NFL-Giants: NY Giants football news

Seubert should play in the Super Bowl. How can you not root for that guy? And considering that he has so much heart and determination (and his number is 69), I’m surprised you don’t see more people wearing Seubert jerseys.

Well more football talk later. This is a story I didn’t talk about back when it was timely but I wanted to revisit it now. I think it is the NFL’s second biggest problem (the biggest problem is the ridiculously crappy officiating).

Toward the end of the regular season, people were complaining about the Giants Patriots games only being available on the NFL network. Interstingly, Patriots fans have their own owner to blame: “…fans should be less angry at the cable companies and direct their ire at Patriots owner Bob Kraft, who was on the committee that formed The NFL Network.”

That game, according to the article, was to be shown on “The NFL Network (with the exception of the Boston market, where it will also be broadcast on Channel 5).” The exception would also include New York though.

Eventually they decided to put it on NBC and CBS. Thanks to that decision, John Kerry didn’t have to launch his “hearings on how the emergence of premium sports channels are impacting the consumer.”

Mara said that one of the best things about this season was getting Giants fans more enthusiastic. Well hell yeah! Going to the superbowl is pretty exciting!

On the one hand you want management to be honest, but on the other hand you don’t want your team’s GM to call your (hopefully) franchise QB skittish like Reese did to Eli. Do you think Reese made an error in judgement here or does Eli deserve to hear this from his GM?

Obviously we need a few years to see how Jerry Reese does, but I do have some concerns about the guy who has been orchestrating the Giants drafts. Some of his guys have worked out nicley like Kiwi and Osi. Others haven’t worked out as well like Manning, William Joseph, and Corey Webster. Hopefully he’ll do an excellent job but I’m not confident that he will.

Anyway, the articles: The Post says this is no surprise and details some Reese history. Newsday has a weak outline of some of Reese’s (and the Giants) issues. The New York Times mentions similar things.

Go to the Campbell’s Soup click for cans page, vote for the GIants, fill in the number, and submit your vote. Right now we’re last in the NFC East and near the bottom of the league so go donate some cans of soup!

After reading comments directed to my proclamation that the Giants would win at most seven games in my last post, I decided to analyze the schedule they will face next year and point out the games I believe will be wins and losses for them. Keep in mind that I am predicting games thinking that both teams will be as healthy as possible. It is true that any big injury can make any good team a poor one, but that is not something that can be accurately accounted for this early in the year.

With that in mind here is the first half of the schedule analysis!

Week 1

The Giants 2006-2007 schedule was released by the NFL recently. The Giants season opener will be against the Indianapolis Colts which will be televised nationally on NBC. This game is a rivalry of the

The Giants have raised season tickets $5.00. The team’s new ticket prices are $75 for the upper and lower tiers and $85 for mezzanine seating. Last season the Giants gross average ticket price of $73.57 ranked 11th out of the 32 teams.

Wellington Mara had legislation passed in his honor by the House of Representatives. The Giants.com press release I’ve linked to also has some biographical data on Wellington Mara.

I just finished taking a survey online for the Giants marketing department.

The purpose of the survey is to explore your opinions on certain key questions and priorities regarding how the stadium should be configured and the amenities that might be offered. Similar to other new stadiums across the NFL, the new stadium in the Meadowlands will have a range of amenities and pricing options.

As you may know, the Jets and Giants have entered into a 50/50 partnership to build the NFL’s premier stadium in the Meadowlands. The new stadium will open in 2010. It will be a state-of-the-art facility with new fan amenities, better sightlines, wider concourses and improved luxury suites.

The questions were related to club seats and whether you would buy season tickets at certain places and prices. So they showed some seats on the 50 and quoted a price and asked what the chances are I would buy. Same thing for seats at the 20 and seats behind the endzone.