Big Blue Huddle

Some intriguing sub-plots to monitor:

1. 7-on-7, 9-on-7, and 11-on-11 drills. First taste of what this team's offense and defense will look like.

2. Hard Knocks will continue taping presumably

3. Malik Nabers vs Tae Banks begins......

4. DJ is ready to play in non contact action any time soon?

5. Drew Lock camp battle?

6. Brian Burns in Blue.

7. A beefed up Kayvon Thibs. Hopefully not too muscled up, we have a bad history with guys who put on too muscle and then playing slower and/or becoming injury prone.

8. A surprise name or two as standouts in drills? Always fun to look forward to who stands out.

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$213.99  for  a hoodie



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Even a t-shirt is $79.99




Those prices are crazy.  Worse, if it's like any other Giants merch, it's not even of the highest quality.

https://shop.giants.com/new-york-giants-100th-season/t-13725680+c-8904644163+z-96-3612772062

Quote from: Philosophers on Today at 09:07:22 AMI dont know.  Pats drafted Michael Onwenu in like the 5th riund and he was a good starter.  Chiefs drafted Trey Smith in 5th or 6th round and he's a starter.

Giants cant produce a healthy, effective OL if their life depended on it.

Even with insufficient practice, quality O-line coaching will give a team an edge.   

I readily admit to being a fan who believes in DJ. But I avoid threads that have turned into DJ bashing and simply move on. If I point out that his teammates believe in him, or that the coaches have more insight than me, I get a few hundred word diatribe in response from those who feel the need to convince me to share their opinion. And those people will carry out their oft-repeated invective until fingers are numb from typing. So, as a believer in DJ, I almost always keep away from the discussions. The gentlemen's approach to "let's just agree to disagree" is used in most areas, but certainly not when it comes to DJ. The "haters" feel obligated to proselytize me to their belief. I am a staunch independent in everything when it comes to living my life. I do not join bandwagons to feel comfortable in my own skin. If people don't like me or don't share my opinion, oh well...qué será, será. In the immortal words of Popeye, "I yam what I yam"...a believer in Daniel Jones

So I avoid the subject for sanity's sake

I dont know.  Pats drafted Michael Onwenu in like the 5th riund and he was a good starter.  Chiefs drafted Trey Smith in 5th or 6th round and he's a starter.

Giants cant produce a healthy, effective OL if their life depended on it.

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Quote from: kartanoman on May 17, 2024, 08:56:36 AMAs I get older, I've come to appreciate the comedy warehouse this board becomes over the most interesting of topics.

Maybe the Giants should have sweetened the pot by advertising "One Free Medium Pepsi" for every fan dressed in their very best 1920s garb. So, gentlemen, get out your fedora, top 🎩 and pocket watches. Ladies, get out your parasol, 👒  , girdle and Victorian-era dress so everyone, not just the Giants, will look 100 years out of place. Maybe the spirit of Jim Thorpe will enter the Giants' huddle and the magic from a century ago will fire a light under this team in the season to come.

Yes, folks, they had Pepsi in 1925.

Peace!

Chris, you'd need to add smoking in your seats and drinking whiskey from a flask. Shirt, tie, wool tweed overcoat, shoes with galoshes, and, as you mentioned, fedora hats.

A completely different scenario. Last night, Nestor Cortez was called for an "illegal pitch" because he varied from his trademark exaggerated motion meant to disrupt the hitter's timing, by pitching "quickly". His entire repertoire is based on keeping a batter off balance

Regardless, this brought out Boone from the dugout to get an explanation and to share a few profanities. The ump (Laz Diaz) has made a lot of controversial calls that fans from other teams complain about

This morning in the NY news, it's a discussion and most believe it is not illegal to "quick pitch", simply because a pitcher winds up like a normal pitcher when he has a reputation of a herky-jerky, in-windup-hitch, etc. Thoughts?

Quote from: katkavage on Today at 08:04:28 AMWorks both ways, MG. The defenders and the detractors. That is why it has remained a hot topic. Banks can call out the defenders as easily as the detractors. Both are guilty here but he chooses the latter group to call goofy.

That's the thing, Kat, you really can't.   When you tally up the posts, there are far more negative posts than positive posts.  If you really study the dynamics, much of what could be perceived as positive post about Jones are usually posts responding to criticism.   Hell, even my mini-rant was nuanced.  I didn't say it was wrong to have a negative view (which stands in stark contrast to the accusations of "making excuses").  I didn't even say that Jones will prove to be a franchise QB (which, again, stands in stark contrast to critics who claim Jones will never be a franchise QB). 

The "both sides do it" argument is just a way to defend that which really can't be defended, in my opinion.