Happy Birthday to Hakeem Nicks

I will always love Hakeem Nicks

Dnew15 : 1/14/2022 3:32 pm : link

one of my all-time fav Giants.

It's a shame his body couldn't hold up.

Such a beast during the 2011 Playoffs

Chris684 : 1/14/2022 3:32 pm : link

He was unstoppable.

He was a fantastic WR

jc in c-ville : 1/14/2022 3:42 pm : link

A complete beast with the ball anywhere near him.

Giants WRs With Careers Cut Short

Trainmaster : 1/14/2022 3:44 pm : link

Hillard (I think)
Burress
S Smith
Nicks
Cruz
Manningham
Beckham (likely)
Shepard (likely)

Toney (too soon to tell, but doesn't look good so far)

Only real "Iron Man" WR is Toomer

S omany Giants careers cut short because of injury, Nicks, Cruz,

Jack Stroud : 1/14/2022 3:45 pm : link

David Wilson.

Was a legit #1 WR

Jimmycal : 1/14/2022 3:47 pm : link

who helped make Cruz a great #2 and Manningham a damn good #3. And yes I expect others will come back with 1a and 1b for HN/VC

RE: Was a legit #1 WR

uconn18 : 1/14/2022 4:06 pm : link

In comment 15553296 Jimmycal said:

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who helped make Cruz a great #2 and Manningham a damn good #3. And yes I expect others will come back with 1a and 1b for HN/VC

Always felt this way as well.

Defensive coordinator based their game plans around stopping Nicks for about 2 years

Looks better

gfinop : 1/14/2022 4:10 pm : link

than anything I've seen from Golladay.

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Jints in Carolina : 1/14/2022 4:36 pm : link

Oh what could have been

Jim in Forest Hills : 1/14/2022 4:39 pm : link

Nicks and Cruz, jeez.

RE: Looks better

santacruzom : 1/14/2022 4:44 pm : link

In comment 15553322 gfinop said:

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than anything I've seen from Golladay.

Oh, for sure. I doubt that anyone in their right mind would choose any version of Kenny Golladay over Nicks in his prime.

Think About This

Samiam : 1/14/2022 5:01 pm : link

Nicks doesn’t get hurt and continues to be a very good receiver. No need to draft Beckham: either Aaron Donald or Zack Martin get drafted. How different things would be?

the game where he got hurt in 2012 against TB was amazing.

Victor in CT : 1/14/2022 5:02 pm : link

He absolutley abused Aqib Talib. 200+ yards

RE: Think About This

Mark from Jersey : 1/14/2022 5:30 pm : link

In comment 15553380 Samiam said:

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Nicks doesn’t get hurt and continues to be a very good receiver. No need to draft Beckham: either Aaron Donald or Zack Martin get drafted. How different things would be?

:-(

Favorite Giants receiver of my lifetime.

j_rud : 1/14/2022 5:35 pm : link

Always reminded me of Michael Irvin, I think their style was really similar. And as others have said his performance in the 2011 run is absolutely legendary and statistically among the beat postseason performances at the position.

Nicks was such a smooth runner...not a burner

FranknWeezer : 1/14/2022 5:41 pm : link

but he had this way of gliding past people, in and out of breaks and traffic. So fun to watch.

So many contested catches...

gfinop : 1/14/2022 5:42 pm : link

Played like a great tighend in traffic.

Very fortunate he was on the team I follow.

We really had something with

Ike#88 : 1/14/2022 7:10 pm : link

Hakeem Nicks, Eli and Gilbride. It was a real bummer when his career ended in the blink of an eye. Happy 34th HN!

Who was the BBI'er

pmmanning : 1/14/2022 7:11 pm : link

that ran into him after the 2011 Championship (I think) and had a picture of Nicks holding his tiny newborn baby in his huge hands.

No 2011 without him

exiled : 1/14/2022 7:41 pm : link

Great talent!

Unbelievable

AcidTest : 1/14/2022 10:35 pm : link

player. What a beast. His 2011 run was unreal. Huge hands that could snatch any ball and then he just ran away from DBs.

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Happy Birthday to Hakeem Nicks