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My two favorite times on BBI are nearing...

Eric from BBI : Admin : 2/27/2015 5:13 pm
(1) Start of Free Agency.

(2) The few weeks leading up to the Draft.


But I have to say #1 is the most fun.
Agreed  
Big Blue '56 : 2/27/2015 5:15 pm : link
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Yup....  
Emlen'sGremlins : 2/27/2015 5:17 pm : link
'05 was epic. Pierce and McKenzie right out of the gate and then the painful wait for Plax. Good stuff!
it's kind of boring  
soda man : 2/27/2015 5:18 pm : link
It's just mostly speculation. I used to bother reading all of these mock drafts and what have you but they never pick anyone who is within the howling vicinity of my guess. The draft is cool. I'll usually Craft down an entire pizza before I get bored and turn on the NHL Playoffs or regular season MLB. Too much going on!
The best was the pursuit of Plaxico Burress...  
kinard : 2/27/2015 5:18 pm : link
... BBI had guys waiting for him at the gate of the airport as he was coming off the plane.



RE: it's kind of boring  
Danny Kanell : 2/27/2015 5:19 pm : link
In comment 12156122 soda man said:
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It's just mostly speculation. I used to bother reading all of these mock drafts and what have you but they never pick anyone who is within the howling vicinity of my guess. The draft is cool. I'll usually Craft down an entire pizza before I get bored and turn on the NHL Playoffs or regular season MLB. Too much going on!


Cool story bro.
And we would be so lucky to have an '05 type offseason this year.  
Emlen'sGremlins : 2/27/2015 5:19 pm : link
That yielded us three terrific players in FA (Pierce, McKenzie, Plax) and three more in the draft (Webster, Tuck, Jacobs).
Oh now free agency is quite fun  
soda man : 2/27/2015 5:19 pm : link
Watch all the overpaid veterans get taken and people go

but but but...we coulda had jarred allen!
RE: RE: it's kind of boring  
soda man : 2/27/2015 5:20 pm : link
In comment 12156125 Danny Kanell said:
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In comment 12156122 soda man said:


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It's just mostly speculation. I used to bother reading all of these mock drafts and what have you but they never pick anyone who is within the howling vicinity of my guess. The draft is cool. I'll usually Craft down an entire pizza before I get bored and turn on the NHL Playoffs or regular season MLB. Too much going on!



Cool story bro.


Isn't it? Another cool story is #FirstPlaceRangers
The actual Draft itself is #1 for me.  
Torrag : 2/27/2015 5:23 pm : link
All of the hash and rehash of the prospects comes to a culiminating weekend. All the opinions tested. The teams selections scrutinized. The excitement or dismay evinced by posters over who was selected and who was snubbed. Glorious stuff. It's like Christmas morning with angst.
#1 is the most fun  
baadbill : 2/27/2015 5:25 pm : link
(1) Start of Free Agency.

(2) The few weeks leading up to the Draft.

Not for me. Between the SB and Pre-season game #1, nothing beats the draft. For me it's not even close. FA is all about other team's has beens - players other teams didn't feel were worth keeping at the price being asked.

The draft, on the other hand, is Simms. LT. Banks. Bavaro. Manning. Beckham.
Wow...  
Sonic Youth : 2/27/2015 5:26 pm : link
the ten year anniversary of the 03/05 BBI FA bonanza. Time flies, man.

03/05'ers represent! Although to be honest, I'd been reading the site for a couple of years already at that point.
Who will predict the season is over on the second day of free agency  
Ten Ton Hammer : 2/27/2015 5:31 pm : link
This year?
I prefer the silly season...  
BMac : 2/27/2015 5:31 pm : link
...in between the end of the Super Bowl and the start of free agency. That's when we really get to know cretins like Spock, some others I won't name, and soda man.

Spock's dead, both literally and figuratively, soda man will overstep and will be banned, and the rest will just continue to be cretins.

The rule of the NFTs continues until real football news commences.
RE: The best was the pursuit of Plaxico Burress...  
mrvax : 2/27/2015 5:36 pm : link
In comment 12156123 kinard said:
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... BBI had guys waiting for him at the gate of the airport as he was coming off the plane.


One poster's friend worked at the office where Plax was given his physical and he kept us updated.
The Eagles dream team reshaped my view of free agents.  
wgenesis123 : 2/27/2015 5:39 pm : link
I just want to see some solid but affordable signings. In the draft I want the Giants to reach for the STARS. But to me the two are all part of one season. Like March coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb. Very differant but all the same. If I had to choose I would favor the draft.
Ugh I hate myself for this already  
Mike in Long Beach : 2/27/2015 5:41 pm : link
But I agreed with soda... No. I'm not saying it.

But I am of the opinion that this period on BBI is kind've annoying. Everyone starts posting these elaborate mock drafts that are usually not even close to what actually happens. That or people start predicting who we're going to sign. In 2005, many of those predictions came true. Not really, otherwise.

I find the financial model of the NFL interesting and I enjoy "seeing" good cap management in action (knowing when to convert salary to signing bonus money and when not to, etc.), but BBI itself? Just a bunch of people taking educated guesses at nearly unguessable scenarios.

I like BBI during football season farmore.
While there have been notable moments  
gidiefor : Mod : 2/27/2015 6:04 pm : link
during free agency and the draft - nothing beats Camp and the Regular Season
...  
You'reMyBoyBlue!! : 2/27/2015 6:08 pm : link
...
Hall signs - ( New Window )
I joined BBI at the height of the "Lamar" saga.  
arcarsenal : 2/27/2015 6:09 pm : link
Fun times.
I was also 21 years old back then :(  
arcarsenal : 2/27/2015 6:09 pm : link
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As a 3/05er i will say the best times here  
Pitt G-man Dan : 2/27/2015 6:16 pm : link
are after SUPER BOWL VICTORIES!!!
While all the mock drafts  
River Mike : 2/27/2015 6:26 pm : link
are obviously inaccurate, they do serve a purpose ... at least for me. I don't follow college football, so the mocks are one means of familiarizing myself with the players. I start seeing names repeatedly come up and I do a little research on them. Then come the draft, I can watch it with at least some knowledge and follow it with more interest since I have by now formed some opinions. Soda man can go watch his hockey.
I miss the Gloveone...  
He birthed the generations of asshats (and the fakes) that followed. That cat was plugged in with the Giants.
As long as the team is not  
Reb8thVA : 2/27/2015 6:59 pm : link
In Cap Hell, the first few days of FA is like Christmas morning.
The Plaxico saga  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 2/27/2015 7:56 pm : link
is definitely an all-timer. BBI had news about Plaxico's visit before Kim Jones, who I use to see in my gym. Every day of that FA period was a madhouse.
We had a relative of a player come on here to announce  
Canton : 2/27/2015 8:25 pm : link
we signed him. Anyone remember the player?
So, what banned poster is Soda Man?  
Crispino : 2/27/2015 8:38 pm : link
I'm never any good at this.
I'll say this...  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 2/27/2015 9:07 pm : link
BBI traffic spikes through the roof when FA starts, and we've had a ton of asshat rumors break here, including in recent years.

Even the stuff that never panned out, it was fun.

I'm not saying FA is the most important part of the team building, but the rumor stuff is crazy.
Agree  
Fish : 2/27/2015 9:09 pm : link
Best time to be on BBI. The Arrington and Plax signings were great.

Eric, you've got to be kidding......  
Doomster : 2/27/2015 10:30 pm : link
Nothing compares to that opening game....
Agreed, Eric.  
yatqb : 2/27/2015 10:40 pm : link
And this year we need 3 significant signings, just like '05. Land a DT, S and OG or RT and off we go into the draft w/o needing to force anything.
my favorite time on BBI  
spike : 2/27/2015 10:43 pm : link
is the day(s) when the Giants won the Super Bowl!
Only 61 more days of draft talk  
ballanda : 2/27/2015 11:27 pm : link
Until the big weekend.
I remember the Kendrel Bell fiasco  
Rjanyg : 2/28/2015 1:06 am : link
He signed then we pulled the offer and sign Pierce. Then Kareem McKenzie. Then the whole Plax thing. I got nothing done at work in March of 2005. Fun times.
RE: The best was the pursuit of Plaxico Burress...  
Great White Ghost : 2/28/2015 1:21 am : link
In comment 12156123 kinard said:
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... BBI had guys waiting for him at the gate of the airport as he was coming off the plane.


Yeah. That's when I started following this site on a daily basis.Was looking for more info on him. Didn't register and start posting for another 4 years, but that's when I found BBI and just lurked for a long time.Amazing how big a draw some people can be and the buzz they can generate.
I tend to agree  
Sneakers O'toole : 2/28/2015 1:23 am : link
discussion about the hypothetical future of the Giants as they go through this part of the year tends to be more fun than in season discussion, when the games speak for themselves.

It's the promise of what could come, what we could do to get better. In season, those decisions are made and the real fun is on Sundays on the field.
I'm a game-timer  
soda man : 2/28/2015 2:40 am : link
I'll gladly go watch hockey before I'll watch pregame and read mock-draft/scouting reports. I've said this before. Of course I care about who the Giants are going to pick, sure, but I care more about what they do on the field come game time. I don't like to sit and listen to silly radio an hour before game time. pretty boring. game time is bottle-in-pee throwing time when we all get drunkie-drunk!
in 2010  
soda man : 2/28/2015 2:44 am : link
I didn't even watch the draft, I think I watched about 3-4 episodes of that shitty show LOST trying to catch up on season 6...terrible. I just found out the next day. I remember everyone was saying...LB! LB! and the NYG took JPP...I could've only imagined how it was here.

Or Justin Pugh, what a garbage pick, lol.
soda douche  
Giantology : 2/28/2015 7:23 am : link
sucks.
But to make it even better Eric, we definitely need  
TheMick7 : 2/28/2015 7:42 am : link
asshats!!!
Mrvax that was me  
robrosz : 2/28/2015 2:12 pm : link
My friend worked at HSS as a nurse. The week after I posted that they were all brought in and questioned. They also had to sign a confidentiality agreement. Needless to say I didn't receive any other info after that.
I thought you were going to say  
hudson : 2/28/2015 5:12 pm : link
The NHL Trade Deadline :)
disagree Eric  
bc4life : 3/1/2015 8:35 am : link
You can use the draft as an opportunity for a party.
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