The Giants bye week is over and they're back to practice. so Football Grump and Cranky Fan are back to wrap up the NFC East after Sunday. Also, another look ahead at the 2022 Giants offseason and where the Giants need to get better.
The Giants are in their bye week roughly halfway through the 2021 season, so Football Grump takes a moment with Victor Perez of the Just A Giants Fan Podcast to look ahead at what the offseason is going to look like from the cap perspective.
The Giants head into the bye week on the heels of a victory against the Raiders. Patrick Graham's defense forced 3 turnovers, one of which was returned for 6 while the Giants offense applied a heavy run attack that finally got some traction. Football Grump and The Cranky Fan review the game and soak in the win.
The Giants and Raiders come into Metlife Stadium week 9 dealing with several distractions. The Giants are sorting through COVID rapid test results throughout their short week coming off the Monday night game. Meanwhile the Raiders bye week of rest, relaxation and planning ahead was completely upended this week when star wide receiver was involved in a fatal drunk driving accident. This of course is just weeks after head coach John Gruden resigned amid a scandal. Grump and the Cranky Fan try to a...
The Giants capitalized on the mistake prone Chiefs but were unable to hold on long enough for what would have been a huge upset win on Monday Night. Instead, Grump and The Cranky Fan need to discuss the 20-17 loss along with faulty headsets, a poor roster, somehow more injuries, a silent trade deadline, and time management.
The Giants are headed to Kansas City on Monday Night to take on the reigning AFC Champs. The Giants managed a win without a host of players while the Chiefs are licking their wounds coming off a 27-3 lashing against the Titans. Grump and the Cranky Fan discuss the upcoming match up.
Jabrill Peppers suffered a torn ACL in Sunday's victory over the Panthers and has been placed on IR. Giants have signed J.R. Reed to the practice squad. Grump and the Cranky Fan discuss this and other injury news.
The Giants sent Sam Darnold to the sidelines and Carolina packing following a 25-3 victory. The defense prevented Carolina from getting anything going and when it mattered most, Daniel Jones put the offense on his back to pull away in the Giants first home win of the season. Grump and The Cranky Fan break down the game.
The Carolina Panthers square up with the New York Giants on Sunday at Met Life in the War of the Wounded. Both teams look eerily similar in a lot of ways as things are beginning to spiral in NY and not everything is as bright and cheery in Carolina. Grump and The Cranky Fan discuss how the Giants can separate themselves from the Panthers.
Grump and The Cranky Fan try to evaluate where this team is after the Giants fall flat on their faces early to the LA Rams and are blown out in disgrace, 38-11. If this game wasn't rock bottom, I don't want to see rock bottom. The questions go from murmurs to outcry as fans begin calling for the heads in the front office and in the locker rooms.
The Giants limped home from Dallas and don't look much less wounded while getting ready to host the 4-1 LA Rams. The Cranky Fan has the night off as Football Grump goes over the injuries before diving into the matchups to watch and the keys to the game.
The Giants fall to the Dallas Cowboys 44 - 20 and hit every step on the staircase the way down, losing several key players in the contest. Grump and the Cranky Fan discuss the ugly performance that got out of hand and how first round rookie Kadarius Toney looked special.
Coming off their first win of the year, the Giants go to Dallas to face off in a critical division show down. Dallas is on a roll with a red hot offense and the Giants will be without Jabrill Peppers to help. Grump and the Cranky Fan break down the keys to the game and the matchups to watch.
Victory! The New York Giants finally add their first win of the year and they do it in aggressive, flashy, and dramatic fashion. Daniel Jones threw two 50+ yard touchdown passes in a 400+ yard come from behind overtime victory performance. Grump and The Cranky Fan relish in the victory and award the Stars and Farts.
The New York Giants limp into week 4 without Blake Martinez and now Ben Bredeson potentially as well. But while the Giants will be missing another starter on Sunday, the Saints are also without several key players. If there's any amount of hope of victory left inside you, Football Grump and Cranky Fan will try to pry it to the surface.
The Giants fall 17-14 in embarrasing fashion to the Atlanta Falcons after a game ending field goal. This third loss three weeks into the 2021 season has Grump and The Cranky Fan searching for answers as to just how high up the problems go and what direction this franchise is headed.
The Giants honor Eli Manning on Sunday with an induction into their Ring of Honor, but not before the first two quarters of football against the Atlanta Falcons. Grump and The Cranky Fan discuss the game, matchups, keys to winning, injuries, and make predictions.
The Giants lost in last second heart breaking fashion to Washington on Thursday night, 30-29. Football Grump and The Cranky Fan review the game, award Stars and Farts, and voice their concerns.
Good morning and happy game day, Giants fans! The New York Giants make their way to Maryland for a Thursday night matchup. Grump and The Cranky Fan review the injuries, the important matchups, the keys to winning, and make predictions.
The Giants opener gets the season off to a skiddish start after falling to the Denver Broncos 27-13. Grump and The Cranky Fan recap the game and award Stars and Farts.
Football is officially back! The Giants host their first match of the year against the Denver Broncos and in typical week 1 fashion, fans of both teams are ready for a cake walk win. Grump and the Cranky Fan break down the injuries, important match ups, and keys to winning the game. Welcome back to NFL football!
The 2021 pre-season has officially come to an end following the final game against the Patriots. Joe Judge and Dave Gettleman have trimmed the roster to 53 men and tweaked it throughout the week, adding players that have been cut from other rosters and traded for positions of need.
The Giants hosted the Patriots in their final pre-season game. The starters played for a half and the roster bubble guys fought it out for the second half. Grump and The Cranky Fan cycle through how the starters looked in their first live action so far this year as well as discuss the BJ Hill/Billy Price trade. Grump projects an initial 53 man roster before the waiver wire war begins.
After Sunday's game with Cleveland and a week of intense joint practices, we're starting to see some guys separate themselves from the pack and make a case for themselves sticking with the team. Football Grump and the Cranky Fan run through the good and the bad from the Giants back ups heading into the second set of roster cuts and discuss who's more safe than others.
For the first time since the 2019 season, fans were in the stands at Metlife for an NFL game...well it didn't look like an NFL game, but the pre-season is underway. The Giants backups lost to the Jets backs 12-7 in sloppy fashion, but Grump and The Cranky Fan are here to highlight the good and the bad from the night as well as the roster moves that followed.
Giants training camp hit the ground running when the full pads came on and news from training camp was coming at a furious pace. Grump and the Cranky Fan catch up on the last week's events at Giants camp. Through injuries, activation, fights, retirings, and the return of 26, the guys have it all covered here.
The first couple Training Camp practices have been held so it is officially the 2021 NFL Pre-Season. Grump and The Cranky Fan take some time away from analyzing the roster to catch up on and cover a week's worth of Training Camp news - everything from injuries, to roster lists, to new faces, to stolen food.
Summer is over and it's back to work for the GIants! Training Camp begins today, marking the start of the 2021 pre-season. As the players return to the field, Grump and The Cranky Fan analyze the secondary. With so many added pieces, who from last year's team will remain and who will be sent packing?
Just a few days before the first practice of training camp and the pre-season officially begins, Grump and The Cranky Fan take a step away to talk about sports movies with good friend Bobby Skinner. The guys discuss what constitutes a sports movie, their top 5's, dishonorable mentions, and completely over analyze Draft Day.
With training camp just a week away, Grump and The Cranky Fan continue to breakdown the roster and begin to sketch out the final 53. This week's focus is on the Offensive Line. Are some of the lesser known names poised to surprise?
