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Who was your favorite NYG running back and why?

Eric from BBI : Admin : 5/28/2016 8:28 am
And does that runner have a signature play or two that you always remember when you think of Giants running backs?
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RE: Rob Carpenter  
Rick5 : 5/28/2016 2:35 pm : link
In comment 12974530 Steve in South Jersey said:
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81 playoffs would not have happened without him. The 1981 season was a miracle after what we went through in 60s and 70s.

+1

I only started suffering around '75, but that was long enough. The '81 season was fantastic.
Tiki hands down no one else is close  
est1986 : 5/28/2016 2:43 pm : link
He left a bad taste in my mouth with some of his comments particularly the one about Eli's leadership being comical but I ran into him off the field twice and he was a friendly guy, he actually talked football with me and my dad for a good 20 minutes. Signature play, there is just too many to list he made a lot out of a little, running and receiving. I think his ability to get small behind the line and disappear off the screen then reappear on the other side of the pile totally losing me and even the game camera man was pretty slick I must say. Loved me some tiki, sad he never won a title, can't fault his efforts on the field that's for sure, he just packed it in a year too early.
Bradshaw  
Mark from Jersey : 5/28/2016 3:07 pm : link
Great heart great pass protector. Ran like he was mad at the grass. The run against Buffalo is the one I'll always remember. Hampton my second Jacobs third.
RE: Joe Morris, Rodney Hampton and tiki are clear cut best ones  
Torn Tendon : 5/28/2016 3:49 pm : link
In comment 12974468 hassan said:
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Jacobs was loves for his trucking but he's the most overrated Giant back by a long shot. For every truck there was two soft failed 3rd and shorts.


I agree. Jacobs has just as much bad as he did good. I recall a back that was hurt a lot, fumbled and tried to run like a scat back, pouted when he lost the starting job. Didn't see how good it was in NY till he went to SF. Jacobs is just "Meh" to me.

Hampton was such a complete back. I liked him so much I actually wanted him to take the 49ers offer so he could play on a good team.
Tuffy Leemans back In the 1930s/40s..  
Shockwave : 5/28/2016 4:27 pm : link
The guy was great. I was around 40 at the time he came to the team. I had been waiting for a back like that for years to come to the Giants.
The best  
Flash : 5/28/2016 4:46 pm : link
Frank & Tiki
Bradshaw,  
Gregorio : 5/28/2016 4:49 pm : link
for his physical toughness. My second favorite was Jacobs for his brute power.
Rob Carpenter brought respectability back  
Simms11 : 5/28/2016 4:55 pm : link
to the Giants ground game and offense. I thought he was tremendous for this team at the time, but not the most talented guy. Tiki was the most talented with the ball in his hand, and also was extremely durable. Rodney Hampton was a breath of fresh air also and had the quickest feet I ever saw for a guy his size. Bradshaw and Jacobs were quite the tandem and add Ward into that mix and the Earth, Wind and Fire was something to behold. Nobody could stop our ground game then. Of course much of that success could be attributed to the great Oline we had, as well. Bradshaw and Jacobs were both hard, tough runners and brought much needed attitude to the offense. OJ Anderson was a wily vet and also brought that great running attitude, but of course he was in the later part of his career with us and didn't quite have the speed he did at one time either. I'd have to say Joe Morris was probably my favorite RB. Guy could make something out of nothing, had great balance and was instrumental in getting us that 1st Super Bowl win too. He could do everything; run, catch and block and you just knew that it was just a matter of time before he took the ball to the house.
Bradshaw  
Route 9 : 5/28/2016 5:08 pm : link
Played and ran pissed off, I like that in a football player. What was he 5 foot 10?
Joe Morris  
Mike53 : 5/28/2016 5:08 pm : link
If we are going on toughness and hard nose football. They man played every down like he was the biggest guy on the field.
but best?  
Route 9 : 5/28/2016 5:19 pm : link
Tiki
My favorite was not the best, but Eddie Price was one of the  
carpoon : 5/28/2016 5:21 pm : link
toughest players I have seen. He led the league in rushing one year. Jim Taylor later reminded me of Eddie Price. He was my favorite with Gifford second. Of course, Tiki is the best, though.
Saw some tape on Rob Carpenter  
Elite Mobster #32 : 5/28/2016 5:22 pm : link
Beast
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Keith Elias  
Shadow : 5/28/2016 5:23 pm : link
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Rob Carpenter - Rodney Hampton  
Elite Mobster #32 : 5/28/2016 5:25 pm : link
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my mom  
Route 9 : 5/28/2016 5:29 pm : link
knows nothing about football and Tiki Barber was the first running back she watched. When she watched other running backs with the football, she was confused why nobody had ran, made plays, had the ability to escape guys/make them miss and had the vision like Tiki and I said, because they they’re not Tiki lol

One of my favorite Giants to watch, but such a condescending boob-head off the field
Anyone mention  
Big Al : 5/28/2016 6:09 pm : link
Sean Bennett?
Barber.  
arcarsenal : 5/28/2016 6:18 pm : link
Nothing he said, says, did or does changes the fact that he was the best RB in the history of this franchise and an absolutely incredible RB at his peak who was capable of putting the entire team on his back and winning a football game on his own.

I loved Hampton when I was a kid... he was really the NYG RB I have my first real memories of watching on a weekly basis. All of us were big fans of both Jacobs and Bradshaw but I can't answer this question with anyone other than Tiki.
#40 Joe Morrison  
yalebowl : 5/28/2016 8:01 pm : link
Joe Morrison played for 15 years. Was part of the 1960s era team thru the 1970s. Played HB, FB, flanker, DB, special teams and threw the option pass. He along with Greg Larsen were the final links to the Conerly-Tittle teams.

In his last years he was out there hustling on special teams.
RE: Tuffy Leemans back In the 1930s/40s..  
Blackbeard : 5/28/2016 8:23 pm : link
In comment 12974769 Shockwave said:
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The guy was great. I was around 40 at the time he came to the team. I had been waiting for a back like that for years to come to the Giants.




Are you really 'around' 120 years bold? Isn't that some kind of a record for longevity?
Or did you mean that you weighed 40 lbs. at the time Leemans arrived (1936)?
Joe Morris, Tiki, Bradshaw (not neccessarily in that order)  
short lease : 5/28/2016 8:25 pm : link
My favorite play by a RB - Otis Anderson in the superbowl - the uppercut club to the defender coming down the sideline.

Honorable mention to Maurice Carthon (The battering ram) - for his blocking efforts.

In the 80's Parcells used to give out game balls and one week Joe Morris received one. With the award came the use of a car for the week ... Morris didn't miss a beat. He took the keys and threw them right to Carthon.
What's wrong? Doesn't anyone here remember Joe Don Looney (Tunes)?  
Blackbeard : 5/28/2016 8:25 pm : link
Who went to India to be a stable boy for elephants.
Tiki  
x meadowlander : 5/28/2016 10:22 pm : link
Tiki tiki
Favorite  
Joey in VA : 5/28/2016 10:49 pm : link
As a player, Tiki without question. Favorite to root for was Joe Morris with Bradshaw/Jacobs a close tie for second just because of what they meant to the team.
RE: It all started  
steve in ky : 5/28/2016 10:56 pm : link
In comment 12974443 Stufftherun said:
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with Ron Johnson for whom I had a poster on my wall while growing up. He was part of those loveable losing teams but there was something about the beauty of his game during those brutal years that struck me.

Tiki's final few seasons were spectacular in so many ways, he really did round himself into a terrific all around back. A few more years at that pace and he would have had HOF type numbers.

Bradshaw personifies everything I love in a back. Sure, he struggled with the foot problems but that never took away from his toughness and grit. He always seemed to get everything and more out of a play. I loved that little man's blood and guts attitude. He's probably my guy if push cones to shove.


I bet I had that same Ron Johnson poster on my wall. I had one of him and also one of Spider Lockhart, my two favorite players at the time.
In my youth I was a Doug Kotar fan  
blueblood : 5/29/2016 12:48 am : link
Rob Carpenter and then OJ Anderson..

Tiki was pretty good.. but I think my all time favorite..

The man who ran like he was angry at the grass

Ahmad Bradshaw
Rumble young man Rumble - ( New Window )
In my lifetime  
Dave M : 5/29/2016 2:06 am : link
Sean Bennett.

Seriously though Rodney Hampton is my all time favorite. A true workhorse mired on some teams that would basically sucks without his consistency and durability. Tiki Barber would truly be my choice hands down if he wasn't such a scumbag.
Tiki  
PaulBlakeTSU : 5/29/2016 2:08 am : link
by far. Braadshaw a distant second.
Doomster...You Forgot ....  
Bluesbreaker : 5/29/2016 8:50 am : link
Phil King
RE: Doomster...You Forgot ....  
Big Al : 5/29/2016 9:12 am : link
In comment 12975154 Bluesbreaker said:
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Phil King
Smih Reed.
It's not Phil King, I am trying to forget,  
Doomster : 5/29/2016 9:12 am : link
it's Rocky Thompson!
RE: Doomster...You Forgot ....  
Big Al : 5/29/2016 9:17 am : link
In comment 12975154 Bluesbreaker said:
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Phil King
Accidentally killed himself while cleaning his gun.
Bradshaw  
chris r : 5/29/2016 9:23 am : link
his run vs Buffalo.
Rob Carpenter  
x meadowlander : 5/29/2016 9:39 am : link
His arrival marked the beginning of the modern era Giants... They were a laughingstock through the 70s. That changed the day the Giants got a real back.
As a kid I really liked Doug Kotar  
Larry in Pencilvania : 5/29/2016 9:45 am : link
He wasn't very good, just like the Giants, but he was all they had. It was a shame he died so young.

As an adult it was definitely Tiki. He is probably the Giants first offensive super star in the modern era. He was just awesome to watch
Joe Morris or Rob Carpenter  
sober297 : 5/29/2016 10:09 am : link
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ken strong  
hankb1126 : 5/29/2016 11:01 am : link
how come no mention on my fathers friend ken strong who i think is in canton hof only other runner from gients in hof is gifford who is my favorite and i still wear his number 16 jersey at times
AB/ Jacobs!  
Clintqb17 : 5/29/2016 11:03 am : link
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all the guys mentioned  
gm7b5 : 5/29/2016 11:19 am : link
the one guy i thought would be real good that never panned out was Joe Montgomery, tough inside runner, good vision. Think injury derailed him. Tiki was the best runner in the game at his peak. A joy to watch.
Meggett  
Vanzetti : 5/29/2016 1:57 pm : link
Converted more big third downs than anyone. Would take a dump off pass that was going nowhere and make something out of it. Tiki knew how to use blockers better than any other Giants RB, but Meggett could make things happen on his own better than any Giants RB I have seen.
Montgomery lost his shot  
hassan : 5/29/2016 5:06 pm : link
When Dayne was drafted. He was probably better than Dayne and in particular in short yardage and inside the tackle. Of course he never really did much....
Cannot believe the Jacobs love here  
hassan : 5/29/2016 5:18 pm : link
He had two good years when even Derrick ward ran for over 1000 yards behind a stud o line. Straight line guy with no wiggle or much pass catch. Also not a good short yardage back. Really too big to play back.

Many forgetting the complaints of 2009-11.

Bradshaw was much better to me. Even Rashard Jennings has had some runs and plays like the catch for a td in buffalo that are better than Jacobs best stuff. I'm sure he would have run as well as Jacobs in the same situation. And Rashard Jennings is no great back.

Megget was a very worthy mention btw. Meant so much to Giant offense for several years.

Alex Webster  
Jay in Toronto : 5/29/2016 5:31 pm : link
cause he was the man when I first became a fan, but my head says Joe Morris.
My favorite player  
Randy in CT : 5/29/2016 6:30 pm : link
was Jacobs/Bradshaw. He had a defensive/punisher attitude and was the best RB ever.
Tuffy Leemans.  
Klaatu : 5/29/2016 6:36 pm : link
Because I like the nickname "Tuffy."
Rodney Hampton, OJ Anderson  
baadbill : 5/29/2016 10:20 pm : link
and Brandon Jacobs. Jacobs was my favorite for the short time that he was dominant. Anderson was my favorite emotionally for how he changed his game to become a GREAT rb for the Giants. And Hampton was the best overall RB in Giants history imo.

And while I'm at it - Barber was the worst RB in Giants history. His off the field disruption make him one of the most destructive players in Giants history at any position. Plax was close but Barber was much worse. It is no coincidence he doesn't have a SB ring. Football is a team sport and Barber could have played at his highest level for 100 years and wouldn't ever win a ring.
Rodney Hampton was my favorite  
David in LA : 5/29/2016 10:27 pm : link
I know he got a ring his rookie year, but I really wish we could have seen him with a good QB instead of the revolving door of mediocrity we had post-Simms. Also, I need to ask. Who else was really excited when we drafted Wheatley? I thought we got a star. Unfortunately for him, he was in a toxic situation where Reeves wanted Rahsaan Salaam, and the FO ended up overruling him. I heard chatter about Wheatley's poor work ethic, but I also saw Reeves put him in position to fail countless times. All we ever did was run that stupid Toss when #28 checked in.
David  
hassan : 5/30/2016 5:47 pm : link
I agree. Wheatley was misused and was not given enough inside the tackle runs. He was in need of volume to hit a couple of long runs but rarely got touches that way with nyg.
Still Ottis and the uppercut.  
K-Gun? Pop-Gun : 5/30/2016 5:56 pm : link
Secured my fandom for life.
Joe Morris  
YorkAveGiant : 5/31/2016 11:05 am : link
and the sock flapping TD run is the play.
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