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Lawrence Taylor named the best player in Giants history

The New York Giants have completed their list of the top 100 players in team history and Lawrence Taylor stands tall as No. 1.

As part of their 100th-anniversary celebration, the New York Giants have been releasing the list of their top 100 players in franchise history.

That effort was completed on Tuesday with the revelation of the final 10 names:

  • 10. Andy Robustelli
  • 9. Sam Huff
  • 8. Eli Manning
  • 7. Harry Carson
  • 6. Emlen Tunnell
  • 5. Michael Strahan
  • 4. Frank Gifford
  • 3. Mel Hein
  • 2. Roosevelt Brown
  • 1. Lawrence Taylor

All players’ names above are members of the Giants’ Ring of Honor and all but Manning are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Manning will be eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2025.

Hein (7), Manning (10), Gifford (16), Taylor (56), and Strahan (92) have had their jersey numbers retired by the team.

The committee of voters who compiled the list was chaired by Giants longtime radio play-by-play announcer Bob Papa and consisted of other journalists and interested parties who have covered the Giants and the NFL over the years.

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Pro Football Hall of Fame displays Taysom Hill’s gear after historic game

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is displaying Taysom Hill’s game-worn gear on exhibit after the do-it-all dynamo reached a historic milestone:

Now this is cool: the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced a new exhibit on Tuesday featuring New Orleans Saints do-it-all dynamo Taysom Hill. Hill recently became just the second player in NFL history to score at least 25 rushing touchdowns while catching 10 touchdown receptions and throwing 10 touchdown passes.

New York Giants Hall of Famer Frank Gifford is the only other player to accomplish that, so Hill is in rare company. A handful of other players have scored 10 or more times as a passer, runner, and receiver, but only Hill and Gifford have gone the distance here. Hill is up to 26 rushing touchdowns, 11 passing touchdowns and 10 receiving touchdowns in his career thus far. Gifford totaled 34, 14, and 43 touchdowns, respectively.

Hill’s game-worn jersey, play-call wristband, and cleats from Week 9’s win over the Chicago Bears are now on display in Canton. How’s that for impressive?

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Giants have selected No. 11 overall just twice: Here’s who they picked

The New York Giants have held the No. 11 pick just twice before and these are the players they chose with those two picks.

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The New York Giants hold the No. 11 overall selection in the 2021 NFL draft — a position they’ve found themselves in just twice since the draft began back in 1936.

They’ve had the 10th overall selection 10Β  times and the 12th pick five times, but have landed on No. 11 just twice — in 1952 and in 2000.

In 1952, the NFL was a 12-team league and the draft went 30 rounds. By 2000, the NFL had expanded to 31 teams and the draft was narrowed to seven rounds.

In 1952, the Giants selected USC halfback Frank Gifford with the 11th overall pick. He was the fourth future Hall of Famer selected in the first round that year behind Les Richter, Ollie Matson and Hugh McElhenny.

Gifford became a seminal player in the emergence of the NFL in the 1950s and 60s. He was not only a versatile, productive player on the field, he was the face of the Giants — and the NFL for that matter — appearing in commercials and representing the game with class, style and dignity. He would go on doing that from the broadcasting booth after his playing career ended.

Gifford played 12 seasons for the Giants, missing the 1961 season due to injury. That injury occurred as result of the most vicious hits in the history of league in 1960 at the hands of Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Chuck Bednarik.

Gifford was named to eight Pro Bowls, was a six-time First Team All-Pro and a key contributor to the Giants’ 1956 NFL Championship team. He was also named NFL MVP that season. Gifford’s No. 16 jersey was retired by the team and he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977.

In 2000, Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi chose Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne, the reining Heisman Trophy winner. Many thought if the Giants were going to take a running back, they should have taken Alabama’s Shaun Alexander. In retrospect, that would have been the right move. Alexander went 19th to Seattle and became the 2005 NFL MVP.

As a rookie, Dayne joined Tiki Barber in the Giants’ backfield to form their “Thunder and Lighting” rushing duo that carried them to Super Bowl XXXV. He only played four seasons for the Giants never approaching the level of success he had in college.

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Giants have selected No. 11 overall just twice: Here’s who they picked

The New York Giants have held the No. 11 pick just twice before and these are the players they chose with those two picks.

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The New York Giants hold the No. 11 overall selection in the 2021 NFL draft — a position they’ve found themselves in just twice since the draft began back in 1936.

They’ve had the 10th overall selection 10Β  times and the 12th pick five times, but have landed on No. 11 just twice — in 1952 and in 2000.

In 1952, the NFL was a 12-team league and the draft went 30 rounds. By 2000, the NFL had expanded to 31 teams and the draft was narrowed to seven rounds.

In 1952, the Giants selected USC halfback Frank Gifford with the 11th overall pick. He was the fourth future Hall of Famer selected in the first round that year behind Les Richter, Ollie Matson and Hugh McElhenny.

Gifford became a seminal player in the emergence of the NFL in the 1950s and 60s. He was not only a versatile, productive player on the field, he was the face of the Giants — and the NFL for that matter — appearing in commercials and representing the game with class, style and dignity. He would go on doing that from the broadcasting booth after his playing career ended.

Gifford played 12 seasons for the Giants, missing the 1961 season due to injury. That injury occurred as result of the most vicious hits in the history of league in 1960 at the hands of Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Chuck Bednarik.

Gifford was named to eight Pro Bowls, was a six-time First Team All-Pro and a key contributor to the Giants’ 1956 NFL Championship team. He was also named NFL MVP that season. Gifford’s No. 16 jersey was retired by the team and he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977.

In 2000, Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi chose Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne, the reining Heisman Trophy winner. Many thought if the Giants were going to take a running back, they should have taken Alabama’s Shaun Alexander. In retrospect, that would have been the right move. Alexander went 19th to Seattle and became the 2005 NFL MVP.

As a rookie, Dayne joined Tiki Barber in the Giants’ backfield to form their “Thunder and Lighting” rushing duo that carried them to Super Bowl XXXV. He only played four seasons for the Giants never approaching the level of success he had in college.

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See it: Giants players wearing Ring of Honor jerseys in practice

Several New York Giants players took to the field in Ring of Honor jerseys on Wednesday, honoring those that came before them.

The New York Giants returned from their bye on Monday and held their first full team practice on Wednesday, which came with a pretty interesting and unique twist.

In something we can not recall ever seeing before, several Giants players were allowed to practice wearing the jerseys of those who had been enshrined in the Ring of Honor.

Quarterback Colt McCoy donned the No. 16 jersey belonging to Frank Gifford, while cornerback Jarren Williams wore Mel Hein’s No. 7 and rookie linebacker Carter Coughlin wore Lawrence Taylor’s forever infamous No. 56.

Only a specific group of players — “Practice Players of Week 10” — were eligible to wear these unique jerseys and it’s safe to say they all made solid choices.

This is just another clever way head coach Joe Judge educates his players on the history of the New York Giants and incorporates that history into everyday life in East Rutherford.

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Giants, Michael Strahan mourn passing of Regis Philbin

The New York Giants and legend Michael Strahan mourn the passing of television icon Regis Philbin.

Legendary television personality, Regis Philbin, died of natural causes on Friday. He was 88.

“We are deeply saddened to share that our beloved Regis Philbin passed away last night of natural causes, one month shy of his 89th birthday,” his family told PEOPLE Magazine.

“His family and friends are forever grateful for the time we got to spend with him – for his warmth, his legendary sense of humor, and his singular ability to make every day into something worth talking about. We thank his fans and admirers for their incredible support over his 60-year career and ask for privacy as we mourn his loss.”

Philbin had a love for the game of football, particularity the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and his career often overlapped with the NFL.

From 1988 through 2000, Philbin was co-host of “Live With Regis and Kathie Lee” — Kathie Lee, of course, being the wife of New York Giants legend Frank Gifford.

In 2011, Philbin famously predicted the Giants would upset the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI, four years after they had done the exact same in Super Bowl XLII.

Philbin’s Giants ties would continue in 2012 when another Big Blue legend, Michael Strahan, would replace him alongside Kelly Ripa on “Live!”

After news of Philbin’s death spread, both the Giants and Strahan mourned his passing and honored his legacy.

The world lost a good one.

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Ranking 15 of the most valuable NFL broadcasters of all-time

There have been athletes and broadcasters who have done incredible work in the NFL broadcast booth.

The report ESPN could be trying to swing a trade with NBC for Al Michaels inspired thought on who have been the most valuable broadcasters to call NFL games. This would be play-by-play and game analysts. Not studio people who weigh in from afar.

15. Jim Nantz

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Jim Nantz has been the voice of CBS for the Final Four, golf and the NFL for many years. He’s smooth on play-by-play. However, don’t think there is an iconic call or any one NFL moment that leaps off the mic.

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