Big Blue Huddle

Quote from: kingm56 on Today at 02:37:14 PMWhen does it end?  I stopped watching many years ago; the initial seasons were raw and allowed you to witness the sausage making.  Unfortunately, it's now a massive scripted production...IMO, it lost its initial charm; still, I'll watch this season because it's our Giants.

It's from January to July, we won't see any players on the field. We do however get to see their thought process on Barkley, and the draft.

Two Thursday games sucks.

That said, having the Munich game count as a road game is big. Plus we only have eight road games this year, so that means we really only have seven true road games.

An enjoyable one.

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The difference in Tommy DeVito and Daniel Jones is $40 million dollars a year, five years of NFL experience, and being Drafted #6 in the first round, vs OOGATZ and just do your best kid.

And the beat goes on...

Made me sweat..

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Quote from: DaveBrown74 on May 14, 2024, 06:16:08 PMAfter I watched that goal and the replay I felt ill. I actually like Schneider and think he's a developing, pretty decent young player. But his complete lack of effort on that play was utterly inexcusable. That's the sort of thing I'd consider benching him for a game over and giving Zac Jones or Chad Ruhwedel a shot in his place.

The problem with that, of course, is that he isn't the only one who should be hanging his head after that game. There are plenty of others, including some who make much, much, much more money than he does.

If they're gonna bench anyone, it should be Trouba or Gustafson for Jones. They've been terrible (Trouba's shorty notwithstanding). I think Schneider got caught flat footed and stuck between giving Staal space and attacking him and just did neither. It was ugly and then only got worse from there.

Ultimately, while game 5 was ugly, it's just one game. Hopefully the Rangers come out better tomorrow night and look a lot more like the team from game 4. Carolina needed three bar and in goals to win on Saturday. If the Rangers play like that, they end it tomorrow and we don't have to go through the heart attack of a game 7.

This is more of an NHL playoffs commentary than anything else.

I guess it's best to not jump ahead and let's just appreciate the drama (NOTE: both good and bad) that comes with the intensity of excellent teams fighting for their lives to get to what I used to think was the hardest round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the semifinal round. After observing the will and determination of both Boston and Edmonton, last night, the second round has been pumped new life and Colorado will have the opportunity tonight to fight off extinction in Dallas. Should they succeed, I think it would be worthwhile to stop, take a step back, put our fanaticism for the Rangers down a moment, and just appreciate what a thrilling story that is unfolding in these hockey playoffs this year. You have plot twists, teams rebounding from star players getting injured by goons, tug of war between two of the best NHL teams, speed race of the two fastest teams to determine which is faster, battle of the two highest scoring teams in the league, this playoff round has it all.

I like the way Boston's goalie Slayman just put the whole thing on his back and he played on his head the whole game. Florida almost tied it at the end but he answered the bell and seeing his emotion afterward is taking this series to a level above Florida's gooning Marchard. I would love nothing more than to see the Bruins run the table and run the goons out of the playoff race. Just a dramatic and intense goalie performance last night!

The Oilers came to play, last night, and this morning the Canucks are being accused of being "soft." Sounds familiar, doesn't it? That's why I posted that article yesterday because it made a salient point that, when excellent teams face each other in the second and third rounds, you start to see casualties and, more obvious, the scars, bruises and the beginnings of wear and tear that the playoffs have on a team. You read what files58 describes as "Machiavellian," but sometimes even that gets beaten by a hero who steps up and refuses to die and puts it on their shoulders, "The Last Samurai" style, and that's why Slayman's performance last night was one for the ages.

These playoffs have more plot twists than the greatest Greek tragedies ever written and there's so much more to come before the second round is in the books.

Turning it back to the Rangers-Canes series, it only takes that one thing to send the momentum swinging one way, or the other, as a testament to how evenly matched up these teams are. Who is going to be responsible for that "one thing" tomorrow night? How is it going to shape the legacy of what has become the greatest series so far in these NHL Playoffs?

Who will be the one to answer the bell when it is rung?

This is why we tune in and find out!

Peace!

Quote from: Gman329 on Today at 02:13:38 PMNot crazy about Thanksgiving in Dallas.....and I suspect Mrs Gman will not be happy about that, either. 

I already told my wife we are staying home for thanksgiving.  We can invite people over, but we are staying home.

Quote from: kingm56 on Today at 02:24:24 PMAs it relates to context, should we continue to decouple the Offensive Line from the QB performance? From your posts, I get the impression you believe only the QB benefits from the OL, but fail to acknowledge the OL benefits from sound QB play. If the latter is terrible, it can make the OL appear worse than it is, or at the very least make thier jobs more difficult.  I stumbled across the article below a few years back and kept it to test thier conclusions at the end of each year. I highly encourage you read and consider the points made.  To be clear, I'm not suggesting the Giants OL is great, good, or even average. I acknowledge they stink and negatively impact DJ's performance; however, I also acknowledge DJ's shortcomings contribute to a significant portion of his sacks. IMO, they collectively stunk...

https://www.actionnetwork.com/nfl/are-nfl-quarterbacks-responsible-for-sack-quality 

Funny thing is, some here were lauding Tommy DeVito's pocket presence and how much better it was than DJ's, yet despite the fact that the Oline was better when he was playing due to improved personnel (Thomas and Pugh) he had a higher sack percent than DJ.  And no one said a word about any of those sacks being his fault.