This is my first halftime post ever. An avalanche of mistakes and poor play has ended the game before it seemingly started. An amazing set of 3 errors on 3 plays created a 10-14 point swing. With the Giants in the red zone, a Thomas false start, bad snap from JMS and Special Teams blocked FG returned for a TD was the first blow. A Barkley catch on 3rd down is popped … [Read more...] about DAL 26 NYG 0 Halftime
Last minute comments
It’s funny how we can spend an entire offseason watching, commenting, and analyzing what the Giants are doing, and then 6% of the season is gone in 3 hours. On the opposite side of that, it’s still a 4 month season (hopefully longer!). Marathon. Not sprint. NFL Coaches have learned that they are better off protecting their starters from injury by not playing them in … [Read more...] about Last minute comments
2023 Bull Market Preview
On June 11, I made my first of multiple posts arguing the “bull” case for the Giants in 2023. I could sit and let those discussions do the talking. But since then, it has (for the most part) only gotten better for the Gmen. My outlook is very bullish, certainly against 7.5 wins, and hopefully for postseason. Let’s qualify the bull case immediately here. On the first play … [Read more...] about 2023 Bull Market Preview
Culture
It sounds like such folly to discuss something as abstract as culture in a business like football that is so rooted in physical combat. Yet if you are running football or any business, having bad culture will be costly. If you ever worked at a place with bad culture, you know what I am talking about. Heads they win, tails you lose. The good people leave. There is no team. And … [Read more...] about Culture
ESPN “Insider”
Bill Barnwell predicts that the NY Giants will “decline” this season. Since I do not subscribe to the service, based on the Tweet, I will assume this means the Giants will not make it back to 9-7-1. That was their record last season. One more time:Four teams most likely to improve (Bears, Broncos, Browns, Rams): https://t.co/bFJROd1nRi |Four teams most likely to decline … [Read more...] about ESPN “Insider”