Big Blue Huddle

Quote from: Jclayton92 on May 31, 2024, 08:15:50 PMhttps://www.pff.com/news/nfl-linebacker-rankings-top-32-2024-nfl-season

10. BOBBY OKEREKE, NEW YORK GIANTS
A career-high 78.9 PFF grade highlighted the best season of Okereke's career, his first with the Giants. The 2019 third-round draft pick ranked ninth at the position with an 82.5 PFF coverage grade, and he was one of the surest tacklers in the league, missing just 7.7% of his attempts

Bobby may be the best FA signing of Schoen's Giants career, to date.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on May 31, 2024, 06:27:42 PMIt's funny how fast love can turn to hate.

Just last offseason, most Giants fans were beyond excited about Waller. The viewed him as a major addition to the offense and the big play guy that the Giants had previous lacked.

Then he goes on to have a 2023 season that, quite frankly, was pretty similar to his 2022 and 2021 seasons.

Now everyone wants him to hit the bricks as fast as possible.

Funny how people talked themselves into believing that in 2023 they'd get the 2018/2019 version of Waller instead of the 2021/2022 version of Waller.

Reality is a bitch.

Jeff,

I don't think this is a case of love turning into hate.  I think many fans, I believe rightfully so, are tired of Waller not making up his mind and committing to either retiring or playing.  It's one thing if the man was distraught and trying to deal with the end of his marriage, but still making music videos suggests Waller is more than capable of functioning.

Waller was always a crap shoot.  The Giants got a player who, just a couple of seasons prior, was one of the best TEs in the draft for just a low third-round comp pick.   There was hope he would be happier with the Giants and that he could stay healthy (although I think in light of the Giants' horrible track record of keeping players healthy, we all knew it was a bit of a pipe dream) that Waller could be the number one receiving threat the team has been missing since the departure of OBJ.  In training camp, it looked like the Giant's luck had changed, and Schoen's trade was a good one; then, just for the Dallas game, Waller once again injured his hammy, and things took a downward spiral from there.

We haven't had a "fun" player to watch since Barkley's younger and healthier days when we would be treated to the occasional homerun rush (or catch).

I hope you're right (I suspect you are).  This team will hopefully be more fun to watch this season.

https://x.com/bigbluevcr/status/1796647845975482612?s=46&t=1vcQIN8GqF5J2oLdxEVEJQ

Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on May 31, 2024, 04:42:21 PMThanks for the link. I've toured the New Jersey with my father and seen it quite a few times because it's hard to miss if you are ever in Philadelphia. If you can see the river (easy from Rt 95), you can't miss it, as it sticks out like a sore thumb. The Delaware River divides Pennsylvania and New Jersey. So the ship is on the other side of the river from the Philly side, so officially in Camden, NJ. It's just south of the Ben Franklin Bridge (north of the Walt Whitman Bridge)

The New Jersey lit up at night




When this picture was taken (property of the US Navy), my father was eleven stories high with headphones radioing down to the gunners in the turrets to indicate where the shells were landing and where to adjust


My Dad


Bull Halsey


the USS New Jersey BB62

I took the tour myself.   The ship is currently in dry dock having work done.

https://www.giants.com/news/ota-highlights-jalin-hyatt-catch-deonte-banks-daniel-jones-theo-johnson

https://www.giants.com/news/jalin-hyatt-one-handed-catch-otas-highlights-deonte-banks-darius-slayton

https://x.com/PFF/status/1796227619215569215

https://x.com/Giants/status/1796583668820881806

https://x.com/Schmeelk/status/1796577668663791951

https://x.com/Patricia_Traina/status/1796268987787194536

Quote from: Giant Obsession on May 31, 2024, 08:48:48 AMMy God, just cut this guy.   NOW.

He sure ain't all in about his profession.

I would rather see five more Daniel Jones threads than this guy's name in any association with the Giants.

If we can't do better than Waller for this team, then just blow it up and join the USFL.

I have similar feelings.   If he has time and energy for his music...

https://www.giants.com/news/otas-recap-shane-bowen-defensive-coordinator-dane-belton-malik-nabers

https://www.giants.com/news/malik-nabers-daniel-jones-drew-lock-ota-recap-highlights-steve-smith-sr


https://www.bigblueview.com/2024/5/31/24168207/giants-rumors-news-5-31-recap-of-ota-5-darius-slayton-deonte-banks-more-headlines

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on May 30, 2024, 09:11:49 PMSo there are two Hard Knocks shows now?

I felt like one was more than enough.

Well, one is focusing on the offseason (featuring the Giants), and one is featuring training camp.   I think that there is enough meat on that bone that the split should work.

Quote from: Gman329 on May 30, 2024, 10:31:13 PMGiants must see more in Ezeudu than I do.  If he has to play much, either at OG or OT, we're in trouble.

At the very least, they see a high 3rd round pick.  Picking a guard high in the third round usually yields a serviceable starter

If anyone is interested in Naval history, I highly recommend this YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@Drachinifel

and


@Jolly Blue Giant

The USS New Jersey has its own YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/@BattleshipNewJersey