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This entire Aaron Rodgers drama comes to mind. But also that damn Desean Jackson punt return.
Herm Edwards fumble recovery for a touchdown.
That 49ers playoff loss. Up so big and Strahan decides to run his mouth to TO... I hit the Bacardi 101 hard that night. :smug:
Joe P. / Larry Csonka fumble
Let me count to three
..ugh...
The refs screwing up the end of the Niner game...dashing off the field. Awful.
The Eagles meltdown and honorable mention the Viking comeback where Calloway just has to recover the onside kick. Pfft.
:boooo: :surrender:
Unfortunately drafting Daniel Jones 6th overall in the 2019 draft.
Sweetheart of a kid whom I wanted to succeed, not just for being BBWC QB, but because he is such a likable individual. I've never had children, but I'm thinking this is the type of person I would like a daughter to marry.
That being said, drafting him 6th overall and the resulting move of signing him for an obscene amount and not signing Barkley really have put us in a super unenviable position. We can't even get a free agent QB to sniff us because of how bad our team is.
Sorry to all the DJ fans, but signing that cherubic faced assassin has put us in a decade long tailspin moving forward because of management/owner decision to have this guy as the face of the franchise.....oh wait, let's cut him for nothing instead after signing him to an absurd contract.
This is not on DJ, as he was just trying to be the best player he can be for us. This is a direct reflection of our management/ownership.
So if we never drafted DJ at 6, I'm assuming the latter part as a result of drafting him where we did doesn't happen.
We're a bad team with more than a few moments we'd like to forget, but I'm going to go with this moment as the catalyst to becoming the laughingstock of the NFL and the football memory I'd most like to forget.
Quote from: Gmo11 on March 19, 2025, 01:37:56 PMThis entire Aaron Rodgers drama comes to mind. But also that damn Desean Jackson punt return.
I agree with this plus ...
1988 49ers at Giants ... Mark Collins getting burned by Jerry Rice for the shocking game winner.
2006 Giants at Titans ... was at this game and am still shaking my head over that fourth quarter collapse.
Who can forget ...
2002 NFC Wild Card Game, Giants at 49ers, say no more.
Peace!
Quote from: Topshelf21 on March 19, 2025, 03:08:34 PMUnfortunately drafting Daniel Jones 6th overall in the 2019 draft.
Sweetheart of a kid whom I wanted to succeed, not just for being BBWC QB, but because he is such a likable individual. I've never had children, but I'm thinking this is the type of person I would like a daughter to marry.
That being said, drafting him 6th overall and the resulting move of signing him for an obscene amount and not signing Barkley really have put us in a super unenviable position. We can't even get a free agent QB to sniff us because of how bad our team is.
Sorry to all the DJ fans, but signing that cherubic faced assassin has put us in a decade long tailspin moving forward because of management/owner decision to have this guy as the face of the franchise.....oh wait, let's cut him for nothing instead after signing him to an absurd contract.
This is not on DJ, as he was just trying to be the best player he can be for us. This is a direct reflection of our management/ownership.
So if we never drafted DJ at 6, I'm assuming the latter part as a result of drafting him where we did doesn't happen.
We're a bad team with more than a few moments we'd like to forget, but I'm going to go with this moment as the catalyst to becoming the laughingstock of the NFL and the football memory I'd most like to forget.
I love this post! But I have to honestly ask, what the heck was he supposed to do, ask for LESS before signing? Lol!
The beatings he took was hazardous duty pay and was well earned, in my opinion.
Giants' management rolled the dice, and came up snake eyes. It happens.
Life goes on, but Danny Dimes is all class and I only want the best for him going forward.
Peace!
Quote from: kartanoman on March 19, 2025, 03:19:09 PMThe beatings he took was hazardous duty pay and was well earned, in my opinion.
Understood & this is not critical of DJ.
It's on management/ownership.....you don't pay new car price on a car that doesn't get you to where you want to go!
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The aforementioned for sure, especially that desean Jackson TD that was a gut wrencher. I'll add the opener against the Boys a few years back just because I was going into that season with such hope and in the span of 45 minutes I came to realize we were in for another hugely disappointing season. That was a tough pill to swallow, and to make it worse I was surrounded by drunk cowboys fans. Just awful!!
Quote from: Soundwave401 on March 19, 2025, 01:53:12 PMThat 49ers playoff loss. Up so big and Strahan decides to run his mouth to TO... I hit the Bacardi 101 hard that night. :smug:
This is it for me too. The DeSean Jackson punt return game is up there, but nothing tops that playoff loss to the Niners. That was truly the worst of the worst.
49 an viking playoff losses
The coaching tenure of he who shall be nameless.
I never really found "the fumble" as a worst moment as we were a bad team then also.
What really gets to me are the games we lost when we had a chance to win a championship.
My #1, the Flipper Anderson game where he caught the winning td in overtime. Terrible call on Collins to set that up. I still cringe just thinking about, what if?
The playoff loss to the Niners when we had that huge lead.
The loss to the clueless Dennis Green and his Vikings, again in the playoffs.
Losing SB 35 to the Ravens. They may well have been the better team but Fassell came in and had a horrible game plan. Played scared.
I could go on but that's a start.
Flipper Anderson game
I'd like to erase the past 13 seasons please.
John Mara announcing that Schoen and Daboll would return for the 2025 season
The DeSean Jackson punt return was Deja vu. I had to re-live that Westbrook pain all over again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ3IB4iJmjQ
Quote from: bamagiantfan on March 19, 2025, 09:09:15 PMThe DeSean Jackson punt return was Deja vu. I had to re-live that Westbrook pain all over again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ3IB4iJmjQ
2003 was a goat-roprle of a season anyway. The real pain that year was the Monday Night game when Bill Parcells, dressed as a Cowboy, marched into Giants Stadium and frustrated the home team all game. Then, in the final minute, Kerry Collins leads the team on an inspirational go ahead scoring drive, and the Giants were going to take the game away from Big Bill.
So, all the team has to do is kick the ball off into the end zone and don't let Dallas get a big play. Pretty easy, right?
Matt Bryant, a kicker who became one of the top 10 all time scorers in NFL history, kicks off and flubs the kick out of bounds, and Dallas gets the ball on the 40; great job, Matt!
Less than 30 seconds left, Quincy Carter has no timeouts and the Gisnts have to guard the sidelines to keep the clock running. So, Quincy not only dances around in the backfield to buy time, but hits his receiver on the sideline, makes the catch and goes out of bounds with a handful of seconds remaining.
The Cowboys' kicker trots onto the field, spots his holder on the 40, and calmly drills a 50 harder, as time expires, to steal back the game the Giants stole from them. Parcells is on his glory and, I can't vouch for the rest of you, but I was fuming after that loss. Not only because of Parcells, though I admired the fact he was king of winning those type of games, but the fact that the Giants lost because they were undisciplined, unprepared and looked like a bunch of clueless idiots out there when the game needed to be put away, yet they failed miserably in doing so. In essence, it was as if they hadn't learned their lesson from the 2002 Wild Card game.
After this loss, I had a premonition that 2003 was going to be a bad season and players and coaches would be fired before the season was over.
Westbrook's game winning TD on that inexcusable punt by Feagles, in the middle of the field, was the reinforcement of that premonition coming true.
By the time Bruce Smith knocked Kerry Collins out for the rest of the season, it was clear then that the end had arrived for Gentleman Jim's regime.
That was a dark year, for certain.
Peace!
Quote from: LennG on March 19, 2025, 06:49:18 PMI never really found "the fumble" as a worst moment as we were a bad team then also.
What really gets to me are the games we lost when we had a chance to win a championship.
My #1, the Flipper Anderson game where he caught the winning td in overtime. Terrible call on Collins to set that up. I still cringe just thinking about, what if?
The playoff loss to the Niners when we had that huge lead.
The loss to the clueless Dennis Green and his Vikings, again in the playoffs.
Losing SB 35 to the Ravens. They may well have been the better team but Fassell came in and had a horrible game plan. Played scared.
I could go on but that's a start.
I'm with you Lenn.
The two moments that BURN in my psyche are the Flipper Anderson Walk (run) off into the tunnel I believe that was '89 season playoffs of '90 and the absolute meltdown at home vs Vick and the way Desean Jackson rubbed it in with that punt return. BOTH games were at home which made it worse for me.
Probably already mentioned, but the Matt Dodge punt, sealing the comeback with the DeSean Jackson return.
1) Hiring Dave Gettleman
2) Plaxico ever getting his hands on a gun.
Releasing one of the few professional football players on our roster,,, last year... won a Super Bowl. Bob
let's go way back to the first time things went bad....Dec. 28, 1958, Alan Ameche for the OT TD that gave the colts the championship over the Giants. I was a very little kid. All the guys wanted to be Johnny Unitas. But I still wanted to be Frank Gifford. Go Giants!!!
1993
January 2
Giants are 11-4 heading into the final game of the season vs the 11-4 Cowboys playing for the East and home field advantage in the playoffs
Giants down 0-13 at half
Giants pick up 7
Then a field goal
And are down 10-13 deep into 4th
Giants are 3 and 2 from the 3 yard line
2yards for the 1st
3yards for the TD
Mark Jackson is in the slot
Simms reads blitz
Snap
Simms hits Jackson on the inside rear shoulder . That SoB never looked, never read the blitz or he was the hot read. Reeves hand picked FA brought in from Denver chocked and cost us the go ahead score in the final minute.
4th and 2 Treadwil hits hamstring FG
13-13 in OT
With a dislocated shoulder Smith continues pound out yards , Dallas kicks winning FG
Dallas win east
Dallas gets home field advantage
Giants go 1-1 in playoffs
Dallas wins first Super Bowl
Simms gets cut over off season
I still can't stand Jackson for not paying attention to Simms presnap and completely chocking on that play
Quote from: MrGap92 on March 20, 2025, 09:42:00 AMProbably already mentioned, but the Matt Dodge punt, sealing the comeback with the DeSean Jackson return.
The biggest problem is that subsequent to this play Jackson didn't get absolutely destroyed while cutting across the middle while looking away. Blindsided from 30 yards away, flags flying, subsequent fines, and him being told while looking up at the sky that was for the TD dance tease.
Quote from: andrew_nyGiants on March 20, 2025, 09:31:37 AMI'm with you Lenn.
The two moments that BURN in my psyche are the Flipper Anderson Walk (run) off into the tunnel I believe that was '89 season playoffs of '90 and the absolute meltdown at home vs Vick and the way Desean Jackson rubbed it in with that punt return. BOTH games were at home which made it worse for me.
The one thing about the 1989 Divisional Playoff was, despite the heartbreaking loss, Parcells and his guys rallied the following year, went into Anaheim Stadium and took care of business with John Robinson's Rams, 31-10, if I remember. That killer secondary of Guyton and Jackson knocked the daylights of Henry Ellard and their over-celebratory tight end, Pete Holohan (NOTE: believe he grew up in upstate New York near Syracuse ... Liverpool, I believe). Cleveland Gary was completely shut down as well. The Rams had that one coming to them and retribution was sweet.
As far as any of the crazy Iggles games, it sickens me to no end that this Giants' organization doesn't make it their sole purpose in life to build a team and scheme for no other reason than to gain retribution for all the crap they've taken from the Iggles over the last 20 years or so. I simply cannot understand them at all. The fact the Giants have not been competitive at all when the games have counted the most against them. They're supposed to be their rivals, for crying out loud!!!
Peace!
Probably too many to count, but 2002 playoff loss to the 49rs with the last minute bad calls by the refs to hand a victory to the niners. Even the refs had to admit the calls were dead wrong, and the Giants would have almost assuredly gone on to win the game. I went ballistic and fumed for weeks https://nypost.com/2003/01/07/its-official-the-giants-were-robbed-nfl-says-playoff-refs-got-it-wrong/
I'm pretty calm by nature, and it takes a lot for me to lose it and fume over a game, but that game hit the nerve just right
Quote from: babywhales on March 20, 2025, 01:38:58 PM1993
January 2
Giants are 11-4 heading into the final game of the season vs the 11-4 Cowboys playing for the East and home field advantage in the playoffs
Giants down 0-13 at half
Giants pick up 7
Then a field goal
And are down 10-13 deep into 4th
Giants are 3 and 2 from the 3 yard line
2yards for the 1st
3yards for the TD
Mark Jackson is in the slot
Simms reads blitz
Snap
Simms hits Jackson on the inside rear shoulder . That SoB never looked, never read the boots or he was the hot read. Reeves hand picked FA brought in from Denver chocked and cost us the go ahead score in the final minute.
4th and 2 Treadwil hits hamstring FG
13-13 in OT
With a dislocated shoulder Smith continues pound out yards , Dallas kicks winning FG
Dallas win east
Dallas gets home field advantage
Giants go 1-1 in playoffs
Dallas wins first Super Bowl
Simms gets cut over off season
I still can't stand Jackson for not paying attention to Simms presnap and completely chocking on that play
Chris
I have talking about that one play for so many years now. Mark Jackson, in my opinion, kept us from going home field advantage thru out the playoffs and a great shot you get to the
SB. He never looked at Simms. Simply unbelievable.
And with the 7th pick of the 2022 NFL Draft, the Giants select Evan Neal, tackle from Alabama.
Quote from: andrew_nyGiants on March 20, 2025, 09:31:37 AMI'm with you Lenn.
The two moments that BURN in my psyche are the Flipper Anderson Walk (run) off into the tunnel I believe that was '89 season playoffs of '90 and the absolute meltdown at home vs Vick and the way Desean Jackson rubbed it in with that punt return. BOTH games were at home which made it worse for me.
Andrew
We were the better team. We were the team to beat. We had basically the same team that won SB21 and SB25. We were primed to win another Lombardi and in a flash it was gone.
Not to harp on it but there was that horrible PI call on Collins. In that situation, in overtime you just don't make a call like that.
Overall it is still my worst Giants moment ever.
Quote from: LennG on March 20, 2025, 02:17:13 PMChris
I have talking about that one play for so many years now. Mark Jackson, in my opinion, kept us from going home field advantage thru out the playoffs and a great shot you get to the
SB. He never looked at Simms. Simply unbelievable.
100% on all counts
Javkson completely cost the Giants the East, home field and legit shot for Simms to get back to the Super Bowl
That team was good and much better than the team that got smoked in San Fran
Quote from: LennG on March 20, 2025, 02:17:13 PMChris
I have talking about that one play for so many years now. Mark Jackson, in my opinion, kept us from going home field advantage thru out the playoffs and a great shot you get to the
SB. He never looked at Simms. Simply unbelievable.
Lenn,
This play is to you what 1988 Mark Collins' play on Jerry Rice means to me. Collins getting up on the line with Rice to jam him, completely miss, then playing catchup while Rice pulls in Montana's perfect throw, seeing Kenny Hill come in a second late and knocking Collins into the 49ers' bench, and Rice cruising the distance for the winning points and, ultimately, switching the fate of both teams.
If the Giants held on and won, and the season played out the same, the rest of the way, the Giants would have won the NFC East, earned the #2 seed in the NFC playoffs and had a week off. The chances of them playing Minnesota, and beating them, at Giants Stadium, would have been pretty good. An NFC Championship at Chicago, though, maybe, maybe not. It wasn't the same Bears' defense that clobbered them in 1985 and 1987, but they were still a formidable group and Parcells/Ehrhardt hadn't figured them out yet.
In 1993, say the Giants won that Dallas game, win the East and send the Cowboys to the Wild Card. Would the Giants REALLY have a chance to beat that dynamic 49ers team in the Divisional Round, even if the game was at Giants Stadium? That team was head and heels better than the Giants and I struggle to see them get past that group which pummeled them 44-3 at Candlestick. I have no doubt the game would have been more competitive in New York, with the cold weather and all, but I just can't see them outplaying Steve Young, Ricky Watters, Jerry Rice, Brent Jones, and their excellent offensive line. Their defense was also outstanding with Charles Haley one of the best in the league at that point.
Beating the Cowboys would have been a dream come true. That being said, I really wonder if they could string a playoff run, with the extra week of rest, against the other dominating team in the NFC.
As much as I would have wanted them to, I don't believe they would have ever gotten past the 49ers, in the end.
Peace!
I don't remember the year but it was awhile ago. The Cowboys were America's team and the Giants went through training camp talking themselves and all of us clueless fans that we were approaching their level. On the 1st or 2nd play of the game, Emmett Smith breaks off a 65 yard TD run and you knew with that 1 play that all of those months of optimism were a waste of time
Quote from: kartanoman on March 20, 2025, 03:02:08 PMLenn,
This play is to you what 1988 Mark Collins' play on Jerry Rice means to me. Collins getting up on the line with Rice to jam him, completely miss, then playing catchup while Rice pulls in Montana's perfect throw, seeing Kenny Hill come in a second late and knocking Collins into the 49ers' bench, and Rice cruising the distance for the winning points and, ultimately, switching the fate of both teams.
If the Giants held on and won, and the season played out the same, the rest of the way, the Giants would have won the NFC East, earned the #2 seed in the NFC playoffs and had a week off. The chances of them playing Minnesota, and beating them, at Giants Stadium, would have been pretty good. An NFC Championship at Chicago, though, maybe, maybe not. It wasn't the same Bears' defense that clobbered them in 1985 and 1987, but they were still a formidable group and Parcells/Ehrhardt hadn't figured them out yet.
In 1993, say the Giants won that Dallas game, win the East and send the Cowboys to the Wild Card. Would the Giants REALLY have a chance to beat that dynamic 49ers team in the Divisional Round, even if the game was at Giants Stadium? That team was head and heels better than the Giants and I struggle to see them get past that group which pummeled them 44-3 at Candlestick. I have no doubt the game would have been more competitive in New York, with the cold weather and all, but I just can't see them outplaying Steve Young, Ricky Watters, Jerry Rice, Brent Jones, and their excellent offensive line. Their defense was also outstanding with Charles Haley one of the best in the league at that point.
Beating the Cowboys would have been a dream come true. That being said, I really wonder if they could string a playoff run, with the extra week of rest, against the other dominating team in the NFC.
As much as I would have wanted them to, I don't believe they would have ever gotten past the 49ers, in the end.
Peace!
Maybe Chris, but we have seen way too many times when the 'best' team isn't the one standing at the final gun.
Sure we got demolished in Frisco, but by then we were demoralized.
Had we beat Dallas, and even then, Dallas with an injured Emmitt Smith might have been the better team, we would have had momentum, home field and make the Niners travel across the country to play in NY in January.
Simms was still Simms and Taylor, even at that time was the best defensive player out there.
In my heart I always felt we had a legit shot to win it all had we won that game.
1963 NFL Championship game and Shofner dropping a gimme that would have given us a 14-0 lead. I'll go to my grave believing we win easily if he makes that catch
Quote from: nb587 on March 20, 2025, 04:44:47 PMI don't remember the year but it was awhile ago. The Cowboys were America's team and the Giants went through training camp talking themselves and all of us clueless fans that we were approaching their level. On the 1st or 2nd play of the game, Emmett Smith breaks off a 65 yard TD run and you knew with that 1 play that all of those months of optimism were a waste of time
That was 1995. The Giants lost 0-35 on the night the retired Simms #11 on national tv. We were coming off a 9-7 record and in year 2 as a starter Dave Clown was supposed to take the next step which never happened. The signing of Hershel Walker and drafting of Tyrone Wheatly to go along with Rodney Hampton was supposed to make our running game unstoppable so Brown wouldn't have to throw much. It became clear the game was passing George Young by as he couldn't adjust to the new world of unrestricted free agency with salary caps.
Quote from: Rosehill Jimmy on March 20, 2025, 07:23:26 PM1963 NFL Championship game and Shofner dropping a gimme that would have given us a 14-0 lead. I'll go to my grave believing we win easily if he makes that catch
Gosh how could I have forgotten that one
We clearly were the better team. Tittle gets hurt and it was all over after that. Now I'll be up half the night reliving that one also.
Quote from: LennG on March 20, 2025, 11:28:59 PMGosh how could I have forgotten that one
We clearly were the better team. Tittle gets hurt and it was all over after that. Now I'll be up half the night reliving that one also.
Sorry. It wasn't my intention to disrupt your bedtime :D
Quote from: Rosehill Jimmy on March 21, 2025, 10:44:45 AMSorry. It wasn't my intention to disrupt your bedtime :D
That's OK, slept like a baby. Maybe I'm over it. :surrender:
Losing to the Jets in 88. Down 20-7, Simms was sacked 7 times. Rallied to go ahead 21-20 late. Jets return kickoff to the 40. O'Brien leads them to the go ahead score with about 30 seconds left. Lose division and then SF lies down to the Rams to give them the Wild card. That whole season. The niners game early in year that someone mentioned. The Eagles game at home. Block FG in OT just to have Simmons recover and run it in.