Not the full games but key drives and plays. Man, the Giants have had some great teams and memories.
My favorite moment was XXI was the flea flicker that set the Giants up on the 1-yard line. One play later, Morris scores and the game is all but over. But Parcells starts screaming at his players on the sideline because he knows the game isn't over.
XXV. How can you beat that 10-minute drive to start the 3rd quarter!!? The first time the Bills get the ball in the second half, there is only 5 minutes left in the quarter!
That goal line stand that led to the Karlis miss was something else. Three legendary LBs, three tackles. LT chases down Elway on first down, Carson blew up a block and stuffed an inside run on second down, and Banks got the tackle on a toss outside that had about 5 guys all over it.
That goal line stand that led to the Karlis miss was something else. Three legendary LBs, three tackles. LT chases down Elway on first down, Carson blew up a block and stuffed an inside run on second down, and Banks got the tackle on a toss outside that had about 5 guys all over it.
I just saw a Giants.com video on XXI where one of the players said the heat REALLY bothered them in the first half. They weren't used to it. They said they felt rejuvenated in the second half with the sun down.
So many memorable plays from XXV. Engram's catch and run, Hoss hanging onto the ball, Anderson's uppercut. Man, what a game.
THIS. The 2011 playoff run overshadowed how bad the 2011 defense was in the regular season.
And if you want to see a linebacker who utterly dominated the game, watch Carl Banks in the 1986 playoff win over the 49ers and again Banks in XXI.
Teams were of course trying anything to stop/avoid LT, but Banks was just ragdolling RBs and TEs.
LT and Banks in their prime together were the best OLB tandem in the history of football. I’ll have words with anyone who disagrees.
We had some big DB's back then and they laid the lumbar...especially on Lofton.
He fell victim to the holdout issues in the 1980s. Banks held out for a new contract before 1988 and he wasn't the same player. It was fairly typical that when a guy held out in the 1980s, they almost never came back and played well. Bavaro was the same thing in 1988 as well. Bavaro was actually better in 1987 than his breakout in 1986. If not for the strike, he'd have had 1200+ yards.
Banks started to play better in 1989, but not as dominant as 86-87. And 1990 he broke his wrist and missed most of the season before coming back at the end.
But to me, his play dropped off from an elite level after his hold out to a good player.
What about 42, Pats had plenty of time to get into FG range and tie it up. instead of using welker to get down the field they just kept chucking up hail marys to Moss.
After we left 30 seconds on the clock i thought for sure the Pats were going to tie it up
Yup, the two players highlighted the most in the 1987 highlights were Bavaro and Banks. Great years for them in a lost season.
When did Bavaro suffer that knee injury from the cheap hit by San Diego? I thought that's when he became a different player.
Yup, he was high/lowed by Glenn and LB Cedric Figaro and he was never the same player again after that ACL injury in 1989.
That’s the spirit.
The team you love to shit on has given us 4 super bowl titles over 35 years. Which means, you’ve been proven wrong at least four times now and probably a lot more than that.
I was impressed with the NFL product as much as the game itself. No flags every other play. No reviews every third play. Offense went up to the line of scrimmage, ran the play, got back in the huddle and ran the next play 30 seconds later. And of course the hitting would have drawn a dozen flags today.
Anderson and Meggett averaged 5 yards a carry with an O-Line of Elliott, Roberts, Oates, Moore and Riesenberg.
I would have characterized the line as Jumbo and four other guys, but Oates made Pro-Bowl five times, three of them with the Giants. Riesenberg, a fifth or sixth round pick, never made the Pro Bowl or All Pro. More surprisingly, Moore, Roberts and Elliott, two first rounds and a second, had only two Pro Bowls among them. One each to Roberts and Jumbo. (But Jumbo made All-Madden twice, which may have been more prestigious.)
Hostetler has always been my candidate for more neglected Giant, but his first half accuracy was awful. He got it all together in the second half.
I had to pick a new doctor this week and I noticed that she graduated from Pace. I'm going to mention the Giants connection. My first training camp was at Pace.
There's an argument that Webster makes the most important play of the last 25+ years. If we'd lost that game it would have changed everything!
Wouldn't have made a difference. Bill Walsh was asked about and said that instead of losing 49-3, they would have lost 49=10 instead.