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Chris Canty doesn't just believe Jason Pierre-Paul is the most versatile defensive end in the game today.

He thinks JPP can be as good as one of the all-time greats –- Reggie White.


When asked on "The Michael Kay Show" who is better, Pierre-Paul or Canty's former Cowboys teammate DeMarcus Ware, Canty replied without hesitation.

"It is no question in my mind," the Giants defensive tackle said on ESPN New York 98.7. "JPP's ability to play any position along the defensive front is what makes him tremendously special. He can play the shade, the two technique, the three technique ... he can do it all ... anything you want him to do along the defensive front, he can do."

Canty said the better comparison may be JPP to White.

"There is really nobody in the league right now that you can compare him to," Canty said. "The only person that kind of sticks out where you can compare him to -- and I can't believe I am saying this -- but he reminds me a lot of Reggie White. His ability to play all those different positions and to impact the football game the way he does, he is an unbelievable talent."

Canty also said he agrees with several others who believe Osi Umenyiora is underpaid even after restructuring the final of year of his contract.

"I think Osi is underpaid even though they gave him a little something to kind of appease him right now," Canty said. "He is a tremendous football player, a great teammate and person and I am glad to be able to play with him. With that being said, he is probably talent-wise a $10 (million) to $12 million-a-year defensive end and his performance and his play speaks for itself."

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Can't wait for the Giants to silence the Cowboys faithful twice again this season.

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by Jimmy Kempski on June 29th, 2012 at 11:22 am

I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the most statistically impressive and deficient numbers for the Giants in 2011. These are basic overview categories that can be found on NFL.com’s team stats area.  I didn’t drill down too deep, by getting into more subjective advanced stats like drops and missed tackles, but thought this might serve as a good overview of the areas that needed the most attention for each team heading into the 2012 season, and where they’re doing just fine.


Top 10  Stat  Rank
Yards per game  385.1  8
Yards per play  6  7
First downs per game  20.7  10
Turnover differential  +7  T-7
Passing yards per game  295.9  5
Passing TD  29  T-6
20+ yard completions  67  5
40+ yard completions  18  1
Sacks allowed  28  7
QB rating  92.9  6
Rush TD  17  6
Points per game  24.6  9
Safeties  4  1
Interceptions  20  T-6
40+ yard pass plays allowed  7  T-5
Sacks  48  T-3
Fumble recoveries  11  T-7

Nothing too surprising here.  The one thing that stands out is that the Giants, despite finishing dead last in rushing yards per game, rushing yards per attempt, and rushes of more than 20+ and 40+ yards, actually had the 6th most rushing TDs.

Bottom 10′s after the jump…


Bottom 10  Stat  Rank
Rushing Yards per game – Offense  89.2  32
Yards per carry – Offense  3.5  32
Rushes of 20+ yards – Offense  4  32
Rushes of 40+ yards – Offense  0  6 teams had 0
Time of possession  29:30  23
FG’s blocked  2  6 teams had 2
Punt return avg  6.1  29
Defensive TD’s  1  7 teams only had 1
Points per game allowed  25  25
Yards per game allowed  376.4  27
Yards per play allowed  5.6  23
Passing yards per game allowed  255.1  29
Passing TD’s allowed  28  25
Pass plays of 20+ yards allowed  60  29
Rushing yards per attempt allowed  4.5  23
Rushing TD allowed  15  23

It’s just staggering that the team that won the Super Bowl was dead last in rushing yards and yards per carry, and in the Bottom 10 in points per game allowed, yards per game allowed, yards per play allowed, passing yards allowed, passing TD’s allowed, rushing yards per carry allowed, and rushing TD’s allowed. That just shows what a great QB, a great pass rush, and the mantra of “Just get into the tourney” really means.

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How big was Reggie White? JPP is 6'5 295 now and he's probably more athletic than 95% of the DE's in the nfl lol

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Didn't Strahan say that when he first broke into broadcasting,
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he felt like he almost had to be anti-Giants to prove he wasn't going to be a Giants homer on the air?

Maybe Toomer is going through this phase as well?

Either that, or he's just trying to stir the pot, which is how many sports analyst choose to distinguish themselves these days.
I just can't imagine Toomer actually believes that.

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