Big Blue Huddle

The New York Giants are a corner stone organization in the NFL.  The TV revenue sharing agreed to int he early 60's by Wellington for the benefit and growth of the NFL is why the NFL is where it is today.

It was said The Duke was the heart and soul of the NFL and The New York Football Giants are not too far behind him.

Players might not like the taxes in New York State but players love being here and hate leaving.

no. we have invested so much draft capital in the oline over the last decade or so, and have not yielded great results. alt looks great, but so did neal. if we took ANOTHER first round tackle bust, it would have been devestating. also, he is a LT. as others have mentioned, get a guy who is used to being on the right. Im hoping with a new coach and approach, maybe neal can be the guy he was supposed to be. if hes even 75% as advertised, we are in ok shape. RT is not a position you spend such a high pick on, even though i believe thats what the chargers did. on the other side of the coin- they have a "prized" qb that they had trouble protecting. its worth that kind of draft capital to protect your investment.

In the case of Barkley I think he's likely very surprised about the response. He was the face of the team and mostly the only reason to watch the team. NFL fans are unforgiving even when there is a reason that greatness falters. I feel like Barkley gave absolutely everything he had. The injuries? Not his fault and his own health and career are compromised because he did it FOR US. Still, going to the Eagles? Ouch. I'm appreciative of what he did for us and won't harshly criticize him, but a little humility about being on the Eagles would go a long way for NYG fans.

Quote from: uconnjack8 on Today at 08:27:29 AMAre we classifying Toney as a star?

In the sense he was a first round pick

Are we classifying Toney as a star?

Quote from: Ed Vette on Today at 08:19:09 AMDid you ask yourself how you would react?

I have a pretty good idea. I had to fire an employee once for performance. I did it as nicely as possible, but in my mind, a firing is still a firing. A couple of months later, I ran into the employee at a training session. When I ran into her, I said hello and greeted her in a friendly manner (I didn't want to be rude), only to have her completely ignore me. 

That incident didn't bother me in the least because I appreciated that I had fired her, and I just didn't think it would be realistic to be greeted with a warm "Hello, how have you been?  Nice to see you"

The same goes for players leaving a team. If you leave (regardless of reason), some fans will turn against you. It's the nature of the unique form of entertainment we call professional sports.

Quote from: Jclayton92 on Today at 08:20:08 AMI guess we are just ignoring that Devito got benched last year lol.

Plenty of hall of fame quarterbacks have been benched. What matters is how he responds. 

I liked JJ more than Maye but I don't really ever get upset at picks unless they are stupid ie Toney, Apple, etc.

I guess we are just ignoring that Devito got benched last year lol.

Quote from: MightyGiants on Today at 08:01:54 AMTrue, but "fan" is short for "fanatic".  I sort of expect some fans to behave that way, especially ones who really liked Barkley and were hurt or felt betrayed by Barkley joining a despised division rival.   I would think the wealthy players who have a new base of fans supporting them and cheering them couldn't be bothered with the nonsense.

Did you ask yourself how you would react?