bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
OH WE BACK
![](http://gmenhq.com/files/2011/01/theMan.jpg) ![](http://susanshan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Justin-Tuck.jpg)
![](http://www.nydailynews.com/img/2008/08/01/alg_giants.jpg) ![](http://cdn.everyjoe.com/files/2010/11/steve-smith-giants-injury.jpg)
And introducing:
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--66yH949TTs/TdGYbLln66I/AAAAAAAABK0/Bb8EFH2VwUY/s1600/Prince%20Amukamara.jpg) ![](http://nflsoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Marvin-Austin-20111.jpg)
9/11 at Redskins 9/19 vs Rams 9/25 at Eagles 10/2 at Cardinals 10/9 vs Seahawks 10/16 vs Bills 10/30 vs Dolphins 11/6 at Patriots 11/13 at 49ers 11/20 vs Eagles 11/28 at Saints 12/4 vs Packers 12/11 at Cowboys 12/18 vs Redskins 12/24 at Jets 1/1 vs Cowboys
Last season we were one punt out of bounds away from winning the division (fuck you, Matt Dodge). I'm expecting wins against Miami, Buffalo, San Fran, StL, Arizona, and a sweep of the Skins. A split with the Eagles and Cowboys would put us at 9 wins. The Packers, Saints, Pats, and Jets will all be tough, but I would bet anything that this will be another double-digit win season and I have very high hopes for a return to the playoffs. 7/29/2011 12:37:16 AM
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TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 148001 Posts user info edit post |
lol Marvin Austin 7/29/2011 12:37:57 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
I wasn't thrilled that they drafted Austin, but if he can burn UNC's program to the ground AND help the Giants make the playoffs in the same year, I would love it.
By the way, I forgot to include:
![](http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0514/ncf_a_herzlich_200.jpg) 7/29/2011 12:42:46 AM
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Stein All American 19842 Posts user info edit post |
Uh... you know that Steve Smith and Ahmad Bradshaw are both unrestricted free agents, right? 7/29/2011 12:57:37 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
If neither gets re-signed I will probably cry and give up on the team. 7/29/2011 1:17:47 AM
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TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 148001 Posts user info edit post |
iirc some sports writers were tweeting that Plax has been in talks with the NYGs 7/29/2011 1:32:59 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
^Giants and Steelers, but many NY teammates are making big pushes for him to come back. Report is he had dinner with Coughlin the other night to talk it over. I think resigning Smith should take precedence, but imagine what that receiver core could be like with Smith, Plax, and Nicks all on the field with (hopefully) Kevin Boss still at tight end.
By the way, I really like Dan Graziano's take on the Osi holdout situation:
Quote : | "It's hard to see how a holdout helps Umenyiora here. The Giants hold all the cards, fair or unfair, and Umenyiora's best bet is to show up, play his tail off and force them into a position from which they'd look silly for not extending him later this year or next offseason. Yes, he runs the risk of getting injured and cut. Yes, that's the inherent problem with the NFL's team-favorable contract system. (Though the NFLPA did secure injury guarantees in contracts in the new labor deal.) But it's where Umenyiora is right now, and sitting out, getting fined $30,000 a day and looking like a crybaby when the Giants have enough coverage at his position isn't likely to pay off for him in the long run." |
Especially since Kiwanuka re-signed, he really isn't hurting the team. Of course I'd rather have him there than most of the other options, but I really don't like what he's trying to do. Holding down Bradshaw, Nicks, and Boss should be the top priorities and he needs to acknowledge that his situation is just not as important.
Speaking of Bradshaw...Jacobs agreed to a restructured contract for less guaranteed money which makes keeping Bradshaw even more of a reality.
[Edited on July 29, 2011 at 2:24 PM. Reason : -] 7/29/2011 2:14:06 PM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
GREAT NEWS!!!
Quote : | "Giants fans are going to like this one. According to tweets by him and his agents, former Jets punter Steve Weatherford has reached agreement on a new contract with the Giants. Weatherford (@weatherford9) tweeted this: "I'm on my way back to NYC but my helmet has changed. I'm excited to get the opportunity to help this prestigious franchise win a world title." " |
So long, assface.
![](http://voices.washingtonpost.com/early-lead/mattdodge.jpg) 7/29/2011 6:27:52 PM
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thegoodlife3 All American 39108 Posts user info edit post |
EVEN BETTER NEWS!!!
Quote : | "Pencil in Eli Manning to throw at least 6 INTs against the Eagles this season" |
7/29/2011 6:29:53 PM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
Osi has reported to camp. Jacobs' restructure is complete. Plax is going to the Jets. 7/31/2011 10:31:47 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
Bradshaw officially locked in for 4 more years with Big Blue. Osi's agent was told he can actively search for a team willing to trade, but the price will likely be a first round pick (and possibly more). Smith and Boss are the only pieces left to figure out. 8/1/2011 8:30:37 PM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
Boss has signed with Oakland. He'll be hard to replace. 8/6/2011 2:16:41 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
Amukamara breaks a bone in his foot 2 days after signing his rookie contract
Now we have to pay first-round money for a guy who might not even play this year.
Ben Patrick, the TE the Giants signed when they started getting worried that Boss wouldn't return, has decided to retire. He only wanted to play if he could play with Boss. So now we have neither.
Rough week.
[Edited on August 7, 2011 at 1:58 PM. Reason : -] 8/7/2011 1:57:03 PM
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Ribs All American 10713 Posts user info edit post |
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8/7/2011 2:07:31 PM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
The Eagles keep getting better and the Giants keep getting unluckier. Oh, and Osi is still being a whiny little bitch. 8/7/2011 2:11:55 PM
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9one9 All American 21497 Posts user info edit post |
Eagles signed Steve Smith lol 8/10/2011 11:27:28 PM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
I can't believe he would do that to the team. Of all the places to sign.
I hope his knee ends up never recovering. At least not until after Week 3.
8/11/2011 12:50:31 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
Giants' D is getting a lot of press recently, now that Osi is on board and Deon Grant is back for another year.
I particularly enjoy this quote from Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post:
Quote : | "Jason Pierre-Paul seems ready to become an unmitigated freak" |
Keep an eye on this guy.
![](http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2010/05/02/alg_pierre_paul.jpg) 8/18/2011 4:27:54 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
Bring it on!
![](http://www.giantsgnome.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Giants-Beat-Redskins-Literally.jpg) 9/7/2011 4:36:47 PM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
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The look on Dion Lewis's (28) face is priceless.
[Edited on September 28, 2011 at 3:33 PM. Reason : -]
9/28/2011 3:30:23 PM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
This is a damn good team. I was not expecting the season to go this well. It is strange however that the only losses thus far came against 2 (Redskins and Seahawks) of the worst 4 opponents we've played (the other two being the Rams and Dolphins).
9/11 at Redskins 9/19 vs Rams 9/25 at Eagles 10/2 at Cardinals
10/9 vs Seahawks 10/16 vs Bills 10/30 vs Dolphins 11/6 at Patriots 11/13 at 49ers 11/20 vs Eagles 11/28 at Saints 12/4 vs Packers 12/11 at Cowboys 12/18 vs Redskins 12/24 at Jets 1/1 vs Cowboys 11/9/2011 11:14:39 AM
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brianj320 All American 9166 Posts user info edit post |
those 2 games against Seattle and Washington are such thorns in my side. more so the Seattle game. the G-men have always played down to lesser opponents and it is so damn frustrating as a fan to see this time and time again. just play at a high level and beat the snot out of them! but no, that's not what the Giants do.
i'm pleasantly surprised they have the record they do. with all the losses and injuries this season, i figured they'd be more like 2-6 at this point. they Pats game was a huge win and i hope it springboards them a lot into the toughest part of their schedule. 11/9/2011 11:20:45 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
I was expecting them to have 2 losses at this point but I thought they would be to the Eagles and Patriots. I'm feeling good (but not overly hopeful) about SF...our passing game will handle them just fine, we just need to step up the run defense and stick it to Gore.
I think we will go 2-2 against 49ers, Saints, Packers, and Jets and win at least 3 of the remaining 4 division games (probably a loss @Dallas). Final record 11-5, good for 2nd or 3rd in the conference depending on how the 49ers hold up the rest of the way. 11/9/2011 11:27:40 AM
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9one9 All American 21497 Posts user info edit post |
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11/9/2011 12:30:07 PM
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brianj320 All American 9166 Posts user info edit post |
very tough loss yesterday. G-men had their opportunities to win and just didn't follow through on them. Cruz and Manningham have to wake up and realize they can't make these rookie mistakes. Cruz's wide-open missed catch killed me; there is no excuse for that. 11/14/2011 10:24:57 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
At any rate, if we make the playoffs, we proved that we are capable of winning in SanFran if we just cut back on the mistakes. 11/14/2011 11:00:37 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
The magic number is 7 (combined number of Giants wins and Cowboys losses in order to clinch the division).
If we manage to sweep the Cowboys the number goes down to 3. Dallas has a cakewalk the rest of the season, so we can't count on them losing any more. We have to win 3 out of the following:
Eagles Saints Packers Redskins Jets
I feel good about our chances of winning two of those games, I'm just praying we can find a third (and again, this is all assuming we sweep the Cowboys, which I'm not confident we can). 11/15/2011 3:16:16 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
Per usual the team lets us down when things get going. If we lose to the Saints I think the season is over, even with a sweep of Dallas. 4 losses isn't usually enough to make me worry this late in the season but with this schedule it is pretty depressing. I hate that we played the Skins early when they were hot and now have to play Dallas twice while they're at their best.
Saints Packers Cowboys Redskins Jets Cowboys
With as good as the conference is this year it will take at least 10 wins to make the playoffs if not 11, and I don't think I see 4-5 wins in there ![](images/frown.gif) 11/28/2011 12:54:02 AM
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BoobsR_gr8 All American 30000 Posts user info edit post |
i need jacobs not to suck the penis tomorrow 11/28/2011 1:31:50 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
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11/29/2011 1:06:50 AM
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mizzo All American 3541 Posts user info edit post |
That one hurt. 11/29/2011 1:12:26 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
This just keeps happening.
2009: We were having a great season, undefeated after 5 games, then had to match up with the also undefeated Saints. We put everything we had into that game, still got crushed, and went 3-8 the rest of the season (gave up 40+ points in each of the last 2 games...against the Panthers and Vikings...ugh)
2010: Giants start 6-2, then lose consecutive games to Cowboys and Eagles, starting a 4-4 end to the season including getting crushed by the Packers who only got into the playoffs ahead of us because of that tie-breaker.
2011: Another 6-2 start, only 2 losses coming against shitty teams, pull of an upset no one expected against the Patriots, then fell short after giving it their all to the 49ers just to start a downhill spiral we all knew would happen eventually.
Speaking of the Packers...they have now won 17 straight games including last year's playoffs. The absolute demolishing of the Giants was the first of that streak. Since we helped them begin it, it would only be fitting that we end it. We seem to be really good at killing streaks...but I would be lying if I said I thought we could actually pull it off.
[Edited on November 29, 2011 at 1:29 AM. Reason : -] 11/29/2011 1:27:22 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
Bradshaw says he plans to play this week.
2011 Giants with Bradshaw: 5-2
2011 Giants without Bradshaw: 1-3 12/2/2011 12:25:27 AM
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packboozie All American 17452 Posts user info edit post |
Do you enjoy talking to yourself? 12/2/2011 12:31:46 AM
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richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
So what needs to happen for Coughlin to save his job? Or is he a dead man walking coaching at this poing? 12/2/2011 12:46:21 AM
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9one9 All American 21497 Posts user info edit post |
^^^^ There was an article in the WSJ about the Giants strength of schedule 1st half of years vs. second half over the last 5 years or so. We had top 5 most difficult second half like 4 out of 5 years I think I remember reading.
Fuck Kevin Gilbride.
Today is going to suck. 12/4/2011 2:40:29 PM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
Not bad. Reminded me of the 2007 regular season matchup with the Pats...except we actually needed this win.
Thank goodness the Cowboys blew it. The Giants have to be feeling much better about their chances now, but next week is must-win. 12/4/2011 11:47:34 PM
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9one9 All American 21497 Posts user info edit post |
![](http://www.giantsfootballblog.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/NFL-EAGLES-VS-GIANTS.jpg)
lol makes you wonder what the refs are doing under that hood (porn)
12/6/2011 10:51:52 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
^Would have made a 4 point difference
There was also a pass interference call on Prince down field that made no sense to me, and even Giant-hater Troy Aikman said the Giants got screwed.
I hated the refs so much in this game. 12/6/2011 2:04:25 PM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
I believe I heard the announcers say something to the degree of:
"freezing the kicker statistically does not work"
SUCK IT, DALLAS! 12/11/2011 11:55:17 PM
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UJustWait84 All American 25816 Posts user info edit post |
I hate the Giants, but I hate the Cowboys so much more
That was the funniest thing I've seen all day ![](images/smile.gif) 12/11/2011 11:58:47 PM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
AGH I can't wait for next Sunday! The final game of the season hasn't meant this much since before I can remember...and that includes that superbowl precursor vs the pats. 12/26/2011 11:59:16 PM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
Playoffs, here we come!
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9one9 All American 21497 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Giants’ 2012 Opponents Set: The Giants’ 2012 regular-season opponents have been set. The Giants will play:
Home:
Cowboys Eagles Redskins Packers Saints Buccaneers Browns Steelers
Away:
Cowboys Eagles Redskins 49ers Falcons Panthers Ravens Bengals" |
Packers and Saints again huh? 1/3/2012 8:56:24 AM
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brianj320 All American 9166 Posts user info edit post |
at least those are home games; playing the Saints in NO is brutal. 1/3/2012 9:01:17 AM
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Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Packers and Saints again huh?" |
That's how it works, shithead. You finish first, you play the other #1s. 1/3/2012 9:22:37 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
Compare that to the Patriots, who finished best in AFC:
Home games: 49ers, Bills, Cardinals, Colts, Dolphins, Jets, Texans, Broncos.
Away games: Bills, Dolphins, Jaguars, Jets, Rams, Seahawks, Titans, Ravens
Other than @Ravens, there isn't a single difficult game for them 1/3/2012 11:23:51 AM
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Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Christ, man. When you get done asking why there's no late game on CBS, take five minutes and go read wikipedia or something. Most popular sport in the country and no one understands shit. 1/3/2012 11:28:41 AM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
I understand it perfectly. But the system is meant to make the schedule harder for teams who finish high the previous year, but it never seems to.
Giants were #2 last year and as a result played NoLA and Green Bay instead of Atlanta and Chicago this year. That's a huge difference in strength of schedule (I think we had THE toughest SoS this year), and it looks like it is only getting tougher with AFC North on next year's schedule.
[Edited on January 3, 2012 at 11:35 AM. Reason : -] 1/3/2012 11:34:05 AM
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ndmetcal All American 9012 Posts user info edit post |
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1/3/2012 11:45:01 AM
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