I was walking back the Best Western Hotel with a very knowledge Giants media member discussing the upcoming season. And he looked at me and said, "Listen, the players know that the team isn't that good this year. They're going nowhere." I withheld the name but you all know it.
Just sayin'.
Watch... :)
We have to kill it for the D in the draft. From what I’m reading and with the plethora of draft picks we have, that is a very decent possibility
FO - ( New Window )
More than half of BBI wanted Coughlin fired after 2006.
Win the game, next
Make playoff
Win playoff, next
A proven RT and a bunch of toys for Bettcher.
Get ready...
One common thread being a Giant fan this century is the emotional roller coaster. Highest highs, lowest, absolutely crushing lows.
Really, the ONLY team that was solid and hauled ass was the 2008 squad. Beat the Panthers to become the best team in the NFC before Plax shot the team in the ass.
The defense is going to be terrible. On offense, the good news is that at least they're one dimensional! With Eli throwing to the likes of Corey Coleman and (hopefully!) Chris Hogan, get ready for Barkley and company to get 40 carries and losing on average 28-10.
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I thought this was an odd post since the Giants made the playoffs in 05 and 06 and don't recall the negativity. I pulled up Football Outsiders, which had three of the 17 staff members expecting the Giants to pick last. FO - ( New Window )
More than half of BBI wanted Coughlin fired after 2006.
I don't dispute that at all - I just don't remember the feeling going into 2007 that people thought we'd be flat-out awful.
team concept? That is an interesting idea. Part of their excellence as you point out. If you are not bought in you are gone.
Holy shit. that page reads like an onion article. Most of those predictions couldn't have gone more wrong.
look at his under players most likely to under perform:
Moss went: 98 for 1493 and 23 TD's on the highest scoring offense in NFL history (at the time - now 2nd highest all time)
Most overblown stories:
there is some laughably wrong stuff in there that seems almost intentional.
The defense is going to be terrible. On offense, the good news is that at least they're one dimensional! With Eli throwing to the likes of Corey Coleman and (hopefully!) Chris Hogan, get ready for Barkley and company to get 40 carries and losing on average 28-10.
Mike, take your head out of the oven. Open your eyes. Shepard is still on the team. Engram is still on the team. Neither is OBJ but Neither was Toomer Burress Smith ,Etc. They actually have two decent safeties at the moment, which is one more than last year. And if you think Vernon was any better than Wynn we were probably watching two different teams last year. Its going to be ok. Don't believe the hype (AGAINST the Giants, that is ;))!
2007 we had a lot more including a draft class that we cog contributions from. The previous season being an 8-8 playoff team that almost won on the road in Philly.
We won win the super bowl this year but this team is a long way from finished. The key quote from DG at the combine is " the last I checked we play in September".
Hang in there BBI.
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I thought this was an odd post since the Giants made the playoffs in 05 and 06 and don't recall the negativity. I pulled up Football Outsiders, which had three of the 17 staff members expecting the Giants to pick last. FO - ( New Window )
More than half of BBI wanted Coughlin fired after 2006.
I don't dispute that at all - I just don't remember the feeling going into 2007 that people thought we'd be flat-out awful.
Well, Tiki left and we didn't resign our starting left tackle, either.
There wasn't a lot of confidence.
I thought people expected a middling team that year.
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Let's see how they do in the draft, but WITH Vernon and Collins the Giants were next to last in sacks. None of the teams we play against is going have any trouble keeping Wynn and a band of nobodies out of the backfield. Who's playing opposite Jenkins? Who's playing next to Peppers?
The defense is going to be terrible. On offense, the good news is that at least they're one dimensional! With Eli throwing to the likes of Corey Coleman and (hopefully!) Chris Hogan, get ready for Barkley and company to get 40 carries and losing on average 28-10.
Mike, take your head out of the oven. Open your eyes. Shepard is still on the team. Engram is still on the team. Neither is OBJ but Neither was Toomer Burress Smith ,Etc. They actually have two decent safeties at the moment, which is one more than last year. And if you think Vernon was any better than Wynn we were probably watching two different teams last year. Its going to be ok. Don't believe the hype (AGAINST the Giants, that is ;))!
And how much better did Beckham being on field make Shepard, Engram, et al? Defenses won't have to tilt coverage to his side anymore.
And sorry, but the defense was terrible last year, then they went and subtracted a bunch of players. Adding Peppers and Beal isn't going to help enough. Losing 40-38 is still losing.