{"id":14741,"date":"2016-09-26T14:35:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T18:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=14741"},"modified":"2025-06-02T00:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T04:14:11","slug":"the-loser-papers-2016-edition-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2016\/09\/26\/the-loser-papers-2016-edition-i\/","title":{"rendered":"The Loser Papers – 2016 – Edition I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Better late than never, and better out of New Jersey than almost anywhere else. What is this, you ask? Why, it’s The Loser Papers, of course! This is where you come to read the other side of the story. There’s no love for the Redskins on these pages. Here you find out how the other team woulda, shoulda, coulda, if only… And you get it straight from the hometown newspapers of the most bitter losers. Today, you’ll hear from such famous crybaby’s as Sheli Womanning and Ol’ BJ. Anyhoo, let’s get right to the fun.\u00a0Our first two stories come from the pages of The New York Post:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eli Manning blinks last as Giants can\u2019t beat Josh\u00a0Norman<\/h1>\n
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By Paul Schwartz<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

September 25, 2016 |<\/span> 4:44pm<\/p>\n

After all the flags and gaffes and mishaps and blocked punts and fake punts and turnovers and momentum swings and Odell Beckham Jr. going at Josh Norman and an overwrought Beckham on the sideline taking a swing at a kicking net, after all those Redskins field goals, one after another, the Giants had the ball, time to work with and Eli Manning in the huddle, needing to drive his team for a potential game-winning field goal and a wonderful start to the season.<\/p>\n

There was 1:51 remaining, the Giants owned two timeouts and this wild and crazy affair was in the hands Manning, usually the coolest customer on the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018We\u2019re going to win this game 30-29, we\u2019re gonna win,\u2019\u2019 guard Justin Pugh said. \u201cBut we didn\u2019t.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

No, they didn\u2019t. Manning hit Victor Cruz for 18 yards to get the Giants to their 39-yard line, but with 1:02, left Manning\u2019s next pass was the last he got to throw. He looked short and over the middle for Shane Vereen but rookie safety Su\u2019a Cravens stepped in front of the target and came away with a lunging interception. It was a fitting way for the Giants to absorb Sunday\u2019s 29-27 loss at MetLife Stadium, as they were a mistake-prone and self-destructive outfit for much of the sun-splashed afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cBad decision by me,\u2019\u2019 Manning said. \u201cShould\u2019ve gone onto my next progression. Guy made a good play and it was unfortunate.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Just like that, the Giants (2-1) failed to bury the Redskins (1-2) in an early-season showdown that brought out the worst in Ben McAdoo\u2019s team as he was hit with his first head-coaching loss amid three more turnovers and an array of mistakes and penalties.<\/p>\n

Eli ManningPhoto: Charles Wenzelberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cYeah, it\u2019s disappointing,\u2019\u2019 McAdoo said. \u201cAbsolutely. We need to be better than that, and we are better than that. We\u2019re going to address it this week and we\u2019re going to fix it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

The much-ballyhooed Beckham-Norman battle royal started slowly, heated up early in the fourth quarter and really was about to percolate when it fizzled, as center Weston Richburg was called for his second unsportsmanlike conduct penalty \u2014 he blocked Norman on Beckham\u2019s 24-yard catch-and-run and then apparently mouthed off \u2014 leading to a shocking ejection, the first-ever in the NFL under the so-called Beckham Rule. At the time, the Redskins were leading 26-24 and a Giants drive reached the Washington 15 before Manning looked into the end zone for tight end Will Tye, who gave up on the play and the pass was intercepted by cornerback Quinton Dunbar.<\/p>\n

Undeterred, the Giants should have been in business when rookie Romeo Okwara stormed in to block Tress Way\u2019s punt that would have put them inside the Redskins\u2019 20-yard line. That block was nullified when rookie safety Andrew Adams, making his NFL debut, was called for a mindless roughing penalty. The Giants, after getting the ball on their own 30 on the second post, put a drive together and Josh Brown\u2019s 30-yard field goal put them ahead 27-26 midway through the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

It was that type of game, in which the Giants canceled out much of what they did right with something so wrong. A roughing the passer penalty on Olivier Vernon helped the \u2019Skins grind away on the ground with Matt Jones to set up Dustin Hopkins for his fifth field goal for a 29-27 Redskins lead. A comeback was not to be after a three-turnover, 11-penalty performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got them on the ropes a few times and all the sudden we\u2019re going backwards,\u2019\u2019 Manning said. \u201cWe got to play smarter football. We can\u2019t afford to do that.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

This was a wasteful outing for the Giants, who led 14-3 in the second quarter and appeared poised to take control \u2014 until they lost their poise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like we should have won that game,\u2019\u2019 Pugh said. \u201cIf they weren\u2019t playing for the Redskins, they probably feel like they should have lost that game, too. We hurt ourselves with turnovers, penalties, everything you can do to lose a game today we did.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Beckham ended with seven catches for 121 yards, with Norman on him most of the way. Beckham said he was warned by the officials before the game that his first indiscretion would prompt an immediate ejection, a harsh response to last year\u2019s altercations with Norman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no, \u2018You get a warning,\u2019 \u2019\u2019 Beckham said. \u201cThere was not any of that. You just have to be on your best behavior. Unfortunately, that\u2019s what it\u2019s come to. It\u2019s not really football anymore as much as it is all the other things that play into it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Beckham was called for one penalty \u2014 offensive pass interference on a pick play on a pass to Sterling Shepard on the final, fateful series. Norman was called for an unnecessary roughness penalty for hitting Shepard early in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Norman got the last laugh.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big, I don\u2019t want to say [a] step back,\u2019\u2019 linebacker Jonathan Casillas said, \u201cbut this is a hurting we got to overcome.\u2019\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/09\/25\/eli-manning-blinks-twice-as-giants-cant-beat-josh-norman\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Giants\u2019 kicked-out center accuses ref of targeting\u00a0him<\/h1>\n

By Zach Braziller<\/a><\/p>\n

September 25, 2016 |<\/span> 10:22pm<\/p>\n

Weston Richburg didn\u2019t pass the buck, but he didn\u2019t exactly own his ejection, either.<\/p>\n

The Giants center, the first player to get tossed under the NFL\u2019s new double unsportsmanlike conduct rule, admitted, \u201cI let my team down,\u201d but also took a shot at umpire Undrey Walsh, saying, \u201cThe guy that threw [the flag] was after me.\u201d<\/p>\n

While backup Brett Jones performed well in place of Richburg, his fourth-quarter disqualification certainly didn\u2019t help the Giants in their disappointing 29-27 loss to the Redskins at MetLife Stadium on Sunday. The new rule was implemented after Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and Panthers cornerback Josh Norman, now with the Redskins, combined for five personal fouls in an ugly matchup last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were probably trying to cut down on things seeing what happened last year with that matchup,\u201d the 25-year-old Richburg said. \u201cBut it\u2019s on me. I can\u2019t control how many flags they want to throw. I\u2019ve got to be a leader and be in there for my team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richburg said he apologized to his teammates after the defeat, and they didn\u2019t seem too upset with him, as long as it doesn\u2019t happen again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWeston knows we need him out there,\u201d left guard Justin Pugh said. \u201cHe\u2019s our center, one of the best centers in the NFL, we need him on the field. He\u2019s gonna learn from it. He\u2019s a young guy, that fine\u2019s gonna come in and I know he won\u2019t have that happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was unclear what he was called for on the play in question, a 24-yard pass play to Beckham in which Richburg was down field and shoved Norman from behind. Richburg said there was no trash-talking with Norman involved, and said he wasn\u2019t given a reason for the penalty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t have a very lengthy conversation about it,\u201d Richburg said.<\/p>\n

As for what he felt about it, Richburg said, \u201cI can\u2019t say anything about the call.\u201d<\/p>\n

His ejection hurt, but so did the penalty. The Giants would\u2019ve had the ball at the Redskins 5-yard-line, trailing 26-24 with 14:03 remaining. Instead, the ball got moved back to the 20, and Eli Manning threw an interception two players later.<\/p>\n

\u201cI let my teammates down,\u201d Richburg said. \u201cI have to be a presence in there and be a leader and I let my team down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Without directly doing so, Richburg was at least implicating Walsh for making what he felt was an unnecessary call because of their dialogue during the game. It sounded like a contentious back and forth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI deal with him a lot because he is the umpire and spots the ball, so I am talking to him about calls and what not,\u201d Richburg said. \u201cBut like I said, I just have to be that consistent presence for my team and today I made a mistake and let it pull me out of the game.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/09\/25\/giants-kicked-out-center-accuses-ref-of-targeting-him\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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And more fun from The New York Daily News<\/span>:<\/p>\n

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WATCH: Giants\u2019 Odell Beckham Jr. throws fit, fights with kicking net and cries<\/h1>\n
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BY Daniel Popper<\/a> <\/div>\n
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS<\/div>\n
Sunday, September 25, 2016, 4:29 PM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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