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Getty Images The last time Eli Manning was benched as the Giants’ starting quarterback, in 2017, it lasted just one game before coach Ben McAdoo was fired, Geno Smith went back to the bench, and Manning went back to the field. In 2019, there’s no chance of that. Giants coach Pat Shurmur was...

Getty Images The Cardinals got cornerback Patrick Peterson back after a six-game suspension and his impact was hard to miss in Sunday’s 27-21 win over the Giants. Peterson sacked Giants quarterback Daniel Jones in the fourth quarter and forced a fumble that was recovered by linebacker Haason...

Getty Images The NFL’s adoption of a rule allowing coaches to challenge pass interference calls and non-calls for the 2019 season generated a lot of attention during the offseason, preseason and opening weeks of the regular season. What’s become clear over that span is that the league is not...

Getty Images Saquon Barkley returned to game action with 72 rushing yards, eight receiving yards and a touchdown on Sunday, but those results came in a losing effort. The Cardinals sacked Daniel Jones eight times and forced three turnovers in a 27-21 loss that dropped the Giants to 2-5 on the...

Kyler Murray set an NFL record while helping the Cardinals take a 17-14 lead into halftime against the Giants. Murray’s ninth completion of the afternoon gave him the most completions through seven games of any player in NFL history. Murray would go on to complete 12-of-17 passes overall during...

Getty Images Chandler Jones has made a habit of stripping the ball from quarterbacks this season and he added to his total in the third quarter of Sunday’s game against the Giants. Jones ripped the ball from Giants quarterback Daniel Jones and recovered it at midfield for the Cardinals’ second...

Getty Images Cornerback Patrick Peterson was in the Cardinals lineup for the first time this season on Sunday and he made his presence felt on one of the biggest plays of the game. Peterson sacked Giants quarterback Daniel Jones and forced a fumble on a fourth-and-15 with just over two minutes...

Getty Images In the first six weeks of the 2019 season, the Cardinals had forced three turnovers while never allowing fewer than 340 yards of offense to an opposing team. The Cardinals had three takeaways on Sunday, including their first interception of the season, and held the Giants to 263...

Last week, Giants coach Pat Shurmur made a head-scracthing fourth-down decision in the fourth quarter from his own 33. This week, he made another one from the same spot on the field. Down only three points with 2:35 to play and two timeouts remaining, Shurmur opted to go for it on fourth and 15...

Getty Images The window for making trades closes in nine days. Most teams will play two games between now and then. And the outcomes of those games will help determine who does, and who doesn’t, get active in the trade market, as sellers or as buyers. For potential sellers, the next two games...

Getty Images He missed the first six games of the season after getting caught taking a PED and a masking agent that failed (obviously) to conceal the PED. Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson is now back on the active roster. Arizona activated Peterson in advance of Sunday’s game against the...

Getty Images Week Seven of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Chiefs and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images The Giants will go at least another week without their top wide receiver. Sterling Shepard will not be cleared from his concussion this week, Jordan Raanan of ESPN reports. That means Shepard is out at least Sunday against the Cardinals. It’s unclear at the moment whether Shepard...

Getty Images He was supposed to be out up to eight weeks. He’s back in four. But will he really be back? The Giants have removed running back Saquon Barkley from the final Week Seven injury report. However, coach Pat Shurmur won’t commit to actually playing Barkley on Sunday. “He’s...

Getty Images The Giants banked on Markus Golden‘s continued recovery from a 2017 ACL tear when building their pass rush this offseason and they’ve been rewarded for taking that approach thus far. Golden has at least a half-sack in each of the team’s last five games and he returned a fumble for...

Getty Images The Giants are on set to have their top running back in the lineup for Sunday’s game after Saquon Barkley got in another full practice on Thursday. Things are looking good for the Arizona backfield as well. David Johnson sat out Wednesday’s practice with an ankle injury, but the...

Getty Images Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has a knee injury. If he can’t play for a few weeks or longer, what will Kansas City do at quarterback? Matt Moore played capably on Thursday night, in large part because his defense suffocated a Denver offense that went into a shell after...

Getty Images Giants running back Saquon Barkley was a full participant in practice for the second straight day on Thursday, but he didn’t say guarantee he’s playing against the Cardinals on Sunday. Barkley said he’s taking his return “day by day” when asked if he’s definitely going to play...

Getty Images It looks like running back Saquon Barkley‘s absence from the Giants backfield is nearing its end. Barkley has missed the last three games with a high ankle sprain, but was able to practice on a limited basis over the last couple of weeks. He took the next step back toward the...

Getty Images The Giants have watched video on Kyler Murray ahead of Sunday’s game against the Cardinals, but they may have thought they were watching a video game. Dalvin Tomlinson said Murray’s quickness is reminiscent of “Sonic the Hedgehog” while fellow defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence...