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March Madness Mara Region: First-round matchups

Umenyiora/Oates highlights the opening round

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DE Osi Umenyiora earned a No. 8 seed.
Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images

To celebrate March Madness — and occupy ourselves now that the opening burst of free agency is behind us and the NFL Draft remains weeks away — the Big Blue View staff has selected and seeded the top 64 players in Giants history.

They will face off tournament-style with you picking the winners, culminating in the Giant you choose as the greatest of all-time.

Frank Gifford earned the top seed in The Mara Region.

The 1956 NFL MVP and Hall of Famer faces competition from 1986 Super Bowl MVP Phil Simms, who earned the No. 2 seed.

Voting for the first round ends March 22.

Here are the matchups in the bracket:

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FIRST ROUND

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  • 91%
    1. RB/WR Frank Gifford
    (1389 votes)
  • 8%
    16. S Antrel Rolle
    (135 votes)
1524 votes total Vote Now

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  • 75%
    8. DE Osi Umenyiora
    (1151 votes)
  • 24%
    9. C Bart Oates
    (365 votes)
1516 votes total Vote Now

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  • 96%
    5. DE Justin Tuck
    (1479 votes)
  • 3%
    12. C Ray Wietecha
    (48 votes)
1527 votes total Vote Now

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  • 81%
    4. DE Andy Robustelli
    (1156 votes)
  • 18%
    13. CB Dick Lynch
    (260 votes)
1416 votes total Vote Now

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  • 48%
    6. RB Rodney Hampton
    (727 votes)
  • 51%
    11. LT Jumbo Elliott
    (758 votes)
1485 votes total Vote Now

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  • 68%
    3. LT Rosey Brown
    (973 votes)
  • 31%
    14. NT Jim Burt
    (445 votes)
1418 votes total Vote Now

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  • 90%
    7. QB Fran Tarkenton
    (1350 votes)
  • 9%
    10. E Ray Flaherty
    (134 votes)
1484 votes total Vote Now

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FIRST ROUND

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  • 96%
    2. QB Phil Simms
    (1461 votes)
  • 3%
    15. TE Howard Cross
    (47 votes)
1508 votes total Vote Now