If you could have one, non-pro bowler from the past, right now, to add to our roster, who would it be?
I feel like this team improved upon its character from last year but remains light on depth at a handful of spots.
Who's your glue guy of choice.
My choice...Maurice Carthon. High character guy who helped Hershel Walker with the Generals and catapulted Joe Morris' career. Equally, he was durable as hell. His blocking style would be a huge help to this offensive line and he'd be a big time mentor for Saquon right now.
To me, he would help the team return to power football in a big time way.
That's a good one. I like that one. We wouldn't have to be concerned about how our RT will perform.
Tackle vs. the Packers is still my all-time favorite play (going back to 1965)
Using that definition, I think this team could use a Domenik Hixon. Would help special teams, KR, and can chip in at WR.
Quote:
Pair him with OBJ, Shep, Engram, and Saquon
Do you really consider Plax a role player though? He was one of the most important pieces of our offense when here.
Fair enough. I put more stock in the "never made a Pro Bowl" aspect of the post.
I'll go with Deon Grant or RW McQuarters.
In those years he averaged somewhere in the ballpark like 70-75 catches, 1200 yards, 10 TDs.
Blackburn is alright but I'd rather have the other two (or Hixon).
Madison was a starter - I really don't think he was a role player at all. Besides, didn't he make a pro bowl (with the Dolphins)?
Kareem MacKenzie, Antonio Pierce, Rich Seubert and O'Hara were NOT role players. Those were starters. Just saying.
Dan Campbell is probably another one.
McQ is a good one.
Kenny Phillips. Damn the Giants have lost some great young talent to injuries, primarily DBs and WRs.
6'2, 4.4 speed, tough as nails, played thru injury, never complained. Never fumbled or muffed the ball. Just a solid football player who helped win games.
Devin Thomas was also a very good special teamer.
Devin Thomas was also a very good special teamer.
Hixon was another player that I felt couldve gone down as an all time Giant. Fucking ACLs were too much.
He was the STARTING free safety.
However, I'm pretty sure Tyree made the Pro Bowl as a special teamer one year as well. Either way, making the Pro Bowl as a special teamer sort of makes you inadvertently a role player, albeit one of the better ones in the league.
Chase Blackburn
Apparently I needed to because the vast majority of "role players" on this thread were not just starters, but tenured ones.
I also dont think making the pro bowl precludes you from being on the list. It just means you were an outstanding role player.
Steve Tasker, Bill Bates, Larry Izzo, Ike Reese and our own Zak DeOssie were multiple pro bowl winners as well as role players.
This was the first guy I thought of when I saw the post. Just read that he did go to a pro bowl in 1990 though.
Kareem McKenzie would be my pick. Great lineman. Solid and would put this current line over the top.
Maybe Snee qualifies.
I also love Jake Ballard. If he never tore his ACL, I think he would have had a solid career here. He also was his best in the biggest moments.
If Snee qualifies, who doesn't qualify?
Pro bowl appearance
Kiwi- linebacker in a 3-4 finally finds his role
Kenny Phillips- perfect safety to pair with Landon can also play some corner
Larry Flowers
Andy Headen
McConkey
Meggett
Bradshaw - borderline role player
Worth mentioning too is the way Justin Tuck was used when the Giants already had Pro Bowl bookends.