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2010 New York Giants Season
The 2010 New York Giants season was the 86th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL) and the team's inaugural season in New Meadowlands Stadium. The Giants were looking to improve on their 8–8 finish in 2009 and to return to the playoffs after missing the postseason. Although New York was able to improve on their record and finish 10–6, the team was eliminated from postseason contention on the regular season's final day. The Giants dedicated their 2010 season to the memory of Bob Sheppard, the team's public address announcer from 1956 to 2005, who died on July 11, 2010. Offseason Transactions With the upcoming uncapped season in the NFL, several Giants players who expected to become unrestricted free agents will be restricted free agents. The first move of the team in the offseason was to renew some of the contracts of players who were on the practice squad. Also in the beginning of the offseason the team signed three new players: defensive back Courtney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NFC East
The National Football Conference – Eastern Division or NFC East is one of the four Division (sport), divisions of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). It currently has four members: the Dallas Cowboys (based in Arlington, Texas), New York Giants (based in East Rutherford, New Jersey), Philadelphia Eagles (based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), and the Washington Commanders (based in Landover, Maryland). The division was formed in 1967 as the National Football League Capitol Division and acquired its current name in 1970 when the NFL AFL-NFL merger, merged with the American Football League. The NFC East is currently the only division in the league in which all four current teams have won at least one Super Bowl. With 13 Super Bowl titles, the NFC East is currently the most successful division in the NFL during the Super Bowl era, with the AFC East second with nine titles. History The division's original name derived from it being centere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Brown (defensive Back)
Courtney Leonard Brown (born February 10, 1984) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants. He played college football at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Early years Brown attended Saint Mary's College High School, where he played as a cornerback and wide receiver. He received All-league honors at defensive back as a senior. In track, he qualified for the state's finals. He was a four-year honor-roll member. He accepted a football scholarship from California Polytechnic State University, a Division I-AA school. In 2002, he started as a true freshman at wide receiver and caught 9 passes for 139 yards (15.4-yard average). In 2003, he was moved to left cornerback where he started 6 out of the 8 games he appeared in, finishing with 16 tackles, 2 interceptions and one pass defensed. He missed the last 3 games with an ankle sprain. In 2004, he sustained a season ending left knee injury in the season opener ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Carr (American Football)
David Duke Carr (born July 21, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the NFL for 11 seasons. He was drafted by the Houston Texans first overall in the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Fresno State. Carr also played professionally for the Carolina Panthers, New York Giants, and San Francisco 49ers. He received a Super Bowl ring as a backup for the Giants after their victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. Carr's status as a number one draft pick and subsequent career has led to him being considered a draft bust. In 2016, he joined the NFL Network as an analyst. Early years David Carr attended Valley Oak Elementary School in Fresno, California. He continued on to Clovis Unified's Kastner Intermediate School in Fresno, where he proceeded to break a number of California D-I middle school records as quarterback of the Thunderbirds. After moving to Bakersfield, California, Carr attended Stockdale High Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Londen Fryar
Axel Fredrik Londen (5 August 1859 – 8 September 1928) was a Finnish sports shooter, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Olympics He was a member of the board of the Finnish Olympic Committee in 1907–1908 and 1911–1913. Biography His parents were vicar and rural dean Karl Fredrik Londen and Emilia Nordenstreng. His was married to Valborg Ferlmann in 1895–1919 and to Maria Elisabet Magnuson since 1920. He obtained a legal degree in 1886 and the title of varatuomari in 1889. He moved to Sweden to manage a tobacco factory in the 1910s and got their citizenship. He moved back to Finland after bankruptcy. He was the chairman of the shooting club Suomen Metsästysyhdistys in 1911–1917. He edited the outdoors magazine '' Metsästys ja Kalastus''. He was the first executive manager of the Finnish Hunters' Association The Finnish Hunters' Association ( fi, Suomen Metsästäjäliitto) is Finland's largest voluntary association of hunters, consisting of ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Rouse
Aaron Roosevelt Rouse (born January 8, 1984) is a former American football safety who last played for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies. Rouse was also a member of the New York Giants, Arizona Cardinals and Omaha Nighthawks. In 2018, he entered and won the election for an at-large seat on the Virginia Beach city council. In February 2020, Rouse entered the race for Virginia Beach mayor, but he dropped out of the race in May. Early years Rouse attended First Colonial High School in Virginia where he excelled at many positions, including outside linebacker and wide receiver. He was named first-team Group AAA by The Associated Press and second-team by the state coaches as a linebacker. In his senior year, he was named Defensive Player of the Year in the Virginia Beach District, yet lost the state award to Kai Parham, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darcy Johnson
Darcy Johnson (born February 11, 1983) is a former American football tight end. He was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at UCF. Johnson also played for the St. Louis Rams. College career He played in 48 games with 35 starts at the University of Central Florida. He caught 81 passes for 919 yards (11.3-yard avg.) and scored 6 touchdowns while recording 14 tackles (8 solo) on special teams, also had a 22-yard kickoff return. Johnson earned All-Conference USA 2nd-team honors in 2005 as a senior, he was ranked 3rd on the squad with 36 catches for 435 yards (12.1-yard avg.) and 2 touchdowns. He graduated in May 2005 with a degree in criminal justice Professional career New York Giants An undrafted rookie, Johnson was a member of the Giants' practice squad for the 2006 season. He signed with the active roster on December 26, 2006. Johnson was placed on the injured reserve, ending his 2007 season. Darcy suffered a partial t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Dockery
Kevin Dockery (born January 8, 1984) is a former American football cornerback. He was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Mississippi State. Dockery has also been a member of the St. Louis Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers. He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII against the New England Patriots. College career Dockery played in 44 games with 37 starts at cornerback for the Bulldogs and was credited with 195 tackles (117 solo) he also had 6 interceptions, 22 pass breakups and 2 sacks. Professional career New York Giants Dockery signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2006. His first career interception was a 96-yard return for a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys in week 7 of the 2006 NFL season. He finished his rookie season with 35 tackles, two interceptions, and seven pass deflections in 14 games. Dockery missed three games in 2007 with injuries, but in 13 games played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restricted Free Agent
A restricted free agent (RFA) is a type of free agent in the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), or National Basketball Association (NBA). Such players have special restrictions on the terms under which they can retain or change employment status with their athletic club teams. NFL In the National Football League, a restricted free agent is one with three or fewer accrued seasons (six or more regular season games with a team) of service, who has received a "qualifying" offer (a salary level predetermined by the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement between the league and its players, known as a "tender") from his current club. He can negotiate with any club through a certain date. If the restricted free agent accepts an offer sheet from a new club, his old club has "right of first refusal," a five-day period in which it may match the offer and retain him, or choose not to match the offer, in which case it may receive one or more draft picks for the upco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Pierce
Antonio Durran Pierce (born October 26, 1978) is the linebackers coach for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Arizona. He was signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent, and also played for the New York Giants. Early years Pierce played high school football at Paramount High School in Paramount, California. He played two years of football at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, California, before transferring to the University of Arizona. As a senior at Arizona, he had three sacks, 77 tackles (ten for losses), two forced fumbles, one interception, and one blocked kick. Pierce was not taken in the 2001 NFL Draft after his senior year at Arizona because many NFL scouts considered him too undersized to play linebacker in the NFL. Professional career Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins signed him as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2001. He played in all 16 games as a rookie, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Taylor (American Football)
Herbert Reginald Taylor, II (born September 22, 1984) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Christian. Taylor has also been a member of the Denver Broncos, New York Giants, Jacksonville Jaguars, Green Bay Packers, and Las Vegas Locomotives. Early years Taylor was a letterman in football, baseball and track at Hightower High School in the Houston area before playing college football at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth. College career At TCU, he started all 48 games of his college career, a school record. Professional career Las Vegas Locomotives Taylor was signed by the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League on November 1, 2010. Jacksonville Jaguars Taylor was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League on September 10, 2012. Six days later, he started at right guard against the Houston Texans due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC North, North division. The club's home games are held in downtown Cincinnati at Paycor Stadium, Paul Brown Stadium. Former Cleveland Browns head coach Paul Brown began planning for the creation of the Bengals franchise in 1965, and Cincinnati's city council approved the construction of Riverfront Stadium in 1966. Finally, in 1967, the Bengals were founded when a group headed by Brown received franchise approval by the American Football League (AFL) on May 23, 1967, and they began play in the 1968 season. Brown was the Bengals' head coach from their inception to . After being dismissed as the Browns' head coach by Art Modell (who had purchased a majority interest in the team in ) in January , Brown had shown interest in establishing another NFL franchise in Ohio and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carson Butler
Carson may refer to: People *Carson (surname), people with the surname *Carson (given name), people with the given name Places ;In the United States *Carson, California, a city *Carson Township, Fayette County, Illinois *Carson, Iowa, a city *Carson, Kentucky, an unincorporated community *Carson City, Michigan *Carson Township, Minnesota *Carson, Mississippi, an unincorporated community *Carson, Missouri, a ghost town *Carson City, Nevada *Carson, New Mexico, an unincorporated community *Carson, North Dakota, a city *Carson, Oregon, an unincorporated community *Carson County, Texas *Carson, Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carson, Washington, an unincorporated community *Carson, Wisconsin, a town *Fort Carson, Colorado, a United States Army post *Carson Beach, South Boston, Massachusetts, a public beach *Carson Desert, Nevada *Carson National Forest, New Mexico *Carson Park (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) *Carson Pass, through the Sierra Nevada in California *Carson Range, a mountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
