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Are we the 1989 Dallas Cowboys?

markky : 9/16/2019 11:32 am
That team was horrendous. 1-15. I think Aikman got sacked 11 times by Philly in a game that year. I thought Aikman might get killed in that game.

Following that disaster:
1990: 7-9
1991: 11-5, made the playoffs
1992: 13-3, won the Superbowl

They also made the playoffs 6 of the subsequent 7 years winning 2 more Superbowls.

Sure  
GiantsRage2007 : 9/16/2019 11:36 am : link
As soon as we trade Walker and draft 7 HOF players
Is it true  
eugibs : 9/16/2019 11:36 am : link
that all teams that are awful are on the verge of winning the super bowl because, one time, there was a team that was awful that in retrospect was on the verge of winning the super bowl?
Sure  
lax counsel : 9/16/2019 11:37 am : link
Aside from all of the talent and insinuating that Jones is Aikman, Shurmur being Jimmy Johnson, yup were the 1989 Cowboys. I look forward to a dynasty in the coming years.
STOP  
djstat : 9/16/2019 11:37 am : link
Its two FREAKING GAMES
Who  
NoPeanutz : 9/16/2019 11:38 am : link
is the new owner?
NO  
jvm52106 : 9/16/2019 11:39 am : link
and not even close. The 89 Boys, completely dumped their roster and drafted their Savior at QB and started him right away. They continued to purge during 89, and followed that up with drafting Smith..

We have our "Aikman" sitting behind our version (granted with more past success) of Danny White.

The Giants played this all wrong for some reason. Why do we purge some attitude but keep VETs that have no longer place here. Eli alone should have been jettisoned, just to give Jones the reigns now. Our pickups (Tate for one obvious example) were designed around winning now which we are not going to do.

Honestly, stick meet dead horse, Jones has to start! NOthing is gained by playing Eli.
The salary cap rendered most pre-1993 comparisons moot.  
Big Blue Blogger : 9/16/2019 11:51 am : link
If you want a hopeful precedent, try the 2016 Rams.

The team was atrocious, the veteran coach was "dead man walking", and the season ended with a 1-11 run in which the lone victory was a 9-6 sh!tshow against the Jets. But the Rams had some young talent on defense, along with their rookie "QB of the Future" and a young stud running back in his second season. Kinda like the 2019 Giants. So there's that.

On the other hand, most bad teams stay bad. There's no real silver lining to being as awful as the Giants have been since mid-2012.
If Gettleman hits on the same number of players  
mikeinbloomfield : 9/16/2019 11:52 am : link
that those Dallas teams hit on, they'll build him a statue.

People talk about Aikman-Smith-Irvin but that defense was pretty damn good too.

I was there on Monday night in 95, when the Giants looked like a cupcake team.
RE: NO  
Big Blue Blogger : 9/16/2019 12:02 pm : link
jvm52106 said:[quoteWe have our "Aikman" sitting behind our version (granted with more past success) of Danny White.
[/quote]At this point, more like our version of Steve Pelluer. Danny White was pretty good. Staubach was an impossible act to follow in any case, and Cowboy fans - being the spoiled little sh!ts that they are - mostly remember White for losing his last three playoff games. (He was 6-2 in the post-season before that, including a dramatic comeback against the Falcons in relief of RS.)
No  
Giant John : 9/16/2019 12:03 pm : link
We are the 2019 Giants.
RE: NO  
Big Blue Blogger : 9/16/2019 12:04 pm : link
jvm52106 said:
Quote:
We have our "Aikman" sitting behind our version (granted with more past success) of Danny White.
At this point, more like our version of Steve Pelluer. Danny White was pretty good. Staubach was an impossible act to follow in any case, and Cowboy fans - being the spoiled little sh!ts that they are - mostly remember White for losing his last three playoff games. (He was 6-2 in the post-season before that, including a dramatic comeback against the Falcons in relief of RS.)
Hell no we will never be the 1989 Cowboys and  
Bluesbreaker : 9/16/2019 12:16 pm : link
they will never be the 2007 Giants !
Also take a deep breath its only two games .
RE: NO  
Greg from LI : 9/16/2019 12:23 pm : link
In comment 14580027 jvm52106 said:
Quote:
We have our "Aikman" sitting behind our version (granted with more past success) of Danny White.


Guessing that it's more likely that we have a Steve Walsh than an Aikman, but that's just me.
That would be a no  
moespree : 9/16/2019 12:31 pm : link
The team is not going to pull off a Walker trade and I think it is safe to say that Pat Shurmur does not = Jimmy Johnson. Does Jones = Aikman? No, likely not.
In 2007  
HoustonGiant : 9/16/2019 12:45 pm : link
we were the worst D in the league.....and then...


We can hope
Dallas...  
Brown_Hornet : 9/16/2019 3:23 pm : link
...did not hit homeruns with all of the picks that they got for Walker.

Maryland and Smith they would have drafted with their own picks.
Flowers was a 3rd rounder.
Jimmy Smith was great elsewhere. Harper was a 1st rounder.
etc...

Let's see what happens.
Flowers...  
Brown_Hornet : 9/16/2019 3:24 pm : link
...HA!

Err...Williams
Or the Dillon era Bengals  
Dave in PA : 9/16/2019 3:43 pm : link
.
I sure hope so...  
BamaBlue : 9/16/2019 4:33 pm : link
at least there will be cheerleaders to watch. Nobody wants to watch the Giants defense getting pushed up and down the field...
Is Pat Shurmur a Jimmy Johnson?  
D_Giants : 9/16/2019 6:33 pm : link
You could give PS the same players that JJ had, and PS would still win only one in every four or five games. Also, DG would have unloaded M Irving for some nobody.
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