Giants continue to roll in win over Arizona
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11/23/2008 - Glendale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eli Manning completed 26-of-33 passes for 240 yards and three touchdowns as the New York Giants kept rolling with a 37-29 victory over the Arizona Cardinals.
Kevin Boss, Amani Toomer and Madison Hedgecock were on the receiving end of TD passes from Manning for the Giants (10-1), who have won six consecutive games.
Derrick Ward added 69 yards and a score on 20 carries while kicker John Carney was perfect on four extra points and three field goals.
Kurt Warner threw for 351 yards, one touchdown and an interception on 32-of-52 completions for the Cardinals (7-4), whose three-game win streak was halted.
Tim Hightower scored two rushing TDs and Anquan Boldin caught 11 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown in defeat.
Manning connected with Boss on a 10-yard touchdown 45 seconds into the fourth which gave the Giants a 31-19 advantage, and Carney hit from 27 yards out with 6:17 remaining for a 15-point New York edge.
However, the Cards snuck back within 34-26 as Boldin hauled in a five-yard pass from Warner a little more than two minutes later.
The Giants recovered the onsides kick and Carney was good from 33 yards out right after the two-minute warning for a 37-26 game. Rackers countered from 44 yards to make it 37-29 after Arizona went 43 yards in eight plays.
New York made a clean recovery of Rackers' onside kick and Manning took a knee to run off the remaining seconds.
Arizona's first possession of the contest yielded a 34-yard field goal from Rackers. Warner went 6-for-7 during the 63-yard drive.
Ward's one-yard TD run put the Giants ahead 7-3 early in the second quarter, but the Cards went up 9-7 on the next drive after a failed conversion pass followed Hightower's four-yard run.
Hixon returned the kickoff 83 yards deep into Cardinals territory, and Carney ended New York's series with a 33-yard make.
The following Arizona drive stalled inside the five, and Rackers made a 20- yarder to put the home team up 12-10.
Hixon returned that kick 68 yards and Toomer's 12-yard catch for a score put the Giants up 17-12 with 1:08 left in the half.
Hedgecock's two-yard reception early in the third pushed the Big Blue lead to 24-12.
A pass interference penalty in the end zone aided Arizona's next scoring drive, as Hightower plunged in from the one with 49 seconds left in the third quarter.
Game Notes
Giants wideout Plaxico Burress aggravated hamstring injury in the second quarter and did not return...New York also played without running back Brandon Jacobs...Hixon racked up 200 total return yards...Arizona outgained New York 371-321...The Giants head to the nation's capital to face division rival Washington next Sunday, while the Cardinals travel to Philadelphia on Thanksgiving.
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Problem with Bears?
Chicago, IL - New Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler and star linebacker Brian Urlacher shot down reports of a rift, saying they're simply not true.
"There's nothing between us," Cutler said Thursday, when he reported to training camp. "I just want to put that to rest. There never has been anything between us."
Urlacher added: "I never said what I was quoted as saying and that's it. I have a lot of respect for Jay. I think Jay knows that."
Former Bears receiver Bobby Wade caused a stir when he told Minneapolis radio station KFAN-AM that Urlacher used a profanity while questioning Cutler's manhood during a conversation in Las Vegas last weekend. Wade, who now plays for the Vikings, said Urlacher used a profane version of the word "wimp" during the interview that had to be edited out.
go radio station WSCR-AM also reported that Urlacher had to be restrained from confronting Cutler during organized team activities.
"I wouldn't go face-to-face with Brian, anyway," Cutler said. "No, that's never happened. I've hung out with Brian away from the facility numerous times and we've always gotten along."
Urlacher, noting he was limited by a groin injury, denied the reports in an interview with the Chicago Tribune and did it again when he reported to camp.
"I didn't practice this summer, so I don't know how I would fight the guy if I didn't practice," Urlacher said. "We have no problems. I'm excited about football starting. I'm excited to have him as our quarterback."
Why would Wade say that?
"I don't know," Urlacher said. "Maybe he's jealous because we have a good quarterback now."
Cutler said the first he heard of any friction was when he got a call from Urlacher to clear the air. Urlacher, however, said he had already taken several calls from teammates wondering if the reports were true when Cutler phoned.
"He called me and I said, What's up (expletive), what are you doing?'" a grinning Urlacher said, uttering the same word he allegedly used with Wade. "It's so dumb to me that this even got to this point, but it did and then here we are."
better place after going 9-7 and missing the playoffs for the second straight year. They have a franchise quarterback for the first time in decades after acquiring Cutler in an offseason trade with Denver. But there are questions about his attitude following a fallout with Broncos management and new coach Josh McDaniels.
His critics include former Bears coach Mike Ditka and former Indianapolis and Tampa Bay coach Tony Dungy, one of Smith's mentors. Smith, however, said Cutler has been a model teammate so far while denying any animosity with Urlacher.
"There's no issue with Jay and Brian, except Brian and Jay are both excited about being teammates for our club this year," coach Lovie Smith said. "No more than that. We can't spend a whole lot of time on something that isn't true. I have talked to the players. Whenever something comes out, you have to address it, but it's a non-issue."
In some ways, Cutler is getting a second chance in Chicago, an opportunity to repair his reputation.
Smith said another quarterback - Michael Vick - deserves one, although he doesn't see it happening with the Bears, who lack an experienced backup. The former Atlanta Falcons star, who served a 23-month sentence for running a dogfighting ring, said Thursday he is getting close to signing with a pro football team.
"A second chance, like everyone in society who has paid their debt to society," Smith said. "He deserves a second chance. As far as we're concerned, we like this team that we have right now."
Particularly the new quarterback.
"Me and Brian have been on a good relationship since I've been here, and I expect it to continue that way," Cutler said.
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