According to ESPN NFL, Head coach Coughlin and general manager Jerry Reese love creating competition and it’s going to be stimulating to see if David Diehl can hold onto his left tackle spot. The good news for Diehl is that he’s going to end up starting on the offensive line no matter what happens in that competition. Coughlin’s going to do whatever’s best for the team, and I think that will ultimately be Beatty at left tackle and Diehl at left guard. Beatty, a second-year player, has shown a lot of quickness in the first three practices of training camp.

It won’t be a completely smooth transition, but I believe he has the athletic ability and size to succeed at left tackle. The Giants have had a lot of continuity along the offensive line, but that won’t keep Coughlin from pulling the trigger on a move. In talking to Reese, I get the feeling he’s enjoying this competition quite a bit.

Quarterback for the New York Giants Eli Manning, said he will play Saturday against the Baltimore Ravens.
Manning sat out Saturday’s preseason loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, due to the removing s of the 12 stitches removed from his forehead on Friday.

“It feels fine, the stitches are out, I’m not wearing a helmet today for practice, will be in a hat, but it feels fine and is not hurting. It’s exposed, as long as I don’t get hit in the head, it will be all right.” Said manning.

Manning endured a three-inch incision when he had his chin strap knocked loose after a collision with running back Brandon Jacobs on a busted play against the Jets Aug. 16. Manning’s helmet then came off when he was hit from behind by Jets linebacker Calvin Pace, and the quarterback’s forehead struck Jets safety Jim Leonhard’s face-mask.

“Whatever Coach Coughlin wants to do and what he thinks, I know I’m playing,” Manning said. “How long I play, I will leave that up to the head coach.”

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Maurice Jones-Drew attended the launch of Sirius XM’s Fantasy Radio last night in NYC at the Hard Rock Cafe.

The channel will offer live programming every weekday, plus weekend programming, and will feature a lineup of talk shows hosted by an exceptional roster of fantasy sports experts, including Jacksonville Jaguars Pro Bowl running back Maurice Jones-Drew, former Major League Baseball general manager Steve Phillips, nine-time NHL All-Star Jeremy Roenick, golf analyst Alex Miceli, NBA veteran Dennis Scott, plus experts from well-known fantasy brands RotoExperts.com, RotoWire.com, FantasyGuru.com, FanBall.com and FantasyPros911.com.  Fantasy leaguers from coast-to-coast can tune in for the latest fantasy sports news, stats and injury updates and call in to the hosts for advice on drafts, trades, waiver wire moves and other fantasy sports matters.  Hosts will conduct mock drafts and furnish player rankings, player of the week picks and more.

“We’ve created a unique destination for fantasy sports fans,” said Scott Greenstein, SIRIUS XM’s President and Chief Content Officer.  ”Our listeners get live play-by-play from the NFL, MLB, NASCAR, NHL, NBA, PGA, soccer and more that allows them to follow all their fantasy players or teams in real time.  Now they have a dedicated fantasy sports channel that they can tune into 24 hours a day that will give them the stats, injury news and expert advice they’ll need to dominate their fantasy sports leagues.”

SIRIUS XM Fantasy Sports Radio is available to Premium Online subscribers through XM Radio Online and SIRIUS Internet Radio and will be available later this July through the SIRIUS XM App for the Apple iPhone, iPod touch and several BlackBerry and Android-powered smartphone devices. (Access to channel online and through the App may require a subscription upgrade.)

Starting in August, Maurice Jones-Drew, the star running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars and a fantasy football favorite who finished the 2009 NFL season in the top 5 in rushing yards, TDs and all-purpose yards, will host a show every Friday (7:00 pm ET) throughout the NFL season.  Jones-Drew, who is an avid fantasy football player, will take calls from listeners, manage his own fantasy football team on the show, and share his first-hand knowledge on the best fantasy football performers from around the league.  Wondering who has the league’s best run defense?  Call Maurice for advice that comes straight from the gridiron.

Actor and former NFL player, Isaac Keys, will be featured on a national
network reality show produced by Donald Trump this June 17th on TV One.
The show titled "The Ultimate Merger", suits Keyes well since he has merged
the worlds of both football and film. He had a brief part in “Congo Square”,
a film that was shot in Louisiana in 2006. Although, his part was brief, he
looks like a veteran and his confidence is commanding. He was the host for,
“Off Season” a show that was filmed in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. He has
great admiration for the art of acting, and feels blessed with an opportunity
to captivate audiences one day and satisfy his soul at the same time.
Isaac Keys, the young man from the “Show Me State” is on his way to Hollywood
and unlock the doors to creativity and success.

For more information about Isaac Keyes, log onto www.d4sm.com.

One would rarely find  a 28-year-old rookie in the NFL – let alone one raised in Ghana who learned to play the game just three years earlier, after walking into the head coach’s office at East Carolina and saying he wanted to join the team, then never once making a tackle. Defensive tackle, Kwaku Danso is that player and loves the game and is determined to win.  “I can’t believe this,” he says, laughing into the afternoon sun. “Look at me.” The Browns have indeed signed an undrafted free agent whose entire college career consists of three brief appearances at the end of ECU blowouts. And they did so because a few weeks earlier, defensive coordinator Rob Ryan – observing on East Carolina’s pro day – noticed Danso step through a door at 6-foot-5, 336 pounds and gasped “Who the hell is that?” to the Cleveland scouts standing beside him.