Tag: Chris Snee

8 Giants among modern-era Pro Football Hall of Fame nominees

8 former members of the New York Giants are among 129 modern-era nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2023.

Eight former New York Giants are among the list of 129 Modern-Era Nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023.

The list of potential inductees consists of “67 offensive players, 50 defensive players and 12 special teams players. The list of Modern-Era Nominees will be reduced to 25 Semifinalists in November and, from there, to 15 Finalists whose names will be announced in early January.”

Four of the Giants’ eight nominees played their entire careers with Big Blue: running back Tiki Barber, defensive lineman Justin Tuck, linebacker Jessie Armstead and offensive lineman Chris Snee.

The other four played part of their careers here with the Giants: punters Jeff Feagles and Sean Landeta, offensive tackle Lomas Brown and kick returner Brian Mitchell.

Per the Pro Football Hall of Fame:

Nineteen Finalists will be presented to the full 49-member Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee during its annual meeting to choose the Class of 2023. Those candidates will consist of 15 Modern-Era Players Finalists and the recently named Seniors Finalists Joe Klecko, Chuck Howley and Ken Riley and Coach/Contributor Finalist Don Coryell.

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Boston College hires ex-Giant Chris Snee

Boston College has hired former New York Giants offensive lineman Chris Snee to their staff.

New York Giants Ring of Honor member Chris Snee, after being turned down by his old team for a scouting position earlier this year, has caught on with another one of his former teams, the Boston College Eagles.

Boston College head football coach Jeff Hafley announced the addition of Snee to his staff on Tuesday as an analyst “concentrating in player personnel and scouting.”

“We are excited to have Chris join our staff and welcome him back home to Boston College,” said Hafley. “He was an All-Pro player, a two-time Super Bowl champion, and has worked at the highest level in player personnel and scouting. Chris will be a huge asset to our staff and our football team.”

Snee, now 40, had spoken earlier in the year with new Giants’ general manager Joe Schoen about a similar position but no agreement could be met.

The Giants are clearly divesting themselves from as much of their recent past as they can. There’s still work to do in that area but the decision to not hire Snee, the son-in-law of former head coach Tom Coughlin, sends a message that the new regime will be just that — new.

Snee was selected 34th overall by the Giants in the 2004 NFL draft out of Boston College and went on to start all 141 games of his 10-year career as a right guard for the Big Blue. He was part of an offensive line that led the Giants to two Super Bowl championships and was named to the Pro Bowl four times over his ten-year NFL career — all with the Giants.

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Giants greats impressed with team’s 2022 NFL draft results

Several retired New York Giants greats are quite optimistic after the team’s selections of Kayvon Thibodeaux and Evan Neal.

When the New York Giants selected Kayvon Thibodeaux and Evan Neal with their two top-7 picks in the 2022 NFL draft, most were thrilled with the direction Big Blue went.

Neal, in particular, addressed an issue that has been a problem for a number of years now. The Giants’ hope is that with the core of Andrew Thomas (2020 4th overall pick) and Neal, they begin to move in the right direction and see an immediate improvement along the offensive.

Neal and Thibodeaux have been the talk around town ever since they were drafted a little over a month ago.

Last week, Tom Coughlin’s Jay Fund hosted a number of kids and their families who are dealing with childhood cancer for their Sundae Blitz event at MetLife Stadium. Among those who were in attendance were some former Giants who took time to talk with Giants Wire to talk about the event and more.

They were asked about the Giants most recent draft and if the Giants were finally heading in the right direction.

After meeting with Joe Schoen, Chris Snee will not rejoin Giants as scout

Chris Snee wanted to return to the New York Giants as a scout but after meeting with new GM Joe Schoen, he says it’s not going to happen.

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New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen met with retired offensive lineman Chris Snee for several hours last Friday. The two discussed a potential organizational role for Snee — likely as an offensive line or area scout.

It’s a role Snee held with the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2017-2020, but not one he will hold with the Giants.

Following the meeting with Schoen, Snee informed the New York Post that things aren’t going to work out and that there will be no reunion with Big Blue.

“It’s not gonna work out,” Snee said.

That was not for lack of effort, however.

Snee says he watched several hours of film and even compiled a series of reports for Schoen, and felt confident after the meeting was over. Schoen clearly felt differently.

“I thought it went well. It was a great conversation, I left there thinking they wanted me in the building,” Snee said. “I could come in the office, I could watch film there, watch film at home, specifically for that position of need.”

Ultimately, Schoen said that type of role did not exist in Buffalo and he would not be creating it in New York. Accordingly, Snee was shown the door.

“I’d love to help the Giants, I’ve been trying for years,” Snee said. “I want to help this team in so many ways. I played 10 years here, put a lot of heart and blood and sweat here. When they asked me to come in for an interview it was something I wanted to explore. In the end it’s just not going to work out for both sides.”

Snee remains hopeful to land a job with another NFL team, but his dream of returning to the Giants appears to have been squashed.

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Justin Tuck, Tiki Barber among modern-era nominees for Hall of Fame’s class of 2021

Nine former members of the New York Giants are among the modern-era nominees for the Hall of Fame’s class of 2021, including Justin Tuck.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the names of 130 modern-era nominees for the class of 2021 on Wednesday, and nine former members of the New York Giants made the cut.

Among them is defensive end and team captain, Justin Tuck, who is in his first year of eligibility, and running back Tiki Barber.

Tuck was a third-round pick of the Giants in the 2005 NFL Draft out of Notre Dame and went on to win two Super Bowl titles with the team over his nine-year stint in East Rutherford. He spent the final two seasons of his career with the Oakland Raiders before retiring as a member of the Giants (one-day contract).

In 2016, the Giants inducted Tuck into their Ring of Honor.

Barber was a second-round pick of the Giants in the 1997 NFL Draft out of Virginia and earned three Pro Bowl nods and one All-Pro honor during his 10-year stint with the team. Barber retired in 2006 and was indicted into the team’s Ring of Honor in 2010.

Barber remains the Giants’ all-time leading rusher (10,449).

The seven other former Giants who were listed among the 2021 Pro Football Hall of Fame modern-era nominees are running back Herschel Walker, tight end Jeremy Shockey, guard Chris Snee, punters Jeff Feagles and Sean Landeta, kick returner Brian Mitchell and offensive tackle Lomas Brown.

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Giants greats expect Marc Colombo to coach O-line back to glory

Several New York Giants greats anticipate that Marc Colombo will help coach the offensive line back to glory.

Marc Colombo knows a few things about playing offensive line in the National Football League. He was a first round selection of the Chicago Bears in the 2002 NFL Draft (29th overall) out of Boston College who played 10 years in the league.

The 6-foot-8, 315-pound Colombo went on to be a favorite of Bill Parcells in both Dallas and Miami as a player before becoming an offensive line coach under Jason Garrett in Dallas in 2016.

Garrett is now the New York Giants’ offensive coordinator and has brought Colombo to New Jersey to coach Big Blue’s newly reformed line.

Colombo is well respected around the league and the Giants hope he will raise the culture in the building where new head coach Joe Judge is hellbent on turning things around. Cam Fleming, who the Giants signed as a free agent this spring, played for Columbo in Dallas last season.

“He really does love what he does,” Fleming told the New York Post. “He comes in with so much energy, so much juice every single day, week after week, throughout the whole season. I don’t think there is ever a lull in it for him. He’s just a damn good coach.”

Colombo is also an imposing figure whose physical presence and demeanor will command respect from the players almost immediately. Two former Giant offensive greats, Chris Snee and Shaun O’Hara, both have stories of their encounters with Columbo in the past.

Colombo preceded Snee at Boston College and Snee admitted that Columbo “scared the [expletive] out of him.” Snee has no doubts the Giants’ line will thrive under the former Eagles alum.

“The fact he’s played at a high level and guys, once they hear his message and how he delivers it, I think they’ll buy in right away and they’ll respect that,” Snee said. “That respect will happen right away. He’ll demand that respect and he’ll get it. I do expect this group to get much better. There’s so many coaches and so many guys trying to change the way the game is played, as far as the offensive line goes. But to me, you can’t replace physicality, that requirement. That will be demanded by Marc and he’ll get it.”

“He’s a tough son of a gun,” O’Hara said. “He’s got the Boston accent, he’s got his gruffness, it’s a good fit from a culture standpoint, from a philosophy standpoint, and he’ll be good with those guys.”

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2004 named Giants’ best draft class of past 20 years

CBS Sports recently named 2004 the New York Giants’ best draft class of the past 20 years, but we at Giants Wire disagree.

Many critics have been high on the New York Giants’ drafts since Dave Gettleman took over the team as general manager in late 2017. They have been systematically restocking their roster with young talent and have added a few stars in the process.

But how does it stack up against the team’s recent draft performances? What was the Giants best draft class of the past 20 years?

Bryan DeArdo of CBS Sports believes the 2004 class, the one which the Giants selected Philip Rivers fourth overall and then shipped him and three draft picks to San Diego in exchange for Eli Manning, was that class.

The Giants spent the No. 1 overall pick on longtime star quarterback Philip Rivers, only to trade him to the Chargers in exchange for Eli Manning, who went on to set just about every Giants passing record while also leading Big Blue to two Super Bowl wins over Bill Belichick’s Patriots.

New York spent their second-round pick on guard Chris Snee, who enjoyed a 10-year career with the Giants that included four Pro Bowl selections and an All-Pro nod in 2008. Defensive back Gibril Wilson played a significant role on the Giants’ 2007 championship team, recording 92 tackles and four interceptions during the regular season. Running back Derrick Ward rushed for a career-high 1,025 yards in 2008 while averaging a league-best 5.6 yards per carry, a banner season for a former seventh-round pick.

The trade for Manning alone makes this draft special. Manning went on to play 16 seasons for the Giants, leading them to two Super Bowl championships, broke and/or set just about every franchise passing record while not missing a game to injury. His 236 games player are the most by player in Big Blue’s 95-year history.

In Round 2, they grabbed Chris Snee, another Ring of Honoree and a staple on the offensive line for a decade. They also snared Reggie Torbor, Gibril Wilson and Derrick Ward in this draft.

My pick would have been the next season, 2005, when they only had four picks. They drafted Corey Webster in Round 2, Justin Tuck in Round 3 and Brandon Jacobs in Round 4. Wow.

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Best Giants draft picks by round since 2000

Draft season is upon us, so travel back in time as we look at some of the best New York Giants draft picks by round since 2000.

With the free agency frenzy now in the rear-view mirror and April just around the bend, it’s time to begin looking ahead (and back) at the NFL Draft, its impact and what it could mean for teams in 2020 and beyond.

While there will be weeks of coverage ahead of the 2020 NFL Draft, we here at Giants Wire decided to kick off draft season with a look back at the New York Giants’ best draft picks by round since 2000.

Here they are in reverse order:

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Round 7: Ahmad Bradshaw (2007)

Bradshaw is far and away the Giants’ best seventh-round pick since 2000. Unless, of course, you wanted us to tab Matt Dodge or Bobby Hart for this position. No? Didn’t think so.

Bradshaw immediately took the Giants by storm in 2007 and helped propel them to a Super Bowl XLII title (and later, a Super Bowl XLVI title).

In total, Bradshaw spent seven seasons with the Giants and then three more with the Indianapolis Colts before retiring following the 2015 season.

In 103 career games, Bradshaw gained 4,928 yards and scored 36 touchdowns, adding an additional 1,493 yards and 12 touchdowns through the air.

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Former Giants OL meets with Dolphins regarding scouting gig

The Miami Dolphins met on Monday with former Giants OL Chris Snee about a vacancy in Miami’s scouting department.

The Miami Dolphins offensive line has been, well, offensive as of late. And it seems as though the Dolphins know it. If this team is going to make the leap of faith they seem to be bracing for and eventually draft Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, they’re going to need to make sure that the line that is set in front of him is established before he takes the field.

And if their latest meeting is any indication, it seems as though the Dolphins want to make that happen. According to Jordan Raanan of ESPN, former New York Giant offensive lineman Chris Snee met with Miami yesterday about a potential gig with the Dolphins. Snee, as Raanan notes, was most noted after his playing days as serving as a scout specializing in offensive linemen with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Should the Dolphins finalize a role for Snee in their scouting staff, it means we should be prepared to see this team dump draft assets into the offensive line and hopefully kickstart a new wave of potent offensive linemen for the Dolphins offense to be built upon. The glory days of the Dolphins in the 1970s and 1980s? The team touted several Hall of Fame blockers up front. The Dolphins haven’t seen that quality of play for quite some time — and we’d even settle for less than the high bar of “Hall of Famers”.

“Great” or even “Very Good” would be a refreshing change for the Dolphins. So, with that in mind, let’s see what materializes between Snee and Miami in the coming days.

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Report: Ex-Giant Chris Snee met with Dolphins about scouting role

Former New York Giants OL Chris Snee met with the Miami Dolphins on Monday about a role in their scouting department.

Former New York Giants offensive lineman Chris Snee has spent the last three seasons serving as a coaching assistant and college scout for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and other teams have begun to take notice.

On Monday, Snee made his way to Miami where he met with the Dolphins about a potential role in their scouting department.

A second-round pick in the 2004 NFL Draft, Snee spent his entire 10-year NFL career with the Giants and his father-in-law, Tom Coughlin, who coached the team during that time.

In those 10 years, Snee was named to the Pro Bowl four times, while earning three All-Pro honors (First-Team once, Second-Team twice). He was also a member of two championship teams — Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI.

Snee started all 141 regular season games in which he appeared during his Giants tenure and in recent weeks, the argument has been made that he belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Whether or not that ever comes to fruition, it’s clear that Snee is excelling in his post-playing career and has carved out a niche as a league scout.

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