Name your top three favorite FAs Giants signed.

1) Burress - Say what you want about his off-field stuff but the Giants added a true #1 WR for the first time in what seemed like forever
2) McKenzie - unbelievable presence at RT
3) Snacks - Fantastic on the field and in the locker room

Just missed the list: Pierce, Jenkins, O'Hara

1. Kareem Mckenzie - the most underrated signing.
2. Plaxico Burress - The threat we needed.
3. Antonio Pierce/ Antrel Rolle - both brough the savvy experience needed for the time that they played.

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Snacks
McKenzie
Rolle

Lavar Arrington (The process of getting Arrington was fun, not that fruitful, but it was excellent)

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He was a rock

;)

1. Damon Harrison
2. Kareem McKenzie
3. Plaxico Burress

Burress gets the nod over Pierce and Jackrabbit because of the size of his contract. Burress was the legitimate #1 WR that the Giants needed and signed him for an undermarket deal.

signing with Arizona is the 5th best free agent signing OF ALL TIME according to that linked list! I get that he made the playoffs twice, including an unlikely Super Bowl run but his first three seasons there were bad and overall he was 27-30 as their starting QB. Was he a good FA pickup for them? Sure, eventually. Top 5 of all time? No way.

The class of 05 was great. Last year too, but Rolle was special here, even more as a leader.

Fred Robbins was an underrated signing too.

Plaxico (changed the Giants offense)
Pierce (became a leader on defense)
and Reyna Thompson (best special teams player in Giants history)

In comment 13367518 jlukes said:

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1) Burress - Say what you want about his off-field stuff but the Giants added a true #1 WR for the first time in what seemed like forever 2) McKenzie - unbelievable presence at RT 3) Snacks - Fantastic on the field and in the locker room Just missed the list: Pierce, Jenkins, O'Hara

I like this list and add Rolle but not Pierce to the Just Missed.

Mike Barrow
Rolle
Plax

Burress and McKenzie were great ones.

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Does that count as a free agent?

all 3 were leaders and pro bowl level players on teams that got to the SB. Barrow's "prime" was shortest as he only had a few good years here, but that first year he was awesome. McKenzie gave us 5+ years of steady play and was a big piece of our best OL unit in recent memory. Rolle became a vocal leader and played a variety of different positions whenever called upon.

list depending on injury luck.

In comment 13367674 Greg from LI said:

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Does that count as a free agent?

at the time, that was FA

2. Burress
3. McKenzie

March 2005 was a fun time, and led to that incredible title in 2007.

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Pierce, Burress and DRC.

McKenzie, Snacks, Jenkins...

but how can you leave off Plax, Pierce or Rolle? I'd say it's a tie for the top 6 for me.

Herman Moore
Alfred Pupuno
Dorsey Levens

I'd say...

Burress
Pierce
Harrison

(It was so hard for me to keep Jenkins off that list. He was so good this season)

was LaVar Arrington aka Lamar. I thought he was going to get his career back on track and he's Martellus Bennett like with his borderline crazy/smart sound bites. Plus he came from the Redskins, so having a rival player thrive on your team feels good (or would have felt good if he weren't injured). Plus I loved he paid to buy his way out of WAS. Classic, all the stars were aligned.

I loved his analogy of how the defense was Voltron, I think that's actually a pretty good way to explain to kids how all the units/groups/personnel on the D need to work in concert.

Didn't work out, but I was excited for that signing.

1. Plaxico Burress
2. Kareem McKenzie
3. Antonio Pierce
4. Antrel Rolle

Snacks may push out McKenzie; we'll see.

In comment 13367540 jeff57 said:

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;)

Didn't Csonka come via trade?

In comment 13367842 Go Terps said:

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LOL, with all the Plaxico's listed above i couldnt help but think about GT... sure enough, excluded there....

Brooks, Ron Stone were both fantastic FA pickups.

Place
Pierce
McKenzie

In comment 13367540 jeff57 said:

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;)

Jeff, I didn't notice your Smiley Face.

have Plaxico at the top. There is NO way our offense does enough to get to the Super Bowl in 07 without Burress.

Reyna Thompson is my number 2 guy. He was flat out the best ST's cover man I have ever seen.

Lomas Brown- anchored the LT spot for a team that really needed it.

Jenkins and Snacks next.

I think his value went underappreciated.
p.s.--Plaxico is my least favorite! Jerk.

In comment 13367964 MetsAreBack said:

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In comment 13367842 Go Terps said: Quote: . LOL, with all the Plaxico's listed above i couldnt help but think about GT... sure enough, excluded there....

I don't remember any of the guys I named being called out for missing practices, suspended, cursing out the coach shooting themselves off an 11-1 team, etc.

I can't believe more people aren't bringing up the center on the offensive line that was crucial to the best football this team played since the Parcells days.

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In comment 13368055 Milton said:

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I think his value went underappreciated. p.s.--Plaxico is my least favorite! Jerk.

Oops, there was love for O'Hara, how did I miss that?

Without him, there is no Superbowl win over the Bills.

never mind.

In comment 13368179 NNJ Tom said:

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never mind.

And for a 2nd round pick if I remember correctly. It was a pretty steep price that had me shaking my head at the time.

In comment 13368229 Milton said:

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In comment 13368179 NNJ Tom said: Quote: never mind. And for a 2nd round pick if I remember correctly. It was a pretty steep price that had me shaking my head at the time.

it was 2 picks, a 2nd and a 7th.

In comment 13368243 Victor in CT said:

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In comment 13368229 Milton said: Quote: In comment 13368179 NNJ Tom said: Quote: never mind. And for a 2nd round pick if I remember correctly. It was a pretty steep price that had me shaking my head at the time. it was 2 picks, a 2nd and a 7th.

Yup, I just checked. The Cards wasted the picks on a couple of no-names.

So it goes:

Burress- the most athletically gifted free agent we ever signed

McKenzie- he was just that good at his job

Pierce- noses out Rolle for single handedly sussing out that screen play in Green Bay and getting it done.

That 41-0 stomping of the Vikings is still the most shocked in a pleasant way I've felt about how well they played that day. Collins brought us out of a dark age of bad QB play. He makes my list for upping the bar at the position.

I'd pick Pierce and Rolle for their leadership in addition to there play.

McKenzie is my just miss guy. Great player. Have they ever really filled the gap he left?


Plaxico isn't a favorite for me because of when they signed him there was concern of issues and issues manifested. He Had that great year, but eyewitness crash and burn.