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Q: Why did the Eagles fire Chip Kelly?
A: So they could play without a head coach and general manager, just like the Giants.

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Quote from: gregf on April 10, 2015, 07:58:05 PM
Thanks for the write up UK!  Strictly speaking Right tackle, how do you rate Scherf against Collins and Peat? Who's 1, 2, and 3 in those rankings? Thanks!

Did I miss  the Scherff write up?

Ceri, more than any other position, this analysis just screams of guys who "might turn out OK." Prewitt is the only difference maker for me in the group. He is terrific between the hash marks, but does he have the speed (no) or smarts and reaction time (maybe) to cover sideline to sideline in the NFL? We will see. He is the only FS in the lot that I want, but I could see a second one being taken in the later rounds or as an undrafted free agent, because depth at that spot on the Giants roster is zilch right now.

With this group being so weak, I could see the Giants drafting no one and taking their chances with 2 or 3 UDFAs, and re-signing Brown on the cheap after the draft, when he will be desperate for a spot with a team. He would be insurance, if they cannot get or develop the guys they have targeted.

THE   WILL
   
Mr. Smith is on his deathbed and knows the end is near.

His nurse, his wife, his daughter and two sons are with him.

He asks for 2 witnesses to be present and a camcorder be in place to record his last wishes, and when all is ready he begins to speak:

My son, "Bernie, I want you to take the Mayfair houses.

"My daughter "Sybil, you take the apartments over in the east end.

"My son, "Jamie, I want you to take the offices over in the City Center."
"Sarah, my dear wife, please take all the residential buildings on the banks  of the river.

"The nurse and witnesses are blown away as they did not realize his extensive holdings, and as Doug slips away, the nurse says, "Mrs. Smith, your husband must have been such a hard-working man to have accumulated all this property".

Sarah replies, "Property ? ... the a-hole has a paper route!"
 

Ceri this is beautiful. What's next?

For those who haven't seen it, the program is a great insight into Coughlin. The phone call from John Madden after the final regular season game against the Patriots before the Superbowl run is worth the time spent watching this. I was unaware that call was ever made. Coughlin then played the call for his team and I wouldn't be surprised if its result was the galvanization of players and coaches that this team was looking for at the time. It says a lot when one of your peers recognizes you and what you stand for, when they didn't have to.

This made the rounds on the internet a few years ago but it still brings me to tears.

The Emperor's Phone Call | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim

"It's early", I said. 

He is still a fan Jim, but the patience lesson remains hard for him. As a fan of the Giants and the Crimson Tide, he thinks one or the other is supposed to win a title every year. That's the only history he has to go on.   

10/15/2006 New York Giants Atlanta Falcons A Georgia Dome (Atlanta, GA) W 27-14 70,840

This was the first football game I ever took my son to see. He was 8 years old at the time and we drove over to Atlanta to make a day of it. There were several things about that day I will never forget.

We arrived early and watched the Giants warm up. I remembered thinking how small Hasslebeck was and what a great arm he had. One of the things that was interesting is that Eli was working on fade routes with Plaxico Burress. On one, Eli put what seemed like the perfect touch on the ball and dropped it right into Plaxico

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It will be interesting to see if the Giants work within that framework of pigeon-holing their receivers. While it is hard not to like a guy like Odell Beckham Jr., I thought the Giants needed an X receiver in in the draft or free agency with the losses of Barden, Nicks, and Kris Adams (twice) in successive years. They don't have a prototypical "X" right now unless you have high hopes for the Corey Washington from Newberrry. I guess the only consolation is that Green Bay did not have one either when McAdoo was there. Jordy Nelson has played that spot at 6'2", which is not tall by NFL standards for a #1 WR, but he is not small and goes about 220 lbs. Randle will need to be the X at 6'2" and 208 lbs, and Washington, an undrafted free agent, would be the backup.

An "X" receiver was my #2 need going into the draft. I still see it as a gap and a player Manning truly missed in blitz situations where he did not have someone he could just throw it up to in one-on-one situations. I like the rest of the receiving corps which has a number of 6'0 guys who are big (200 lbs), along with Manningham and Jernigan. It will be interesting to see how McAdoo arranges his pieces on the board.

Quote from: MightyGiants on May 01, 2014, 08:09:18 AM
This is one of the shortest QB draft classes I can remember.

"Shortest" in height or depth at the position?