Land of the Giants: Only #45(!?!?) Edition

by cjmulrain on Jul 15, 2009 7:00 AM EDT in New York Giants News

Today's Land of the Giants entry is coming to you from a cracked computer monitor that has left less than a quarter of my screen visible, so I apologize in advance for the brevity of the entry - spending more than about 10 minutes trying to read/type stuff on what amounts to a 3 inch monitor results in intense headaches.

This was from about two weeks ago, but ESPN.com ranked each franchise in the four major sports and ranked them on a number of criteria including ownership, coaching, stadiums, and "title track." The Giants clocked in at #45, which seems a little low to me, especially considering the Anaheim Angels are the #1 overall team.
More from ESPN.com, where the Football Outsiders consider Corey Webster one of ten under the radar players who are already stars.
Another one from ESPN.com, looking at the salary cap figures for each of the NFC East teams and determining which players have the most to live up to.
Finally, ProFootballWeekly tells us to beware of rookie wide receivers, but does peg Hakeem Nicks as one of three rookie WRs with a chance to contribute right away. Let's hope
Actually, one last thing: if you've got your computer monitor resting on a ledge, make sure it's securely on there before you crawl under the desk to mess around with the wires. Broken monitors are no fun.

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Franchise rankings

Those are completely based on fan voting and the fan’s interaction with their team and in that case I can see why the Giants are only ranked #45. If you look at where they rank low: fan relations, affordability, & stadium experience. There is a lot of angry fans at the organization for the way we have been treated with this new stadium coming along (PSLs, moving to crappier seats, etc …). It actually makes sense.

Although I am a little surprised players and coaching aren’t ranked higher.

Like seeing CWeb getting some love. If he starts getting enough of this, he might get that Pro Bowl invite he deserves.

by potroast on Jul 15, 2009 9:04 AM EDT reply actions

Franchise Ranking

You guys are neglecting the beer prices at Giants stadium. As the ESPN article points out, the Giants have the 4th most expensive beer out of the 122 franchises (behind, of course, the Yankees). It’s $7.75 for a 16 ounce beer, or 48.4 cents per ounce. That’s no way to treat a fan!

by pataroons on Jul 16, 2009 11:33 AM EDT reply actions