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Top 10 Giants premiers on NFLN tonight at 8:00

Emlen'sGremlins : 9/25/2015 10:34 am
I've really been looking forward to them finally doing this. Can't wait! Here's my best guess on the list,

1) Lawrence Taylor
2) Roosevelt Brown
3) Emlen Tunnell
4) Mel Hein
5) Frank Gifford
6) Sam Huff
7) Andy Robustelli
8) Harry Carson
9) Michael Strahan
10) Eli Manning
I think we'll see the list weighed heavier toward the modern-era  
regulator : 9/25/2015 10:41 am : link
e.g. Strahan, Eli, Carson higher on the list than Robustelli, Huff, etc.
That's a pretty good list there, but I agree that  
truebluelarry : 9/25/2015 10:56 am : link
it will probably look a lot more like the top 10 Giants of the Super Bowl era.
Yeah...  
kinard : 9/25/2015 11:19 am : link
... its tough that they won't find spots for guys like Bennie Freidman, Ken Strong, Tuffy Leemens.

Should be split up into 2 shows (Super Bowl and Pre- Super)
I would think Tiki and Simms are both on that list  
Bleedblue10 : 9/25/2015 11:39 am : link
And judging from the commercial Bavaro will be also
They usually also do honorable mentions....  
Emlen'sGremlins : 9/25/2015 11:44 am : link
....so I would expect Connerly, Tittle, Simms, Bavaro, Banks, Barber, Toomer, etc.
Beckham....  
ryanmkeane : 9/25/2015 11:45 am : link
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hard to leave tiki  
hitdog42 : 9/25/2015 11:49 am : link
off the list
LT is a no-brainer  
Greg from LI : 9/25/2015 11:55 am : link
Mel Hein should probably be #2 - he was an MVP as a center! Was one of the first class of HOF inductees and selected on both the 50th and 75th anniversary teams.

After that, it could go many different ways.
....  
BrettNYG10 : 9/25/2015 12:05 pm : link
1. CC Brown
2. Preston Parker
3. Matt Dodge
4. Trey Junkin

Do we really have the history for six more?
It really sucks the way people dump on Trey Junkin  
Greg from LI : 9/25/2015 12:10 pm : link
The guy was one of the best long snappers in the league for a long time, good enough to play 19 years. He hadn't played in a year before that game.
RE: It really sucks the way people dump on Trey Junkin  
BrettNYG10 : 9/25/2015 12:19 pm : link
In comment 12508393 Greg from LI said:
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The guy was one of the best long snappers in the league for a long time, good enough to play 19 years. He hadn't played in a year before that game.


11 year old me was stoked when we signed him. Like Dodge in 2010, he became the face of that team's collapse.

Of course, the focus in 2003 should have been on the refs.
There were plenty of culprits in 2003  
Greg from LI : 9/25/2015 12:25 pm : link
Refs first and foremost

Matt Allen for not simply falling on the ball and calling timeout

Shaun Williams for his brain-dead personal foul that cost them 15 crucial yards and got him ejected

Johnny Lynn for not doubling TO when he was eating Sehorn alive

Shockey for dropping that touchdown pass
Tiki has to be on it  
MarshallOnMontana : 9/25/2015 12:35 pm : link
A lot of people love to say "if Tiki didnt hang it up so early he could have made the HOF."..... I will take it a step further. I think Tiki belongs in the HOF as is, and i know fully that it will never happen. At that position especially a players peak should be weighted more than longevity, and at his peak Tiki was unbelievable. At one point he had the most yards from scrimmage of any player in history for a 7 year span (which happened to be his final 7 seasons from 00-06). He was such a better back at his apex than plenty of guys in the hall. Get the fuck out of here trying to tell me Jerome Bettis was more impactful than prime Tiki. Guy played a zillion years and Tiki still had more career yards from scrimmage than him.
If im not mistaken  
MarshallOnMontana : 9/25/2015 12:40 pm : link
As i say this without double checking, i think only Jim Brown and Barry Sanders had a higher ypc than Tiki among players who have run for 10k yards

Tiki really has an amazing career resume' but no one wants to hear a word of it because he has such a shitty career narrative with the way things ended. He has a decent case for the hall, but i doubt he ever even makes the round of 15 finalists
MoM  
RinR : 9/25/2015 12:41 pm : link
Agree with you completely but who do you drop? I'd say Robustelli but Tiki is a top 10 Giant. And as much as I loved Simms and Bavaro, they do not take 2 spots from the OPs list.
Rin r  
MarshallOnMontana : 9/25/2015 12:44 pm : link
I dont know, i havent gone through it. These episodes (which are always well done) are always just a loose top 10 anyway, they always throw in a couple conversation starters because it makes for a better episode with the talking heads going back and forth. For that reason alone i wouldnt be surprised to see him on it
To Joe's point  
Greg from LI : 9/25/2015 12:46 pm : link
Tiki is #12 alltime in yards from scrimmage. Of the 11 guys ahead of him, nine are currently in Canton and the other two, TO and Tomlinson, will be in very soon.
9 of the 10 on my list are already HOF....  
Emlen'sGremlins : 9/25/2015 1:13 pm : link
....the one exception being Eli.
It's on!  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:01 pm : link
Discussion thread?
#10  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:02 pm : link
Tiki Barber
Fran Tarkenton is part of the best of the rest, as is Charlie  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:09 pm : link
Connerly and YA Tittle



#9 is Phil Simms
#8 is Harry Carson  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:13 pm : link
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Tom Coughlin and Bill Parcells are the best of the rest  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:20 pm : link
Lombardi/Landry/Lee Howell mentioned briefly


#7 is Eli
Who the fuck is Dave Dameshek?  
Greg from LI : 9/25/2015 8:22 pm : link
Smug grinning little bitch
#6 is Sam Huff  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:23 pm : link
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I think Banks is underrated  
Steve in South Jersey : 9/25/2015 8:24 pm : link
on these lists. He was a very great Giant.

Whenever people knock Eli  
SanFranNowNCGiantsFan : 9/25/2015 8:24 pm : link
Watch the 2011 NFC title game.
#5 is Mel Hein  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:31 pm : link
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#4 is Frank Gifford  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:34 pm : link
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Too low  
Greg from LI : 9/25/2015 8:35 pm : link
Mel Hein is an all timer.

Not denying Huff's place on the list, but I can't stand him because I was born after his career ended, and all I've ever known him as is as a Redskins radio announcer who never did anything but rip the Giants.
What the fuck is with this puppet?  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:36 pm : link
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Did they just hint that Bavaro was #3?  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:38 pm : link
That would be very, very high for him
I love Bavaro like no one else outside of his family  
Greg from LI : 9/25/2015 8:39 pm : link
But that's too high.
so rosey brown  
dep026 : 9/25/2015 8:40 pm : link
Or tunnell don't make it? gotta figure one now those 2 strahan, and Taylor are final 3.
If Bavaro is #3  
SanFranNowNCGiantsFan : 9/25/2015 8:42 pm : link
This list is a joke.
Mark Bavaro is a best of the rest  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:42 pm : link
Michael Strahan is #3
RE: so rosey brown  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:42 pm : link
In comment 12509358 dep026 said:
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Or tunnell don't make it? gotta figure one now those 2 strahan, and Taylor are final 3.


I bet Wellington Mara is #1 or #2
Oh wow. Rosie Brown is going to be #2  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:46 pm : link
And we know who #1 will be
RE: RE: so rosey brown  
dep026 : 9/25/2015 8:46 pm : link
In comment 12509361 Anakim said:
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In comment 12509358 dep026 said:


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Or tunnell don't make it? gotta figure one now those 2 strahan, and Taylor are final 3.



I bet Wellington Mara is #1 or #2


They said it is all players. Brown is number 2. LT number 1.

No Tunnell.
*Rosey  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:46 pm : link
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No CC Brown or Will Demps?  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:47 pm : link
BLASPHEMY!
Wellington Mara, the O-Line from '86, Dave Diehl, Shaun O'Hara, Chris  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:51 pm : link
Snee all mentioned as best of the rest




#2 is Roosevelt Brown
So the official list is:  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:53 pm : link
10 - Tiki Barber
9 - Phil Simms
8 - Harry Carson
7 - Eli Manning
6 - Sam Huff
5 - Mel Hein
4 - Frank Gifford
3 - Michael Strahan
2 - Roosevelt Brown
1 - Lawrence Taylor
Can't believe O'Hara got a mention.  
RDJR : 9/25/2015 8:53 pm : link
NFL Network homer job.
Take Simms off the list  
dep026 : 9/25/2015 8:55 pm : link
put Tunnell 3rd and slide everyone back 1.
Haha, they made a joke that Sean Landeta was #1  
Anakim : 9/25/2015 8:57 pm : link
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RE: Take Simms off the list  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 9/25/2015 11:45 pm : link
In comment 12509382 dep026 said:
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put Tunnell 3rd and slide everyone back 1.


Agreed with Tunnell replacing Simms.
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