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Greg Hanlon, who has written deeply reported profiles of Giants and Jets players for CapitalNewYork.com this season, tackled his Cruz story through Cruz’s mentor Benjie Wimberly and through their hard-luck hometown, Paterson, N.J.: “Given yet another last chance, Cruz was here, in the Giants’ locker room, and not back in the impoverished, drug-riddled Fourth Ward of Paterson. The Fourth Ward is the most notorious of the long-struggling city’s six wards.”
2) In 2008, Hanlon, writing for The Fifth Down, looked at the top 10 moments in the Giants-Cowboys rivalry.
3) Coaches are still punting on fourth down too often. Rex Ryan was one of the offenders this past weekend: “Up by 4 in the 2nd quarter, NYJ punt on 4th and 1 from the NYG 42. 0.02 WP gift. Touchback. 22 net yards.” (Brian Burke, Advanced NFL Stats)
4) Chase Stuart on the no-name Patriots defense: “Despite a terrible pass defense and a bad rush defense, the Patriots actually have allowed fewer points than the average team this season. So what gives?” (Smart Football)
5) It feels like desperation in Denver. At least it does if you read this column by Mark Kiszla: “This is a must-win game for Tebow, unless he wants to trade his Superman’s cape for the shadow of doubt certain to follow him from now through the NFL draft, as Elway carefully evaluates every quarterback prospect.” (The Denver Post)
6) Jerry Jones visited Jason Garrett during the game against the Eagles on Saturday: ”This little sideline snapshot was a perfect picture of how to undermine the credibility of a head coach. Jerry does this stuff. He just does.” (Randy Galloway, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram). Sorry, Jerry Jones say, but I’m not going to stop being the general manager.
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