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Jason Pierre-Paul visiting sports hernia specialist

Posted by Darin Gantt on December 6, 2016, 11:23 AM EST

Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul wasn’t able to finish Sunday’s game because of a groin injury. Now, they’re awaiting word on the rest of the season.

According to Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network, Pierre-Paul is in Philadelphia today, visiting noted sports hernia surgeon Dr. Williams Meyers.

The visit itself isn’t a sign a impending doom or anything, but Pierre-Paul’s condition is clearly a concern. He expressed optimism after the game, and it could be that checking in with Meyers is just to make sure he’s not making a problem worse.

Pierre-Paul has 7.0 sacks in 12 games this season, a solid output during his bet-on-himself season. Assuming he’s well, the 27-year-old is positioned to hit it big in free agency this offseason.
 

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Dallas Cowboys Opponent Profile: Cowboys Look To Avenge Season’s Only Loss Vs. Giants

By Shawn Lealos

The Dallas Cowboys became the first team to clinch a playoff spot this past weekend with their win over the Minnesota Vikings. They next have a chance to clinch the NFC East. If the Dallas Cowboys avenge their only loss of the season, a first-week defeat to the New York Giants, they will wrap up the NFC East and put themselves in position for a first-round playoff bye. Here is a look at the Cowboys’ Week 14 opponent, the New York Giants.

New York Giants Season Record

The New York Giants are on pace for the playoffs. New York is 8-4 on the season and they need to beat Dallas and win out—while hoping the Cowboys collapse—to take the NFC East. That is not likely, but the Giants are still fighting for the wild card spot and, if the NFL season ended today, New York would be the No. 1 wild card team. A win in Dallas could really help them when it comes to tiebreakers as well.

New York Giants On Offense

The New York Giants only seem to be able to move the ball on a regular basis through their passing game. The passing offense of the Giants remains dangerous, with Eli Manning at quarterback. However, Manning is struggling with consistency, as he has through much of his career. He has thrown 22 touchdown passes but has also thrown 12 interceptions and has been sacked 15 times this season.

Manning’s top receiving target is still Odell Beckham Jr., who ranks fourth in the NFL in receptions (75) and receiving yards (1,015). It is his third straight 1,000-yard receiving season and he is on pace for his first 100-reception season. Sterling Shepard is also having a great rookie season, with 48 catches for 497 yards and six touchdowns. However, the Achilles heel for the Giants is a poor offensive line that can’t open holes for the running backs. The leading rusher for the Giants is Rashad Jennings, who has only 414 yards; the team, as a whole, only averages 3.5 yards-per-run.

New York Giants On Defense

The Giants won six straight games before falling to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday and that is because of an improved defense. The Steelers are back on track again this season and the Giants still remained competitive in the game. However, the Giants did show some weakness by giving up 118 yards rushing to Le’Veon Bell. That makes things look pretty good for Ezekiel Elliott, who holds the NFL rushing lead by over 200 yards. The Giants don’t rank highly in either pass or rush defense, but they do have 11 interceptions on the season and remain dangerous.

New York Giants Players To Watch

Odell Beckham Jr. – The Dallas Cowboys’ biggest weakness is still their defense, and they are riddled with injuries in their secondary. That makes Odell Beckham Jr. a huge threat to expose those weaknesses. In the first game this season, Beckham led the team with four receptions for 73 yards.

Landon Collins – The Giants have 11 interceptions on the season and Landon Collins leads the team with five. He is also the leading tackler on the team with 94 tackles, 76 of them solo. Add in two tackles for a loss, three sacks, and a pick-six, and this is the one defensive player that can really give the Cowboys’ offense headaches.

Outlook

The Dallas Cowboys have only lost one game this season and it was the season-opening game against the New York Giants. That loss came after Terrance Williams caught a ball at the end of the game and went down in bounds instead of running to the sidelines to stop the clock and allow Dan Bailey a field goal opportunity. This gives Dallas a chance to avenge that loss, and if they can run well against the Giants defense, the Cowboys will control the clock and clinch the NFC East.
 

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OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG :towel
 

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Cowboys to see ref Carl Cheffers on Sunday against Giants
12:00 PM CT
Todd Archer
ESPN Staff Writer

FRISCO, Texas -- For the first time since Week 8 of last season, the Dallas Cowboys will see Carl Cheffers as the referee when they take on the New York Giants Sunday at MetLife Stadium.

The Cowboys are 3-1 in games with Cheffers as the referee and the games have been largely even in terms of penalties and yards. The Cowboys have been flagged 25 times for 200 yards, while their opponents -- the Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Detroit Lions and Houston Texans -- have been penalized 25 times for 189 yards.

Cheffers’ crew worked the Baltimore Ravens' win against the Miami Dolphins in Week 13 and called 16 penalties, with 14 accepted. That game was largely even in terms of penalties. The Dolphins had seven penalties for 57 yards, while the Ravens had seven for 68 yards. Both teams had a taunting penalty in the game.

The breakdown:

Offensive holding -- 3

Taunting -- 2

False start -- 4

Offside -- 1

Illegal block above the waist -- 2

Face mask -- 1

Defensive pass interference -- 1

Defensive holding -- 1

Quarter-by-quarter:

First -- 2

Second -- 3

Third -- 7

Fourth -- 4
 

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Jason Pierre-Paul visiting sports hernia specialist

Posted by Darin Gantt on December 6, 2016, 11:23 AM EST

Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul wasn’t able to finish Sunday’s game because of a groin injury. Now, they’re awaiting word on the rest of the season.

According to Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network, Pierre-Paul is in Philadelphia today, visiting noted sports hernia surgeon Dr. Williams Meyers.

The visit itself isn’t a sign a impending doom or anything, but Pierre-Paul’s condition is clearly a concern. He expressed optimism after the game, and it could be that checking in with Meyers is just to make sure he’s not making a problem worse.

Pierre-Paul has 7.0 sacks in 12 games this season, a solid output during his bet-on-himself season. Assuming he’s well, the 27-year-old is positioned to hit it big in free agency this offseason.
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Looks like JPP is shutdown for the rest of the regular season. Had surgery and is out 6 weeks.
 

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Nothing wrong with that.

He kind of became a caricature of himself at the end, but Ray Lewis was one of the all-time great leaders and the respect he commanded around the league for most of his career was impressive.

After Michael Irvin, he was probably the best leader I've seen in football, so I don't have a problem with him speaking to the team. I would imagine the vast majority of those guys in the locker room respect him or look up to him or even both.
 

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6 weeks puts JPP out until at least the NFC Championship game, so yea, I'd say he's basically done for the year unless he rushes back.
 

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Looks like JPP is shutdown for the rest of the regular season. Had surgery and is out 6 weeks.
Needless to say this is a huge loss for them; particularly the timing of the injury. Just as they're hitting the tough part of their schedule they lose their best pass rusher. They probably could have gotten by w/o him during that stretch of 5 games against sub .500 teams. But now......I think they're going to struggle to get by. They showed during those 5 games that they don't have much room for error.

Looks like Free's job just got a lot easier.
 

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Needless to say this is a huge loss for them; particularly the timing of the injury. Just as they're hitting the tough part of their schedule they lose their best pass rusher. They probably could have gotten by w/o him during that stretch of 5 games against sub .500 teams. But now......I think they're going to struggle to get by. They showed during those 5 games that they don't have much room for error.

Looks like Free's job just got a lot easier.
I'd say Vernon is the better player but their reliance on him and JPP to play 90% or more of snaps obviously makes it a huge injury either way.
 

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I'd say Vernon is the better player but their reliance on him and JPP to play 90% or more of snaps obviously makes it a huge injury either way.
You can now double, chip and slant blocking to avoid Vernon.
 

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The stars continue to favorably align themselves toward the Cowboys destiny.
Sure seems that way. However, I can't help but feel like we are all waiting for Jerry's deal with the devil to rear it's ugly head.
 

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Sure seems that way. However, I can't help but feel like we are all waiting for Jerry's deal with the devil to rear it's ugly head.
I think that already happened.

His deal with the devil produced the SB in 95, but also the subsequent awful seasons from 96-2013.
 
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