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Who is your favorite Giant of all time?

sec308 : 4/7/2024 1:20 am
Lawrence Taylor aside. Who is your favorite Giant. I know when I was in my teen and I was lucky enough that my Dad had season tickets, that during our first Super Bowl I couldn't wait to see Phil McConkey come running out of the tunnel waving his towel. What about Rob Carpenter, Otis Anderson, Karl Nelson, Bavaro... the list never ends Manning, Hicks, Hilliard, Toomer, Walls. I love the Giants they are my favorite franchise, I think my favorite player of all time, aside from LT is Bavaro with Carl Banks and Harry Carson right behind.
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LT  
Grey Pilgrim : 4/7/2024 3:33 pm : link
Eli

Strahan

RE: RE: If you don’t instantly say LT, you’re really not a Giants fan.  
Spider56 : 4/7/2024 4:04 pm : link
In comment 16459450 Mike from Ohio said:
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In comment 16459224 Spider56 said:


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Top 5

LT
Eli
Bob Tucker
Spider
Rob Carpenter



That is idiotic. Fans born in the 80s and later who don’t remember him playing won’t pick him. That doesn’t mean they aren’t real Giants fans.


I’m an idiot because the OP said LT aside and I missed it… but any true Giants fan will know LT regardless of when they were born. It’s called being legendary and LT is the defensive GOAT.
Ahmad Bradshaw  
DonQuixote : 4/7/2024 4:09 pm : link
Explosive, absolutely punished the defense. I realize Brandon Jacobs go all the press as the tough gut in those years, but Bradshaw was awesome. It goes without saying that we didn't spend a top draft pick to get these highlights...
Lonk - ( New Window )
LT  
RasputinPrime : 4/7/2024 4:13 pm : link
and unless you are too young to have seen him, there is no other answer.
I can't believe theres no love for Tuck on here  
Rudy5757 : 4/7/2024 4:25 pm : link
I loved Bavaro, Charles Way, Bradshaw, Carson, Burt, Marshall. I liked the tougher types.

Many of the players of today probably couldnt play in the 80s and 90s. The game was way too violent for a lot of the players today. I guess some of the guys back then would be too slow today. Defense doesnt win championships anymore, they are not allowed to hit anymore. I know it's player safety but I think the game is too soft now.
Bavaro  
Ron Johnson : 4/7/2024 4:27 pm : link
Bavaro
Y.A,  
Manny in CA : 4/7/2024 4:33 pm : link
Spider, L.T., Cruz, Jacobs, Eli, Erich Barnes, Shofner, Gifford, Tiki
LT is a given and so is Eli  
Bleedblue10 : 4/7/2024 5:28 pm : link
Going by just on the field
Burress
Shockey(loved Jshock)
Osi
Sehorn
Armstead
Stephen the Touchdown maker Baker
LT  
X : 4/7/2024 5:48 pm : link
Eli
Homer Jones
Ron Johnson
Tiki
Spider
Spider56  
Mike from Ohio : 4/7/2024 6:52 pm : link
I don’t know how anyone’s favorite player could be someone who retired before they started watching the Giants. But sure, those people suck as fans.

People’s favorite players are typically players they have memories of.
Phil Simms and LT  
Essex : 4/7/2024 7:17 pm : link
RE: Spider56  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 4/7/2024 7:22 pm : link
In comment 16459978 Mike from Ohio said:
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I don’t know how anyone’s favorite player could be someone who retired before they started watching the Giants. But sure, those people suck as fans.

People’s favorite players are typically players they have memories of.


Especially considering the first line in the thread is...'Lawrence Taylor aside.'

I was born in '80. I'm too young to appreciate peak LT, though I've obviously seen the highlights. My old man says he's the best player-offensive or defensive-he's ever seen, with Jim Brown coming in @ #2.
Emlin Tunnel, Jim Katcavage, Jack Stroud, LT, Brad Van Pelt  
Jack Stroud : 4/7/2024 9:20 pm : link
Eli, Bavaro.
Hard to pick just one  
Greg from LI : 4/7/2024 9:33 pm : link
Simms, Bavaro, Collins, Armstead, Tuck, Bradshaw, just to name a few
Mine  
Bones : 4/7/2024 10:16 pm : link
Fran Tarkenton
I know the instructions  
BigBlueBuff : 4/7/2024 11:07 pm : link
But it is so hard to see anyone other than LT. I was a sophomore in HS in ‘86 and he is indelibly burned into the DNA of my fandom. I guess if I had to pick a distant second it would be Plaxico or Strahan, the two heroes of 2007.
 
christian : 4/7/2024 11:18 pm : link
Jerry Reese, easy : )
Can I change my answer?  
BigBlueBuff : 4/9/2024 12:01 am : link
I forgot Rodney Hampton
Eli Manning  
BH28 : 4/9/2024 12:09 am : link
I think his post playing career work with the Giants and on the Manningcast has solidified it for me.

RE: Spider56  
Route 9 : 4/9/2024 1:21 am : link
In comment 16459978 Mike from Ohio said:
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I don’t know how anyone’s favorite player could be someone who retired before they started watching the Giants. But sure, those people suck as fans.

People’s favorite players are typically players they have memories of.


Who cares
Harry Carson by a mile  
Walker Gillette : 4/9/2024 1:28 am : link
I got all worked up when he made the HOF. After him, Strahan, Charles Way Philipi Sparks and Victor Cruz. My Dad used to tell me all about the old Giants so even though I never saw them play I became big fans of Frank Gifford and Jimmy Patton!
Homer Jones  
section125 : 4/9/2024 5:41 am : link
even over LT...

Was a huge Bob Tucker fan whom I love as much as Bavaro.

Harry - the Captain

and

VC
For me  
Scott in Montreal : 4/9/2024 7:23 am : link
Harry Carson followed by Rodney Hampton
Brandon Jacobs  
Thegratefulhead : 4/9/2024 9:31 am : link
He was really fun to watch play. We used him up, but when the treads were new, that man made people FEAR.

BEAUTIFUL FUCKING THING.
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