Monday notebook, 01.26.09

by Ed Valentine on Jan 26, 2009 7:00 AM EST in New York Giants News

In case you guys didn't already know, I am a big fan of the the musical sports blogging of Ryan Parker. In his latest effort, Parker has summarized the NFL season. I hope you enjoy his take.

Three members of our New York Giants were recently named to Pro Football Weekly's list of the top 50 players of the 2008 season. Justin Tuck was listed as No. 36, Eli Manning 44 and Chris Snee 48. Brandon Jacobs was an honorable mention. By the way, PFW listed two players who might interest the Giants -- Anquan Boldin and Tony Gonzalez -- at numbers 46 and 47.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch ran an awesome in-depth look Sunday at the Rams' new coach, former Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. Included in their is the revelation that Spags operates on 'Coughlin Time.' That, of course, means that if you aren't five minutes early you are actually late.
Thank goodness this guy is not a frequenter of BBV. Could this be 'Dave from Asheville?'
If you want to re-live the entire season, Michael Eisen has done just that at Giants.com.

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Great story re Spags

He’ll be one hell of a Head Coach.

by blue gonz on Jan 26, 2009 8:16 AM EST reply actions

Eli rated tenth among QBs?

Sounds about right. No injuries and BJ would be high on the list.

by blue gonz on Jan 26, 2009 8:57 AM EST reply actions

Hey George

Are you the only one out there this morning? Maybe only old guys (you) and unemployed ones (me) have the time to hang out during the off-season. LOL!!

by Ed Valentine on Jan 26, 2009 9:00 AM EST up reply actions

i take objection to Snee's placing on that list...

Chris Snee was the best Guard in the NFL this year

It's not easy being Giants fan in Philly.. but it sure is satisfying

by Hoyadestroya85 on Jan 26, 2009 9:00 AM EST reply actions

Snee

There is only one offensive lineman rated ahead of him (Michael Roos, OT, Tennessee). So, actually, PFW agrees with you.

by Ed Valentine on Jan 26, 2009 9:05 AM EST up reply actions

interesting

If you took Snee off of that line, i’m convinced that they’d hover right around averagge

It's not easy being Giants fan in Philly.. but it sure is satisfying

by Hoyadestroya85 on Jan 26, 2009 9:13 AM EST up reply actions

Honestly, that line does not have tremendous individual talent. They are all good, athletic veteran players and they have developed a great run-blocking chemistry. I think individual weaknesses get exposed in pass protection occasionally, but it is obviously a quality group.

by Ed Valentine on Jan 26, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions

What a great article on Spags....

our loss is definitely going to be the Rams gain.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Jan 26, 2009 9:01 AM EST reply actions

Luckily for us

Spags was able to put the wheels in motion for what should be a great defense for years to come.

It's not easy being Giants fan in Philly.. but it sure is satisfying

by Hoyadestroya85 on Jan 26, 2009 9:04 AM EST reply actions

We'll see

Bad coaching and scheming can eff up a defense pretty quick, I’m pointing at you, Tim Lewis, and you, Johnnie Lynn.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Jan 26, 2009 9:27 AM EST up reply actions

Ugh!

Please, don’t remind us. Oh, sorry, too late!

by Ed Valentine on Jan 26, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions

If Sheridan isn't the right fit, he'll be launched before the season is over

I don’t know how you could screw up with this defense next year. 2006 was a strange year so you can’t blame everything on him. Yes he was bad, but when William Joseph (who was terrible to begin with) had to start for the G-Men at defensive end due to injuries i knew there were problems. That season was riddled with errors on both sides of the ball Mathias Kiwanuka’s missed sack on Vince Young was a microchosm of that season. It seems like everyone on that team got hurt. I honestly think that if Amani and Petitgout didn’t go down for the season, they had a very decent shot at making noise in the playoffs

It's not easy being Giants fan in Philly.. but it sure is satisfying

by Hoyadestroya85 on Jan 26, 2009 11:20 AM EST up reply actions

blame everything on "him"

him is referring to tim lewis

It's not easy being Giants fan in Philly.. but it sure is satisfying

by Hoyadestroya85 on Jan 26, 2009 11:20 AM EST up reply actions

The list

I’m surprised they put any defensive player ahead of Haynesworth right now (Reed, Harrison, and Ware). No one can have more impact on a game because of what he means up front on EVERY down.

Nice to see that Tuck is still getting the recognition. He’ll move further up that list when Osi comes back to take pressure off him and allow him to move around.

by potroast on Jan 26, 2009 10:49 AM EST reply actions

Wow

that clip was ridiculous, I love the Giants and all, but would never cry when they lose

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Jan 26, 2009 11:22 AM EST reply actions

Oh my God,

that guy just disgraced every Giant Fan. Doesn’t he realize that he is just providing material for the girls, iggles etc.
I mean I love the Giants since 1984, just like bren said, but come on man!!!!!. grow a pair

My Dad and his steelers gave me the love for football, but the Giants gave me a Team

by Bajaserge on Jan 26, 2009 12:59 PM EST reply actions

Yep

I hesitated to post it, but it has been making the rounds. Figured you might as well as get it from me before you heard about it from elsewhere.

by Ed Valentine on Jan 26, 2009 1:01 PM EST up reply actions

I already

received the link from my Cowboys fan friend … it’s not good.

by potroast on Jan 26, 2009 1:08 PM EST up reply actions

Well its funny

To see how seriously some people take these losses…i usually just throw something and be done with it, and as always I remind myself that I survived the Dave Brown era, so its not so bad

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Jan 26, 2009 3:21 PM EST up reply actions

bren, there were far worse eras than the DB one.

As Giants’ fans, we’re all survivors. That’s why we have to put last season in perspective, disappointing as it was.

by blue gonz on Jan 26, 2009 4:31 PM EST up reply actions

not gonna lie

I was pretty upset about the end of this season. I cancelled plans to hang out with friends that night. In my defense, however, 3 of those friends were from Philadelphia, and as a Mets/Giants fan, I couldn’t handle hanging out with them and no longer having the Giants as a rebuttal to their Phillies are champs, Mets are chokers taunts. As I’ve said, I really am not upset that the Giants won’t be winning the Super Bowl, it was a great year regardless – I am, however, furious that they had to lose to the g-d d-mn Eagles.

by cjmulrain on Jan 26, 2009 5:24 PM EST up reply actions