for a touchdown. He gave the Eagles a sense of relief as well as momentum putting them atop the NFC East over the Dallas Cowboys and disappointing New York Giants. Oh did i forget about the Washington Redskins whom will be making their way into Philadelphia to take on the Eagles this upcoming week - Donnovan McNabb making his return to Philly. I believe he should get a solid reception but as we know, Philadelphia Eagles fans aren't known as being the classiest.
A final note on Michael Vick - when he was in Atlanta everyone knew that Mike Vick was more of a runner than he was a quarterback. His pocket passing was below average, his arm was strong, but his accuracy was lousy. He has come out looking like a completley new quarterback throwing accurate strikes out of the pocket, and oh yeah, the second you doubt or forget about his shades of Atlanta Falcons scrambling, he busts out 30-yard touchdown runs. So far i'm sold on Mike Vick and 2 years ago when he was in prison i did not believe he would ever return to the NFL. Wow was i wrong.
No Way!
If you watched last night's Yankee game, (7-5 loss) A.J. Burnett showed once again that he is completely unreliable. Now I was an early Burnett supporter, he won game 2 of the World Series last year when the Yanks were down 0-1. I've brought that point up to people countless times, however time and time again Burnett has been underperforming. In the playoffs you cannot expect to win when your starter goes 2 and a third giving up 7 runs in the process (Burnett did that last night.) Even with the Yankee offense, they're going to be facing other team's best pitchers at all times, your starter must keep you in the game. I think A.J. Burnett has never actually learned to "pitch." He has been a "thrower" his whole career, relying on his electric stuff, which just isn't as electric anymore. Early in his career he was able to get by with his 97 mph fastball and nasty breaking stuff. The guy has never had control. You combine bad location with his stuff being less electric, major league hitters are going to take advantage and that's just what's been happening. That is what has led him to 10-15 with an ERA in the 5s.
Having said that, Phil Hughes looks to be the best bet at the second spot in the playoff rotation behind Carsten Charles Sabathia. Mr. Hughes won the second most games on the team, 17 to this point, and he has been pitching much better as of late. Mr. Pettitte is a lock for the third spot being the crafty bulldog veteran that he is. Will he be the Pettitte we all know and love, or the elderly looking Pettitte that the Red Sox tagged for 7 runs last Friday night? The average Yankee fan has to believe in the first one.
Let's face it, the Yanks have question marks with their starting pitching. I would say their bullpen has a good thing going with Logan against lefties, Chamberlain/Robertson in the 7th, Kerry "I do not surrender runs, in fact I'm just going to K you" Woods in the 8th, and then Mo in the 9th. However, Mo has not been his automatic self since that series in Texas where he hit Francoeur to bring in the winning run. The weird thing about Rivera is that his control hasn't been on point which has been a staple in his career. It is Mo, he'll turn it around right? Hopefully he'll get a couple redemption chances before the postseason starts in just over a week from now.
The Yankees have 5 games to play, two more against Toronto, (CC going tonight) and three up in Boston to close it out. At this point the Yanks' magic number to clinch a playoff spot is 1; any combination of a Yankee win and a Red Sox loss, and are a half game behind Tampa who lost last night to those pesky Baltimore Orioles in last night's action. The Rays play two more against Baltimore, and finish the season in Kansas City. Based on how things play out, the Yanks can either be opening at home against Texas next Wednesday, or going to Minnesota to battle the Twins. Who do you want to see? I know my answer.
Having said that, Phil Hughes looks to be the best bet at the second spot in the playoff rotation behind Carsten Charles Sabathia. Mr. Hughes won the second most games on the team, 17 to this point, and he has been pitching much better as of late. Mr. Pettitte is a lock for the third spot being the crafty bulldog veteran that he is. Will he be the Pettitte we all know and love, or the elderly looking Pettitte that the Red Sox tagged for 7 runs last Friday night? The average Yankee fan has to believe in the first one.
Let's face it, the Yanks have question marks with their starting pitching. I would say their bullpen has a good thing going with Logan against lefties, Chamberlain/Robertson in the 7th, Kerry "I do not surrender runs, in fact I'm just going to K you" Woods in the 8th, and then Mo in the 9th. However, Mo has not been his automatic self since that series in Texas where he hit Francoeur to bring in the winning run. The weird thing about Rivera is that his control hasn't been on point which has been a staple in his career. It is Mo, he'll turn it around right? Hopefully he'll get a couple redemption chances before the postseason starts in just over a week from now.
The Yankees have 5 games to play, two more against Toronto, (CC going tonight) and three up in Boston to close it out. At this point the Yanks' magic number to clinch a playoff spot is 1; any combination of a Yankee win and a Red Sox loss, and are a half game behind Tampa who lost last night to those pesky Baltimore Orioles in last night's action. The Rays play two more against Baltimore, and finish the season in Kansas City. Based on how things play out, the Yanks can either be opening at home against Texas next Wednesday, or going to Minnesota to battle the Twins. Who do you want to see? I know my answer.
Monday, September 27, 2010
I'm/We're Baaaaaaack!
So as I sit here on Lil Wayne's birthday with headphones around my ears listening to his new goods, I've also realized how long its been since I've gone in via blogspot. I've been pursuing the dream of being a broadcaster which I'll someday fulfill, and the computer gets infected like a (Rutgers?) college student..get it..aha.. So once my computer is finished having surgery for the eighth and hopefully final time, we'll be in this b!+c# daily.
What a horrific sports weekend it was if you happen to like the Yanks, Rutgers football, Giants football, or Tozzi and Associates (T&A) softball team. All of these squads caught some L's this weekend. Quick review; T&A loses 12-4, ( I happen to be hitting .667 with 1 HR and 5 rbi however that's nor here nor there) Yanks lose Friday, Saturday to the hated Red Sox, finally salvage one last night but not before the immortal Mariano Rivera blows yet another save, something that Yankee fans haven't been accustomed to worry about, really ever. Giants play one of those games where if you are a fan, you wana hurt something, someone, or just straight up have nothing to say because its hard to fathom that many mistakes made at the professional level. Rutgers can hang with the big boys, but without an offense it will be hard to make noise in a competitive Big East. To make matters worse, The Carmelo-to-Nets deal was in limbo, but from what I've heard talks have indeed picked back up, we'll monitor that day-to-day. The cherry on top was watching the Jets beat the Dolphins (in between commercials for yanks/sox.)
As far as what went wrong in each game...Friday the Yanks experienced a nightmarish start by usually sure-handed Andy Pettitte in a game where they trailed 10-1, before a homerun barrage that would still fall short, losing 10-8. Besides Pettitte's misfortunes, Joe Girardi loves to throw in the towel early in the regular season, so he'll bring in relief pitchers like Chad Gaudin, Sergio Mitre, (who are supposed to be used in 10-1 games and not 0-0 or 4-3 games which has been the case lately) and young prospects who haven't proven much, in this case Jonathan Albaladejo. Jonny A, i'll say because I would rather not type in his last name, botched a toss by Mark Teixiera that would've gotten the Yanks out of the inning, a 3 run homer follows, and that's the game right there. Saturday, the Yanks started Ivan Nova, Sox started Jon Lester. Nova did not have his good stuff on this day, and of course Lester did as he normally does. That explains Saturday in a nutshell.
While this is all going on, I'm at the Rutgers/UNC game. A lot of people did not expect Rutgers to even hang with a tough North Carolina team who has had their way with Rutgers in the past. However, despite Rutgers' poor performance in the first two games, Rutgers showed resiliance, and a tough mentality on defense. Tom Savage made a couple nice throws, however he threw picks in bad spots, which was almost forshadowing for the Giants game which would play the next game. Mohammed Sanu was featured in just about every play whether he was throwing the football, running it, or catching it. The Rutgers running game never could get going, even with pretty stellar play from a rather young front line. San San Te missed a field goal that ended up being crucial in a 17-13 defeat. If he makes the chip-shot field goal, Rutgers has a chance to win the game, with just a field goal. Coach Schiano might want to think about playing D'Antwan Williams, troublesome or not, he is the best running back on this football team, and the running game can really assist QB Tom Savage.
As for the Giants, who knows. Too many problems externally, and internally. So many penalties for a Coughlin-coached team, don't understand it. Penalties and turnovers in really big spots, whether it was the Titans side of the field, or the Giants side of the field, two touchdows, or at least field goals were given away by fumbles and interceptions, a chop block in the Giants own endzone called for a safety which lead to a Titans score, that's all one needs to know. I've always liked Coughlin, but you have to wonder what's going on when the number one point of his is discipline, and there is none. Bill Cowher? I guess that will be assessed after the season, give Mr. Coughlin one more chance. Giants are 1-2 and they will be facing Chicago at home next week.
What a horrific sports weekend it was if you happen to like the Yanks, Rutgers football, Giants football, or Tozzi and Associates (T&A) softball team. All of these squads caught some L's this weekend. Quick review; T&A loses 12-4, ( I happen to be hitting .667 with 1 HR and 5 rbi however that's nor here nor there) Yanks lose Friday, Saturday to the hated Red Sox, finally salvage one last night but not before the immortal Mariano Rivera blows yet another save, something that Yankee fans haven't been accustomed to worry about, really ever. Giants play one of those games where if you are a fan, you wana hurt something, someone, or just straight up have nothing to say because its hard to fathom that many mistakes made at the professional level. Rutgers can hang with the big boys, but without an offense it will be hard to make noise in a competitive Big East. To make matters worse, The Carmelo-to-Nets deal was in limbo, but from what I've heard talks have indeed picked back up, we'll monitor that day-to-day. The cherry on top was watching the Jets beat the Dolphins (in between commercials for yanks/sox.)
As far as what went wrong in each game...Friday the Yanks experienced a nightmarish start by usually sure-handed Andy Pettitte in a game where they trailed 10-1, before a homerun barrage that would still fall short, losing 10-8. Besides Pettitte's misfortunes, Joe Girardi loves to throw in the towel early in the regular season, so he'll bring in relief pitchers like Chad Gaudin, Sergio Mitre, (who are supposed to be used in 10-1 games and not 0-0 or 4-3 games which has been the case lately) and young prospects who haven't proven much, in this case Jonathan Albaladejo. Jonny A, i'll say because I would rather not type in his last name, botched a toss by Mark Teixiera that would've gotten the Yanks out of the inning, a 3 run homer follows, and that's the game right there. Saturday, the Yanks started Ivan Nova, Sox started Jon Lester. Nova did not have his good stuff on this day, and of course Lester did as he normally does. That explains Saturday in a nutshell.
While this is all going on, I'm at the Rutgers/UNC game. A lot of people did not expect Rutgers to even hang with a tough North Carolina team who has had their way with Rutgers in the past. However, despite Rutgers' poor performance in the first two games, Rutgers showed resiliance, and a tough mentality on defense. Tom Savage made a couple nice throws, however he threw picks in bad spots, which was almost forshadowing for the Giants game which would play the next game. Mohammed Sanu was featured in just about every play whether he was throwing the football, running it, or catching it. The Rutgers running game never could get going, even with pretty stellar play from a rather young front line. San San Te missed a field goal that ended up being crucial in a 17-13 defeat. If he makes the chip-shot field goal, Rutgers has a chance to win the game, with just a field goal. Coach Schiano might want to think about playing D'Antwan Williams, troublesome or not, he is the best running back on this football team, and the running game can really assist QB Tom Savage.
As for the Giants, who knows. Too many problems externally, and internally. So many penalties for a Coughlin-coached team, don't understand it. Penalties and turnovers in really big spots, whether it was the Titans side of the field, or the Giants side of the field, two touchdows, or at least field goals were given away by fumbles and interceptions, a chop block in the Giants own endzone called for a safety which lead to a Titans score, that's all one needs to know. I've always liked Coughlin, but you have to wonder what's going on when the number one point of his is discipline, and there is none. Bill Cowher? I guess that will be assessed after the season, give Mr. Coughlin one more chance. Giants are 1-2 and they will be facing Chicago at home next week.
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