Nov
26
Too full for football?
ByI’m full. I had way too much turkey and two pieces of my mom’s apple pie. But I’m not too full to watch the Giants try to fight for a more secure route to the playoffs. Since baseball is – outside of the Blue Jays’ signing of Alex Gonzalez – taking the day off, feel free to discuss the G-Men here. The game’s on the NFL Network outside of the city and on Channel 11 in the New York area. Eli might have to carry the team tonight, but it should be a good game nonetheless. If football isn’t your thing, anything goes. Tell us about your Thanksgiving dinner. Anyone have a turducken?
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Orton is so frustrating! I hope my Broncos take down your G-Men, even though I like them the 2nd most.
My grandfather wouldn’t let anyone in his bubble today for fear of germs.
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I’m so not confident in the Giants at all.
God Corey Webster sucks.
Fucking Giants look like shit again.
They cannot stop anyone.
Happy Thanksgiving, you deviant.
Hah you too dude that was straight up embarrassing.
Prediction: Giants miss playoffs.
prediction or probability?
what in the world has happened to the giants defense? i wonder if michael strahan is in game shape
Scheffler!!! If only he wasn’t so freakin injury prone, he would be so good. Moreno killing it toda!
*today
The Broncos have been killing themselves deep in this losing streak!! So fuckin frustrating
It really should be 10-0.
Yo, McDaniel:
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This is probably my Internet connection right now, but is RAB loading okay for everyone?
Yessir.
Yep.
The Broncos are owning them yet we only have a 6-0 lead…It doesn’t feel like it, does it?
Fuckin penalties are killing us
At least your team seems to have a loose understanding of the game. The Giants look absolutely lost.
Haha, yea. They are playing well but the Giants are still in it and they should not be considering how well the Broncos are playing.
Ugh.
Frickin’ Giants can’t do anything right.
YEA!!!!!!!!! 3rd chance for a Turnover and we finally make use of it!
Spybot FTW! Just fixed a virus on my laptop!
I don’t wanna know how you got that virus…
Can I press the reset button for this game?
WHAT A CATCH! Holy crap! That was awesome!
I hate Brian Dawkins so fucking much.
I did too until he came over to Denver this year
About freaking time. TD!!! Had been 23 consecutive drives since we last scored a TD.
You know who is helped by home-field advantage? Matt Prater. All he does is kick touchbacks in Denver (except that time) but on the road he barely gets it to the 5.
This is fucking pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.
I am enjoying every minute of this pathetic-ness. Sorry but after a 4 game losing streak, I really needed this.
Enjoy away.
11 plays, ten yards. Just…wow.
@FakeJSterling:
I think I may be able to throw on the Giants secondary #IsntItAmazing
…and then we barely avoid a safety.
Rememebr when our D line was actually good? And when the secondary could cover people? And when the running backs broke tackles? And when the O-line blocked people?
Those were great days.
Yea, what the hell happened? Injuries?
At least Eli is playing like his brother. No, not Peyton. Cooper. SELL, SELL, SELL!!!!
The Giants look like a militia on horseback fighting Transformers.
Good analogy.
Adv. transformers
I should not get too excited or confidence yet. Although the Giants are struggling, I remember the last 2 times we played them. We lost both times in a heartbreaker. I think it was Amani Toomer with a late TD both times.
Fuckin Bubble screens, they never work for us.
Another stop by our D would be great here. One more chance before halftime for our Offense and we get the ball to start the 3rd.
Are you fuckin’ kidding me, Smith?
It’s funny, the receivers have been one of the few bright spots this year.
Yeah, I thought that’d be a total weak spot this year.
The whole secondary needs to be redone. Totally dismantled. I had no idea losing Kenny Phillips would expose them that much. Especially the corners.
The D-line, even with some of the injuries, should be MUCH, MUCH, MUCH better than what we’ve seen. Same with the O-Line.
Jacobs looks really slow, too.
Yep. The secondary hasn’t been good at all lately. Losing Philips and Ross hurt a lot.
And by “lately” i mean years.
Don’t get me wrong, Ross is pretty good, but he’s not a game-breaker. He should be relatively replaceable. The depth is terrible. There’s a huge drop-off from Ross to the backups.
Coming into the game they were second (!!!) in the league in pass defense.
Why are the Nets wearing helmets?
Haha IETC
+1
Well done, sir.
Also, this game makes me know what it feels like to be a Mets fan.
Cmon, its not THAT bad. At least your players are hurting themselves walking back to the bench.
*aren’t
Haha, just you wait.
Dumervil!
That block by Jacobs was Roger Dorn like.
Heh.
I find it kind of funny that the G-Men are Salty’s second favorite team and the Broncos are mine. It’s a personal bias, though; Chris Simms attended my high school, and I’ve waited on his father Phil a few times. Nicest people you could meet.
Too bad Simms hasn’t been very good.
Yea, he has struggled. I didnt know you liked the Broncos too. I like the Giants because they play in New York. I also like the Jets 3rd only because they play in the same conference as the Broncos.
I would probably like the Rockies more than Yanks but I was introduced to the Yanks while I was in NY so I like them most. I didnt start watching football until 2000, when I was in Denver, so I like the Broncos most.
The only sport I consider myself a real fan is baseball. I like basketball and get into it more than football (even watching the sorry Knicks).
Baseball (huge gap), NCAA basketball (small gap), NBA (moderate gap), NFL (small gap), NCAA football, (gap the size of a porn star’s whooo-whooo), hockey.
Yeah, I’m about the same:
Baseball
(medium gap)
NCAA Basketball
(small gap)
NFL
(medium gap)
NCAA Football
(huge gap)
everything else.
Baseball
(medium gap)
NCAA Basketball
NBA
(huge gap)
NHL
(large gap)
Football (pro and college)
I try every year to get into football, but I just don’t find it as engaging. People say the playing field is so even in the NFL, but there’s like 5 good teams and everyone else sucks.
The NHL is rising for me, also. I really like the young talent the Islanders have.
Speaking of the CoRox, is Larry Walker a Hall of Famer?
I would hope so. He was my favorite player growing up (along with Helton, until A-Rod in 2004). I became a switch hitter because of him. I made my stance all open like his. Coors field or not, he was beastly.
If I had a vote, he’d get it.
Hmmm…It’s close, but if given a vote, I’d say yes. .313/.400/.565/.965 140 OPS + with great defense. Major knock is his durability.
Hell yes.
If it weren’t for Favre, I’d like the Vikings as my #2 team. Their C went to my HS.
Wow. That makes my area look like a welfare state. And Wyckoff, NJ is anything but.
Yeah, he’s two years older than I am. When I was in 6th grade and he was in 8th, it was fucking scary to stand near him, haha.
Damn, great run by Moreno goes to waste by yet another penalty
Wow is this a tragicomedy. I know it was holding (though I didn’t see anything) but god damn. It’s like they’re playing in slow-mo.
First time the Giants are shut out in 1st half since 1/2006…so its not that bad. 2006 wasn’t that long ago so this feat isn’t that rare.
Yeah. It’s one thing to play poorly and get shut out, it’s another to look completely 100% lifeless and get shut out. There’s nothing to build on, y’know?
That motherfucking “Let’s all go to Shack Fridays” jingle from the Radio Shack commercial has been stuck in my head all damn day.
Fuck you Radio Shack. Fuck you to hell.
I have a song stuck in my head that I haven’t listened to in well over a year.
I have Jay-Z’s “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” stuck in my head. I have no idea why.
Dandruff?
Haha, JMK is on fire tonight. But I really have no idea at all, it just keeps playing in my head.
Then all you’ve gotta do is kick that dirt off your shoulder.
Kick it off your shoulder? That’s impressive.
The Best Buy ones are way worse.
And Howie Long still has cop hair.
I know a lot of Giants fans are mad at Eli. Who would you guys want most right now? Eli, Orton, or Cutler. I’d take Cutler (even though he has struggled this year) but if Orton plays like he has tonight, I wouldn’t mind him either.
Poor timing, man. An INT!
I’d still have Eli, then Cutler (gambles too often, doesn’t seem great at reading coverage and his offensive line is DOGSHIT), then Orton.
So I’ve been watching The Biggest Loser recently and thought, “You know what? I can produce a way better version than this.”
My proposal:
The Biggest Loser with all anorexics.
Fucking gold.
You’re a sick fuck, JMK.
Fuckin Orton! Better not be a momentum shifter
I changed the channel. Elf is on USA.
What a great throw and catch
Hmmm, maybe its not a catch.
Ok, it is
Aw shit!
Nice catch, Mario.
God, is this sad or what?
Good hands: Jacobs doesn’t have ‘em.
Ok, Brandon Jacobs looks done. Done, done, finished, done.
It’s sad when it happens, but there’s a reason running backs typically don’t have long peaks. See: Priest Holmes.
Want a missed FG here…
never mind
With the ever-reliable Tynes? Hah!
Brandon Marshall: “I beat my girlfriends with frozen turkeys. Happy Thanksgiving!”
You are one hundred percent on point tonight.
DIDNT I SAY NO FUCKIN BUBBLE SCREENS!!!!!!!!!!
/sorry for the Caps lock
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Haha, but I had to show my anger.
I know, just messing around.
This made me laugh like fucking crazy.
PEOPLE KNOW I MEAN BUSINESS!
The only hope to save Brandon Jacobs may be either a massive weight gain or a massive weight loss. Or steroids. I really hope it’s steroids.
He can’t move east-west. Like at all.
I told you not to run left or right, Jacobs!
Uh oh, Giants are hot now. Gotta stop them.
Could Kenny Phillips play if we got him a prosthetic leg? Seriously.
Damnit. I guess limiting them to a FG is good.
Wow, I did not think he would make that.
Wesley Woodyard. Undrafted but dude is smart and gritty, making big plays all the time.
Broncos offense really needs to score now.
Brand new PS3 for $200. Should I get it?
Without thinking twice.
I might even get it for $150 of $100. My friend, who already has one, got really really drunk and bought an expensive TV, which also came with a free PS3. So, he’s selling it for $200 and possible less.
Yes. Get it. Get it yesterday.
For $200? I thought they were $300.
Either way, do it.
For $200, I say no doubt. $300, while still a good deal, seems too much for me. I dunno, I was never really into videogames. That said, I really, really want to play The Show, so I may just cave and spend the $350.
I have no need for 120 gigs, though. 40 is still a really good amount, right?
I got the $300 one about two weeks ago. I’m not a huge gamer but it’s a ton of fun.
Have you played any of the NBA games? I might just ebay tonight and pick one up. You guys are quickly convincing me.
Then again, I may just get lucky and my parents will get me one. Hmmm…
Nah, I haven’t. I’ve heard, though–on here and from friends–that NHL ’10 is awesome.
Hockey? I’d rather make out with my mom.
Eh, she’s not that great. I’d go with the hockey.
My mom is way out of my league. Despite being in her mid-fifties, she’s better-looking than most ass I get.
I feel icky saying that.
NHL 2010 is outrageously sick. I could have NHL ’10, The Bigs 2, and COD Modern Warfare 2 and be all set.
I’ve been dropping hints to my parents for about a month now. I can’t bring myself to actually ask them for a PS3 when I’m 19, but if they do it themselves…sweet.
Tell them they can come downstairs and watch movies on it with you. That’ll convince them.
It would never happen. Their living room has like a 90” plasma /uranium TV.
I’ll have to really guilt them or just use their credit card without them knowing (they won’t find out until their accountant does).
See above
Four words: MLB 09: The Show
This game=all your base are belong to us.
Touchdown!!!! Barring any disasters, this should do it.
I hope the Giants get all these problems squared away before the regular season starts.
IETC.
Stokley is so clutch. He is always open on a crucial 3rd down, especially 3rd and long.
Giants playing like Biggie Smalls
So like a fat guy with bullet holes in him?
Too soon?
Yes, exactly like that.
HAHAHA. Holy lord. I just can’t see this team making the playoffs.
DOOOOM!
the gmen resemble whats gonna come outta my butt later after this thanksgiving feast digests.
Moreno better be OK. I dont want a repeat like last year, where every decent RB went down.
Broncos have pretty good depth on OL. Harris, a stud, goes down and backup Polumbus comes in and plays extremely well.
I don’t quite know why but the name “Polumbus” makes me laugh.
Yea, it is a weird name.
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More like:
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(please someone make this connection)
Daryl?!
Thank you.
Whatever happened to Head Automatica?
No idea, I haven’t been into new music in like…two years (I need to change that).
Speaking of HA, twas “Beating Hearts Baby” that was stuck in my head before. I haven’t heard that song in quite long.
Yeah, I used to be so into discovering new music in my teens. That about stopped at 20.
Anyway, one recommendation: Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s
I’d start with Dust of Retreat (Definitely check out “Skeleton Key,” “Quiet as a Mouse” and “Vampires in Blue Dresses” and move to Not Animal if you like it (with “As Tall as Cliffs” and “Pages Written on a Wall”).
Oh yeah, I remember hearing them a while ago and not really following up on it.
Lately, I’ve just been playing all the stuff I loved years ago that can never come back and that makes me realize I’ll never feel the way I did about music then ever again. Awesome.
3rd time is the charm for Goodman. Finally gets an INT.
The announcers are saying how “he’s as a good a corner you will find” in the NFL right now. Just because he’s having a great game doesnt mean that. He was struggling a lot in the losing streak.
He’s no Champ Bailey or Ashumugshancnajaka (I’m not going to look up that name).
Matt Millen knows about as much about football as I know about consensual sex.
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Awesome. Nice find, Jack!
Broncos win finally!
The order of blame in my humble slightly drunk opinion:
1. Jerry Reese: A lot of money was spent building depth at a position and more importantly a scheme that just has been awful. No depth at the secondary position, as nice a find as Bruce Johnson is even. LB’s can’t cover and don’t seem to play the run well at all. The blitz is worthless right now, and left the Giants with no one that can defend the pass or anyone past the DL capable of making a tackle.
2. Kevin Gilbride: Offense is predictable and play calling in the red zone is an abortion.
3. Bill Sheridan: Sorry man. You inheritated the same team, but with supposedly an even better pass rush and the defense doesn’t even remotely resemble what we’ve seen the last two years. That and the players don’t seem to like you at all, and not in that Belichick “He’s a prick but he knows what he’s doing” way, more like the “Don’t tell me how to do my job when you can’t seem to do yours” way.
2. Kevin
GilbrideKilldriveFixed.
my mistake, thank you.
He’s awful. If I can predict what play’s coming next, you’d better believe that the defense knows.
I’d have him #1 but I have a theory. He’s as good a play caller now as he’s ever been. Much like lets say John Woo were making a Samurai movie, and he cast John Goodman as a samurai. The movie bombs miserably. Is it John Goodman’s fault? No, John Goodman is as good at playing a samurai now as he ever was. Which is not. So it would be John Woo’s fault.