The no respect routine continues

by Ed Valentine on Aug 12, 2008 8:00 AM EDT in New York Giants News

The Big Lead, one of the top sports blogs in the business, has joined the growing list of pundits showing the Giants no respect as the 2008 season approaches.

TBL has the Giants finishing third in the NFC East behind Dallas and Philadelphia.

The explanation?

A dip is inevitable. Before an absolute tear in the postseason, this was just an underwhelming team riddled with potential.

I should be used to this stuff by now, but it still annoys me. I can live with picking the Cowboys. But, the Eagles picked ahead of the Giants? Based on what? Even TBL doesn't have a good reason.

This is unexplainable. It’s not because of supposed game-changing rookie DeSean Jackson. It’s not just because of Asante Samuel, either. The biggest reason could be because the Giants can’t possibly duplicate last season’s success.

Can anyone else recall the last time a Super Bowl champ got such little respect? I can't.

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Lack of respect

I think a lot of people are just not aware of the Giants talent because they basically only played that well for 6 or so games. When the young talent on the Gmen becomes more consistent they’ll get the credit they deserve. We’ll get our chance to tell them I told you so.

by potroast on Aug 12, 2008 8:58 AM EDT reply actions

Right on, pot.

All this negativity is good. The team won’t go into the season overconfident, but rather with something to prove. I hope all these comments will work to our advantage with the teams we’ll play. Despite the fact that we’re the SUPER BOWL CHAMPS, they might not be fired up as much as they normally would when they play us. I hope they share “The Giants just got lucky attitude.” Without a doubt, luck helped (I see it as a partial rectification of many years of miserable luck), but it wasn’t the whole story.

by george cronin on Aug 12, 2008 1:36 PM EDT reply actions

True dat

I hope the Giant organization has hired some extra clerical help whose sole task is to clip out all of these articles and tack them to an oversized bulletin board located at the entry to the locker room.

Should be just the ticket to remedy the flaging intensity that we’ve heard Coughlin complain about at times this preseason.

by knickfan on Aug 12, 2008 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions

After 86' and 90'

especially 86’ I figured the “Superbowl hangover” was kind of inevitable. Nothing tangible just the gut feeling. This year partly because of last years strong finish despite the up and down season combined with the teams realization and attitude that the league perceives the team as lucky, Coughlins message of “never satisfied” is preaching to the choir. It’s evident in comments made by guys like Pierce and Tuck. I have to doubt it will end up in another championship, the odds are against it(though nothing would be better). I bet this team is as far from complacent as anyone could hope for though and will come right out of the gate with that mentality.

We're only gonna score 17 points?

by big blue wrecking crew on Aug 12, 2008 2:13 PM EDT reply actions

The Patriots

rode that “lack of respect” card to 3 Super Bowls in 4 years and an undefeated season* 3 years later. I have no problem with the Giants going that route…

by cjmulrain on Aug 12, 2008 4:41 PM EDT reply actions

What has Philly and Washington done in the off-season???

aside from trading for “dancing with the stars” alum Jason Taylor, and drafting Colt Brennan, the ‘Skins haven’t really done much. As for Philly, they got Asante Samuel, who will now have the opportunity to assist the G-men’s receiving Corp with miraculous helmet to head catches at critical moments in big games twice a year. Samuel’s addition has only worked to irritate the Eagles’ other starting corner Lito Sheppard(sp). I can concede that Dallas had a very prolific off season, and that winning one or both of those regular season matches will be a key to the Giants success, but as mentioned earlier, the Giants are a young team and really only lost two big name players in the off season. Big Mikey to retirement, and Shockey, well we apparently didn’t need him anyway. I wish I could be paid to do what those analysts do, but I’m just not a very good liar. I guess politics and the legal proffession are out too… Sigh

by NYcON on Aug 13, 2008 2:25 AM EDT reply actions

to be fair

the Redskins replaced their coach (not sure if it’s an improvement or not, but it’s a big move) and drafted 3 tall wide-receivers, which is important for them as all their receivers last year were midgets (think Santana Moss) and Campbell has a really strong but not terribly accurate arm.

by cjmulrain on Aug 13, 2008 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions