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[SIZE=+2]Wait, who is Giants' Bradshaw?
[/SIZE] [SIZE=+1]Seventh-round pick gives Giants different dimension at RB
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]04:09 AM CST on Monday, January 7, 2008
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]By BRAD TOWNSEND / The Dallas Morning News
btownsend@***BANNED-URL*** [/SIZE]
TAMPA, Fla. – Dallas Cowboys players who watched the New York Giants' wild-card playoff victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday probably were impressed, but also perhaps confused.
Who was that Giants running back, No. 44, shredding the Bucs for 59 second-half yards?
His name is Ahmad Bradshaw. He is a 2007 seventh-round draft pick out of Marshall.
He didn't carry the ball in the Giants' two regular-season losses to the Cowboys. Heck, entering Sunday he had only 190 yards rushing all season, albeit on only 23 carries for an 8.3-yard average.
His coming out occurred three games ago, when he rushed 17 times for 151 yards against Buffalo. But the 5-9, 198-pounder sat out the regular-season finale against New England with a calf injury.
http://www.***BANNED-URL***/sports/football/With Bradshaw and 264-pounder Brandon Jacobs, the Giants suddenly seem to have a running back tandem to rival the Cowboys' Marion Barber and Julius Jones.
"He's just a quick guy," Eli Manning said of Bradshaw. "He kind of hides in there, but he gets tough yards and he runs strong. He just kind of gives you that different look than Brandon.
"If we can keep them both in the game and mix them up, it just gives us a great one-two punch."
Giants coach Tom Coughlin said that "going forward, there's no question" Bradshaw could be a key player. "To get him back was big."
Strahan enjoying the moment: Giants defensive end Michael Strahan held out of training camp and said he was retired, only to sign a contract days before the season opener.
The 16-year veteran, Houston native and all-time NFL sacks leader, had New York's only sack Sunday. He said he had thoughts that Sunday could be his final game.
Now he will play at least one more.
"I'm telling guys out there today, 'Play your best because you never know when it's your last,'" he said. "You know what? This could be it for me.
"So enjoy it. I've enjoyed the season. I've enjoyed playing with these guys. The season's going better in some regards than maybe I expected, personally."
Some pressure off? This was New York's first playoff victory since 2000. Along with Manning, Sunday's win also may have alleviated pressure on coach Coughlin, whose job status was in question after each of the last two seasons.
"It's all about our team, it's not anything about me," he said. "It's about our players. Our players played well. I just think it was a real solid feeling of everyone was going to make a great effort.
Nobody wanted to let anyone down."
[/SIZE] [SIZE=+1]Seventh-round pick gives Giants different dimension at RB
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]04:09 AM CST on Monday, January 7, 2008
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]By BRAD TOWNSEND / The Dallas Morning News
btownsend@***BANNED-URL*** [/SIZE]
TAMPA, Fla. – Dallas Cowboys players who watched the New York Giants' wild-card playoff victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday probably were impressed, but also perhaps confused.
Who was that Giants running back, No. 44, shredding the Bucs for 59 second-half yards?
His name is Ahmad Bradshaw. He is a 2007 seventh-round draft pick out of Marshall.
He didn't carry the ball in the Giants' two regular-season losses to the Cowboys. Heck, entering Sunday he had only 190 yards rushing all season, albeit on only 23 carries for an 8.3-yard average.
His coming out occurred three games ago, when he rushed 17 times for 151 yards against Buffalo. But the 5-9, 198-pounder sat out the regular-season finale against New England with a calf injury.
http://www.***BANNED-URL***/sports/football/With Bradshaw and 264-pounder Brandon Jacobs, the Giants suddenly seem to have a running back tandem to rival the Cowboys' Marion Barber and Julius Jones.
"He's just a quick guy," Eli Manning said of Bradshaw. "He kind of hides in there, but he gets tough yards and he runs strong. He just kind of gives you that different look than Brandon.
"If we can keep them both in the game and mix them up, it just gives us a great one-two punch."
Giants coach Tom Coughlin said that "going forward, there's no question" Bradshaw could be a key player. "To get him back was big."
Strahan enjoying the moment: Giants defensive end Michael Strahan held out of training camp and said he was retired, only to sign a contract days before the season opener.
The 16-year veteran, Houston native and all-time NFL sacks leader, had New York's only sack Sunday. He said he had thoughts that Sunday could be his final game.
Now he will play at least one more.
"I'm telling guys out there today, 'Play your best because you never know when it's your last,'" he said. "You know what? This could be it for me.
"So enjoy it. I've enjoyed the season. I've enjoyed playing with these guys. The season's going better in some regards than maybe I expected, personally."
Some pressure off? This was New York's first playoff victory since 2000. Along with Manning, Sunday's win also may have alleviated pressure on coach Coughlin, whose job status was in question after each of the last two seasons.
"It's all about our team, it's not anything about me," he said. "It's about our players. Our players played well. I just think it was a real solid feeling of everyone was going to make a great effort.
Nobody wanted to let anyone down."
