My youngest son is 5 and loves to play Madden and listen to my Giants glory stories from the 80s to present. We have even created player profiles and named them LT or Mark Bavaro.
The Giants had so many great teams that played hard nosed physical football. Players on D like: LT,Banks Van Pelt,Carson,Kelly,Gyton,Kinard,Strahan,Pierce,Osi,Tuck,Roll.
On O Guys like Simms,Morris,Anderson,Mohwatt, Bavaro, and Meggett. The Suburbanites O line with Brad busted nose Benson,Nelson,Ard.
Eli,Jachobs,Bradshaw,Shockey,Burress,Nicks,Cruzzzz. McKenze,O'Hara,Diehl,
I'm sure I'm leaving a bunch of guys out. These guys didn't always win but they played tough and didn't quit.
Coaches like Parcells, Little Bill on D, and TC had an eye for detail. as a fan you felt OUR COACHES gave us an advantage!
Watching the second year of Shurmur and Bettcher the team looks poorly coached and soft.
Up until last night I thought there was no way this staff would be let go at the end of the season but now?
Other than special teams Mara/Tish should clean house this is a joke and the sad part is we as fans are getting screwed.
What a couple of dogs those guys were. They'd kick your ass for looking at them the wrong way and those were our running backs!
Ugh.
The Giants ripped off 6 straight wins, including physical beatings of a tough Steelers team in Pittsburgh, running for over 200 yards against the Ray Lewis Ravens D, beating the Eagles at the Linc, and curb-stomping the Cowboys at home.
Then Plax shot himself...we still beat the Skins in DC 2 days later, but we all know how that season ended.
But for that 6 game stretch (really, the first 12 games, minus laying a Monday night egg in Cleveland) the Giants were tough as nails and laying the wood to everyone on both offense and defense.
They were so good that Carl Banks was playing better than LT, and LT was in his prime. Teams couldn't run, they couldn't pass, and that ball-control offense was an excellent complement.
How far we've fallen.
How far we've fallen.
We've become one of those teams, huh.
The Giants ripped off 6 straight wins, including physical beatings of a tough Steelers team in Pittsburgh, running for over 200 yards against the Ray Lewis Ravens D, beating the Eagles at the Linc, and curb-stomping the Cowboys at home.
Then Plax shot himself...we still beat the Skins in DC 2 days later, but we all know how that season ended.
But for that 6 game stretch (really, the first 12 games, minus laying a Monday night egg in Cleveland) the Giants were tough as nails and laying the wood to everyone on both offense and defense.
Good post, the 2008 season is hardly remembered except for the plaxico debacle.