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14 former Giants among senior nominees for Hall of Fame Class of 2025

14 former New York Giants, including Phil Simms and Carl Banks, are senior nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025.

In an effort to correct the sins of the past, the Pro Football Hall of Fame revamped their process when it comes to reconsidering players whose eligibility has expired.

Starting this year, an 11-person panel will review a list of 183 players for consideration for enshrinement. Only three will be nominated for induction in this year’s class.

To be considered in this group, each former player last could have appeared in a professional football game in the 1999 season.

For the New York Giants, there are 14 names up for consideration, including quarterbacks Phil Simms, Charlie Conerly and Jeff Hostetler, running back Ottis Anderson, linebacker Carl Banks and tight end Mark Bavaro who will get another look from voters.

Other Giants on the list include running back Herschel Walker, flanker Homer Jones, end Del Shofner, defensive linemen Rosey Grier and Leonard Marshall, defensive backs Jimmy Patton and Everson Walls, and punter Sean Landeta.

With the Giants celebrating their 100th season this year, it would be fitting if they could land a player on the finalists list later this fall.

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Bill Belichick plans to endorse Giants great Leonard Marshall for Hall of Fame

Bill Belichick intends to endorse New York Giants great Leonard Marshall for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Former New York Giants All-Pro defensive end Leonard Marshall hopes one day to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

The two-time Super Bowl champion is third all-time in Giants franchise history in sacks behind Hall of Famers Michael Strahan and Lawrence Taylor and isn’t being selfish in his quest for a gold jacket.

“I want this for everyone involved in every facet of my life,” Marshall told Big Blue View during an exclusive interview. “My family, my teammates, my coaches, all the men that touched my life as a boy and I represented in terms of their leadership.”

One famous former coach, says Marshall, who will back his candidacy is Bill Belichick, who served as the Giants’ defensive coordinator under head coach Bill Parcells during the Giants’ glory days of the 1980s.

“I had a conversation this morning over email with Bill Belichick. He assured me that I would get his endorsement, and that meant a hell of a lot to me because this guy helped me become who I became in that Giant uniform,” Marshall said.

Marshall will always be remembered for his devastating hit on San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana that turned the tide in the 1990 NFC Championship Game.

Marshall was a second-round pick out of LSU by the Giants back in 1983 and played with Big Blue until 1992, winning two Super Bowls. He finished his career in 1994 after stints with the Jets and Washington.

Marshall was inducted into the Giants’ Ring of Honor in 2022.

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Paterson mayor requests Giants’ Leonard Marshall be named to Hall of Fame

Paterson mayor Andre Sayegh has written a letter to the Pro Football Hall of Fame requesting Giants great Leonard Marshall be enshrined.

Former New York Giants defensive end Leonard Marshall had a storied career, getting named to two Pro Bowls, winning two Super Bowls and having his name enshrined in the team’s esteemed Ring of Honor.

Now, he is being touted for another honor — the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Not by the usual suspects, though, but by Andre Sayegh, the mayor of Paterson, New Jersey.

Sayegh sent the Pro Football Hall of Fame a letter urging them to consider Marshall for the ultimate honor that can be bestowed upon a player.

“Leonard Marshall is a Hall of Fame human being,” Sayegh said in his letter, via NorthJersey.com.

“During the peak of the pandemic when very few African American men were getting vaccinated, Leonard Marshall came to Paterson and issued a call to action for African American men to get vaccinated.”

Of course, the Hall has its own process and will likely read the letter and take Marshall’s candidacy into account, but the reality is that Marshall has never been considered for induction.

Since his retirement from the NFL in 1995, Marshall has not once been listed as a finalist for induction. Will Sayegh’s letter get them to take another look at him? We’ll see.

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Leonard Marshall’s brother officially sues Giants

The brother a of New York Giants Ring of Honor inductee, Leonard Marshall, has officially filed a lawsuit against the team.

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Byron Marshall, the brother of New York Giants Super Bowl champion and Ring of Honor inductee Leonard Marshall, has officially filed a lawsuit against the team.

Marshall is suing the Giants over what his famous brother calls a ‘frivolous’ matter that stems back to last September’s Ring of Honor ceremony which Leonard reportedly barred Byron from for personal reasons.

From NJ Advance Media:

Byron Marshall is seeking a “to be determined” amount of money for compensatory and punitive damages — plus “to be determined” cash for pain and suffering.

Byron Marshall initially said — when he proposed this lawsuit — that he wanted $10 million and a lifetime supply of Giants season tickets.

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the United States District Court of New Jersey. It contains no demand for $10 million specifically — or for Giants tickets.

Christopher C. Roberts — an East Orange-based attorney who is representing Byron Marshall met in late March with the Giants’ legal team — but neither side changed its stance coming out of that meeting. So Roberts and Byron Marshall decided the file the suit.

“My client feels that he’s been wronged by the Giants — and that’s he been defamed,” Roberts told NJ Advance Media on Thursday. “He’s seeking his day in court. The Giants contend that the case is frivolous — and that’s going to be their position.”

The Giants, thus far, have declined to comment on the lawsuit.

For more details on the origin of the suit, click here and here.

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Report: Leonard Marshall’s brother plans to sue Giants for $10 million

The brother of New York Giants legend Leonard Marshall intends to sue the team for $10 million and a lifetime supply of season tickets.

The younger brother of New York Giants legend Leonard Marshall intends to sue the team for $10 million and a lifetime supply of season tickets.

Marshall calls the potential lawsuit “frivolous” and says he wants no involvement with it.

“It’s a frivolous claim,” Marshall told Darryl Slater of NJ Advance Media. “It’s a meritless lawsuit.”

The 54-year-old Byron Marshall is considering the convoluted lawsuit after Leonard disinvited him from the legend’s Ring of Honor ceremony on September 26, 2022. The notice of claim letter, which was sent to the Giants on December 5, specifically names the team’s director of alumni relations, Joann Lamneck, as a reason for the disinvite.

In the letter, Byron states that Lamneck made a false accusation against him and “confronted” him on the day of the ceremony. She allegedly claimed he had been involved in and arrested for a pre-ceremony bar fight the day prior.

NJ Advance Media found no record of an incident or arrest at that specific bar on the day of the pre-ceremony.

“False allegations caused [Byron] to be humiliated and embarrassed,” the letter read.

Christopher C. Roberts, the East Orange attorney who is representing Byron, claims the Giants requested a meeting with his client to discuss the issue. That meeting isn’t likely to take place until late March.

If the issue isn’t resolved during that meeting, Roberts says Byron’s intent is to formally file the lawsuit and move forward.

In addition to the Giants, Byron is also planning to sue Lamneck and the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.

The Giants have not offered a comment on the notice of claim letter or potential lawsuit.

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Giants inducting Leonard Marshall, six others into Ring of Honor

The New York Giants will induct seven members into the Ring of Honor in 2022, including Leonard Marshall and Ronnie Barnes.

It’s been a long time coming, but Leonard Marshall is finally entering the New York Giants’ Ring of Honor.

Co-owner John Mara officially announced the news on Tuesday and noted that six others will be joining Marshall. They include Ottis Anderson, Joe Morris, Rodney Hampton, Jimmy Patton, Kyle Rote and Ronnie Barnes.

“We are proud to add these deserving and legendary figures in Giants history to our Ring of Honor,” Mara said. “Each of the players was among the very best at his position to wear a Giants uniform. All of them helped our franchise win championships and enjoy long-term success, as has Ronnie Barnes, who has been an invaluable and beloved member of our organization for decades.”

The induction ceremony will be held at halftime of a Week 3 game against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium on Monday, September 26.

Marshall was a second-round pick of the Giants in 1983 NFL draft and spent 10 seasons with the team, winning two Super Bowls. He was also named to the Pro Bowl twice and earned Second-Team All-Pro honors twice.

Anderson joined the Giants via trade from the St. Louis Cardinals in 1986 and spent six-plus seasons with Big Blue. He also earned two Super Bowl rings during that time and was named MVP of Super Bowl XXV.

Hampton was a first-round pick of the Giants in the 1990 NFL draft and spent the entirety of his eight-year career with the G-Men. He was a two-time Pro Bowler and picked up a championship ring with the club as a rookie.

The Giants selected Morris in the second-round of the 1982 NFL draft. The two-time Pro Bowler spent seven seasons in New York and led the NFL in rushing touchdowns in 1985. He was also a key part of the Super Bowl XXI team.

Patton was an eighth-round pick of the Giants in the 1955 NFL draft and spent his entire 12-year career with the team. He was a five-time First-Team All-Pro, one-time Second-Team All-Pro and earned five Pro Bowl honors. He helped lead the Giants to an NFL championship in 1956 and lead the league in interceptions in 1958.

Patton passed away in 1972 at the age of 39.

Rote was a first-round pick of the Giants in the 1951 NFL draft and he spent all 11 years of his career with the club. He earned two Second-Team All-Pro honors and was named to the Pro Bowl on four separate occasions. Like Patton, he helped lead the team to an NFL title in 1956.

Rote passes away in 2002 at the age of 73.

Barnes was hired by the Giants as an assistant athletic trainer in 1976. He was promoted to athletic trainer in 1980 and just one year later, became the first-ever full-time Black head athletic trainer in NFL history. He has been with the Giants for all four of their Super Bowls and was inducted into both the ECU Athletics Hall of Fame and the National Athletics Trainers Association Hall of Fame.

In 2019, Barnes was given a lifetime achievement award.

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Gary Myers: Giants legends Carl Banks, Tiki Barber should be in Hall of Fame

Long-time NFL journalist Gary Myers believes New York Giants greats Carl Banks and Tiki Barber should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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Long-time NFL columnist and reporter, Gary Myers, is banging the drum for several former New York Giants greats to finally get their due.

Myers believes that both Carl Banks and Tiki Barber belong in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and that Leonard Marshall deserves a spot in the Giants’ Ring of Honor.

We’ve personally been down this road with Barber but not so much with Banks. Barber was one of the best running backs of his era but he has his drawbacks. His career was basically on hold his first three seasons and then kicked into gear. He had three seasons where he amassed over 2,000 total yards from scrimmage and almost had a fourth (1,984 yards in 2002). His last three seasons were actually his best.

Barber retired after the 2006 season and that is where the rub begins. He left his career numbers on the borderline. Enough in my opinion to get him into Canton, but one more season would have put him over for sure. And that season would have been 2007 — the year the Giants won Super Bowl XLII. A Super Bowl ring would have also gone a long way with voters.

Banks also did not become a starter right away. He became a starter in Year 3 and was a formidable player once he did. The issue with Banks is he has just one All-Pro/Pro Bowl season (1987) to his credit and may not have been as good a player as the man he replaced — Brad Van Pelt, who went to five Pro Bowls playing on last place teams.

As for Marshall, we agree he belongs in the Ring of Honor. In fact, he’s on our list of the best players not to inducted in the Ring.

Here’s what I wrote on Giants Wire back in 2018:

Marshall will always be known as the guy who ended the 49ers’ “Three-Peat” when he blasted Joe Montana right out of Candlestick Park (and eventually out of San Francisco) in the 1990 NFL Championship Game. He is a two-time Super Bowl champion, two-time Pro Bowler and a two-time second-team All-Pro. Marshall’s 79.5 sacks rank him third in franchise history in that stat behind Michael Strahan and Lawrence Taylor.

No question, Marshall should be in the Ring of Honor. He has also lived in the area and represented himself and the Giants in the community over the years. I expect him to be added in the next round of inductees, whenever that is.

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Leonard Marshall thinks stance on CTE has kept him out of Giants’ Ring of Honor

Leonard Marshall believes his stance on CTE and medical cannabis has kept him out of the New York Giants’ Ring of Honor.

Retired New York Giants legend Leonard Marshall became the first living player diagnosed with CTE in 2013, and since that diagnosis, he regularly speaks out about the dangers of football and CTE, while also serving as a cannabis advocate.

In years past, Marshall has pondered aloud whether or not his outspoken nature has prevented him from being enshrined in the Giants’ Ring of Honor, which is something he questioned again during an appearance on the New York Post podcast, “Blue Rush.”

“I kind of, sort of think that,” Marshall said about why he’s not in the ROH. “I don’t want to believe that, because I think that when you look back on the powers that be and the gentlemen that are running the team now. . . I would believe these men have a lot of respect for what I did as a player, both on and off the field, within the community, and the surrounding area, and what I continue to do to support the New York football Giants.

“I think that yes, I have been a little outspoken about [CTE], because I feel like I have a platform which allows me to do that, and to help my brothers who can’t help themselves. There were not a lot of guys that were like Leonard Marshall and Lawrence Taylor on our football team that commanded such attention. Some of those guys are the ones hurting.”

Whether or not that truly is the reasoning Marshall is not in the Ring of Honor, he continues to fight on behalf of retired NFL players with “debilitating” injuries including CTE. And he will continue to advocate for medical cannabis in the process.

A second-round pick of the Giants in the 1983 NFL Draft, Marshall spent 10 years with the team, winning two Super Bowls, going to two Pro Bowls and being named an All-Pro twice. He retired following the 1994 season with 83.5 career sacks (79.5 as a member of the Giants).

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