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  • New York Daily News
  • The Morning Call
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Past articles by Pat:

NFL owners pass kickoff rule change despite strong opposition from coaches and players

NFL owners passed a controversial measure to limit kick returns. → Read More

NFL owners approve Thursday Night Football flexing between Weeks 13-17

The games must be flexed a minimum of 28 days prior to the date, which is more notice than the previously proposed 15-day period. → Read More

Saquon Barkley will be part of Giants, but ‘still mapping out’ resolution, says GM Joe Schoen

Giants GM Joe Schoen said Wednesday that Saquon Barkley is “gonna be a part of this team going forward,” but the franchise tag was always a possibility if a deal didn’t get done by Tuesday, and Barkley knew that. → Read More

Giants re-sign Daniel Jones to long-term deal, tag Saquon Barkley at deadline

The Giants and Daniel Jones just beat the clock while the team placed the franchise tag on Saquon Barkley. → Read More

2023 NFL Combine kicks off a defining three weeks for Joe Schoen’s Giants rebuild

The Giants hired Joe Schoen more than a year ago to rebuild their roster and turn around their franchise. → Read More

10 insights on Daniel Jones’ agent switch for Giants contract negotiations

Daniel Jones has changed agencies from CAA to Athletes First for his big contract negotiation with the Giants. → Read More

Pat Leonard: Super Bowl week a critical one for Saquon Barkley negotiations

This week feels like a big one in the Giants’ Saquon Barkley contract negotiations. → Read More

Pat Leonard: Joe Schoen has the one quality Giants need most in ongoing rebuild

The Giants have a GM ready to navigate this offseason. → Read More

GM Joe Schoen says Giants and Saquon Barkley ‘weren’t really that close’ on contract value in fall

Schoen said Saquon Barkley is "a guy that we’d like to have back.” → Read More

Water, broken chains and contact lenses: Everything went wrong for Giants in Philly

Nothing went right for the Giants in their trip to Philadelphia. → Read More

Giants get water back at hotel, dodge Wooder-gate before facing Eagles

They can’t call this Watergate. It’s Wooder-gate. → Read More

‘Elite’ Daniel Jones carries Giants to first playoff win since 2011 in upset of Vikings

Rookie coach Brian Daboll and the 6-seed Giants will visit the top-seeded Philadelphia Eagles next weekend. → Read More

‘Closer’ Kayvon Thibodeaux could carry mantle as Giants’ new face of franchise by sinking Vikings

The Giants’ championship legacy resides in dominant defense, in the names of players that quarterbacks feared. → Read More

3 keys to a Giants road win over the Vikings in Wild Card playoff game

Dexter Lawrence, rookie edge Kayvon Thibodeaux and the Giants pass rush can get to Kirk Cousins past a banged-up Minnesota O-line. → Read More

Giants LT Andrew Thomas, DT Dexter Lawrence named AP 2nd team All-Pro

Giants left tackle Andrew Thomas and defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence both were named to the Associated Press All-Pro second-team on Friday in recognition of their 2022 monster seasons. → Read More

Giants end season with loss to Eagles, draw Vikings in Wild Card

Wink Martindale’s hard-nosed Giants defense served notice on Sunday with tons of starters sitting that the Giants might be a harder out down the road than previously expected. → Read More

3 keys to a Giants victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in regular season finale

The Giants’ priority Sunday needs to be keeping their key players healthy for the Wild Card playoff game. → Read More

Damar Hamlin wakes as Bills assistant trainer Denny Kellington is lauded as ‘hero’

Bills assistant trainer Denny Kellington's quick reactions played a role in saving Hamlin's life. → Read More

Bills say Damar Hamlin is showing ‘remarkable improvement,’ asked if Buffalo had won

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin woke up on Wednesday night and asked in writing if his team had beaten the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night. → Read More

Brian Daboll seems likely to rest several key Giants starters at Eagles

Brian Daboll isn't letting history influence his decisions. → Read More