Caveat: you can't say a HOFer or a future HOFer. Be creative!
For me, it's Chad Ocho Cinco. He's one of my favorite players to never play for the Giants (probably second behind Curtis Martin). Would've been so much fun if he was a Giant. Such a fun guy and an easy guy to root for.
Whoops, I just read the bold print!
Include me with those who say Tom Brady (with no disrespect to Eli). Calvin Johnson would've been nice. And Gronkowski too, although the injuries would've been frustrating.
Aaron Rodgers would be my top choice on production alone, but he's a hard guy to like. He's not a bad guy, but he has zero charm.
Ha! I was thinking Honey Badger just before I read down to your post. Got to see him here in AZ for a few years, and when healthy, he's a great, exciting player.
The second would have been Joe Montana.
This is immediately who I thought of. It could've happened.
In more recent terms, I would say Michael Thomas. Should've been Michael Thomas. They ahd the chance over Sterling Shepard.
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Warrick Dunn
Chris Long
Brian Waters
All really good players and deserving winners of the Walter Payton Award for their charitable work. Will Shields would be right there with them, but he’s in the Hall of Fame.
Another Cowboy worth mentioning is Jay Novacek. At a time when Giant TEs all had stone hands, Novacek inspired a lot of envy. He was also money in the postseason, when Dallas couldn't just pound the ball with Smith. He wasn't a terrible blocker, either; that just wasn't his primary job.
This game is harder than it looks.
Loved Bert Jones.
I'm surprised no one said Jerry Rice yet...
Atleast before Giants signed McKenzie
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a Hall of Famer...
I'm surprised no one said Jerry Rice yet...
Did he get in?
And just since I loved watching them at Notre Dame
Stephon Tuit
Will Fuller
Ronnie Stanley
Jerome Bettis
Reggie Brooks
Bobby Taylor
George Young was a major reason the Giants won two Super Bowls with Parcells as coach. No way they could have done it without him in my opinion. He was the perfect person at the perfect time. But I also believe that passing on Reggie White left a few on the table.
Trust me I know the entire story and I know the Giants needed OL help more than defensive help and I know Zimmerman dared Young to choose him which his stubbornness and distain for players asserting any kind of independence guaranteed he would be the choice but I also know that Parcells wanted Reggie White badly and if he and Belichick got him with LT in his prime and the rest of the Giants defense at that time they would have been a dynasty to rival the Packers in the 60's and the Steelers in 70's.
Thirty years ago, the 1984 USFL supplemental draft was held, giving NFL teams the chance to grab the rights to a player from the upstart league if it folded, the player finished his time in the USFL or was released.
The Giants had the third pick and, as Myers wrote, "Parcells lobbied Young to take White of the Memphis Showboats. ... But the Giants' offensive line was a mess and Young wanted offensive tackle Gary Zimmerman, who was playing for the Los Angeles Express." Because Parcells was almost fired in his first year with the franchise, he "didn't have much clout in the organization at that point."
You might know the rest. If not: The Eagles had the next selection and took White after the Giants took Zimmerman, who didn't want to play for New York and was eventually traded to the Vikings. White logged 13 sacks in his rookie year with the Eagles in 1985 and ended up with 198 for his Hall of Fame career.
I know Young played a significant role in our reversal of fortunes from the dark years of the late 60s and 70s, but GD. Some of his decisions. His contempt for Parcells and Belichick hurt this team so badly post-XXV, plus his lack of understanding for the salary cap.
I wonder if some of this stuff is why it took him so long to get into the HoF (still well-warranted, btw).
Loved Bert Jones! But I will say Greg Cook or Brian Sipe.
TJ Watt
Chris Chambers
Lee Evans
Joe Thomas
Jonathan Taylor
Travis Beckham (gotcha!)
Travis Frederick
Erasmus James (pre injury)
I think Hines Ward would have fit the mold of a NYG player perfectly.
He's also a brilliant man off the field, having been a judge in the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1993 to 2015.
I agree , no one has listed a non-hall of famer or potential hall of famer. Humans are less intellgent than slugs.
Defense- Ed Reed