should giants take back plaxico?

According to PTI, Bengals wideout TJ Houshmandzadeh is a free agent. The Mara family should open up their wallets for him.

 

I don't think they can take him back. They broke him, they bought him.

 

But how would it make it any better if he plays somewhere else. He has not been banned from the NFL.

 

Yet. Doesn't mean he won't be

 

While the distraction issue is indeed an issue, the biggest problem with taking on guys like this -- Bill Polian refers to them as "bad actors" -- is that the team depends on them, especially if they are exceptional players. Then when something inevitably happens and they become unavailable for disciplinary or other reasons, they leave a huge hole in the team. The Giants without Burress provide a wonderful example of this.

 

Joe King: No argument -- no Burress = big hole. Still, and I'm speaking only of yesterday's game, I remain somewhat convinced the Giants could have won in spite of his absence.

Honestly, and though I could happily provide other reasons why I think Gilbride is a moron, I'm not sure one needs look much past Jacobs -- he had 96 yards on 19 carries. Gilbride should have ridden his ass until A) such a time as he proved he couldn't gain more than, say, three yards per carry or B) beat the Eagles into submission. Relying on Jacobs to that degree obviously makes Ward and Bradshaw that much more potent and, further, only makes a guy like Boss or even an octagenarian like Toomer more dangerous. Boss caught at least two of his three passes in the first half. I'll be damned if I recall a ball being thrown his way in the second.

Unfortunately, I'm once again left to wonder how much better off the Giants might be with Rivers at QB.

 

hey fanboi...take it somewhere else

 

Rivers isn't playing anymore this season, either.

Just sayin'.

 

Ashy--my apologies. I guess the decade-plus I spent working for at least a few of publishing's most prominent companies and magazines -- including, among others, a place sometimes referenced by the letters S and I by people like you who obviously know way more than I do or could ever hope to -- renders me unfit to contribute to your edifying dialogue.

Blow. Me.

 

blue font on this board = sarcasm

Fetch me a beer, newbie

 

Uh, yeah. Um, oops?

Hold on--I'm going to try to make my wife get the beer. Aw, shit, who am I kidding -- will a Bud 24-ouncer suffice?