Just A Note of Caution.....

[pack4to84]

should be changed from 4and12to12and4 to 4and12toSUPERBOWL

[footballfever]

We've had these classic "trap" games all year and you've seen how prepared coach McCarthy has his team each time. I know we are all overlooking the Giants but there is at least one person on this planet that isn't and it's McCarthy. He'll bring all these guys back down from that high cloud and get them to work on this game. Game planning has been the biggest strength of this team so far this year IMO and it will continue to be this weekend. The Giants aren't a team to take likely, they emerged from a very tough division and won their first 2 playoff games on the road. That alone speaks volumes about the character of their team, they've overcome a lot this year to get here. I have faith in our coaching staff to have this team ready.

[MJZiggy]

should be changed from 4and12to12and4 to 4and12toSUPERBOWL

I like it!

Footballfever, I couldn't agree more. We, as fans, can afford to overlook a game, but M3 will not.

[denverYooper]

We've had these classic "trap" games all year and you've seen how prepared coach McCarthy has his team each time. I know we are all overlooking the Giants but there is at least one person on this planet that isn't and it's McCarthy. He'll bring all these guys back down from that high cloud and get them to work on this game. Game planning has been the biggest strength of this team so far this year IMO and it will continue to be this weekend. The Giants aren't a team to take likely, they emerged from a very tough division and won their first 2 playoff games on the road. That alone speaks volumes about the character of their team, they've overcome a lot this year to get here. I have faith in our coaching staff to have this team ready.

Agreed. Dallas played like they expected to win and had a lot of backbreaking penalties. I don't see the Pack being so lax about facing the G-men.

Should be a good one!

[Badgerinmaine]

Ryan Grant lol love it he is going against his old team

Do you think anyone in the New York media might maybe possibly report on that this week? :P

[Harlan Huckleby]

I heard one of the ESPN guys report that Thompson didn't want to acquire Grant from NY, he was really interested in another of their young backs. (I forget which one, not Bradshaw, maybe Droughns ) Giants wouldn't deal, so he went with Grant (who NY was going to cut anyway) as a consolation prize.

[The Leaper]

I heard one of the ESPN guys report that Thompson didn't want to acquire Grant from NY, he was really interested in another of their young backs. (I forget which one, not Bradshaw, maybe Droughns) Giants wouldn't deal, so he went with Grant (who NY was going to cut anyway) as a consolation prize.

I find that hard to believe.

If Thompson didn't really want Grant, why give up a 6th round pick when he was going to be cut anyway? Thompson isn't giving up a 6th round pick on a guy as a consolation prize.

Why the stories of Philbin being very high on Grant and recruiting him out of high school? That tends to tell me that Green Bay DID want Grant.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Grant would not have cleared waivers, and Thompson had no way of knowing exactly what the Giants would do with Grant.

It sounded like a credible report to me, it was too specific to be manufactured out of thin air.

[Lurker64]

I recall hearing that the Giants had told Grant that he was not going to be cut, and then we traded for him. The Giants were deep at RB, but you usually try not to cut good players.

[Merlin]

The Giants don't scare me. Not one bit. Eli Manning is still their QB and he is easily flustered. Coughlin's job is safe for another year so I expect a big letdown from the Giants this weekend. If we play our game and the crowd is into it as much as they were on Saturday, there is no way the Giants beat us.

Dallas looked terrible. It appeared they were taking the Giants for granted. The Giants didn't do a heck of a lot against a questionable defense in Dallas. The Dallas offense (Romo especially) looked awful. The play calling that was so brilliant all season wasn't there. The Giants have a very average defense, their secondary isn't anything great.

The only way Green Bay loses this game is if they too look past the Giants. The Giants are a 2nd or 3rd tier team and Eli Manning is not a great QB. Shockey is out and he was the one that did the damage against us early when we played there. Our secondary knows how to tackle to don't expect Burius or Toomer to gat much YAC on us, that is if they have any catches at all. Brandon Jacobs will be the work horse and if we force the Gianst to all passing mode, Eli is toast.

[The Leaper]

Grant would not have cleared waivers, and Thompson had no way of knowing exactly what the Giants would do with Grant.

It sounded like a credible report to me, it was too specific to be manufactured out of thin air.

Maybe.

However, it seems rather farfetched to assume Thompson did not even really want Grant...and just made a desperate move by trading away a draft pick to acquire plan B or C.

Personally, I think Thompson liked several of the Giant RBs...and he hashed out the agreement on the one the Giants were willing to part with for an acceptable price. Grant might not have been at the top of Thompson's list...but I'm assuming when he called the Giants that he probably knew the chances were low at landing the guy at the top of his list for an agreeable price.

The fact that Philbin has a history with Grant, which he has discussed, would tend to support my view over the notion that Thompson really didn't want Grant but made a deal because of desperation.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I didn't use the word "desperation". Grant reportedly wasn't his first choice, the rest is spin.

[Merlin]

I don't think it was a move of desperation on 3T's part. I think he had an order of who he wanted and what he was willing to pay from the Giants. They had incredible depth at RB. Maybe Grant wasn't his number one. I also don't think he was acting in panic mode. If that was the case, you would have seen his hard on for the guy 6 months before the deal was made like with Manual. He went looking and got the best he could get for the price he was willing to pay. Just because Grant is successful right now in Green Bay, doesn't mean he would have every been successful in New York. It also doesn't mean that he won't be a one year wonder. Time will tell. I don't think he is, I think he is the real deal. I think Thompson got lucky with the trade. If he was so high on Grant, he certainly would have started over Brandon Jackson & Deshawn Wynn, neither of which had shown anything up until the point when Grant was acquired. He added what amounted to a veteran at the position who had the chance to work in practice with Tiki Barber and Rueben Droughns. A chance to learn from good starting running backs. He wasn't going to get that in Green Bay. Now that he has emerged, Brandon Jackson is trying to mimic his running style and does a good job running the ball now. You do need veterans on a team for younger players to learn from.

[The Leaper]

I didn't use the word "desperation". Grant reportedly wasn't his first choice, the rest is spin.

If someone claims Thompson "did not want to acquire Grant", but then gave up a 6th round pick for him when he could not get the guy he REALLY wanted, what else can that person be claiming other than the move smacks of desperation? I'm not suggesting you believe it...just saying it sounds like typical ESPN horsecrap.

The Giants probably aren't happy that their castoff is now having far more success than anyone they retained. I would expect them to try and deflect the attention from any potential mistake of theirs in an evaluation of Grant. "Hey, even THOMPSON didn't really want the guy. It was just blind fucking luck on his part!"

Regardless...Thompson traded for Grant...and Grant has been a boda fide stud RB in the second half of the season. Those are the facts, and I'm sticking to them.

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He originally wanted Derick Ward supposedly.