Giants = 2000's Bengals?

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Dec 1, 2008 7:10 AM EST

Need a Wet Willie for this week? How about NY Daily News writer Gary Myers?

In today's NY Daily News article Myers compares the 2008 Giants to the Bengals of this decade and the 1990's Cowboys after the latest incident involving Plaxico Burress. Myers has to rack his brain just to come up with enough incidents to list - my favorite being Ahmad Bradshaw's arrest which occurred three years ago while he was at Marshall. He also cites Kareem McKenzie's DUI from last week.

The comparison to the Bengals is absolutely ridiculous considering that Chris Henry by himself has more arrests than every Giant combined over the past five years. Cincinnati once had ten players arrested in the 14-month span from 2006-07. TEN! Meanwhile the Cowboys of the 90's generally were free to do whatever they pleased under Jimmie Johnson (who previously ran a glorified penitentiary at U of Miami during the 80's) and the clueless Barry Switzer. Hell, why even limit it to the 1990's Cowboys? This year's team has Tank Johnson and Pacman Jones - two players the Giants (or any other team) wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole. The article is a slap in the face to Tom Coughlin, who is a disciplinarian, and the Giants organization which has repeatedly fined or suspended players for breaking the rules. Also, Plaxico likely will never play for the Giants again, whereas in Dallas or Cincinnati I'm sure he'd be given a fifth chance.

I'm sure Jerry Jones would love to add someone like Plax

The Plaxico/AP incident is a serious one, and both players should be reprimanded by the Giants and the law for their involvement. But, it's just one incident. It's nowhere near the Bengals of this decade. Leave it to the New York media to try to smear an 11-1 football team. Unfortunately for the reporters, there is no Tiki retirement, no Shockey locker room tirades, no Coughlin job security storylines (and no Stephon Marbury) to fall back on.

Unbeaten in the NFC East? Best team in the NFL? 15-1 in the last 16 road games? I guess those headlines just don't sell papers.

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Beat me to it

I was going to bring up the Myers piece later today, but ‘SBaker’ beat me to the punch. That’s cool, I love it when you guys care enough to do stuff like this.
As for Myers, I would have expected some garbage like this from the New York Post, but not from a respected, veteran writer like him.
It’s an idiotic comparison, and one that is simply meant to draw attention to the writer. I just lost a lot of respect for you, Mr. Myers.

by Ed Valentine on Dec 1, 2008 7:44 AM EST reply actions

Even our harshest critics

ought to agree that the Giants organization is as classy and even handed as any management/owner grop in the league. It is totally unfair to gripe abut Plaxico, given the FO’s so far appropriate actions.

Who said that print media folks do their due dilligance better than Bloggers?

by giant fan since 57 on Dec 1, 2008 8:05 AM EST reply actions

Stupid Post

Seriously what a lowbrow attempt at an article.

The bengals? You can’t even mention us in the same sentence as them.

by Woogie526 on Dec 1, 2008 9:34 AM EST reply actions

Completely idiotic

by potroast on Dec 1, 2008 9:45 AM EST reply actions

This is what happens when the NY Daily News runs out of things to write.

What a ridiculous post. That’s just insane.

What it does underscore, however, is what a huge problem this Plax thing is becoming.

by Cody K on Dec 1, 2008 11:58 AM EST reply actions

Amazing

that the early 90’s Cowboys could even field a team. Wasn’t it some sort of parole violation for all these guys to be in the same room?………….Ditto the Bengals.

We're only gonna score 17 points?

by big blue wrecking crew on Dec 1, 2008 3:31 PM EST reply actions