Week 3 Thursday Night Football: Washington at NY Giants

How do Giants receivers keep getting so lucky?

Lol! I hope the Giants lose this. It would be too funny.

And I stand by my statement that the Giants could still find a way to blow this game.

Wheelman said:

Lol! I hope the Giants lose this. It would be too funny.

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**** would just roll right over to espn classic. No commercials no postgame.

LOOL this game just can't end. This has the making of a stanford band finish. NY doesn't want to win this thing

omfg! the Washington football team really do suck! they had two chances to get it!

That's a penalty?

bostonia3333 said:

LOOL this game just can't end. This has the making of a stanford band finish. NY doesn't want to win this thing

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They didn't want to beat Dallas either after they pretty much gifted it to the Giants.

This could become a Duracell commercial.

This game keeps going and going and going ................

Tony2046 said:

This could become a Duracell commercial.

This game keeps going and going and going ................

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I think Energizer is the one that keeps going and going . . .

This is terrible.

PatsBoy12 said:

I think it's probably bittersweet in some way for both, although I think it ultimately would affect Vereen more because he was drafted by NE and here for many years. By all accounts he was extremely well-liked in our locker room and in the community. But these guys have families and they're playing a sport where your career could be over at any moment. Look at how long A. Williams was down for Buffalo on Sunday making a play we routinely see in the NFL.

As much as we look at it and think they're stupid for leaving a winning organization for bigger money, I don't necessarily think we can (or should) judge them too harshly. Now, I know there are flat out greedy athletes out there, like "Mevis" as some call him, but I really can't judge these guys that hard. Think about how much research is being done to uncover the long-term effects of playing football and putting your body through so much. Can you really blame these guys that much, especially considering the brutality of football? I certainly won't. I don't do what they do. I probably wouldn't want to even if I could.

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There becomes a time where you sell out what sports supposed to be about. Winning. That's it. Most athletes make more in one year than most do in a decade. Others in a lifetime. I'd rather take 30 percent (arbitrary number) for a chance at a championship, or even better, multiples.

All you need to do is listen to Pedro. Or Ty Law. Deion Branch. They all say the same in retrospect. I should have stayed. Of course no one listens so the cycle continues.

There are those who recognize that winning means more while being compensated quite well. I blame agents and the owners both. If both sides stopped being greedy, there may be more emphasis on winning than money.

ViperGTS said:

There becomes a time where you sell out what sports supposed to be about. Winning. That's it. Most athletes make more in one year than most do in a decade. Others in a lifetime. I'd rather take 30 percent (arbitrary number) for a chance at a championship, or even better, multiples.

All you need to do is listen to Pedro. Or Ty Law. Deion Branch. They all say the same in retrospect. I should have stayed. Of course no one listens so the cycle continues.

There are those who recognize that winning means more while being compensated quite well. I blame agents and the owners both. If both sides stopped being greedy, there may be more emphasis on winning than money.

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I hear you but every guy you cited left for big money. What does that tell you? Hindsight is 20/20. Those guys ALL had opportunities to stay and didn't. Whether or not they regret later is another matter altogether, IMHO. I do get what you're saying, but again, neither one of us is in that position and it's easy to say that winning is the most important thing. Imagine being the one getting courted by teams promising you millions more than you're making? As Ludacris (yeah, the rapper) once said in an interview, and it's not a direct quote, it's different when you're in the position. It's easy to say what you would do when it's hypothetical. That's why I ended my post the way that I did in saying I don't do what they do. Who am I to say these guys are wrong for trying to get as much as they can.

Sports stops being solely about sports and winning when you become a professional at it. These guys are playing to keep jobs as well. Maybe I'd agree more if we weren't talking about one of the most brutal and dangerous sports that exists. Most football players only get one or maybe two big paydays, unless you're someone like Revis (for example) who happens to be the top one or two at his position. So I can't blame a guy for wanting more.

I just can't agree 100 percent with it being all about winning. That's all idealistic stuff and does not always apply to real life. If you have ever had a job you love, I doubt you'd take too much of a pay cut to stay if another company, however better or worse they might be, was offering you so much more money. Like I stated, it's not just about the player. It's also about that player's family too. And yes, they do make a LOT of money, but you can't use that as the basis for your argument. What someone earns is relative.

In the end, I'm not suggesting that winning is not important. It absolutely is important. But think about how BB discards guys the way he does. We laud him because he keeps winning games and a lot of the moves proved good. But that's also why I don't blame guys for not always choosing to stay in NE. Hell, even fans start talking about cutting guys or letting them walk when the production is not what we think is good enough. Football is a business as much as it is a sport.

The post game interview sucks just like the game did. This is horrible.

They actually just insinuated that Odell and the Giants might go to San Fran to play in the SB. LMAO!!!

But then again, it's not like they haven't played like **** during the season and won a SB before . . . twice, so maybe I shouldn't be laughing so hard.

PatsBoy12 said:

I think Energizer is the one that keeps going and going . . .

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Well...now you know I have been drinking a little too much.

PatsBoy12 said:

They actually just insinuated that Odell and the Giants might go to San Fran to play in the SB. LMAO!!!

But then again, it's not like they haven't played like **** during the season and won a SB before . . . twice, so maybe I shouldn't be laughing so hard.

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They are already crowing about ODB having more TDs since week 5 last season, one more than Gronk.

Wait...don't the Pats play their game of this week like ODB on Sunday? Huh. Guess they still like deceiving people.

Tony2046 said:

Well...now you know I have been drinking a little too much.

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Indulge, my friend. Just don't let it become a problem. I will get every member of this board to do an intervention for you if I have to do it.

The Gr8est said:

Gotta wonder what Vereen and Casillas are thinking, "Man, was it worth it chasing the biggest payday to be part if this crap fest"?

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Veteran got $12 million over 3 years, these guys really should have taken up baseball if they wanted to really get paid.

two of the worst teams in the league.