Harrison is still bitter, apparently

by Ed Valentine on Feb 2, 2009 12:00 PM EST in News Comment 28 comments

Did you guys notice Rodney Harrison's whiny cheap shot at the Giants during Sunday's pre-game show?

The New England Patriots safety was asked for a prediction. This is what he said.

"Unlike last year’s Super Bowl," Harrison said, "this year’s Super Bowl will be won by the best team."

Gee, sorry Rodney. But, thanks for giving me a reason to look at this play again. By the way, David Tyree still says his catch is the best play in Super Bowl history.

This from Peter King of SI.com today. "I don't believe that Plaxico Burress is going to be playing for the first eight weeks of next season. Not sure if that's going to be because of jail time in New York or an NFL suspension. But the Giants are going to need to make other plans at receiver, with Burress not around for opening day and Amani Toomer's future cloudy because the Giants may choose not to bring him back." Nothing we didn't really already know, but still interesting.
Gary Myers of the New York Daily News is predicting a Giants-Patriots Super Bowl next year in Miami. I like the sound of that.

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King

Does anybody else find his bias towards the Patriots annoying? I mean he has them ranked 6th in his “Fine 15” over the Dolphins, who won the division. So much for writer’s integrity.

by BigBlue4Life on Feb 2, 2009 12:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

King

Not really a King fan, but I don’t have a problem with this. It’s purely opinion and he is entitled to his.

by Ed Valentine on Feb 2, 2009 12:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

if anything

i find peter kind fairly biased toward our giants…

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

by Hoyadestroya85 on Feb 2, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

and brett favre

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

by Hoyadestroya85 on Feb 2, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

mainly brett farve

by archon095 on Feb 2, 2009 9:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Because I find King’s contention that this was the best SB ever laughable. Maybe one of the most exciting, but it was sloppy and penalty filled. Not exactly the greatest game ever played and to say that right after last year’s SB is ridiculous and doesn’t seem to make him too Giants biased.

by potroast on Feb 2, 2009 1:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Best SB

I think it is always the knee-jerk reaction to think of the last thing you saw as the best thing you saw. You get excited and you can’t put it into perspective. I have seen that ‘best ever’ thing a lot today, and I am not buying it. I think you have to get away from it, take the emotion out and actually study it to come up with a real answer — if that can even be done.

by Ed Valentine on Feb 2, 2009 1:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I get that

but you would think if I get that, then someone who has been a football writer his whole life would get that too.

by potroast on Feb 2, 2009 1:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

I thought it was mostly a sloppy game with an exciting last 5 minutes. Not better than last years, and I wouldn’t put it ahead of Titans-Rams, or Pats-Rams

Like Ed said, its a knee-jerk reaction, the media is always looking for the next “best” thing.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 2, 2009 2:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Or Giants/Bills

Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Feb 2, 2009 4:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

or Broncos/Packers

by cjmulrain on Feb 2, 2009 6:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

that is a ridiculously underrated Super Bowl

in my opinion the Broncos and Packers was the most evenly-matched Super Bowl I’ve ever seen. if those teams played 100 times, both would win 50.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Feb 2, 2009 10:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The Dolphins won the division, but....

….the Patriots played better down the stretch – including a huge win AT Miami. They’re a better team that just took a week or two too long to get gelled.

Rodney Harrision, however, can go fly a kite. In a thunderstorm.

by dELIghtful on Feb 2, 2009 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Just read the Myers thing....

And was all a-guggles until I saw the final score, LOL

How funny is it that he doesn’t even have this years NFC Champion in the playoffs next year.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 2, 2009 1:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

As far as Harrison goes....

Sorry Rodney, I can’t hear you over the sound of my Super Bowl XLII DVD playing in the background. Oh look, there’s you not knocking the ball out of Tyree’s hands.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 2, 2009 1:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

And

there’s you watching Boss pull away from you on his big reception …

by potroast on Feb 2, 2009 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

From the Myers story

There’s too much uncertainty and past history for the Giants to bring back Burress. Reese will find a new No. 1 receiver in the offseason, whether it’s trading for Arizona’s Anquan Boldin, trying to get Braylon Edwards out of Cleveland, moving way up in the draft to get Texas Tech’s pass catching machine, Michael Crabtree, or sitting at No. 29 and hoping Rutgers’ Kenny Britt falls to them.

So much for thinking Britt was a 2nd round guy. In Reese we trust.

One other thing: Tom Coughlin should hire Phil Simms as a consultant and teach Eli Manning how to throw in the wind in the final year at Giants Stadium. And they need to do a study to find out what the wind patterns are going to be in the new stadium next door.

I think we should look into Philly setting up fans outside our stadium, because it always seems to happen when we play them.

by ryanwk628 on Feb 2, 2009 2:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Theres a few people out there who think Crabtree will bomb

I just dont think a rookie WR is going to solve our problems at all, and Edwards has stone hands…..Plax is, for better or worse, the best option

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 Feb 2, 2009 5:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Superbowl Prediction

Predicting the outcome of SB XLIV down the the final score is absolutely ridiculous. In fact, any sort of predictions made before the draft and free agency are pointless. Before this season, we thought Matt Leinart was Arizona’s starting QB. A year ago, Atlanta had neither Matt Ryan nor Michael Turner on their roster.

I’d rather waste my time reading mock drafts than predictions based on teams that could be fundamentatly changed (who is even going to be coaching some of these teams) when the season finally starts.

by apy5000 on Feb 2, 2009 3:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Excellent point

by Ed Valentine on Feb 2, 2009 3:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Pity the poor NFL beat writer between now and April.

Myers has to fill up his column with something. What’s he supposed to do, go out on a limb and pick the Pro Bowl MVP?

by django48 on Feb 2, 2009 4:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

E-LI MAN-NING

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Save the neck for me, Clark.

by Mr. Met on Feb 2, 2009 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

hahaha

by mahmoodzaky on Feb 3, 2009 12:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Its not like

I just bet my kids college fund on the Giants playing the Pats in the SB next year, but its always fun to see your team prognosticated well.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 3, 2009 9:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Tyree's was way better than Holmes

Holmes was uncovered….what the hell were those three defenders doing?? there was ample space b/t them and Holmes, whereas Tyree was getting manhugged by Harrison and made a one handed/helmeted catch

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 Feb 2, 2009 5:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Both were great catches but Tyree’s was better because he had a defender hanging all over him and still hauled in the pass with one arm and a helmet. Holmes was more comparable to Burresses TD catch.

by archon095 on Feb 2, 2009 9:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Homes had a great grab

but was it really that much better than Fitzgerald’s catch on the first touchdown?

Tyree’s grab was an all-time play. Holmes’ catch, though great, doesn’t hold a candle to it.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Feb 2, 2009 10:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

that

was so frustrating, dominique rodgers-cromartie completely fell apart… ONE step could have changed the outcome of the superbowl to bat away the ball or to push holmes out of bound. but i give the kid credit for saving that long touchdown early on in the game. larry fitzgerald’s face when he batted that away said it all.

by mahmoodzaky on Feb 3, 2009 12:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs