Giants news, 9/19: Eli Manning’s Hall of Fame bid, Malik Nabers, Greg Joesph, more headlines

Brian Burns: Inside rush plan, realizing NY Giants purpose | The Record When Burns starts to study an opponent, he doesn't write anything down at first. He'll grab his tablet and just watch two or three games to get a feel of the overall offense.

Burns prefers to initially visualize things, so he pays attention to set points a quarterback may take on certain drop backs, cadence and body language of the offensive linemen that will be tasked to block him. There's also importance placed on how a team will look to attack the Giants, especially up front in certain circumstances.

Andrew Thomas' Giants challenge all too familiar for Joe Thomas | New York Post Panic meter for every 0-2 NFL team: How worried should each franchise be? | PFF New York Giants : Extremely high. Shane Bowen's defense could fare better as the season progresses, especially expecting more from its three-tiered talent. But it's hard to fathom that Big Blue's offense will improve much from its ranking of 26th in expected points allowed per play. With nothing but formidable matchups upcoming, things could get ugly fast — potentially leading to Jones' benching.

Will Giants fire Brian Daboll, Joe Schoen? Keep an eye on this key factor (beyond just losing) | NJ.com This week's opponent David Njoku unlikely to return to Browns lineup this week | Pro Football Talk Njoku missed last Sunday's win over the Jaguars with an ankle injury and head coach Kevin Stefanski told reporters at a Wednesday press conference that he is unlikely to return to action this week.

Stefanski also said that he's hopeful cornerback Denzel Ward's shoulder injury will allow him to play more than the 11 snaps he was able to play last Sunday. Tackle Dawand Jones (knee) and running back Pierre Strong (hamstring) are not expected to practice on Wednesday.

Denzel Ward is one of four defenders to have forced four pass incompletions on the season along with Quinyon Mitchell, Benjamin St-Juste and Paulson Adebo.

RB Royce Freeman signs with Cleveland Browns | USAToday.com The Cleveland Browns have signed free agent running Royce Freeman to their practice squad, the team announced Tuesday. Freeman will provide depth behind fellow Browns running backs Jerome Ford, D'Onta Foreman and Pierre Strong.

Around the league Cowboys' Jordan Phillips again injures right wrist, put on IR | ESPN.com

Jerry Jones: Mike McCarthy's pressure to win will come in the postseason | Pro Football Talk

Why Nick Sirianni feels even more confident about Eagles kicking FG instead of going for it in loss to Falcons | CBSSports.com

Was Eagles defense ready to get back to work late? | Pro Football Talk

Can Joe Whitt Jr. get what's needed from his defensive unit before it's too late? | Hogs Haven

Aaron Rodgers on Patriots: A 'little weird' to face coaches you've played against | NFL.com

Jets list C.J. Mosley as questionable for Thursday night | Pro Football Talk

Patriots LB Ja'Whaun Bentley expected to miss rest of season with torn pectoral muscle | The Athletic

Packers QB Jordan Love returns to practice on limited basis for first time since injuring knee in Brazil | NFL.com

Joe Mixon out of practice, Texans "holding out hope" he can play this week | Pro Football Talk

Chargers' Jim Harbaugh says Justin Herbert 'working through' ankle injury, expects QB to play vs. Steelers | NFL.com

Colts All-Pro DT DeForest Buckner lands on IR with high ankle sprain | The Athletic

Chiefs TE Travis Kelce on slow start - 'I put that on me' | ESPN.com

Panthers' Bryce Young benched: Dave Canales says trading QB 'not something we're really considering' | CBSSports.com

Why Did the Panthers Bench Bryce Young? And Where Do They Go From Here? | The Ringer

Why are the Ravens 0-2? A look at Baltimore's early struggles | ESPN.com

Why insuring star players has become a source of NFL tension | ESPN.com

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