New Players, New Coach, New Regime

We are 4 games through the season, and the Giants sit with a 2-2 record. Surprisingly, after just a 1-2 start for Sean Payton, he's been fired and replaced. This move was made after Coach Timmy Tebow Jr, who won a Super Bowl as the Giants Head Coach just a few years ago (before disappearing to a foreign land), became the new Owner of the New York Giants. Tim Tebow Jr hired a familiar face in Reilly Hollis Jr, Uncle of Shitskins starting Quarterback, Reilly Hollis. (The Hollis family has a tradition of naming all their boys 'Reilly', resulting in some very confusing family trees.) Once Coach Hollis was in, things really started to change for the Giants.

From 1-2 to 2-2

Coach Hollis was able to get his first win of his career over the Washington Shitskins and more importatnly, over his little nephew. The final was 19-16 in an overtime thriller that was back and forth all the way through. At halftime it was 3-3 as the squads traded field goals, and the Giants went into the 4th down 6-3. Then the game started to heat up. After some more field goals, a strip sack byt the Giants that resulted in a fumble return for touchdown, and a beautiful touchdown drive by the Redskins, the game went to overtime where each team had a chance to score, but ended with a Giant field goal.

Giants' Impact Players

Rookie Evan Keasey went 27-46 for 272 yards and an interception. Not the most efficient game from him, but with a new staff and system, we think he did pretty well to adjust. Rookie halfback Perry Marion has a solid day with 17 rushes going to 79 yards, though he is no longer with the team (we'll get to that later.) No receiver had huge impacts as Keasey spread it around well, as Perriman, Anderson, Waller, and Marion all had 5+ receptions and 50+ receiving yards. On defense, there were 9 sacks split between multiple players, but the biggest play of the day was the strip-sack by 2nd year defensive end Delray Hebert and the scoop-and-score by fellow 2nd year defensive end Philip Aldridge.

Timmy Tebow Jr's First Big Move

The new Owner/GM did not wait long to make his impact felt on this roster, after a win over the Shitskins, he called up the Rams and brought over one of the best running backs in the NFL, Todd Gurley. Rumor has it conversations began between the 2 organizations about the Giants' rookie WR Jaylin Vernon, and then talks grew. The Rams asked the asking price on Eli Apple, who many throught was not a tradable asset. After it was all said an done, the deal was finalized as Todd Gurley, a 2019 1st Round Pick, and a 2019 2nd Round pick for the Giants' rookie halfback Perry Marion, rookie wideout Jaylin Vernon, and cornerback Eli Apple. This completely changes the Giants roster, and rumors about starting quarterback Evan Keasey and others being talked about on the market as well. We were going to outline the Giants depth chart today, but we will wait just one more week to see if the Giants' trade talks calm first. 

Next Up

Next week, the Giants are scheduled to face a Carolina Panthers team that's had a slow start to the season, but has a lot of talent. We'll be back next week with an update on the game and trade talks. Until then, keep on rooting for YOUR NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS.

It's a bit late, but I've got your highlights to the SGC playoffs all coming to you now! For those who have forgotten about what happened before this point, here's a link to the beginning of playoffs: http://simgamingcommunity.freeforums.org/2015-playoffs-it-s-getting-heated-t2911.html. We're in the divisional round, and as discussed in the previous article the NFC #1 Seed 49ers and the #2 Seed Patriots have moved on.

DIVISIONAL ROUND continued

Divisional Round: Eagles at Vikings
See that picture above? Those are the guys to watch on these two teams. Adrian Peterson had a monster season, and he continued his big season with a big game in this divisional round game. He just took the ball over and over again with 29 carries, almost 2 football fields worth of yardage (192 yards), and a couple of touchdowns. Mallet didn't have a big game, but he did just enough with Peterson controlling the game on the ground. With Peterson taking all the yardage, the receivers didn't manage to have a big day with none over 60 yards, but they did what they needed to. The Viking D let up a lot yardage, but 5 sacks and 3 critical interceptions made all that irrelevant. Even in the loss, Shady McCoy needs to be proud of his performance. 11 carries for 145 yards leaves one left asking why he wasn't given the rock a bit more to control the game like AP did. Foles actually slung it pretty well (20-27, 328 yards), but 3 interceptions against a Viking team that knows how to capitalize is a quick way to lose a game. With the Vikings playing the game safe on the ground, the Eagles defense was only able to pull off 1 sack and 1 interception, which is not great due to the Vikings' defensive performance.


Divisional Round: Colts at Oilers
Unfortunately the Oilers Coaching, Ownership, and Management decided to let the team go into their game alone, which led Andrew Luck and the Colts to roll over Tennessee, 42-24.


CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

NFC Championship: Vikings at 49ers
This one looked to be close in the pre-game, but by the end there was no doubt the 49ers deserved to be in the Superbowl. Kaepernick continues to find ways to be both efficient and explosive. 13/17 for 217 and 3 touchdowns is about as good as you get out of a quarterback in a game vs a quality Vikings defense that had Foles throwing to players in purple jerseys the previous week. James, Hunter, and Lattimore all contributed in the running game as usual, with LMJ leading the team with 87 yards rushing. Vernon Davis only had 4 catches, but his 2 touchdowns made those catches count. The 49ers defense was absolutely dominant (is anyone surprised?) They forced 4 interceptions and had Lemonier had a forced fumble for a total of 5 turnovers. An extra bit of credit needs to go to Patrick Willis with 9 tackles as we was all over the field, and he was a big reason AP didn't have a huge day. Adrian Peterson has made a season of 150+ yard days, but McNuggler made it a point to put that to an end as the Viking star didn't hit 100 yards on the day. Even then, Peterson wasn't the Vikings' problem, Mallet was. It was a terrible day for the quarterback who completed less than 50% of his passes with 4 interceptions. We always knew the Vikings had a killer run game, but when they had to lean heavily on the pass it lead to 3 points and a loss.


AFC Championship: Colts at Patriots
The Patriots won this game by a score of 30-21, but you would have expected a bigger victory with Andrew Luck's day. 17 of 29 for 236 yards and a touchdown is pretty effective, and usually would help your win to a victory. Unfortunately, he threw 5 interceptions which really hurt the Colts ability to run a fluent offense. On the other side, Murray wasn't as reckless as Luck, but still had 2 interceptions with his lone touchdown pass. Both teams ran the ball effectively as Chris Johnson continued his big year for the Patriots, rushing for 140 yards and a couple of touchdowns. We're surprised the Colts didn't run the ball more with the game so close. Turbin and Ballard combined for 93 yards off 16 carries, and with more commitment to the run he may have limited turnovers and controlled the game. For Indy, Reggie Wayne had 6 catches for 80 yards on his final game of his career, and even with a loss it's nice to see him productive until the end. Surprisingly, Riley Cooper was the top receiver for the Pats with just under 80 yards and a touchdown. In the end, New England's defense made enough big plays to take home the win and win a trip to the big game.



SGC Super Bowl: Patriots vs 49ers
Congrats to McNuggler's San Francisco 49ers for his 27-13 win over keno911's New England Patriots. I can't access stats on DaddyLeagues/Connected Career Website, so that's all I have for now.


Next up: Offseason Update