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By GREG A. BEDARD
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Posted: Jan. 28, 2008
Phoenix - It appears the Green Bay Packers had a lasting effect on the New York Giants. Well, at least the frigid temperatures for the National Football Conference Championship Game at Lambeau Field did.
Cornerback Aaron Ross became the fourth Giants player to encounter flu-like symptoms on Monday as the team arrived in the afternoon to begin their on-site preparations for Super Bowl XLII.
"Well, I hope that's the end of it," coach Tom Couglin said.
Call it the Big Blue flu.
Previously, kicker Lawrence Tynes, fullback Madison Hedgecock, defensive tackle Manny Wright and safety Mike Johnson were ill in the aftermath of their 23-20 overtime victory over the Packers.
"It surfaced with one or two players the last few days," Coughlin said. "We had three guys miss some practices at home with high temperatures. We have had some guys who were not quite as sick. They were people who maybe had a day's worth of it, and the symptoms may have been close to the same, but they didn't drain the players like the three that it happened to at home."
Coughlin did not point the finger at the minus-1 degree weather Jan. 20 as the main culprit. He said his team was battling the normal colds that go around this time of year. But the conditions in Green Bay certainly didn't help, defensive end Michael Strahan said.
"You know what? Green Bay, everyone got sick after that," Strahan said. "You can tell by my voice, I'm still not right since that."
The Giants don't think the illnesses will be a factor in the game, and they took some steps to ensure that wouldn't happen.
"We have taken precautions," Coughlin said. "Our medical people did as best they could to distribute some medicine in advance of the plane trip out here, and hopefully the guys are rested enough that this will not be an issue.
Said wide receiver Plaxico Burress: "I think our training staff is doing a good job of keeping that solitary. We're just trying to not let everybody get sick."
The flu hasn't affected the Giants' morale, that's for sure. A flight attendant on the Giants' charter remarked a couple of times to Coughlin "that the guys were excited, really looking forward to it."
[email protected]
Posted: Jan. 28, 2008
Phoenix - It appears the Green Bay Packers had a lasting effect on the New York Giants. Well, at least the frigid temperatures for the National Football Conference Championship Game at Lambeau Field did.
Cornerback Aaron Ross became the fourth Giants player to encounter flu-like symptoms on Monday as the team arrived in the afternoon to begin their on-site preparations for Super Bowl XLII.
"Well, I hope that's the end of it," coach Tom Couglin said.
Call it the Big Blue flu.
Previously, kicker Lawrence Tynes, fullback Madison Hedgecock, defensive tackle Manny Wright and safety Mike Johnson were ill in the aftermath of their 23-20 overtime victory over the Packers.
"It surfaced with one or two players the last few days," Coughlin said. "We had three guys miss some practices at home with high temperatures. We have had some guys who were not quite as sick. They were people who maybe had a day's worth of it, and the symptoms may have been close to the same, but they didn't drain the players like the three that it happened to at home."
Coughlin did not point the finger at the minus-1 degree weather Jan. 20 as the main culprit. He said his team was battling the normal colds that go around this time of year. But the conditions in Green Bay certainly didn't help, defensive end Michael Strahan said.
"You know what? Green Bay, everyone got sick after that," Strahan said. "You can tell by my voice, I'm still not right since that."
The Giants don't think the illnesses will be a factor in the game, and they took some steps to ensure that wouldn't happen.
"We have taken precautions," Coughlin said. "Our medical people did as best they could to distribute some medicine in advance of the plane trip out here, and hopefully the guys are rested enough that this will not be an issue.
Said wide receiver Plaxico Burress: "I think our training staff is doing a good job of keeping that solitary. We're just trying to not let everybody get sick."
The flu hasn't affected the Giants' morale, that's for sure. A flight attendant on the Giants' charter remarked a couple of times to Coughlin "that the guys were excited, really looking forward to it."
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