Game Ball Of The Week: Domenik Hixon And Michael Boley
If we are going to give out game balls following the New York Giants' 28-16 victory over the St. Louis Rams -- and it appears that we are -- then it is really impossible to give just one. Wide receiver Domenik Hixon and linebacker Michael Boley each need to be recognized.
Hixon and Boley, or course, made the defining plays in the Giants' first victory of the 2011 season.
Boley picked up a lateral and rumbled 65 yards for a touchdown after Cadillac Williams dropped a backwards pass from Sam Bradford and failed to go retrieve it. That gave the Giants their second touchdown. Hixon made a brilliant, acrobatic 22-yard touchdown catch of an Eli Manning pass to give the Giants a 21-6 halftime lead.
On a night when the Giants were anything but dominant on defense, and anything but consistent on offense these two plays helped them escape with a victory. And earned Hixon and Boley game balls.
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What's with Kiwi?
Does anyone know? He’s been invisible for two weeks. I saw him make two plays last night. This guy used to be a near-great player.
he's playing a new position
he’s not a natural linebacker
I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee fan.
+1 I don't know why TC keeps insisting on making him a LB
Kiwi is a DE,
by Late for Dinner on Sep 20, 2011 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
he'd be the 4th best DE on this team IMO
not only did spags move him to LB (granted he moved him back….when Osi went down) but now Fewell moved him to LB.
i think it says something….but that’s me.
TeamJPP
He is a more complete DE than Osi
Kiwi plays the run, Osi is a Pass rush specialist. I don’t think Fewell moving him to LB has nothing to do with his play, it has more to do with our lack of talent at LB. Kiwi had a very strong begining of the season before he got hurt. Also don’t forget Spags moved him to LB becasue our LB’s stunk than too, he wanted to get him on the field more. All I am saying is that yes Kiwi is a solid LB, but his true impact is when his hand is in the dirt. If we needed a LB we should have gone and signed an LB not bring him back to play out of position.
by Late for Dinner on Sep 20, 2011 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Kiwi
is a potential pro bowler at DE. At LBer he’s average.
by GMen56-11 on Sep 20, 2011 2:06 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
everyone has potential
but Tuck and Osi ARE pro bowl DE’s, so by your logic (Pro Bowl) he should automatically be #3 on this team.
not to mention JPP also has that “potential” thing going for him.
no…I’m more than Fine w/ Kiwi playing LB.
TeamJPP
Kiwi was on his way to making the Pro Bowl as an LB last year
I’d give the man some time to get back his game strength. Who knows how much he was able to work out in the offseason given his injury..
Also he was playing all over the field. He was playing DE a bunch yesterday as well.
Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows
Not a new position
He’s played plenty of LB. all 2009, I believe.
coming back from no football for a year...not his natural position...
playing with young LBs in front of a weak secondary.
Kiwi will be fine
nywins42 needs a new screen name - "nywins46" sounds great!
MAKE IT WORK!!!
I'd like to see
More D schemes with him overloading the rush on one side or the other, where ever he sees an opening. A pass rusher that the D has to account for at all times, rushing about 50% of the time. Visions of LT in my head. LOL
Go Giants!
Well, the Rams has some great disguised overload blitzes last night.
PF certainly sent a lot of guy a heckuva lot, but too often they didn’t get there.
Edge: Spags
yep.
the guy could be exactly what Sintim never became.
Details of the operations of an interstate dog fighting ring were revealed, with some portions involving drugs and gambling. Gruesome details involving abuse, torture and execution of under-performing dogs ... He admitted to being involved in the destruction of 6–8 dogs, by hanging or drowning...
by Simms-McConkey on Sep 20, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
2009 our D stunk up the joint
Yes he has played LB before yes he is enough of an althlete to play LB but he is an impact DE. Heck if we are just going to use him as an LB we should have let him walk and signed an LB to play. I willl never understand the Giants not addressing our LB needs.
by Late for Dinner on Sep 20, 2011 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Boley also batted a pass
I think in my non sleep haze.
Speaking of balls, can we give some to Ross? I think he needs them.
All the Giants should play like Mark Bavaro.
Tom Quinn Must Go!
It is equally worthless when people are always optimistic or always pessimistic. Either way I take their opinion with a pound of salt because I know they only have one setting. I post my own thoughts, not what either side wants to read.
by UnknownJintsFan on Sep 20, 2011 11:58 AM EDT reply actions
what gives?
Can anybody explain to me how Every team is throwing the ball around for 350-400 yards and we look like Woody Hayes from the 70’s? Also why is Every wide receiver who plays against us so wide open,while our wr’s are always covered?? Come on Man!!!!!
take a deep breath
Eli is not an accurate passer—hoefully he finds his swag sometime before next week.
I like this game ball edition.
And the two candidates are the perfect recipients for reasons already expressed.
Factology! Belief is ignorance.
by LoNJDTechnology on Sep 20, 2011 12:07 PM EDT reply actions
Antrel Rolle on the Fan right now with Joe and Evan
I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee fan.
What more can we say?
Here are two guys who stepped up and made big plays.
by Step up and make big plays on Sep 20, 2011 12:13 PM EDT reply actions
I mIssed this during the offseason/lockout
LOL
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Sep 20, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Big plays from Hix and Boley ...
But Nicks and Tuck had tons of plays all game long. Just wish we had more like those two at any postion.
Boley bailed out Ross from more embarassment
Pretty much a sure lock TD for the rams on that quick slant that Boley tipped at the line.
You should've seen her face. It was the exact same look my father gave me when I told him I wanted to be a ventriloquist.
See that was soley on Ross
not most of the other plays people blame him for.
"Oh god help us all, the metlife blimps are coming, OMGWFTBBQFTW!!!!!!"
"Who needs a Bomar, when one can have a Perriloux"
agreed
Nicks and Tuck get my gameball, expecially considering they were both Questionable.
"The nerve of certain youngins running their mouth.
Until [the Eagles] win something major, I don't want to hear it."
-the Facebook mayor of East Rutherford
Nicks had 3 catches on seven targets for not much yardage
He made a great catch on the touchdown, but it was really kind of a ho hum game for him.
I agree that Tuck was a beast and really improved the pass rush.
by Tucker Fredrickson on Sep 20, 2011 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
it was a good win
But we were supposed to win, I think if tuck plays last week, different outcome. Sometimes I forget patience, man hixon is a hell of an athlete and a catch like that can really build confidence. I am really rooting for him to be our number 3! Cruz should also get a kudos just for catching the balls thrown his way!
by Phillip P on Sep 20, 2011 12:19 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
Cruz
I think he is adjusting to the slot better now. He was sitting down when he found the opening last night. It’s not an easy thing to learn, that slot position. You learn to use your speed on the outside. You get in that slot and it’s a completely different set of skills needed. I think he might be OK there in the long run. I think he’ll get the good hands back that he had his rookie year as the game slows down for him mentally.
Hixon looks good as well. Still shaking some rust off. But his durability might be becoming an issue.
In other news, Beckum took the yellow jersey from Osi in the Tour De Meadowlands.
Go Giants!
Cruz did look more comfortable last night
I’m hoping that we can get him and Hixon involved more, we could have 4 decent receivers that would give fits to D schemes!
by oldschoolblue64 on Sep 20, 2011 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
As long as Hixons knee is okay..He hurt it on that catch
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
didn't care for the celebration
kid gets 1 first down and is pointing and giving the 1st down signal. needs to get a few more under his belt before he starts showboating.
low standard
Kudo for one first down catch?
by GMen56-11 on Sep 20, 2011 2:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't think we want to give Boley a game ball.
All the spectators would get worried they are his next victim of his celebration. He didn’t even seem to realize he pegged the dude.
(That was worse that Jacobs throwing at the timer a few years back)
Good game by both....
Like the Giants, Hixon made his catch harder then it hade to be!!
Banned from GangGreenNation for being a troll for this ONE post after somebody classified the Giants as a LUCKY organization.
He's a bitter Jets fan what do you expect?
That happens when the team you root for hasn’t won in damn near half a century!!
Sour grapes, jealousy will get you nowhere in life lol.
I don't know if I can agree with that..
That was a bad throw..like many Eli tossed last night..I think Hixon did a great job concentrating on that ball..Eli needs to get his shit together..He’s throwing bricks…and he’s losing receivers as a result…
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
so was Manningham getting concussed also Eli's fault?
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Sep 20, 2011 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
The TD throw to Hixon was perfect...
He just made it harder because his hands were in the wrong place to catch it cleanly. The Giants WRs don’t have the best hands by far.
by PaulieKnucklez1 on Sep 20, 2011 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed, the ball hit the 7 on his jersey
Eli put it where his WR could get it (one of the few he did it with), most QBs make that same throw. Hixon gets it on the 4th try but he never gave up on it… great play
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Sep 20, 2011 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
You can't be serious
Hixon had his defender beat. The ball shoud have been thrown out ahead of him (like the perfect throw to MM). Instead, it was thrown behind him and short. We’re luck the safety was Craig Dahl, and wasn’t good enough to knock the ball down. That said, I think Hicks would have gotten his big paws on the ball the first try.
by hopeforthefuture3 on Sep 20, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
so the ball didn't hit Hixon in the chest then?
how many QBs have made similar throws like that into the endzone… at the end of a half or game? Eli threw it to where his WR could get it. If hixon caught it the first try, it would of been called a perfectly placed ball.
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Sep 20, 2011 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
I’m not getting the “it was a good throw” comments. Hixon had to stop and come back, and the ball almost hit the defender, who was very well beaten, in the head. That pass was underthrown and not just a little.
your mom goes to college
by Oppenheimer919 on Sep 20, 2011 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
how do you know
that hixon’s route shouldn’t have been a little a straighter? Fact is, the ball shouldn’t hit you in the chest. Pass maybe wasn’t great, but it was good enough.
what do you mean straighter?
it needed to be thrown farther.

At this point, Hixon has taken two full steps to slow his momentum and is reaching backwards to try and take the ball over the defender. Its a good thing the safety didnt get his head around quicker, because he’s in a perfect spot to make a play on the ball if he gets his hands up. Hixon should have made this catch at the back of the end zone.
It worked out, but this is far from good ball placement.
your mom goes to college
by Oppenheimer919 on Sep 20, 2011 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Question
I thought Hixon’s eyes were closed when he was initially trying to catch the ball…
I could be wrong could someone confirm?
My Wife is a Patriot's fan...
by Giantssincesix on Sep 20, 2011 12:23 PM EDT reply actions
This
is more like it. a flawed game which went into the w collumn, and we can see clear to award game balls. Hixon is a sentimental favorite of mine so I’m a happy fan. Tuck was so typically good that we take his play for granted but he deserves some game ball love as well.
‘Expert’ – from the adjective *pert*, meaning ‘lively’ or ‘effective,’ and the prefix *ex-*, meaning ‘not.’
"saying you are right when you’re wrong only gives you the right to be wrong"
An optimist is a person that falls off the empire state building and after 50 floor says so far so good!
Tuck was the biggest force I've seen in A Giants' uniform
in some time. He is really blossoming as a a leader. In the past he has recognized the need for leadership, and tried to do the right things to fill that gap. Last night he simply was a force.
I also liked that TC challenged on his sack
It was ruled an incomplete pass. Got the sack for Tuck. Increased his stats, don’t know if he has incentives.
All the Giants should play like Mark Bavaro.
Tom Quinn Must Go!
It is equally worthless when people are always optimistic or always pessimistic. Either way I take their opinion with a pound of salt because I know they only have one setting. I post my own thoughts, not what either side wants to read.
by UnknownJintsFan on Sep 20, 2011 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
15 yard loss on the play
that took the rams out of field goal range. 3 point play right there
We really missed him in the skins game
Tuck is all over the field
by Late for Dinner on Sep 20, 2011 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Question...
When Gruden said the phrase “They call him the Hynocerous” was he talking about BBV?
Awesome
Team Juggernaut: Jacobs, Hynoski. No one is safe
Gruden...He's the only guy I ever saw..
That keeps Jaws mouth shut the entire game..Jaws just stands there looking like Alvin the chipmonk wearing glasses..
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Grant deserves a gameball for lying down like a junk-yard dog..
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Thanks George..I was wondering about you..
How’s life in Melbourne??..How are the knees doing?
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Heading back to Melbourne
mid October.
Knees as bad as ever.
Hey Bobbi
Did you get that beer percentage up last night? I figure that early Eli interception was worth three alone.
Go Giants!
Yeah I did ron..
I was 12 for 18..I was focussed on my game..12 for 18 for 350 pees..big improvement..I’m feeling good for week 3 and beyond as long as I don’t pull a groin muscle..The pre-pee stretching has really helped alot.
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Thank the lord Grant was smart enough to do that
What the heck were the coaches thinking not calling a timeout in that spot?
by Late for Dinner on Sep 20, 2011 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
so much comedy from that game last night
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Sep 20, 2011 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Geezus!!!LOL
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Don't think Hixon deserves a game ball
that pass hit him in the chest. There was no reason he shouldn’t have just pulled it in. Plays like that can go either way, and will make for a very long season.
Nicks’ endzone catch was much more impressive to me.
"The nerve of certain youngins running their mouth.
Until [the Eagles] win something major, I don't want to hear it."
-the Facebook mayor of East Rutherford
Nicks Sideline Catch
Was even better than the endzone catch….
AND, they waved it off as incomplete. But the replay showed it was a catch, he got it with one hand, with the guy all over him and had two feet down.
The Gmen took the penalty so I guess that got lost in the shuffle.
While jumping over a defender
I think I can forgive the ball bouncing of his chest.
I may not be the most noble of men but in a town of lepers, im the one with the most fingers.
Giant LB'z SUCK!!? Mark Herzlich, Greg Jones,Williams,Paysinger...Maybe not..
Boley game ball
one play doesnt warrant a game ball. Bad play by Cadilac. Smart play by Boley It didnt take much athletic ability I’d give the game ball to Tuck On defense.
by GMen56-11 on Sep 20, 2011 1:49 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
dude
Boley was all over the place all game, after Tuck he was probably the best defender on the field (JPP get an incomplete since he was held 70% of his snaps)
hence the..............
I’d give the game ball to Tuck on defense. Unless you want to give multiple game balls?
I would give Boley the game ball just for the face spike
Awesome!
When its 3rd and long, throw the ball past the marker.
by Fester McDougal on Sep 20, 2011 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
That damn Ed...
Prior to the game he posted about 80 links to articles…I chastised him for that torture..I started leafing thru and found myself yawning profusely an hour before the game..I was smart enough to splash some cold beer on my face and chugged a couple before the kickoff..that did the trick.
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Its no coincidence...
That Mike Boley suddenly looks better with a more COMPLETE DE playing in front of him.
With one dimensional Osi in front of him, Boley was exposed a heck of a lot more.
Kiwi
He’s a fill in linebacker because we have had NOBODY at the position.
Thats it in a nutshell. He’s a DE, playing out of position. Its a laugh people say “he’s a great athlete, we will just stick him here or there” when the guy does not have clue at the position.
He won’t be great there just like Mario Williams won’t be great as an OLB. They don’t have the build, they don’t have the experience at the position.
Our young guys will push him out and he will be back where he belong eventually, on the DL.
well I think Kiwi is playing exactly where he needs to be in this Defense
and once Fewell or Kiwi figures out how to disguise a blitz better….you’ll prolly all see exactly why.
this crap standing on the line showing the blitz….c’mon. it’s pop warner.
throw a wrinkle in there Perry.
Last year they knew Kiwi was blitzing….now he’s dropping back and making plays in coverage….you can’t just pigeon hole him any more. This could be a HUGE asset to Fewell considering Olinemen can no longer just sit back and saw “well….94 is coming”.
so when he does come after the QB, it will be more successful.
TeamJPP
Did anyone see...
Boley hit that poor kid smack in the face with ball when he was celebrating? It was great, kind of feel bad, but hysterical.
When life hands you lemons, hang yourself!
by colinlovestheknicks on Sep 20, 2011 5:20 PM EDT reply actions
first comment here
http://www.bigblueview.com/2011/9/20/2437531/kudos-wet-willies-giants-never-make-it-easy-edition
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Sep 20, 2011 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions

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