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Mark Collins interview on The Giants Insider Podcast.

SFGFNCGiantsFan : 5/29/2020 7:23 pm
Good listen. Some tibits:

1) BB had them watch the NBC telecast of the Raiders Bills 90 AFC title game so the defense could get a sense of Buffalo's timing & how the Giants could make calls/checks.

2) Felt like the Giants should have won it in '89. Sometime after Super Bowl XXV, he's hanging out with Everett & Anderson & the two are giving him grief over the '89 divisional game. Collins says something like, 'I won the Super Bowl. You guys didn't.

3) Hated Handley. He tells a story about how, after a loss to the Tommy Maddox led Broncos, Collins lost it on Handley post game when Ray is parroting the same old lines after every loss.

4) Thought Art Monk was the best WR he faced. Collins said he has a good relationship with Irvin.

5) Thinks the Giants were still talented post XXV, but other teams were just better, i.e. Dallas, Washington, SF. The Giants were on the decline.

Good interview. Collins came across like a good dude. He was very complimentary of the Giants fan base. I loved Collins growing up. Next to Hampton, probably my favorite Giant as a youth.
I think I remember Jerry Rice saying that Collins  
No Where Man : 5/29/2020 7:35 pm : link
gave him the toughest time of any QB in the league. Collins was also excellent in run support.
Thanks for the tip!  
TDMaker85 : 5/29/2020 7:36 pm : link
Collins was the most under-appreciated Giant of all time. And that's according to Parcells (can't remember the interview in which he said this, but he did).
RE: Thanks for the tip!  
eric2425ny : 5/29/2020 7:55 pm : link
In comment 14913342 TDMaker85 said:
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Collins was the most under-appreciated Giant of all time. And that's according to Parcells (can't remember the interview in which he said this, but he did).


He was an excellent player. Our amazing LB corps took a lot of attention away from other guys on the D. I mean when you have guys like Taylor, Banks, Johnson, etc. on your D other strong players get somewhat overlooked.
Feet like tinkerbell, hit like a dump truck  
Diversify yo bonds : 5/29/2020 8:12 pm : link
If he had ANY hands, he would have been a multi time pro bowler.
The fact that Giant castoff Wayne fucking Haddix made a pro bowl will always irk me.
Also, forgot about this:  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 5/29/2020 8:17 pm : link
Collins said defense told Hoss, after Simms got injured, get us 20 points & we got you.
Did Mark mention?  
Marty866b : 5/29/2020 10:32 pm : link
Where he is living today?
RE: Did Mark mention?  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 5/30/2020 9:37 am : link
In comment 14913390 Marty866b said:
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Where he is living today?


He said California.
The most underrated GIANT of all time imo  
Grey Pilgrim : 5/30/2020 10:19 am : link
...
One  
Rolyrock : 5/30/2020 10:27 am : link
of my favorites.
Collins was very good and probably a bit overlooked  
LBH15 : 5/30/2020 10:49 am : link
since everybody points to the great linebackers and pass rushers we had back then.
RE: RE: Did Mark mention?  
Greg from LI : 5/30/2020 5:26 pm : link
In comment 14913448 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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He said California.


I believe he played at Cal State-Fullerton, so that would make sense.

And I'm not surprised to read his thoughts on Handley. As I remember it, he was outspoken at the time too. I remember him mocking Rod Rust's defense, saying something like "Read and react....I don't even know what that means. I'm used to just hitting the guy with the ball"
Greg  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 5/30/2020 5:30 pm : link
He mentioned in the interview that it made no sense to him why Rust, who was the DC on the 1-15 '90 Pats, was hired as our DC.
Mark  
Marty866b : 5/31/2020 12:23 am : link
Was a really good baseball player also. He grew up and lived in Redlands Ca. Mark was a real student of his position, was incredibly strong for his size and was a text book tackler. Jerry Rice had a hard time with Mark because Mark would jam him and he was MUCH stronger the Rice.
One side note about Collins. He did a great impersonation of all the characters of The Simpsons.
Thanks for this  
Optimus-NY : 6/1/2020 1:51 pm : link
This is great!
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