1) Phil Simms 2) Ron Johnson 3) Harry Carson 4) Rob Carpenter ...
I'm gonna have to think about #5. LT, Joe Morris, Tiki... I liked Bob Tucker and Tarkenton when I was a kid... Eli, Bavaro... and those three receivers whose careers were too short: Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, Victor Cruz. Hmm
#1 - LT of course. The best I ever saw.
#2 - Tuck. A monster. Fuck Flozell Adams btw.
#3 - Tiki. Really was a horse his last 3 yrs. Carried them.
#4 - Shockey. Brought attitude and a monster game w him.
#5 - Cruz. 2011 alone was magical. The SF game. OMG.
When one stops to think about it the Giants have had in incredible number of tough heroic players over the past 30 years. The fans really don't appreciate the the success this franchise has enjoyed compared to most others.
LT of course, best ever.
Phil Simms, one tough SOB
Eli Manning, 2 Superbowls
Phil McConkey, Attitude and toughness
Jim Burt, skipping across the field after winning the SB
Your list reveals a lot about you as a fan--you know, what kind of football you like to watch and and what you value in a player: elite skill, toughness, leadership, etc.
It also reveals your age.
This list is during their playing years. No. 5 esp Â
1. Bavaro
2. Jason Sehorn
3. LT
4. Jeremy Shockey
5. Tiki Barber (I get how he ended his career and his post playing career did not go that great but I loved Tiki pre 2007.)
Please tell Mark that I want to contact him. Please tell him it's Marty from Sportstuff. I know Mark well enough that he gave me 7 free tickets to Super Bowl 25.Just lost touch with him over the years. If you speak to him let me know here and I will figure out how to give you a contact number.Thanks.
Favorite Giants:
1-Mark Collins
2-LT
3-William Roberts
4-John Washington
5-Leonard Marshall
I had the pleasure of getting to spend some time with my favorite 5.
This is REALLY tough...leaving out a lot of great players!
2. LT
3. Banks
4. Strahan
5. Barber
And my personal Honorable Mention who I KNOW wont end up on anyone else's list......Jim Steinke:). He was one of my favorites from when I was in HS.No one else but me. I went to my first Giants game in 1976, Giants beat the Skins 12-9.I think it might have been their first victory in the new stadium too. I was like 13, and he must have done something good that game. So there...
Three are many omitted, However, here are the ones that come to mind: Arnie Weinmeister, LT, Bavaro, Emlen "The Gremlen" Tunnell", Eli. My apologies to those I left out, there are quite a few.
1. LT-Easy Pick.
2. Eli- The good outweighs the occasional frustration.
3. Simms- Tough and gritty.
4. Strathan- Steady force
5. A. Jacobs-The big guy was a pleasure to watch.
B. Saquon-Sample size too small. Let’s hope for a healthy career.
C. Tiki-He could do it all including running his mouth.
1. Eli Manning
2. Phil Simms
3. Rich Seubert
4. Brandon Jacobs
5. Jason Sehorn
I also have to mention Domenik Hixon as sort of a 5a) because while he was here, he was without a doubt my favorite player on the team. Just a really tough guy and a good dude.
LT. Carson
Deihl and Cruz (hehe, mocked both)
Banks and Canty and Diehl as voices on the radio.
Brandon Jacobs. Epic rambling power.
Gotta say I don't hate Plex. Playing injured that year.
Toast.""
Also
...Sehorn and his hot GF.
Phil Simms- jawing on the San Fran sidelines with Ronnie Lott. You wanna talk trash? Lets do it.
Phil McConkey- No fair catch on the punt in the SB. Getting ROCKED and de-cleated. Will he be able to get up? Then jumping up off the turf with his fist pumping, a smile on his face. That all ya got?
LT- So many from the Crazed Dogs to All Day Long Baby.
Jim Burt- Gleefully skipping across the field after the SB win.
LT, Ron Johnson, Carl "Spider" Lockhart, Eli, and Simms are probably a, put a gun to my head, the top six I think of. But even though not a very long Giants career Rob Carpenter is a player I enjoyed almost as much as anyone so he gets a nod.
1. Eli, and the older I get the more I love him because he’s a good person
2. LT. Man he could play like no other and I loved him as a kid. Not a good person though.
3. Simms, yeah, I haven’t gotten over it either Phil. Great, great Giant, deserved much better.
4. Banks, who I still love on the radio
5. Rodney Hampton, who’s also done good things in his post Giant career
When I first started watching them, Ron Johnson was the team's best player by a greater margin than LT or
Stray would come to be later, and he was a great and humble human being, unlike the latter two. And that team had Fran Tarkenton and Bob Tucker, damn good players. But Johnson was something special.
...watch the change in Eli Manning's value to fans.
When listing, I really thought back to when my greatest thrills as a fan were.
Eli's 2 Super Bowl 'drives' are unparalleled. He's first.
Bavaro - it was his personality as much as his skill level. A quiet bruiser, the NYC media absolutely LOVED him, he was a excellent route runner and receiver, impossible to tackle and a textbook, punishing blocker - and when he caught that first TD in SBXXI right in front of me, I teared up.
LT is the most talented player the Giants have ever had, period. Not exactly lovable, but so much fucking fun to watch, I STILL spin highlight reels occasionally. He was simply unbelievable.
1) LT
2) Eli
3) Ron Johnson
4) Bavaro
5) Mendenhall
Honorable Mention (random guys I liked); Earnest Gray, Brad Van Pelt, Nicks, Jumbo
When I do go to Giant games, it's always wearing my Van Pelt jersey. Back when I first became a fan, he, Harry Carson and Dave Jennings were the only Pro Bowlers on the team.
Confuses people. What's with these youngsters who don't remember linebackers from 40 years ago?? COME ON!!
2. LT
3. Bradshaw
4. Bavaro
5. Armstead
LT
Strahan
Bavaro
Justin Tuck
Eli
Cruz
Hampton
Armstead
**LT was awesome but he was winding down when I followed so closely.
I'm gonna have to think about #5. LT, Joe Morris, Tiki... I liked Bob Tucker and Tarkenton when I was a kid... Eli, Bavaro... and those three receivers whose careers were too short: Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, Victor Cruz. Hmm
2. Mark Collins (who i am getting to know now)
3 Eli Manning
4 Phil Simms
5. Carl Banks
2. LT
3. Strahan
4. Toomer
5. Mckenzie
Simms
Eli
Bavaro
2-LT
3-Erich Barnes
4-Spider Lockhart
5a-Frank Gifford
5b-Tittle
Howard cross
Eli
Bavaro
...and the usual suspects
2) Mark Bavaro
3) Phil Simms
4) Bob Tucker
5) Ron Johnson
Simms
LT
Carson
Strahan
#2 - Tuck. A monster. Fuck Flozell Adams btw.
#3 - Tiki. Really was a horse his last 3 yrs. Carried them.
#4 - Shockey. Brought attitude and a monster game w him.
#5 - Cruz. 2011 alone was magical. The SF game. OMG.
#3 Homer Jones
#4 Joe Morris
#5 Dave Meggett
80s: LT
90s: Jessie Armstead
00s: Michael Strahan
10s: Eli Manning
Armstead
Jacobs
Rolle
2. Tiki
3. Jacobs
4. Shockey
5. Barkley
Loved watching the LT the player, but I can't put a child rapist on a pedestal. It is sickening to me to see fans parade around in their LT jersey.
Next 5 would probably be Hampton, Jacobs, Toomer, Armstead, and Jacobs.
1) Phil Simms
2) Rob Carpenter
3) Jessie Armstead
4) Ottis Anderson
5) Rodney Hampton
I can envision Saquon Barkley up there one day.
2)Eli
3)Strahan
4)Simms
5)Bavaro
5a)Barkley - hopefully #1 someday
Bavaro - Silent killer
Strahan - Smile and passion for the game
Jumbo Elliot - name alone
Saquon - Gives hope where little has been
Jacobs
Will Allen (hung out a couple times....great guy)
Jeff Hostetler
Jonas Seawright 😂
3. Simms
4. Tuck
5. Snee
Strahan
Sehorn
Barnes
LT
Armstead
Tiki
Jacobs
Might be different now because Tiki turned out to be kind of a douche. But he was awesome 2000-2006, and I sure as shit routed for him then!
Simms
Banks
Bavaro
Eli
#1 Eli
#2 Carson
#3 Tuck
#4 and #5: Some combination of LT, Strahan, Van Pelt, Jacobs, Bavaro, and some days Osi
Before too long, I think Barkley will be on this list.
Saquon could rise to 1a alongside LT very soon
2) Frank Gifford
3) Mark Bavaro
4) Joe Morrison
5) Eli Manning
5b)Sam Huff
My others: LT, Simms, Eli, YA. Hard to leave so many guys off; Bavaro, Spider, Snee, Carson, Strahan, Rocky Thompson.
2. Brandon Jacobs
3. David Tyree
4. Eli Manning
5. Tied between Antonio Pierce/Shaun O'Hara
2. Eli
3. Strahan
4. Bavaro
5. Saquon (Yes already one of my favorites)
Simms
LT
Banks
Tyree (I hope this fucking guy lives 1,000 years of a happy life)
2. Bavaro
3. Rosey Brown - best tackle in Giants history
4. Charley Connely - original Ole Miss QB
5. Strahan
2. Phil Simms
3. Michael Strahan
4. Brandon Jacobs
5. Plaxico Burress
Phil Simms, one tough SOB
Eli Manning, 2 Superbowls
Phil McConkey, Attitude and toughness
Jim Burt, skipping across the field after winning the SB
It also reveals your age.
2. Jason Sehorn
3. LT
4. Jeremy Shockey
5. Tiki Barber (I get how he ended his career and his post playing career did not go that great but I loved Tiki pre 2007.)
Favorite Giants:
1-Mark Collins
2-LT
3-William Roberts
4-John Washington
5-Leonard Marshall
I had the pleasure of getting to spend some time with my favorite 5.
Alex Webster (my first)
Harry Carson
Tiki Barber (only as a player)
Spider Lockhart
Homer Jones
Bob tucker
Carson
Lt reluctantly
2. LT
3. Banks
4. Strahan
5. Barber
And my personal Honorable Mention who I KNOW wont end up on anyone else's list......Jim Steinke:). He was one of my favorites from when I was in HS.No one else but me. I went to my first Giants game in 1976, Giants beat the Skins 12-9.I think it might have been their first victory in the new stadium too. I was like 13, and he must have done something good that game. So there...
Keith Hamilton
Michael Strahan
Rich Seubert
Rodney Hampton
Eli
Bavaro
Schofner
Anthony Mix
Jeff Hatch
Matt Dodge
Ben McAdoo
Mark Bavaro
Bob Tucker
John Mendenhall
Troy Archer/ Fred Dryer
John Tuggle - RIP
Mark Herzlich
Banks
Manning
Collins
Carpenter
1 - LT
2 - Eli
3 - Tuck (or Banks)
4 - OBJ (Geaux Tigers)
5 - Saquon
Tunnell? Rosey Brown? Gifford? Morisson?
Tunnell? Rosey Brown? Gifford? Morisson?
Oops. Missed a couple and some were added as I typed.
3. Rob Carpenter
4. Harry
5. John Mendenhall
Tunnell? Rosey Brown? Gifford? Morisson?
to be fair, you need to have watched them to most likely have them as a favorite.
80s: LT
90s: Jessie Armstead
00s: Michael Strahan
10s: Eli Manning
well done, for a girl ;)
Anthony Mix
Jeff Hatch
Matt Dodge
Ben McAdoo
Welcome to Bizarro World.
Rocky Thompson would have made my list
Gifford, Tayler,bavaro,katcavage and simms
Bavaro
Eli
JLoad
2. LT
3. Bavaro
4. Strahan
5. Jacobs
Honorable mention (and almost sure to make the list in the future) Barkley
Sheesh!
Seubert
Antrel
Jacobs
Because this is favorites, not best players, and quite frankly Strahan was an asshole for most of his career.
I cant really name just 5, there are so many
Carson, Banks, Reasons, Burt, Marshall
Simms, Bavaro, Morris, Anderson, Oates, Jumbo Elliot
Strahan, Armstead, Sehorn
Toomer, Tiki
The entire O line from SB 42 -
Jacobs, Plax
Antonio Pierce, Tuck, Osi
then you have Saquon and Odell
cant limit it to 5
1. LT-Easy Pick.
2. Eli- The good outweighs the occasional frustration.
3. Simms- Tough and gritty.
4. Strathan- Steady force
5. A. Jacobs-The big guy was a pleasure to watch.
B. Saquon-Sample size too small. Let’s hope for a healthy career.
C. Tiki-He could do it all including running his mouth.
Tough to limit to 5. Many greats left off.
2. Gifford
3. Bavaria
4. Strahan
5(tie) Eli and YAT
Rodney Hampton
OJ Anderson
Lawrence Taylor
Justin Tuck
2. Phil Simms
3. Rich Seubert
4. Brandon Jacobs
5. Jason Sehorn
I also have to mention Domenik Hixon as sort of a 5a) because while he was here, he was without a doubt my favorite player on the team. Just a really tough guy and a good dude.
1. LT
2. Harry Carson
3. Eli Manning
4. Joe Morris
5. Mark Bavaro
3. Eli Manning
3. Mark Bavaro
4. Harry Carson
5. Phil Simms
Bavaro
Carson
Odell
Armstead
Deihl and Cruz (hehe, mocked both)
Banks and Canty and Diehl as voices on the radio.
Brandon Jacobs. Epic rambling power.
Gotta say I don't hate Plex. Playing injured that year.
Toast.""
Also
...Sehorn and his hot GF.
Hernandez probably....Hill DT.
LT
Banks
Simms
Bavaro
Pepper
Phil McConkey- No fair catch on the punt in the SB. Getting ROCKED and de-cleated. Will he be able to get up? Then jumping up off the turf with his fist pumping, a smile on his face. That all ya got?
LT- So many from the Crazed Dogs to All Day Long Baby.
Jim Burt- Gleefully skipping across the field after the SB win.
Banks
Simms
Very tough to single out #5 from Carson, Mark Collins, Richie Seubert.
Maybe Tom Coughlin...
Banks
Simms
Very tough to single out #5 from Carson, Mark Collins, Richie Seubert.
Maybe Tom Coughlin...
Collins was great corner. Highly underrated. Brilliant two way corner against the run and pass...
Simms
Eli
Banks
Bavaro
OBJ and Saqoun could crack my list when their careers are over.
2. Toomer
3. Sehorn
4. Strahan
5. Blackburn
Bavaro
Bradshaw
Simms
Eli
I wonder who SB or OBJ will pass on that list.
Honorable mentions:
Banks
Marshall
Carson
Nicks
Strahan
2. Brad Van Pelt
3. Lawrence Taylor
4. Hakeem Nicks
5. Saquon Barkley
Quote:
for anyone from the 1950's and early 1960's?
Tunnell? Rosey Brown? Gifford? Morisson?
to be fair, you need to have watched them to most likely have them as a favorite.
Are you suggesting I am too old for this :)
LT
Armstead
Tiki
Tuck
2 LT
3 LT
4 LT
5 LT
6 Tarkenton
7 Gifford
8 Barkley
9 Bravaro
Quote:
have Strahan in their top 5 is beyond me....
Because this is favorites, not best players, and quite frankly Strahan was an asshole for most of his career.
LT
Eli
Hampton
Simms
Honorable Mentions: Hosstetler, Banks, Carson, Shockey, Bradshaw, Jacobs.
1. LT
2. Strahan
3. Eli
4. Simms
5. Armstead
2 QB’s and 3 Defense
2 - Rodney Hampton
3 - Jeremy Shockey
4 - Justin Tuck
5 - Eli
2. LT. Man he could play like no other and I loved him as a kid. Not a good person though.
3. Simms, yeah, I haven’t gotten over it either Phil. Great, great Giant, deserved much better.
4. Banks, who I still love on the radio
5. Rodney Hampton, who’s also done good things in his post Giant career
Osi
Gary Reasons
Corey Webster
Ike Hilliard
2. George Martin
3. Ron Johnson
4. Amani Toomer
5. Jason Sehorn
Tom Coughlin
Michael Strahan
Justin Tuck
Amani Toomer
2.) Parcells
3.) Couglin
4.) LT
5.) Bavaro
6.) Strahan
7.) Simms
8.) Barkley
9.) Sehorn
10.) Banks
3) Odell Beckham
4) Tiki Bahbah
5) Sam Garnes
2. Eli
3. Bavaro
4. Strahan
5. Bradshaw & Jacobs...yes they count as one
Bavaro
Phil McConkey
Pepper Johnson
Hakeem Nicks
Honorable mentions to Howard Cross and Maurice Carthon
I kinda agree, so I will add Bavaria for 5th on my list in a tie with Armstead. 6 would be Rich Suebert
LT
Armstead
Tiki
Tuck
Never saw him play but Bob Tucker was my uncle’s favorite player.
Fran Tarkenton
Harry Carson
LT
Tiki
Honerable mention...Carl Banks, Strahan, OBJ, Barkley
Parcells
Bavaro
Simms
Eli
LT
Stray would come to be later, and he was a great and humble human being, unlike the latter two. And that team had Fran Tarkenton and Bob Tucker, damn good players. But Johnson was something special.
2) Saquon Barkley
3) Jeremy Shockey
4) Lawrence Taylor
5) Michael Barrow
2) Jacobs
3) Osi
4) Strahan
5) Armstead
2) Roosevelt Grier
3) Joe Morrison
4) Spider Lockhart
5) Yelverton A. Tittle
LT
Tiki
Banks
When listing, I really thought back to when my greatest thrills as a fan were.
Eli's 2 Super Bowl 'drives' are unparalleled. He's first.
Bavaro - it was his personality as much as his skill level. A quiet bruiser, the NYC media absolutely LOVED him, he was a excellent route runner and receiver, impossible to tackle and a textbook, punishing blocker - and when he caught that first TD in SBXXI right in front of me, I teared up.
LT is the most talented player the Giants have ever had, period. Not exactly lovable, but so much fucking fun to watch, I STILL spin highlight reels occasionally. He was simply unbelievable.
John Mendenhall
Harry Carson
Dave Jennings
Mark Bavaro
2 - Simms
3 - Bavaro
4 - Troy Archer
5 - Banks
2) Eli
3) Ron Johnson
4) Bavaro
5) Mendenhall
Honorable Mention (random guys I liked); Earnest Gray, Brad Van Pelt, Nicks, Jumbo
2) Lawrence Taylor
3) Michael Strahan
4) Justin Tuck
5) Spider Lockhart
2) Eli
3) Ron Johnson
4) Bavaro
5) Mendenhall
Honorable Mention (random guys I liked); Earnest Gray, Brad Van Pelt, Nicks, Jumbo
When I do go to Giant games, it's always wearing my Van Pelt jersey. Back when I first became a fan, he, Harry Carson and Dave Jennings were the only Pro Bowlers on the team.
Confuses people. What's with these youngsters who don't remember linebackers from 40 years ago?? COME ON!!
2) Eli
3) Ron Johnson
4) Bavaro
5) Mendenhall
Honorable Mention (random guys I liked); Earnest Gray, Brad Van Pelt, Nicks, Jumbo
My bad leaving Ron Johnson off my list. Great under-rated player, great guy, a very bright light amidst a lot of darkness back then.
Phil Simms
Frank Gifford
Sam Huff
Em Tunnell
Homer Jones
Kyle Rote
Y.A. Tittle
Eli
Rosey Brown
Andy Robustelli
#3)Carl Banks
#4)Phil Simms
#5)Chris Snee
Harry Carson
LT
Carl Banks
Tiki
Joe Morris
OJ Anderson
Fran Tarkington
Dave Diehl
1. Emlen Tunnel
2. LT
3. Eli Manning
4. Mark Bavarro
5. Saquan Barkley
Honorable mention , YA Tittle
2) Pepper Johnson
3) Rodney Hampton
4) Eli Manning
5) Brandon Jacobs
2-- Carson
3-- Bavaro
4-- Strahan
5-- Carpenter
Honorable mention John Meadenhal, Bob Tucker, Jim Burt, Ron Johnson, and Phil Simms.
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Barkley starts to win he'll move way up the ladder.