Philip Rivers announced his retirement this past Wednesday after 17 hard-fought seasons. Rivers is 1 of many all-time great QBs who is set to retire within the next 5 years.
IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND PHILIP RIVERS IS A HOF’er….WE CAN NEVER BE FRIENDS!!!!
That is all!
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The New York Jets are NOT going to win a football game this year, earning the #1 pick in the NFL Draft.
And Trevor Lawrence will declare for the NFL Draft, and be the #1 overall pick…..but it won’t be for the Jets.
Trevor Lawrence is going to pull an Eli Manning, this time forcing his way OUT of New York, before he ever gets here.
Don’t believe me?! Just wait and see my friends….
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Zion Williamson made his along awaited NBA debut Wednesday night.
HE DID NOT DISAPPOINT!!
Eli Manning is retiring after 16 seasons (all with the NY Giants) in the NFL.
Eli may suck at football, but he’s still a 1st ballot Hall of Famer.
BOTH THINGS CAN BE TRUE.
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After a few week hiatus, your favorite podcast host is BACK!!!!
No, not JOMBOY, ME FOOL!!
It’s a quick preview of things to come:
Yes, Daniel Jones had an amazing 1st game. And I hope for the Giants’ sake he’s the real deal, but no one knows a damn thing after 1 GAME!!!!
Sooooooooo, pump the freakin’ brakes, and sit back, relax, and hopefully enjoy.
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This is Video 2 of 2 on the shocking Andrew Luck retirement announcement.
Andrew Luck is an adult human being. He is allowed to make whatever decision he pleases regarding his own well being. It may be shocking, but Andrew Luck’s NFL playing career doesn’t belong to you.
That is all.
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Pat Shurmur, you are aware that playing well in meaningless preseason games against less than mediocre competition means absolutely nothing, right????
Oh no, you’re not?
Well you’re a MORON THEN!!!!
ANYONE ELSE WHO USES THE NFL PRESEASON TO EVALUATE PLAYERS OR TEAMS SHOULD PROMPTLY KICK THEIR OWN ASS!!!!
I don’t always play football, but when I do, I play it on an 80-yard field….
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The Mets are finally doing what they’re supposed to be doing….beating bad teams.
Injuries? What injuries?? The Yankees STILL don’t know how to lose.
Vince Carter, simply, won’t die.
You have the 1st overall pick in your fantasy football draft (ppr). WHO ARE YOU TAKING?!
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It’s a simple formula.
No quarterback, no Super Bowl.
In today’s NFL, it’s nearly impossible to win without a top-15 quarterback. Just look at the Super Bowl winning quarterbacks over the past decade:
Foles/Wentz, Brady, Manning (Peyton), Brady, Wilson, Flacco, Manning (Eli), Rodgers, Brees, Roethlisberger.
Throw Nick Foles out the window since he started just six games (three regular season and three playoff), and you’re left with seven future hall of famers — and Joe Flacco.
Door opens, seamless NFL Draft transition enters….
#1
With just two days and counting until the 2018 NFL Draft, the world anxiously awaits the Cleveland Browns’ decision. IF the Cleveland Browns DON’T take Sam Darnold with the 1st overall pick, well they’d be….the Browns. The Browns are in an advantageous position, owning two of the first four picks. Barring a major catastrophe, the Browns should end up with the best quarterback in the draft, and the best overall player in the draft. Anything else will cause heads to explode.
#2
As for the New York Giants, new general manager, Dave Gettleman, better be smarter than he sounds. Okay, Dave, let’s go through this again.
It’s car, not cah. Smart, not smaht. Harvard, not Hahvuhd.
Over the past few weeks, Gettleman has publicly expressed that taking a quarterback is not a REQUIREMENT with the #2 pick. This had better be the biggest smoke screen in the history of smoke screens. Taking a quarterback, in a draft full of good quarterbacks, IS a requirement, DAVE!! Especially when your current quarterback has one foot on the beach (aka retirement). Listen, I’m no Giants fan, but if they take Saquon Barkley or Bradley freakin’ Chubb with the #2 pick, I may lose my mind for common sense’s sake.
#3
And then, there’s the New York Jets. The circus of all circuses. This story is pretty much the same as the Giants, minus the smoke screen. Mike Maccagnan and company have been pretty tight lipped, and intelligent Jets fans appreciate that. The Jets traded up (from #6 to #3), guaranteeing one of the top three quarterbacks will be in green and white next season. They like the top three (or four) guys equally, and they’ll have the fortune of ruining one of their careers Thursday night.
Check out the full draft order here.
As simple as you need a quarterback to win in the NFL sounds, teams continue to try and outsmart the system (and themselves). And that’s why we watch. Catch all the “action” on Thursday, April 26th on ESPN or NFL Network @ 8:00 P.M. EST. Coverage will continue on both networks on Saturday and Sunday.
Check back with DaveTalksSports.com on Friday morning for a 1st round recap.
Will the Browns, Giants, and Jets ALL draft quarterbacks?? If not, who will they draft??
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The end is near.
The end of a disastrous season can’t come fast enough for the New York Giants. With just 1 more loss in the way this Sunday, the Giants will soon have time to exhale and think about the future of their franchise. Giants owners, John Mara and Steve Tisch, will be able to discuss the direction they’d like to go with a new head coach and general manag….
Wait, they already hired their next general manager?!?! Yup. Just 24 days after parting ways with Jerry Reese and Ben McAdoo, Mara and Tisch didn’t spend much time as eligible bachelors. I guess Elvis Presley’s “Fools Rush In” doesn’t only apply to love. So, who is this mystery man?? He would be, Dave Gettleman. Gettleman isn’t actually a mystery. He worked as the director of pro personnel for the Giants for 15 years before being named general manager of the Carolina Panthers. At 66, Gettleman will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience back to the Giants. Clearly, Mara and Tisch are impressed with Gettleman’s resume:
“Dave’s experience is unparalleled. He did an outstanding job as general manager in Carolina, and he was vital to our success during his tenure here. Given where we are as a team, we thought it was important to bring in someone with experience as a general manager and a proven track record.”
I don’t dislike this hire. I just figured the Giants would take a little longer to hand pick the person who needs to put out this dumpster fire. At the very least, I thought they’d wait until the season ended. I guess not….
After interviewing just 4 candidates, Mara and Tisch were convinced Gettleman was the man for the job. The other candidates were interim general manager Kevin Abrams, vice president of player evaluation Marc Ross, and ESPN’s Louis Riddick. The Giants went chalk here. That is the Giants way. They’re creatures of habit. They don’t like trying new things. That’s probably why Gettleman will be just their 4th general manager since 1979.
Gettleman will have little time to waste, as he has multiple crucial decisions to make:
1.) A New Head Coach
2.) Eli Manning’s Future
3.) Odell Beckham Jr.’s Contract Extension
4.) 2018 Free Agency
5.) 2018 NFL Draft
Good luck!!
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It’s about time!!
The New York Giants finally came to their senses, albeit a month late, parting ways with their general manager and head coach. As of Monday, Jerry Reese and Ben McAdoo’s services are no longer needed at MetLife Stadium. Giants’ owners, John Mara and Steve Tisch, confirmed the firings in a news conference Monday afternoon. Defensive coordinator, Steve Spagnuolo, will be named interim head coach, and assistant general manager, Kevin Abrams, will be named interim general manager. While I would have fired Reese and McAdoo 5 weeks ago, the blame for this season’s dumpster fire shouldn’t be placed on their shoulders. The buck stops with the owners.
The Giants organization deserves an Oscar. They’ve fooled everyone for a long time. It’s actually impressive. See, everyone places the Giants organization on this imaginary golden pedestal, and adds the prefix ‘classy’ to their name. Yeah, not so much. You don’t have to dig that deep to see past that pretty little façade. John Mara’s grandfather, Tim Mara, purchased the Giants for $500 in 1925, making it the most sound investment in the history of the world.
However, does anyone know how Tim Mara made a living in 1925??
He was a bookie!! If you think the gambling epidemic and mob ties to the NFL in the 1920’s weren’t intertwined with Mara and the Giants, you were born yesterday.
The Giants also enabled Lawrence Taylor’s behavior for over a decade. Taylor, one of the best players in NFL history, was constantly in trouble off the field. But, as long as he produced on the field, the Giants tolerated his drug abuse and other problems.
And let’s not forget the “mis”handling of the Josh Brown domestic violence issue. The Giants knew exactly what their kicker did (in abusing his wife), but decided to sweep it under the rug to avoid negative publicity. It wasn’t until the truth leaked to the public that the Giants suspended Brown indefinitely.
That pedestal is starting to look rusty….
And then, there’s their present day folly. Because nothing says classy like dragging the face of your franchise through the mud. Then backing up and driving over him. Then putting the car in drive and running him over again.
What John Mara allowed Jerry Reese and Ben McAdoo to do to Eli Manning was practically criminal. To rip Eli’s consecutive games played streak (210 games) from his hands, for just 1 game, was painful to watch (even for a non-Giants fan). Especially for Geno Smith. And now, the Giants, at 2-10, will hand the reigns back to Eli Manning. WOW!! Just — WOW!!
Here’s John Mara’s sorry attempt at pointing the finger at himself:
“You ought to stop blaming Ben and Jerry on that. If you want to blame anyone on that, blame me. I certainly had the power to overrule it if I wanted to. I chose not to do it.”
I already blamed you John!! But thanks for giving me permission….
What do you think of the New York Giants?? Are they a classy organization?? Or just another group of money hungry, selfish, billionaires??
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