Obviously, Lawrence Taylor at linebacker is one of them. No one could make a roster like this without him.
Maurice Carthon at fullback is another pick, not a position with a lot of competition.
Mark Bavaro is picked as a bench player. I love having him picked, and I think it is criminally negligent that he is not in the Hall of Fame.
The fourth is the truly surprise pick, David Tyree as special teams player.
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Zak DeOssie.
Most of those guys were very solid receives in addition to opening up holes.
Hes on there.
This is a TERRIBLE list. He has Terrell Davis, Derrick Henry, Hines Ward, Cortez Kennedy on this list over guys like Walter Payton, Jim Brown, Terrell Owens, Marvin Harrison, Warren Sapp, Haloti Ngata...
God I hate Peter King and his nasally voice
If you want your fullback to block, I'd take Way or Carthon over Alstott any day.
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Charlie Way was the truth man. Dude's also got a degree in engineering.
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Please. Mike Alstott, Larry Csonka far better.
If you want your fullback to block, I'd take Way or Carthon over Alstott any day.
Alstott blocked just fine. He was just much better at running with the ball.
Personally I always thought Rathman was the best all around Fullback. Guy was a load as a blocker and a pretty slick receiver.
Yeah, that feels like a "since it's Super Bowl week..." pick
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Hes on there.
This is a TERRIBLE list. He has Terrell Davis, Derrick Henry, Hines Ward, Cortez Kennedy on this list over guys like Walter Payton, Jim Brown, Terrell Owens, Marvin Harrison, Warren Sapp, Haloti Ngata...
God I hate Peter King and his nasally voice
Oh I guess I missed that. Only since 84.
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Hes on there.
This is a TERRIBLE list. He has Terrell Davis, Derrick Henry, Hines Ward, Cortez Kennedy on this list over guys like Walter Payton, Jim Brown, Terrell Owens, Marvin Harrison, Warren Sapp, Haloti Ngata...
God I hate Peter King and his nasally voice
He's only including players he's seen during his career starting in 1984
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He was a good special teams players but the Giants as a franchise have had better special teams players (Reyna Thompson, Larry Flowers).
Zak DeOssie.
What? an all time great NFL player at special teams?? I would put his father ahead of him.
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Hes on there.
This is a TERRIBLE list. He has Terrell Davis, Derrick Henry, Hines Ward, Cortez Kennedy on this list over guys like Walter Payton, Jim Brown, Terrell Owens, Marvin Harrison, Warren Sapp, Haloti Ngata...
God I hate Peter King and his nasally voice
He said in his into, this list is guys he has covered over his 40 years, that's why Peyton and Brown are not on the list.
Fine, if you take off Brown and Payton, you can replace TD and Henry with any of Thurman Thomas, Curtis Martin, Frank Gore, Marshall Faulk, Jerome Bettis.
Its an absolutely shitty list. I didnt even look at the secondary
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He was a good special teams players but the Giants as a franchise have had better special teams players (Reyna Thompson, Larry Flowers).
Zak DeOssie.
What? an all time great NFL player at special teams?? I would put his father ahead of him.
No, an all time special teamer. He was the long snapper for 13 years and good on coverage. He was better or as good as Tyree IMO, but I dont feel that strongly about it.
Looking back at the players he omitted during that perior, its easy to see he is trying to be provocative more than create a good list.
Way is one of my favorite Giants ever.
Richard Sherman and Darrell Green over Champ Bailey, Revis, Aeneas Williams and Charles Woodson.
Sorry, but this is laughable.
Richard Sherman and Darrell Green over Champ Bailey, Revis, Aeneas Williams and Charles Woodson.
Sorry, but this is laughable.
What's wrong with Darrell Green?
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Holy shit!
Richard Sherman and Darrell Green over Champ Bailey, Revis, Aeneas Williams and Charles Woodson.
Sorry, but this is laughable.
What's wrong with Darrell Green?
He was a great corner.... And not better than any of the guys I mentioned. He was good and lightning fast. But I would not take Green over any of the corners I had mentioned.
I'll even give him a break on Green. Richard Sherman???
Personally I always thought Rathman was the best all around Fullback. Guy was a load as a blocker and a pretty slick receiver.
Absolutely.
Reyna Thompson is on his list.
Reyna Thompson was as good as they get, better than Tyree.
London Fletcher, Patrick Willis, I already mentioned Brian Urlacher, I believe Lance Briggs was technically an inside linebacker, Zach Thomas was better, Takeo Spikes.... Its just remarkable how bad this list is.
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He was a good special teams players but the Giants as a franchise have had better special teams players (Reyna Thompson, Larry Flowers).
Yeah, that feels like a "since it's Super Bowl week..." pick
To be fair, Tyree was pretty damn good as a special teams player... but couple that with the helmet catch. What other special teams player came off the bench to be involved with a play like that, in a moment like that?
I recall that he was an excellent receiver. And he had some awful QBs too. In 1996 he was 3rd on the team in receptions, in 1997 he was 2nd on the team (with 37!).
He DID say that, and then he added Himes Ward as a receiver over Larry Fitzgerald and or Calvin Johnson.
Lott probably fell to before he started covering parameter (that also makes no sense) but Im okay with Reed and Polamalu actually.
Vonn Miller over Kevin Greene os also a funny one.
What's wrong with Darrell Green?
He was a great corner.... And not better than any of the guys I mentioned. He was good and lightning fast. But I would not take Green over any of the corners I had mentioned.
I'll even give him a break on Green. Richard Sherman???
I agree on Sherman. But Green is one of the great corners in NFL history. There should be no dispute on him being picked.
Personally, I think he's one of the top three corners in the history of the game.