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Good players who left NYG

Chris684 : 5/21/2023 10:28 pm

To make their name elsewhere through the years?

I’m watching the SB Classic on NFL Net of Steelers-Seahawks and forgot that Joe Jurevicius was on this Seattle team. I hadn’t thought of him in awhile but I remember he was very good in Tampa Bay for awhile.

Ed McCaffrey is probably the first name that comes to mind, but who are the other guys through the years who we lost for whatever reason and it came back to bite us? Not sure I can come up with that many.

Ryan Clark is another name that comes to mind. Linval Joseph? Shiancoe was decent in Minnesota.

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RE: Cameron Wake?

sb from NYT Forum : 5/22/2023 12:28 pm : link

In comment 16120966 RicFlair said:

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I know he never made the team here but he had him first.

Giants signed him as a UDFA and cut him before training camp even started.

Ereck Flowers

Rudy5757 : 5/22/2023 12:53 pm : link

He did sign a 3 year $30 Mil contract after he left us as a G.

Thankfully not a lot of players leave the Giants to become great. There are a few mentioned above but every team is going to lose players.

RE: Buddy Dial

clatterbuck : 5/22/2023 12:55 pm : link

In comment 16120917 floridafan said:

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Drafted in 59, was cut before the season.
Had a nice career with the Steelers and Cowboys.

He was cut because of camp flash-in-the-pan Joey Biscaha

RE: RE: Cameron Wake?

RicFlair : 5/22/2023 12:56 pm : link

In comment 16121080 sb from NYT Forum said:

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In comment 16120966 RicFlair said:

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I know he never made the team here but he had him first.

Giants signed him as a UDFA and cut him before training camp even started.

Yea that’s correct.

John "Frenchy" Fuqua and Henry Davis,

clatterbuck : 5/22/2023 1:00 pm : link

Fuqua, a RB and Davis, LB, both cut by Giants and had good careers with the Steelers.

Is the requirement that they were better after they left?

sb from NYT Forum : 5/22/2023 1:17 pm : link

If so, in addition to the OP's mentions, I would add Matt Bryant.

Giants kicker in 2002 and 2003, then cut in 2004. He went on to have an 18 year career, #12 all time FGs made in NFL history, and #15 in points scored in NFL history.

Here's an interesting name: Tyrone Wheatley

Chris684 : 5/22/2023 1:43 pm : link

Not quite the body of work I'm specifically talking about in this thread, but I would say at least salvaged his career out in Oakland.

Brad Maynard had a long career in Chicago after leaving the Giants

Greg from LI : 5/22/2023 1:53 pm : link

No one mentioned Geno Smith?

Gatorade Dunk : 5/22/2023 1:58 pm : link

Jim Burt

NINEster : 5/22/2023 2:39 pm : link

Bart Oates
Odessa Turner

RE: No one mentioned Geno Smith?

bluefin : 5/22/2023 3:23 pm : link

In comment 16121149 Gatorade Dunk said:

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good one

I think Geno Smith

Chris684 : 5/22/2023 3:40 pm : link

would be a better example of this type of player for the Jets. He was signed here to be a 1-year backup QB with little to no expectations.

RE: I think Geno Smith

Gatorade Dunk : 5/22/2023 3:55 pm : link

In comment 16121235 Chris684 said:

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would be a better example of this type of player for the Jets. He was signed here to be a 1-year backup QB with little to no expectations.

Well, sure. And the chicken may have had other intentions in crossing the road, but punchlines are what they are.

RE: RE: I think Geno Smith

Chris684 : 5/22/2023 4:14 pm : link

In comment 16121244 Gatorade Dunk said:

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In comment 16121235 Chris684 said:

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would be a better example of this type of player for the Jets. He was signed here to be a 1-year backup QB with little to no expectations.

Well, sure. And the chicken may have had other intentions in crossing the road, but punchlines are what they are.

Super!

RE: RE: I think Geno Smith

Klaatu : 5/22/2023 4:16 pm : link

In comment 16121244 Gatorade Dunk said:

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"Punchlines" means something different to Geno Smith.

RE: No one mentioned Matt Stover yet

DefenseWins : 5/22/2023 4:21 pm : link

In comment 16120967 Anakim said:

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Stover was the first one that came to mind. Also, Reeves dumped Landetta too and he still had some good years left.

Since you didn't clarify FA or Trade

CMicks3110 : 5/22/2023 9:49 pm : link

gotta go with

OBJ
Shockey
JPP
Engram

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