Players I'll always be thankful to, fleeting moment or not

or maybe didn't have the longest careers but had big plays in big games.

I'll put my own spin on this... Giants who may have tarnished their legacy by leaving the way that they did but who I will forever be grateful for.

Plax - Was one of the key reasons why we didn't repeat. I also think that he hurt his leg prior to the Super Bowl by doing something stupid. The guy made a lot of big plays for us and I can't fault him for being dumb.

Parcells - It wasn't how he left but how he resurfaced on the Cowboys. Time does heal all wounds though as he was my favorite personality when he was coaching here, won our 1st two Super Bowls and at the end seemed like he screwed up and wanted to try to get back in.

Tiki - Don't like the way he left. Still seems like a jilted little girl. The guy was a very good football player though.

Belicheck - Can't stand the guy but he was a key part of those 2 Super Bowl runs. He still speaks in reverance to the Giant organization though.

oh what he could've been!

Domenik Hixon
Deon Grant, RW McQuarters, Webster, Terrell Thomas and Aaron Ross

If the Saints didn't deem him worthy of the #1 pick in 81...well, I don't even want to go there...

Dave Brown for sticking it to Deion - Plus I appreciate the beatings he took every week without complaint. We complain about this OL, but he played behind the worst giants OL in my lifetime, and it wasn't even close.

Gary Reasons - for multiple memorable plays

Bahr

Hostetler

OJ - For sticking around much longer than expected and helping to save the 1990 season

I appreciated few Giants more than Armstead for playing like a champion every single week. He was never the biggest or fastest LB, but made every week a point of proving all those teams wrong for passing him over because of his size and knee.

Bobby Johnson for 4th and 17.

John Washington; Jerome Salley; Fred Robbins; Barry Cofield

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End of the 4th quarter in GB, NFCC 2007 the two of them teamed up for an unbelievable effort to recover RW's fumble. If we don't recover that it's packer ball around the 50 and we probably don't have a SB since SB 25.

Brad Benson, Bill Neill, Mike Freide (just for that one game against Dallas), Raoul Allegre, Mickey Walker (one of the first special teams demons), Domenick Hixon, Jeff Rutledge (fake fg, SBXXV), Homer Jones (one game, in particular, when he destroyed the Iggles), and Tucker Fredrickson, for those fleeting moments that comprised his career.

Michael Johnson**

and yes, that was a pivotal play and why I included Hixon.

he was (easily imo) our best OLineman in 2011 and did a good job against Wilfork in that game.

I Have a lot

Keith Hamilton
Kevin Boss
Madison Hedgecock
Kevin Boothe
Dave tollefson
James Butler
Deon Grant
Ron Stone
Amani toomer

And Def Gary Reasons he would've started on any other NFL team and be a pro bowler.

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Looked like a bad ass

We're so underrated that they should be noted.

Kareem mckenzie. The best FA they signed since 2000, and that includes plax.

Chris Canty and antrel rolle. Signing since no one else would play for coughlin.

Fred robbins. Kawika mitchell. Sam Madison for their role in super bowl 42.

Deon grant, Kevin boothe, and Devin Thomas for their role in SB46.

Is the very definition of fleeting. Thee most important catch since I've been watching, hands down.

KUDOS!!

damn, there was a 2 week stretch in 1980 where i thought Simms to Gray & Friede would be our bradshaw to swann & stallworth.

one huge effort play

4th and 17 right?

Bob Tucker, Ron Johnson, Spider Lockhart, Jack Gregory, John Mendenhall, Doug Kotar, John Mistler, Andy Headen to name a few off the top of my head

Phillipi Sparks flashed for a year or two....good times!

Maybe because he's too good (probably) but my heart bled for Harry Carson through the first 5 years of his career. What a warrior.

Love them overachievers who wear their hearts on their sleeve.

to the list - R.I.P

helped us back on the road to respectability in 1981.

Ron Johnson.

Game #6 1986; Jim Craig 1980 Olympic Hockey Team; Mark Messier 1994 Stanley Cup Semi-Final Game #7; Phil Simms 1986 Super Bowl

He had that big catch against New England. I'll also never forget the guy trying to test out his knee on the sideline in the Super Bowl and collapsing. That was pure guts, he had a freaking torn ACL.

Was very exciting when he came to the Giants. Electrified the return game. Good receiver out of the backfield and threw for 3 TD's too.

Bear Pascoe! He may not have made many plays, but he made just enough to help us win a Super Bowl.

booted the Giants to the playoffs after a 17 year drought

In comment 12206463 jnoble said:

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Superbowl 35 was three hours of "WTF? What happened to us?" for me. Thankfully it went by fast. Like a mercy killing.

What was/is a Superbowl 35? No comprende.

Ton of heart, team leader, extremely consistant long snapper

So my apologies.

But Blackburn, Lambuth Special Dixon, Reyna Thompson, and yes - Trey Junkin.

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Mitchell.

Yes.My first thought too.

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booted the Giants to the playoffs after a 17 year drought

And iirc, he didn't make it easy on us going 2-5 in that game..

Gary Reasons.

Brad vanpelt and brian Kelley. I used to love to watch Kelly stand up a running back ( wilburt Montgomery) and vanpelt clean his clock. They were the premier LB`s for the Gmen for many years and I just wanted to say thank you.

Ask Ronnie Lott and the rest of the 49er defense that Bavaro carried on his back on that Monday night game whether he should be on this list.

tyree, d. thomas, ballard, and j. williams

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Bear Pascoe! He may not have made many plays, but he made just enough to help us win a Super Bowl.

that's a great call. there are a lot of guys on this thread who were more sustainable contributors as opposed to guys who unexpectedly made huge plays in big games, and pascoe's td vs sf was one of them.

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Ask Ronnie Lott and the rest of the 49er defense that Bavaro carried on his back on that Monday night game whether he should be on this list.

His career wasn't quite so fleeting. I think this is the idea of the thread.

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In comment 12208898 Baltimore Giants Fan said: Quote: Ask Ronnie Lott and the rest of the 49er defense that Bavaro carried on his back on that Monday night game whether he should be on this list. His career wasn't quite so fleeting. I think this is the idea of the thread.

Thanks, I gave up on that "idea" rather early in the thread..People sometimes read what they want to read in a thread start..:)

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Gary Reasons.

always thankful to both of these guys, but they would fall under the "or not" side of "fleeting or not".....both made big plays on the biggest stage, but they were also key cogs in giants defenses for multiple years

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In comment 12208913 Moondawg said: Quote: In comment 12208898 Baltimore Giants Fan said: Quote: Ask Ronnie Lott and the rest of the 49er defense that Bavaro carried on his back on that Monday night game whether he should be on this list. His career wasn't quite so fleeting. I think this is the idea of the thread. Thanks, I gave up on that "idea" rather early in the thread..People sometimes read what they want to read in a thread start..:)

Yep.

Really every player during the 60's & 70's awful run that gave some joy to the diehard fan should make the list because of their individual efforts and what they meant to us fans.

Then there would plenty of game hero's that could make the list.

But the first name that came to mind who didn't have a long celebrated career with the Giants but yet embraced being and embodied being a NY Giant as much if not more than any other player I have watched put on the uniform was Rob Carpenter. He brought something special to the team and was no small part in there first return to the playoffs in almost twenty seasons. IMO he was an important figure in Giants history and was as easy to root for any player. He also gave one of my favorite quotes from a player when reflecting on what being a Giant meant to him he said that being traded to the NY Giants was the third best moment of his life after only his wedding day and the birth of his children.

If I had to select one player that would be a perfect example of what this thread is asking it would be him.

Thank you, Rob Carpenter

Pierce for his tackle on that screen vs. GB in the '07 NFC title game, Steve Smith for his catch on 3rd & 11 vs. NE in XLII, Jacquian Williams for stripping the ball from Kyle Williams in the 49ers title game...

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Pierce for his tackle on that screen vs. GB in the '07 NFC title game, Steve Smith for his catch on 3rd & 11 vs. NE in XLII, Jacquian Williams for stripping the ball from Kyle Williams in the 49ers title game...

There ya go..:)

He forced one of the biggest fumbles in Giants history.