Big Blue Banter: A New York Giants Football Podcast

Dan and Nick break down a forgotten weapon on the Giants roster by some fans who have written him off and why he might make a much bigger impact on the passing game – immediately and early in the season – based on a few key factors.

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Dan and Nick discuss the speed Jalin Hyatt is already putting on the field during training camp practices, as clocked by GPS trackers and what that means for the offense as a whole in 2023. They discuss the Xs and Os schematic impact having speed at wide receiver has on the rest of the skill players, Daniel Jones and more.

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Dan and Nick dive into the early struggles for rookie first-round cornerback Deonte Banks. They discuss why these drills are tailored to fit the receivers, why Banks’ early struggles are not surprising and don’t change their outlook and more.

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants’ third and fourth training camp practices with observations from the drills and breakout discussions about players who are building hype like Tre Hawkins and overall concepts such as why the offense is so far ahead of the defense in the early going.

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Nick and Dan discuss the Giants' tight end room and how New York's front office revamped what was a weakness without using a pick INSIDE of the top 100. Joe Schoen and Brandon Brown identified a problem and fixed it with a late third-round pick that was traded for Waller (100 in 2023) and the selection of Daniel Bellinger at pick 112 in 2022. This could have a profound influence on how Mike Kafka employs his personnel and exploits the defense.

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Dan and Nick are joined by their favorite recurring guest David Syversten from Ourlads to continue their discussion of the Giants roster heading into the 2023 season. They dive into Sy’s surprising breakout pick and a sleeper to keep an eye on in addition to previewing the 2024 NFL Draft with several prospects Giants fans should keep an eye on.

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Nick and Dan review the Giants' second training camp practice. The duo goes through stock-up, the one-on-one battles, and who made an early impression while discussing how Joe Schoen revamped the Giants' tight end room with minimal draft capital.

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Dan and Nick are joined by their favorite recurring guest David Syversten from Ourlads to discuss the Giants roster heading into the 2023 season. They discuss what to watch for to know if Evan Neal has made the jump, what fans can expect from a rookie center in Year 1, why the offense can still produce at a high level now that teams have game film on their system, expectations for the secondary, defensive line and more.

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Dan and Nick break down some of the key takeaways from the Giants’ first training camp practice including Cole Beasley’s immediate role with the first team offense and what traits he offers that fit the system, Bryce Ford-Wheaton’s strong start, Darren Waller’s red zone dominance, Daniel Jones looking a lot more comfortable in the red zone than in Year 1 and more.

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Dan and Nick bring on Bobby Skinner of Talkin’ Giants to break down the big news on Saquon Barkley, several Giants players who hit the PUP list and more. Then, they discuss Bobby’s beginnings in the industry and with Talkin’ Giants before diving into the Xs and Os. Unheralded players on film, concepts they want to see more of, what Daniel Jones needs to do on tape to take the next step and a lot more!

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The Giants were busy on Friday. Nick rolls solo to go through the ramifications of another slot option in Cole Beasley and the veteran addition we expected at RB in James Robinson.

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Dan and Nick take a walk down memory lane to break down the 10 biggest New York Giants draft busts since the 2000 NFL Draft. They rank each draft bust 10-1 before breaking down why each player made the list and was ranked where they were.

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants and Saquon Barkley's failure to come to a long-term contract agreement before the franchise tag. They discuss what this means for the Giants both in their immediate and long-term future, what this means for Barkley's future with the team, how this might impact rookie RB Eric Gray and more.

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Dan and Nick take a walk down memory lane to break down the 10 biggest New York Giants draft steals since the 2000 NFL Draft. They rank each draft steal 10-1 before breaking down why each player made the list and was ranked where they were.

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Dan and Nick are joined by Giants tight end Daniel Bellinger to discuss their favorite things about his game film, his love for blocking, what he learned from his rookie season, the “Bellinger Special” play call against Green Bay, his experience at Tight End U, his “ah ha” moment watching Daniel Jones, what Darren Waller will bring to the Giants offense from a schematic standpoint and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick field questions from their mailbag on Twitter as well as LIVE questions from their YouTube stream about the Giants heading into training camp.

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Love the Giants' banter but don’t have an hour? Check out a new segment, “Big Blue Banter in 10 (or so!),” where you’ll find some of the hottest takes from the most recent show banter. Dan and Nick discuss Joe Schoen's plan to invest in the trenches.

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Love the Giants' banter but don’t have an hour? Check out a new segment, “Big Blue Banter in 10 (or so!),” where you’ll find some of the hottest takes from the most recent show banter. Dan and Nick discuss how Joe Schoen struck gold in Isaiah Hodgins and how the young receiver helped the Giants transform their offense.

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Love the Giants' banter but don’t have an hour? Check out a new segment, “Big Blue Banter in 10 (or so!),” where you’ll find some of the hottest takes from the most recent show banter. Dan and Nick talk about how Schoen already overcame his biggest hurdle as a general manager.

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Dan and Nick break down the five moves Giants general manager Joe Schoen has made in his first two offseasons that have differentiated him from the rest of the NFL GMs. They break down each move in descending order with their fifth-best ranked move first. They assess a value to each move based on the difficulty for Schoen to pull them off and how much of an edge (value wise) these moves gave the Giants at the time and moving forward.

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Dan and Nick respond to an interesting question a listener posed to them a few weeks back – where do the Giants stack up vs the rest of the NFC East? The best way to do this was to go position by position so that’s exactly what they did. They ranked each position group in the NFC East and then totaled up the points each team accrued. This exercise proved to be interesting and surprising in many ways as it pertains to the strengths of each roster and also where the division stacks up vs. the NFL.

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Dan and Nick recap the final day of Giants minicamp by breaking down some of the key storylines from practice while also diving into key topics surrounding the team like expectations for second-year tight end Daniel Bellinger after the addition of Darren Waller, why it’s not surprising to hear George Kittle join Travis Kelce in name-dropping Bellinger as the next tight end to breakout and more. They also discuss who is the fastest WR on the team and what that speed will mean to the scheme in 2023, Deonte Banks’ trait that stood out to the Giants because of the man-coverage heavy scheme they run and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick dive into Saquon Barkley’s recent comments to the media at his event from this past weekend. They discuss everything he said about the current contract negotiations, who has the leverage, whether Barkley means it when he says he might not play under and sign the franchise tag, what options the Giants have if Barkley decides not to play under the tag and what he means to the success of the offense both now, in 2022 and moving forward.

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants first of two mandatory minicamp practices by looking through some of the key plays and different players who worked with the first team offense and defense. They discuss Parris Campbell’s consistent practice, an interesting battle brewing for the second safety spot, what the depth at wide receiver means and then they focus on why they feel more confident about the Giants’ defensive front – and pass rush in particular. They make the case for why they believe the Giants could be a darkhorse candidate to be the best pass rush in the NFL in 2023

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Dan and Nick break down the latest week of Giants OTA practices that was cut short by the air quality situation in East Rutherford. They discuss the ceiling for Xavier McKinney as he enters Year 2 in a Wink Martindale defense and what that might mean for his future with the franchise, the steady drumbeat building for second-year linebacker Micah McFadden, whether or not Jamison Crowder is more of a sleeper than people realize and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick dive into a breakdown of the Giants’ roster by ranking the position groups from 1-14 and breaking them down in reverse order. Nick and Dan have a different set of rankings so they discuss the differences in where they view the position groups, how each position ranks relative to the NFL and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants’ second set of OTAs practices on Tuesday and Wednseday. Like in past OTA recaps, they dive deeper into off shoots of discussions on specific players and positions based on the 2022 and prior game film. This podcast dove into a deeper discussion on Isaiah Hodgins and the wide receiver corps. They also discussed the cornerback trio from Wednesday’s practice and why it’s ideal of the 2023 season, a cornerback possibly converting to safety and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick break down the first Giants OTA practice that was open to the media. They discuss standout performers Darren Waller and Darius Slayton and break down why it’s important that Waller is already shining both on and off the field as he attempts to pick up a diverse passing game with option routes. They dive into Slayton’s sleeper appeal in Year 2 of the Daboll/Kafka offense. They discuss John Michael Schmitz, the incoming and interesting battle at left guard, Adoree Jackson returning punts at OTAs, and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick do a state of the Giants show LIVE on Youtube where they break down everything surrounding the team generated from you, the listener. They go question by question trying to keep up with as many as possible and discuss the team's ideal offensive line combination for 2023, darkhorses to make a major impact in 2023 and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick are joined by PFF Brad, one of the most well-versed salary cap analysts in the business, to discuss the Giants’ current and future salary cap situation. They also dive into the salary cap situations of other teams in the NFC East. Finally, they answer questions from the listeners pertaining to the salary cap. In this show, Brad provides a deep dive that breaks down the Daniel Jones and Dexter Lawrence contracts, what to do about the Saquon Barkley contract situation and how the Eagles have been manipulating the cap. Specifically, he breaks down the potential pitfalls and risk involved in how the Eagles structured Jalen Hurts’ contract. Plus, a lot more good nuggets on the cap!

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants’ 2023 schedule. They do a game-by-game breakdown but first discuss important factors like their implied odds and how it impacts the schedule, the one position group they’ll be facing that has some of the most talented players in the NFL on opposing teams and more. They also break down when they would’ve liked to play each team, which leads them to more scheduling wins and losses, and a lot more.

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Nick Falato goes solo to break down the Giants' 2023 undrafted free agents and who may have a chance to make the 2023 roster.

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Dan and Nick are joined by http://Giants.com’s John Schmeelk to break down the 2023 draft class and the roster fallout at key positions and for players who’s playing time is a bit more uncertain after the draft haul. They break down 30k foot questions on the draft process and trades, each draft pick, and discuss key players like Evan Neal, Darren Waller, Daniel Bellinger and more.

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Dan and Nick break down their annual review of the other three NFC east division rivals 2023 NFL Draft classes. They break down each team’s picks for their Days 1 and 2, overall Draft philosophies, and more. Finally, they hand out Draft Grades

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Dan and Nick take their annual 30,000 foot view look at the Giants 2023 Draft. They discuss themes such as adding speed and how it was addressed, other weaknesses from the 2022 game tape that needed addressing, they take a long look at the process of trading up twice and what it means plus a lot more.

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants' Day 3 draft picks starting with RB Eric Gray before diving into a few words on the UDFAs as a look ahead to a larger UDFA podcast to come. They break down each prospect, the themes behind drafting them, what Schoen said about how these prospects fit from a skill set and traits standpoint and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick break down Day 2 of the NFL Draft for the New York Giants and recap why they’re so excited about landing John Michael Schmitz and Jalin Hyatt with their Day 2 picks. They break down the scouting reports on each players, quotes from Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll, the decision to trade up for Hyatt, what they bring to the offense and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants' first day of the draft and why they're so excited about landing Deonte Banks in Round 1. They discuss why cornerback was such a big need not just on paper but specific to Wink Martdinale's scheme, they break down Banks with a scouting report, they discuss the decision to trade up, they break down other notable drafts including every NFC East haul and finally they dive into their favorite targets for the Giants on Day 2 including those players they would be willing to trade up for.

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Dan and Nick wrap up the pre draft season with one final podcast about how they feel for Day 1, surprise picks they’d like, positional thoughts and more while taking a look into prospects the Giants are rumored to be targeting in the draft.

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Dan and Nick break down their “my guys” in the 2023 NFL draft class. These are the players that they are willing to bang the table and go to bat for. They are the players they like more than consensus. They rip through their defensive 'my guys' before closing out with mock draft reviews.

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Dan and Nick break down their “my guys” in the 2023 NFL draft class. These are the players than are willing to bang the table and go to bat for. They are the players they like more than consensus. They rip through their offensive my guys before closing out with three mock draft reviews.

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Dan and Nick are joined by a special guest and Giants icon as they rip off a 7 round Giants mock draft as if they were in the war room and can only select one player. Dan and Nick talk out each pick, discuss needs, trade, plan ahead in rounds and draft a squad both are proud of.

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Dan and Nick engage in a fun exercise where they use a snake draft format to selected a full roster of players (then some; extra DBs, rotational pass rushers, TEs for 12 personnel, etc) to compete against each other in a theoretical game. The objective was to build the best team to face the opponent's team. There is some great game theory discussion involved and a ton of discussion on some of the best prospects at each position in the 2023 class.

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Dan and Nick each take their own turn with the mock draft simulator to come up with their full seven-round mock drafts for the Giants. They both make multiple trades in this draft. And they work through the draft live as it's happening -- talking through each pick, who is on the board, if they should trade and who for. Finally, they go over the grade handed out for each of their respective drafts by PFF, any regrets they have after the draft is completed and what they're most proud of in their mocks.

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In this bonus podcast, Dan and Nick continue their conversation about the Giants draft with Ourlads' David Syversten by answering YOUR questions in a mailbag format. We get to every listener question that was submitted via Twitter and BBI.

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Dan and Nick welcome back on to the show David Syversten of Ourlads to break down everything about the Giants upcoming 2023 Draft from an indepth breakdown to every possible direction they can go on Day 1, Day 2 targets, Day 3 sleepers and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick are joined by draft analyst Russell Brown for the second time this draft season for a wide ranging conversation that discusses some of his guys from this class, specific fits for the Giants at center, cornerback and a lot more juicy draft nuggets.

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Dan and Nick are joined by Draft Network scout and analyst Dame Parson to break down the 2023 NFL Draft class from Dame’s “my guys” in this class, to projected Day 2 picks he loves in Day 1 and sleepers for both Days 2 and 3.

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Dan and Nick break down some of the top pass rushers off the edge in this 2023 NFL Draft class with a focus on what kind of pass rush profile they have, how will it translate against NFL-level offensive linemen, how their skill set could fit what DC Wink Martindale wants to do schematically, how they fit the current depth chart and more.

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Dan and Nick break down 10 prospects in the NFL Draft class who Nick pinpointed as players he likes more than consensus mock drafts. They go through each players profile and talk about where the Giants might look to target them.

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