Besides Bavaro, favorite Giant tight ends of all time?

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Walton

Aaron Thomas

Other than Bavaro, Shockey was the only one who truly shined, but he turned out to be such a low-IQ asshole, it's hard to look upon him as a favorite. It's a shame, he could've been an all time great if he had the proper mindset and just a moron's IQ. I guess I'll have to go with Dan Campbell.

add Zeke Mowatt to the list too.

In comment 14946012 bluesince56 said:

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Walton

One of my childhood friends married his daughter. They are very happy together.

Nobody else even comes close except maybe Joe Walton.

Shockey was a flaming asshole who forced his way off the GIANTS. Screw him.

None of these other guys contributed much or were here for long.

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In comment 14946015 US1 Giants said:

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add Zeke Mowatt to the list too.

Bavaro was drafted in the 4th round ahead of Herschel Walker, who the Cowboys cleverly drafted knowing that the USFL was bound to fold. I wanted Walker and I remember thinking: why draft another TE when we already have Zeke Mowatt? And then Mowatt gets injured and the rest is history.

All the way. At 260 , could run away from CBs; "gave no quarter, expected none"; despite his juvenile "Babe Ruth" type personality was Tom Coughlin's favorite player.

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I don't remember seeing him miss a block...ever, and more often than not his guy was plucking blades of grass out of his facemask when the game was over.

Bob Tucker...

Bob Tucker...

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got to add Zeke Mowatt to the list.

Mowatt was rapidly becoming a start until his preseason knee injury in 1985. Ironically, that opened the door for Bavaro as a rookie.

Mowatt eventually returned and played pretty well, but never up to his 1984 level.

1. Brandon Myers
2. Travis Beckum

Haha.

followed by the short lived Shockey, and then Zeke

Howard Cross then Zeke

Not anything close to elite, but hung around a long time: Gary Shirk. He did have some good games when good games were few and far between.

Ballard even though he was a limited athlete. Dude played hard.

Hey another one. Adrien Robinson. Ouch.

I loved JS his rookie season, but he was too much of a hot head & that '02 season might have been his peak, as weird as that sounds.

Easy one.

Good synapsis of his Giants career. Also note who was mentioned as the inventor of the West Coast Offense.
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In comment 14946049 sb from NYT Forum said:

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He was both of those things. But he wasn't the greatest pass-catcher. That said, he's up there for me, along with Zeke.

Number 38

First Giant I associated with

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or Zeke Mowatt then Howard Cross...liked both equally.

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I watched a training camp when he had a broken hand in a cast and he was making one handed catches all over the field as the crowd went wild.
This was at Monmouth U

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Bob Tucker. He was awesome.

Is up there with Bavaro. Went to college with Tucker, played golf with him a few times.

Also Howard. Cross belongs

Jeremy Shockey
Kevin Boss
Dan Campbell

Hopefully Evan Engram and Kaden Smith will climb that list.

I really liked Kevin Boss as well. Gary Shirk was obviously a different caliber of player, but he always struck me as a really hard worker who got the most of his ability.

Shockey was great, but he was just such a jackass. His body language on the field when he was frustrated was a major turnoff for me.

Howard Cross
Shockey
Kevin Boss
Zeke Mowatt
Jake Ballard

Also at times I found myself falling for Larry Donnell :-)

the relative age of some of our posters..

I'm 62 and certainly remember Bob Tucker, so he lands right behind Bavaro on my list..guy caught anything and everything thrown his way

I would like to say Shockey is 3rd, (the only authentic Giants jersey I still have), but I'm gonna put Howard Cross there instead.

Cross was the blocker we never had prior to his arrival and haven't had since his retirement. He may not have had the receiving skills of some of the other names mentioned, but, we weren't featuring the tight end in that manner during his tenure and his blocking skills were a huge addition to our offense during that time

Darnell Dinkins

#38..!

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Always a shot of him in Super Bowl highlights.

that's easy...

He was one of the only good things about the Giants from 1970-1977.

Was becoming a real star. He got bumped by Bavaro after his injury, but returned to be just about the best #2 TE around.

My next choice is Cross. He may not have been a great pass catcher and he wasn't running away from anyone. But, he made some big catches. Most importantly, he was like having a 3rd OT. There were times they left him 1 on 1 with some good TEs with no dropoff.

Then Shockey.

I don’t know him personally, though we’ve talked a few times at games, but I get the impression that Howard Cross is a really good person. Anyway, on the field he was a terrific blocker and a great competitor. I also love Cross on the radio because he’s very smart and insightful and honest and respectful but he isn’t afraid to give his opinion even when it’s not flattering to the Giants. He’s a great sideline game day radio reporter. His interviews with players are also very good.

Cross is one of my all time favorite Giants. I think he represents the very best of the New York Football Giants.

In comment 14946123 trueblueinpw said:

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I don’t know him personally, though we’ve talked a few times at games, but I get the impression that Howard Cross is a really good person. Anyway, on the field he was a terrific blocker and a great competitor. I also love Cross on the radio because he’s very smart and insightful and honest and respectful but he isn’t afraid to give his opinion even when it’s not flattering to the Giants. He’s a great sideline game day radio reporter. His interviews with players are also very good. Cross is one of my all time favorite Giants. I think he represents the very best of the New York Football Giants.

I agree with every word you wrote here.

In comment 14946018 Red Dog said:

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Nobody else even comes close except maybe Joe Walton. Shockey was a flaming asshole who forced his way off the GIANTS. Screw him. None of these other guys contributed much or were here for long.

Those are the one's I was going to name. Didn't think anyone would remember Aaron Thomas

Howard Cross

This caused me to look at some of the TE'/s that Eli played with.

My LEAST favorite TEs? Will Tye, Larry, Brandon Myers, Aaron Pierce,