The last Giants rookie to lead the team in rushing over a full season was Joe Montgomery in 1999 (with all of 348 yards). Andre Williams has an excellent opportunity to be the next.
Williams will again start and be the Giants’ primary back when the team takes on the St. Louis Rams Sunday in the Edward Jones Dome. Rashad Jennings, who is listed as the No. 1 running back on the depth chart, will not play because of the sprained ankle he suffered at Jacksonville three weeks ago. It will be the fifth game Jennings will miss this season. The last two weeks, he was limited to a total of three carries.

If Odell Beckham Jr. were to launch a campaign to try to win the Rookie of the Year Award, Antrel Rolle would be the perfect person to manage it. Rolle believes unequivocally that Beckham should be the honoree.

It is now or never for the 2014 Eagles. They must win out, get a little help from other NFC teams or face the possibility of winning 11 games and being out of the playoffs.

Chip Kelly talks at his regular press conference at the NovaCare Complex answering a myriad of questions from the gathered media.

Here are some fun facts leading up to Sunday night’s matchup between the Eagles and Cowboys on Sunday Night Football (8:30 PM ET, NBC). Courtesy of the NFL.

Several young Eagles players are getting their first experience at competing against a team for the second time in a season since high school, and in some cases for the first time ever.
For the most part, the Eagles players liked the idea of playing the Cowboys 2 1/2 weeks after their first meeting.

If anything came out of the Eagles 24-14 loss to the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks is that the Birds can play defensive football at the NFL elite level, they were solid on special teams, now they need to run their offense at the top level.

If it wasn’t bad enough that Widener lost their NCAA Division III quarterfinal playoff game against Linfield 45-7, Pride head coach Mike Kelly felt that the head coach of the local NFL team gave aid and comfort to the enemy by allowing the Wildcats to practice at the NovaCare Complex. “They’re a good football team,” […]

While NFL teams in Green Bay, Boston, Denver, Indianapolis and Philadelphia are playing football games to determine a playoff spot or improve their seeding, players on teams like the Giants, Titans, Jets and Jacksonville are competing to keep jobs.
In some cases players are actually getting a chance to audition, if not with the team they are currently with, then for teams who might be scouting these games.
The game between the Giants and Titans (FOX 1 p.m. ET) will not be flexed for prime time.
Combined the two teams have just five wins.

There are football fans out there who think kickers are just soccer players pulled off the pitch for a few hours every week to kick extra points and field goals.
Those people are wrong. Football kickers make it to the top of their position on the Grid Iron the same way quarterbacks, lineman, defensive backs, running backs, linebackers and receivers do: With passion, drive, dedication, talent a strong work ethic.
Jim Cooper is one of those kickers. The former high school, Temple kicker has transferred his experience into teaching young kickers the tools of the trade