Giants' Umenyiora takes aim at Eagles
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Giants' Umenyiora takes aim at Eagles
Sheil Kapadia, Philly.com
I've said it before, and I'll say it again.
A special buzz is building around the 2009 football season in Philadelphia, and a lot of it has to do with the rivalry between the Eagles and Giants.
Defensive lineman Osi Umenyiora stoked the fire a little bit today while talking to reporters during the team's OTAs.
He told Mike Garafolo of The Newark Star Ledger that the bitterness the team holds over the way last seaon ended is contributing to their work habits in the offseason.
"They should. I do -- and I wasn't on the football field," he said. "I was on the field, but I wasn't playing and I saw the way it ended. It was a team we should have beat and it was a team that, if the opportunity arises again, we will beat."
The Eagles beat the Giants at the Meadowlands, 23-11, in the divisional round of the playoffs. The two teams split during the regular season, with the Eagles winning a Week 14 matchup, and the Giants taking the first game in Week 10.
Umenyiora missed all of last season and told Garafolo he has no pain in his surgically repaired knee.
In 2007, he had seven sacks in two regular-season contests against the Eagles, one of those being the Winston Justice game.
Umenyiora is not the only Giants player to speak up this offseason.
Last month, running back Brandon Jacobs predicted (at least) 13 wins for the Giants during his radio show.
Meanwhile, quarterback Eli Manning also took a look back at the way last season ended.
"We had a good shot at repeating," he said, per ESPN.com. "We were playing good football. And we let one slip away. We all talked about it -- the guys in this room have talked about it. We all know what's at stake here. We think we have something special -- just like last year."
I guess it's not too early to circle Sunday, Nov. 1 on your calendar. That's the date the two teams first meet, in Week 8 at the Linc. The second meeting is a Sunday night matchup in Week 14.
Comments (112)
I see pancakes in Umi's future.— ahab- Hey G men ... bring it on ...— Gringo4
- Osi, Winston is not going to be there this time. Yeah, your team should have won that playoff game at home, but they didn't. They choked.— P Even
They choked in Typical New York fashion— kjuggs77- Once again, NYC wins the all-talk offseason Super Bowl. But they win it every year, in every sport, so whatever.— IgglesFan79
- A lot of yap for a team that blew it, eh?— moderndaymesh
- Maybe Umi learned the Heimlich Manuever and he thinks he can stop the choking.— Kecker
- I love "should haves." Good for them. They lost.— Bake McBride
Comment removed.- Choke usi, Choke! Choke usi, Choke! Choke usi, Choke!— whatthe?
- who cares...what else should the guy say, "yeah, we choked last year and we're planning on choking again."— Front Man11
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- What the difference between Giants and Mets and Knicks? The Giants choke at the end of the year, and Mets choke 1/2 way through the year, and the Knicks choke all year. Hey, at least the Giant fan base have the Jets.— Tom98786
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- Typical NY BS. Lots of talk, not much to back it up.— Zee77
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Write an article about Eagles losing to Cards and the comments would still apply. Choked, blew a big game...— burholme
I used to hate Dallas alot, but now my hatred is aimed at the G-men. They are now my most hated team- Comment removed.
- Philly beat them twice on their turf including the playoffs. I don't know what else can be said..— mongoS
- Sheil, I'm going to enjoy watching Umenyiora reduced to sucking his thumb like an infant after Jason Peters beats his sorry a--. Good old Jason was brought here just to— Bob1
- accomodate Usi.. that baby.— Bob1
- Giants have 3 Super Bowl titles, the Eagles none. Hey, but who's counting?— BobbyD
- hey lonewolf,f**k eli— eglftbl1
- GRAB YOUR TROAT URI— soliteryman
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- The New York area media brings out the hot dog in it's professional athletes. The Phils beat the Yanks 2-1 and the story of the series in New York was the Yanks players smashing one another in the face with pies. This is the same mentality here. The Birds aren't running around talking whether they'll beat the Skins or the Cards. Even if that's part of their goals. Giants...like the cowgirls are a bunch of media darlings.— hope55
- hey Osi, you ain't gonna be going at Winston Justice on more. Jason Peters is gonna eat you for lunch.— Ryan
- 2007 is history Osi. 6 of your 13 sacks came against the human turnstile Justice. That means in the other 15 games you averaged less than 1/2 sack a game. One of Plaxico's bullets must have grazed your head to think the Giants are better than the Eagles.— The Marco Islander
- both teams choked— Remember Tim Kerr
- Sounds like a lot of excuse making to me. The Giants lost 2 out of 3 to the Eagles, what else are they going to say? "The Eagles are the better team?" That works for me!— JimSeitz
- I think the talk about what team is better is pointless. In the Super Bowl in Feb 2008, the Pats were the better team. In the playoffs against the Eagles, the Giants were the better team. In 2007, the Mets were the better team. But the better team doesn't always play better. You can't win on paper. In the '08 SB, the Giants played better than the better team. In '07, the Phils played better than the better team. In last year's playoffs, the Eagles played better than the better team. This year, the Cavs were better than the Magic, but the Magic played better when they needed to. Just because you win doesn't make you better. It just makes you better that day, and that's really all that matters. Especially if it's Super Bowl Sunday.— Scorekeeper
Overrated players with bad knees should be a tad more humble.......- Eli Manning looked like a scared child during that last game. We can bring him into this any time we want. You said 1. he doesn't talk trash and 2. make excuses... 3: That day he stained his underwear.— Bob1
- We saw what the Giants are without Plaxico Burress last year. Also, the Eagles will have Jason Peters, Shawn Andrews and Stacy Andrews on the o-line, none of whom the Giants saw last season. Of course it's all on paper at this point but the Eagles look like the better team.— p-diddy
- The Giants folded like a cheap tent last year. Not because of the defense but because their offense came down to earth. Eli was Eli again. I don't know how they expect to be better than last year. They have lost Burress and they have lost half of their running game. We will see. Keep on talking it only makes it sweeter to beat you and you will be beaten, again— Mickey0123
- Scorekeeper, I beg to differ that the Giants were the better team last year. Remember the Eagles beat them twice in NJ. How can you imply that the 23-11 win was a fluke? The Eagles controlled the line of scrimmage in that game. I don't see Eli Manning beating the Eagles without Plaxico. That's a tough receiver to replace.— p-diddy
- Just because the Giants have won 3 SBs or they won 2 seasons ago, doesn't mean that the Birds or their fans should put up with them talking smack. That's the chumps way, to back down from bullies. And the truth is, that's why they start each season anew. To give every team an opportunity to hoist the Lombardi. No need to be scared.— hope55
- You guys sound like Mets fans after J-Roll made his first "team to beat" comment.— haplo
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- Eagles fans post more inflammatory statements about the Birds than anything the Gi-Ain'ts say...nonstory— Joe Funk
- The giants can't win in philly w/o plax.— Scholes
- F*** Usi and f*** the Giants.— Diamond Jim Brady
- The Eagles beat NY at the offensive and defensive lines, watch the game again and you'll see. Go Birds!!— hallux
- These guys taking lessons from the Mets?— JimG
- lol tom98...great comments all except for the tool defending eli thank god i'm a manning or i'd be bagging groceries...the vagiants...laugh out loud...— dsoul
- Shouldve, wouldve, couldve. blah blah blah. The point is you DIDNT beat them. You had 3 chances and lost 2 games to 1 so just be a good sport and admit the better team won. What more proof do you need to see that we were better? We beat you in the regular season in your own house, then we did it again when it mattered most. Man up and be a good loser.— philliekev04
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- Osi Human-Urine is talking like his Gi-nots are a good team or sumthin.No Plaxico=No Superbowl. NY wont win another thing for decades to come.— P.H.I
- Who cares about the G-Ants, the Cowgirls or the Deadskins? When all is said and done at the end of this season, the Eagles will once again rule the roost at the top of the NFC East. WE ARE THE TEAM TO BEAT in the NFC this year! And lonewolf, I surely hope your comment below is not meant to back Eli Girling. The G-Girls won't matter at all w/o Plastico and Derrick "Coo-Coo" Ward playing.
- Love this big talk from Philly fans. How many super bowls have the eagles won? Giants have more in the last two years than your team has -- ever.— digitaldan1
- DungDan....are you a New Yawk fan? Or do you rep Noo Yawk? In either case, shut the F up! This is an Eagles blog site! The rest of the NFC East had better bow down to the Eagles this year!
- A city with 7 and a 1/2 pro teams and only one of them has won a title recently. Yeah, they choke.— ahjii
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- funny that giants feel they should have won it all....the year before they were the not the best team in the NFL, Coughlin was hanging onto his job by a string, yet the won the super bowl.— vincemcd
- Just remembering that game gives me the giggles. This year lets sweep them in both games on the schedule. That will put a period to the Giant's trash talk.— unbelieveable!
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- We won the chip VERY recently...so all this talk from Eagles fans is stupid...try to win something for once and stop McNabb from crying that he doesn't have enough weapons... We may have choked this year, but you guys choke each time you have a big game...lets talk about your choking against the Cardinals...please...G men beat the Mighty Mighty pats the year NOBODY else did....so keep saying the G men choke when you Eagles ALWAYS CHOKE!!!! Eat it!— Chris1429
- Giants dont have a QB they have a little girl with a QBs name on his jersey. GO BACK TO YOUR MOMMYS LAP ELY.— Phillies08
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- Let's see, the Giants won a Super Bowl 2 years ago and the last time the Eagles won a Super Bowl was... *crickets* ... but please, go ahead, enjoy your meaningless moral victories. LMFAO. buncha chumps— morvak
- Yawn. This guy won't be going up against Winston Justice next time.— davekrieg
- The gints choaked, but unfortuantely they didn't the year before. Eli did a good job in the Super Bowl and did not choke at the end or throw up on the field. Unfortunately for the Eagles, we still have the diva at QB and he will choke again.— dutchman
- I have a friend that's Giants fan, and whenever we discuss last season he keeps asking me how many super bowl rings the Eagles have. The only thing I can say is that you can only go by the last year, and last year we were better because we beat them twice and went farther in the playoffs. Now if only the Eagles could get that ring, he would have one less thing to throw in my face. GO BIRDS.— nicknichols
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- The Eagles beat 'em, no choke involved. Oh, say, what have the Eagles done lately? Any titles there? Right.— Steve B
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Giants can talk all the trash they want until the Eagles actually win anything.- fact: Eli sucks without Plaxico-defense will not be as good without Spags-sounds like 9-7 at best to me.
- We beat them up and down the field. The Philadelphia Eagles are not afraid of the New York Giants....plain and simple.— LF
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- NY better hope those young WRs catch on b/c if they don't, they won't be able to move the ball against the Birds...just like week 14 and the playoffs!— philafan
- The problem with the Giants is their fan base is really North Jersey, not New York. So they have this inferiority complex. Why do these reporters feel the need to stoke the fire with NY garbage? We are the World Series Champs and we knocked the Giants out of the playoffs.— SayHello2MyLittleFriend
- "If the opportunity arises, we will beat them again." EARTH TO OSI: Divisional rivals play each other twice per season, minimum. So the opportunities 9plural) have already been scheduled. "It's a team we should have beat." REALLY? Like the second time the teams played? The only game that was close was the first one, a game the Eagles arguably "should have" won. The Giants didn't choke in the playoffs, they were squarely outplayed by a better team. With all their faults, the 2008 Eagles UNDERPERFORMED at 9-6-1. By the end of the year, there was no question they were better than the Giants. And it showed in the playoffs. Manning says they let that game "slip away." Yeah, at the opening kickoff.— montgomeryhopkins
- He talks as if last year was a fluke. In reality, it was that Superbowl that was a fluke.— nellar
- How are they gonna talk smack period! They were on a role then the Eagle killer almost shot his Nads off and got suspended and all of a sudden they looked like they swallowed Kryptonite. Don't hate the player hate the game! And we gonna spank the Gnats again!— phillynupe4
- First, the Jets did no different down the stretch. Second, I didn't view what Eli as smack talk at all, or Jacobs either actually. Jacobs is just being confident. Osi was talking, and I look forward to Peters taking it to him.— phigglesfan75
- Giants = The New Mets (gag)— AnthonyJB
- Without Burress the Giants can't beat the Birds. Until they replace Burress the Giants can look forward to another one and done playoff season.— Stat1
- All you Giants fans can go get bent. PERIOD! Like the Cowgirl fans, all you can keep throwing up out of your mouths is the fact that y'all won something in THE PAST! Leave that garbage y'all are spouting in the past too! This year the Eagles rule ALL!
- OMFG, with no Plax and no Toomer, no Ward that team is on the way down. They really like the blue kool aid up there. Remember the mike sayin I'm not talkin about Plax im talkin about the eagles, then they were praying for an onside kick. I think their still swoll that Mcnabb called their girl on the sideline when we were ending their championship run, I SWEAR THE GIANTS ARE MORE HATED THAN THE COWBOYS, their bigger sore losers than Lebron.— Onlineps2beast
- Hmmm... Lets see, no name wrs vs best secondary in nfl. Lets see top 5 offenses vs bottom secondary in nfl. Yea keep talking osi. Eli drops back and sees , ummm sees.. exactly NOTHING— fman727
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- funny, I seem to recall the Giants winning three Super Bowls in my lifetime . . . the Eagles? do what you do best, "fans". talk smack on the internet in the offseason.— ekw
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- Come on now - if that "fluke" happened to the Eagles it'd be the biggest thing to happen to this town, ever. We all know it.— haplo
- Just who do they think they are? Injuries and 'crimes' are part of the business. when we have injuries, do we go crying about shudda wudda. Now we must shut them down for the entire season along with the entire NFC East. Put it on the bulleting board.— aden
- morons, you can't really talk smack to the Giants.there isn't one of you that wouldn't trade your sorry history with Giants history.— vandy123
- me and my crew always wear our Giants and Cowboys gear to the Eagles games and you guys are nothing but TALK TALK TALK, worse than your fugly girlfriends and wives. F'ing P*SSIES eagles fans are.— morvak
- HEY LONEWOLF: The third thing Eli does not do: WOMEN!— Skena
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- Don't be so rough on the Giants. They don't have Buress the Eagle killer anymore. Let them talk all the trash they want. We are fully stacked especially in the receiver position.— krajj00
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- Morf@g and Vandy69, why don't both of you go to the top of the Statue of Liberty and jump. HEAD FIRST!
Eagles will never win a title with Reid. FireAndyReid.com- Leave Eli out of it....what are you lonesome mutt his mom? As much grief as you give Donovan you continue to disgust true Eagles fans by defending this wussy Eli on our turf! Eli, Cutler and all the other pretenders you would have come to the Birds can stay where they are and you are welcome to join them!— jakster
- Did the Eagles win the Super Bowl yet?? Did the Giants win the Super Bowl yet??? More than enough said.....EAT IT!!!!— Chris1429
I've never heard fans talk as much sh*t for never having won a superbowl and last winning a championship in 1960. You guys do remember who beat an 18 - 0 New England team in 2008, right? The team that is way overrated both this year and last year are the Cowboys. Vegas has them at 9/1 to win it all this year. Huh??— wokmaster- Eagles fans, you got a GIFT from our offensive coordinator, who was incompetent and wouldn't know a screen or slant or flare if it bit him in the a**. The following week Haley ran six screens on you and roasted your defensive pressure. As for nyg pressure, it was not there, and credit your team with not allowing a single sack last season against nyg. You responded with Peters. The Giants have Osi coming back + Canty + Bernard + healthy Tuck + lots of depth for adequate DL rotation. Should be another good season. Money talks, bs walks, go to vegas and bet the Eagles (9) over and the Giants (10.5) under. Vegas is giving you guys free money. lol.— ultimatenyg
- Now we have full disclosure as to who are Eagles fans and the OTHERS. Are they subsidized to come on to a Philly site to constantly try and control the agenda of discussions. Why not go and post on your home site. It seems the team of the OTHERS are truly afraid of what we have on paper. Did Mac show you that we own you with his Telephone act, oops ..'I thought this was our bench'! If that game didn't show you that even a deficient team like the Birds could rise from the grave and whack you with impunity when needed. That's a winner and now we have brought in the calvary to reestablish our supremacy. You had to go and get some of our players and coaches to try and salvage your team. Well school is out!— aden
more pointless yapping from new choke city will they ever learn to just shut up and play ? .— PAEnglish- Wow...who's the vet and who's the second year player again??— daero215
- really! its funny I cant remember the last time the eagles got a super bowl win! buncha giants haters! this year the wrath will be felt! we stacked up on D and we still got the running game! even tho manning is still missing his set of nuts i think he will acomplish enough to bring the eagles to their knees on a rematch! plus...we did choke at the end! but yall choke a game after! losing is losing no matter at what point that time comes! peace haters!— NYGFanRayRay2009
- Its hilarious to hear you losers talk about choking... Your city has won 1 championship (baseball) in the last 100 years and your talking about choking! Your fans of the Eagles, and your talking about choking? What happens to your joke of a team when they somehow make it to the NFC champ games all these times? HAHAHA.. nice one... Yea, we have the Mets and Jets... We also have the Yankees and Giants. Let me remind you Giants won the Division your joke of a team played in last year, and won the superbowl the year before (the same year when Osi made a joke of your entire line and pathetic QB). Yankees are speaking for themselves right now.. So have fun....— tronhatesyou
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