I was watching the game last night on YouTube and I forgot how absolutely incredible Nicks was during that game. He followed up his amazing game against the Falcons a week before with an incredible performance in Green Bay. Obviously a lot is made about Plaxico against Al Harris in the 2007 Conference game against the Packers and rightfully so, but Nicks was absolutely stupendous against that same Packers four years later. Two TDs, including a Hail Mary PRAYER, with the other TD being a pinball-esque sprint to the end zone. Truly amazing to witness again.
Eli was also amazing. He was amazing that year and during that playoff run.
On another note, holy fucking shit. The refs were ATROCIOUS that day. Truly atrocious. How many fucking blown/egregious missed calls can one crew make/not make? I watched the Giants/Eagles 2002 Week 17 game (I was there) the other day and it was another truly horrendous performance by the refs. Even Collinsworth called them out on their ineptitude.
When he got injured in the SuperBowl was tragic. He tried to get back in and he did a cut and just fell to the floor in pain. It was sooooo sad.
Sucks that he wasnt but damn he made some incredible catches.
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and the botched fumble in first Q
the refs were terrible that day
They actually called the right call on the field as a fumble and then reviewed it and overturned it!!! That will forever be why I believe the refs are instructed to try and help the team with the most popularity at the time. Someone should post the gif. of that fumble. I'm getting mad just thinking about it.
I just read that they called him down, Coughlin challenged, and the ruling was upheld.
Here's the GIF
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and the botched fumble in first Q
the refs were terrible that day
They actually called the right call on the field as a fumble and then reviewed it and overturned it!!! That will forever be why I believe the refs are instructed to try and help the team with the most popularity at the time. Someone should post the gif. of that fumble. I'm getting mad just thinking about it.
I just read that they called him down, Coughlin challenged, and the ruling was upheld.
Here's the GIF
They actually initially called it a fumble on the field and then reversed themselves on the field without actually reviewing it. This forced Coughlin to challenge and the call was inexplicably upheld
I think you're only remembering the playoff wins. He was great in 2011, and solid in miserable cold in 2007, but other than that it's really not good.
He threw four INTs the week after the Eagles debacle in 2010 and the Giants lost 45-17.
The other two games were just meh.
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he always seems to play lights out there
I think you're only remembering the playoff wins. He was great in 2011, and solid in miserable cold in 2007, but other than that it's really not good.
He threw four INTs the week after the Eagles debacle in 2010 and the Giants lost 45-17.
The other two games were just meh.
I remember him having a good game against Green Bay earlier in 2011, but maybe that was at home?
And playoffs in 2016 he was good.
I remember him having a good game against Green Bay earlier in 2011, but maybe that was at home?
And playoffs in 2016 he was good.
He was okay in 2016, though his receivers didn't do him any favors in that game.
He'll turn 31 next week. Such a shame the injuries ruined his career.
Actually the Hail Mary didn’t end the half because they ran it on third down before the Packers D was ready and probably the reason it worked! Excellent work by Coughlin and the giants, they were expecting the short throw t9 set up the FG.
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half. Time was running out, but Bradshaw ran for 23 and got out of bounds. Then Eli heaves it to Nicks for a 37 yard touchdown which ended the half.
Actually the Hail Mary didn’t end the half because they ran it on third down before the Packers D was ready and probably the reason it worked! Excellent work by Coughlin and the giants, they were expecting the short throw t9 set up the FG.
The Hail Mary most definitely did end the half - I just watched the entire game last night. Bradshaw got out of bounds with 6 seconds, and while Joe Buck and Troy Aikman were pontificating about the Giants throwing a quick sideline pass and kicking a FG, Nicks was posting up with literally nobody in front of him.
Side note: that was just one of many horrendous plays by the Packers in that game. Rodgers missed two wide open receivers for potential big plays, and they dropped a bunch of passes that would have kept drives going. They played an absolutely atrocious game.
Also, the two blown calls were as bad as we all remember.
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half. Time was running out, but Bradshaw ran for 23 and got out of bounds. Then Eli heaves it to Nicks for a 37 yard touchdown which ended the half.
Actually the Hail Mary didn’t end the half because they ran it on third down before the Packers D was ready and probably the reason it worked! Excellent work by Coughlin and the giants, they were expecting the short throw t9 set up the FG.
The Hail Mary most definitely did end the half - I just watched the entire game last night. Bradshaw got out of bounds with 6 seconds, and while Joe Buck and Troy Aikman were pontificating about the Giants throwing a quick sideline pass and kicking a FG, Nicks was posting up with literally nobody in front of him.
Side note: that was just one of many horrendous plays by the Packers in that game. Rodgers missed two wide open receivers for potential big plays, and they dropped a bunch of passes that would have kept drives going. They played an absolutely atrocious game.
Also, the two blown calls were as bad as we all remember.
Ok, just going from memory, but since it was 3rd down the Packers were expecting the short throw for the FG and were caught off guard by the Hail Mary.
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Better then Eli Cruz Rolle Osi Tuck you name it guy was a animal and just dominated.... A few years later when he wasn’t the same player the fans crapped all over him and accused him of being a “dog”
He’s a classic example of how the fans only love you when you’re scoring TDs.. Hakeem never got his big payday
No he wasnt. Not even close. He wasnt even better than Cruz that year. The top 3 is simple...
Eli
JPP
Cruz
How can you say not even close? Nicks was absolutely one of the most integral players on that team. We’re splittin hairs at who was the best...