Tag: Brandon Jacobs

Plaxico Burress, Brandon Jacobs: Eli Manning a first ballot Hall of Famer

Retired New York Giants stars Plaxico Burress and Brandon Jacobs don’t want to hear your anti-Eli Manning Hall of Fame debate.

Don’t bring any of that anti-Eli Manning bias to retired New York Giants stars Plaxico Burress and Brandon Jacobs because they’re not interested in hearing it. In fact, if you even try to debate them on Eli’s Hall of Fame chances, you’re going to get an aggressive earful.

“Might, my [expletive],” Burress told SNY when asked if Eli “might” find his way into Canton. “He’s a first ballot Hall of Famer to me. The quarterbacks are in the Hall of Fame with less.”

Jacobs was even less interested in discussing the topic, suggesting that anyone who refused to vote for Manning should be immediately terminated and lose their vote.

“They should be out of a job,” Jacobs said bluntly.

The topic of Manning and the Hall of Fame is a contentious one in the sports world. However, it’s clear that the vast majority of Manning’s former teammates all believe he’s a shoo-in, which is an opinion shared by a large number of his opponents as well.

In fact, those who consistently argue against Manning’s Hall of Fame eligibility are those who have never competed alongside or against Eli, and know little about him other than the clips they occasionally see on television.

Manning’s legacy is one that will appreciate over time, and five years from now, the question of his Hall of Fame eligibility be far less fiery and emotionally-driven.

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Brandon Jacobs: 2019 Giants ‘most talented’ than Super Bowl teams

Retired running back Brandon Jacobs believes the 2019 New York Giants are more talented than their two most recent Super Bowl teams.

Retired New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs has been a consistent presence around the team since he stepped away from the game following the 2013 season, so he has some unique insight into the inner workings of the franchise here in 2019.

However, Jacobs may have recently over-sold the team to an extreme degree, telling Bob Glauber of Newsday that the current roster is “more talented” than both the Super Bowl XLII team and the Super Bowl XLVI team.

“If you ask me, talent-wise in this locker room, they’re better than we were,” Jacobs said. “Player for player, they have more talent. You have to understand, when we won Super Bowls, we didn’t have these amazing seasons.”

What Jacobs feels these Giants lack however, is “heart” and “leaders” that are capable of rallying the troops and winning close games late in the fourth quarter.

Jacobs feels that will come with time and experience, and that is shouldn’t be a reflection of head coach Pat Shurmur.

“Everybody wants to point the thing at the coach, but I don’t think you can do that,” Jacobs said. “You can’t tell me the guys aren’t coming to work trying every day. Everybody says the team’s young. This isn’t college, bro. This is the NFL. Are we supposed to be terrible until everybody gets to six, seven years (in the NFL)? We always told the rookies, ‘Week 2, Week 3, it’s over. Ain’t no more rookies.'”

Jacobs, who currently lives in Atlanta, still flies up to watch the Giants and interact with the current group, but admits he’d move back to East Rutherford at the drop of the dime if the team needed him or he felt as if he could help in some way.

“I would move back up here in a heartbeat if I knew I had an opportunity to help this team,” Jacobs said. “In a heartbeat.”

Agree or disagree with his assessments of the current team compared to the Super Bowl-winning teams, it’s hard not to love Jacobs, who bleeds as deeply blue as the late Wellington Mara did.

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Brandon Jacobs says Saquon Barkley is still the best back in the NFL

Despite his obvious struggles, Brandon Jacobs still believes New York Giants RB Saquon Barkley is the best at his position in the NFL.

Former New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs still feels that Saquon Barkley is the best running back in the NFL, regardless of his injury status and drop-off in production.

Not sure if Jacobs has been watching the games this season or not. I’m assuming he is and is just being supportive. It’s clear Barkley is still dealing with the after effects of the high ankle sprain he sustained in Week 3 and has not been the same player since his return in Week 7.

Barkley, who gained a league-high 2,028 total yards from scrimmage in 2018 (1,307 rushing, 721 receiving) appears to be a shell of what he was last season, averring just 57.6 yards per game as opposed to the 81.7 last season.

Even if Barkley were healthy, he would be hard-pressed to match either Carolina’s Christian McCaffrey, Minnesota’s Dalvin Cook, Leonard Fournette of Jacksonville or Cleveland’s Nick Chubb this season.

Barkley does not have the same elusiveness or explosiveness this season he had as a rookie. That could be injury-related but the NFL is unforgiving. Defenses don’t care why you’re not doing it any longer. They just know that you’re not doing any longer.

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