Giants Gameday Headlines

Favre yesterday told ESPN he would not have been able to play if the game went on as scheduled yesterday. Favre later texted a USA Today reporter, saying he still thinks he won’t be able to play tonight. That would end his starting streak.

“I don’t think it will be 2 bad,” Favre wrote. “ ‘U know what[?] I kinda look forward to just chillin for a change.”

What do grown football players do when they’re stranded and snowbound? Well, they act basically like little kids. They play cards, swap stories and make the rookies sing karaoke.

That’s how the Giants passed the time over the last 48 hours in a travel odyssey that finally has them playing the Vikings at 7:20 tonight at Ford Field in Detroit.

Manning’s 100th consecutive start comes against a team he has never beaten and against one of the few quarterbacks in NFL history who could dwarf Manning’s streak. Manning is winless in four games against the Vikings.

It took some doing, but there will be a Giants-Vikings game Monday night after all (at least as of now). Here are some key elements of the game to review.