Big Blue Banter: A New York Giants Football Podcast

Dan and Nick run through this week’s mailbag questions including how and who to prioritize from a contract extensions standpoint, what to do with Kadarius Toney, if the Giants should trade for players before the deadline and which ones, thoughts on how to build at the QB position moving forward and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick are joined by friend of the podcast and reoccurring guest Ken McCusick to break down the Giants-Ravens matchup. They dive into who really has the advantage Wink Martindale or Lamar Jackson – given their experience practicing against each other, key matchups and X factors, and a whole lot more of that good good Xs and Os you and I both love.

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Dan and Nick break down the All-22 Coaches film of the Giants defense in their upset victory over the Packers in Week 5. They go drive by drive but first they discuss the key thing they learned on tape. They break down individual plays, play calls and players. They discuss the simulated pressure and presnap (to postsnap) chess match that Wink Martdinale played against Aaron Rodgers. And of course, they dive into superlative – highest effort player, best player overall and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick break down the All-22 coaches film of the Giants offense in their upset victory over the Packers in Week 5. They go drive by drive but first break down the key things they learned from the tape. They break down why Daniel Jones’ performance might’ve been his career best, the nuances that he brought to the table, how he used his eyes and some of his best plays. They also dive into key Xs and Os breakdowns of big plays in the run game, what Darius Slayton and Marcus Johnson offered and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants' impressive Week 5 upset victory over the Packers. They break down key drives and key plays that decided it, individual evaluations on Daniel Jones, Darius Slayton, the offensive line, Kayvon Thibodeaux, Jaylon Smith, the coaching, and much more.

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Dan and Nick dive into this week’s mailbag questions by starting things off with how their long-term view of the roster has or has not changed after the first four weeks. Next, they dive into questions on Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley, unheralded stars and more.

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Nick and Dusty detail the Giants-Packers game through an X's and O's lens while going through key matchups for this London quarrel. Dusty Evely is a Packers writer for and on-air personality for "Packer Report 66," Cheese Head TV, and the "Pack a Day Podcast." As English TO would say, get your fish n' chips ready!

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants’ All-22 coaches film on the defensive side of the ball in their Week 4 win over the Bears. They first break down different coverages the Giants used, pressures they got, and then dive into the series by series film breakdown. They touch on players like Dexter Lawrence – who had a career game, Tae Crowder – who also had a career game, and what other key contributors brought as well as unheralded players like Fabian Moreau, Tomon Fox and Nick Williams. They wrap up by providing superlatives for the game – highest-effort defender, MVP, best play call and more.

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants’ All-22 coaches film of the offensive side of the ball in their Week 4 win over the Bears. They break down the stout play from the offensive line overall with individual breakdowns on Andrew Thomas, Evan Neal, Ben Bredson and others. They talk about the specific game plan from Mike Kafka from the personnel groupings to how he set up big plays and more. They break down Daniel Jones, Saquon Barkley and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick dive into the Giants' Week 4 win over the Bears. They discuss the coaching decisions that led to victory, and individual efforts from key assets like Andrew Thomas, Dexter Lawrence and Saquon Barkley, among others. They dive into the QB situation -- with all the injuries -- and what it means, what's going on at WR and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick are joined by former NFL defensive lineman Corey Wooton to break down the Giants-Bears matchup ahead of Week 4. They talk all about the schematics of the matchup in the run game on both sides of the ball, Justin Fields’ struggles and how to best attack Chicago’s Tampa-2 style defense. They also discuss growing up in New Jersey and New Jersey football and a lot more

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Dan and Nick break down the All-22 coaches film of the Giants’ Week 3 loss to the Cowboys on the defensive side of the ball. They start by going over the biggest thing they learned on film. Next, they dive into the different personnel packages the Cowboys used and how the Giants countered them. Then, they talk about the different coverages Wink Martindale used. Finally, they go drive by drive breaking down plays and players before handing out superlatives with deeper discussions on performances by: Xavier McKinney, Kayvon Thibodeaux, Dexter Lawrence, Tae Crowder, Micah McFadden, Adoree Jackson and more.

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Dan and Nick break down the All-22 coaches film of the Giants’ Week 3 loss to the Cowboys on the offensive side of the ball. They discuss Daniel Jones’ game on film, what Mike Kafka and DJ did to adjust to constant pressure, why they were OK with such a pass heavy game plan, Evan Neal’s performance, Andrew Thomas’ dominance and a whole lot more.

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants' Week 3 loss to the Cowboys. They discuss Daniel Jones' excellent performance and why it looked even better live, issues with the offensive line, issues creating pressure on defense, how each coordinator fared and what the hell is going on with the Giants WR corps -- among other key topics surrounding the team after loss.

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Dan and Nick run through the second half of their mailbag questions tackling fun ones like the drunkest they’ve been at a Giants game as well as fun Giants-related topics like should they listen to Tiki Barber and pursue Lamar Jackson in free agency, favorite run and pass game concepts, a lot more – and of course – a ton of Daniel Jones and future talk.

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Dan and Nick are joined by Cowboys analyst Jeff Cavanaugh to talk all things Giants-Cowboys matchup heading into this Monday’s big matchup. They dive into the Cowboys’ interim QB Cooper Rush and what he’s shown on film so far, the Cowboys’ left tackle situation with a rookie, freakshow Micah Parsons and how he could impact the game, why Tony Pollard might be the X factor, and more.

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Dan and Nick join Giants content creator The Entertainah @DaEntertainah to talk state of the Giants – no topic off limits in this Live Q&A from Youtube. They discuss the state of the Giants wide receiver position and what’s going on with all the moving parts, field a ton of questions on Daniel Jones and the QB situation, discuss individual matchups and keys to the Cowboys-Giants matchup and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick run through half of their mailbag questions on a loaded episode that dives into topics like 2023 QB prospects, how much blame Daniel Jones does or doesn’t deserve, Odell Beckham Jr. rumors, how Dan and Nick got connected to get the Big Blue Banter podcast going, how to attack the Cowboys schematically and a whole lot more.

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Dan and Nick dive into the All-22 coaches film of the Giants’ Week 2 win over the Carolina Panthers on the defensive side of the ball. They break down series by series with Xs and Os analysis of key plays, play calls, individual efforts and more. They discuss what Wink Martindale did to confuse the Panthers offensive line and Baker Mayfield. They also dive into incredible individual efforts from expected and the unexpected players – hi Dane Belton. Finally, they hand out game ball superlatives and grade the pass rush and run defense.

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Dan and Nick break down the All-22 coaches film of the Giants’ Week 2 win over the Carolina Panthers. They dive into the film but first start by evaluating some advanced stats and metrics that played a key factor in the game – delving into what they might mean. Then, they go drive by drive, breaking down key plays, Xs and Os, full evaluations on players like Daniel Jones, his offensive linemen and more. It’s a jampacked episode – enjoy!

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Dan and Nick dive into their first takeaways from the Giants' Week 2 win against the Panthers. They discuss the coaching from Brian Daboll, Mike Kafka, and Wink Martindale. They follow that up with some Xs and Os schematic breakdowns of two of the most important play calls in the game -- one from Kafka -- one from Wink. They also dive into Daniel Jones, Ohsane Ximines and several other key players and moments in the win.

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Dan and Nick preview the Giants-Panthers Week 2 game with special guest Jonathan Stewart — former Panthers and Giants RB. They break down Saquon Barkley, the matchup, keys to watch for and more. 

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Dan and Nick break down 10 things they think about the Giants now and moving forward after watching the game film from Week 1. These are things they may not have expected from the Giants going into the season, but now they’re on the forefront. There’s discussion on scheme, play calling, blocking, playing time, individual players and more.

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Dan and Nick dive into the All-22 coaches film from the Giants’ Week 1 upset win over the Titans with a focus on the defensive side of the ball. They break down personnel groupings, play calls, Wink Martinale’s plan, scheme and more. They dive into unheralded heroes like Jihad Ward, Aaron Robinson’s promising first start, Oshane Ximines’ best game in a Giants uniform, Adoree Jackson and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick dive into the All-22 coaches film from the Giants’ Week 1 upset victory over the Titans with this focus being on the offensive side of the ball. They break down everything offense on a drive to drive basis while also tackling key overall concepts like Mike Kafka’s play calling, the blocking, Saquon Barkley’s individual efforts, key plays from Daniel Jones and more. The podcast is jam packed with individual play breakdowns, Xs and Os, offensive line analysis and more. They even touch on a few players individually requested by listeners. It’s the longest All-22 review to date and for a good reason – the Giants are 1-0!

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Dan and Nick give their rapid (plus a rewatch from Nick) reactions to the Giants' upset victory over the Titans in Week 1. They go in depth on Brian Daboll, Mike Kafka, Saquon Barkley, the run blocking, Daniel Jones the run defense and more.

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 Dan and Nick give their thoughts on all 32 NFL teams by breaking down the Vegas projected win-loss over/unders for each of the 32 teams and giving their picks for over or under – while also giving their thoughts on each squad.

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Dan and Nick take a break from the Giants-centric analysis (or do they?? Will the Giants make the cut??) to provide their predictions on each division winner and then on all 14 of the playoff seeds before giving a game-by-game predictions breakdown for the playoffs and picking their Super Bowl contestants and winner.

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Dan and Nick are joined by John Glennon of Sports Illustrated to preview the Giants-Titans Week 1 matchup. Once John jumps off the show, Dan and Nick share their prediction for the game and break down key matchups.

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 Dan and Nick dive into their season-long bold predictions for the Giants – both players and total stats – and more. They go through each prediction before diving into Nick’s stat projections for the Giants offensive players in 2022. Going through each player projection one by one, Dan gives his over or under on them. 

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants’ 2022 season predictions by diving into their thoughts on which Giants players will be sleepers, breakouts – and sadly – busts. Good examples of this last year, respectively, would be Quincy Roche, Xavier McKinney and Kenny Golladay. Who will be their picks for the 2022 season? Jump in and find out.

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Dan and Nick break down the surprising Giants transaction from Thursday evening – the decision to cut Blake Martinez. They go deep on Martinez before breaking down all of the recent additions on the offensive line and at cornerback, an absolutely odd interview with Kenny Golladay, Joe Schoen’s presser and more.

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Dan and Nick break down the first edition of the Giants’ 53-man roster as of 4 p.m. on Tuesday 8/30. They break down surprise cuts, disappointing cuts, good surprises regarding who made the roster, other team’s cuts, waiver claims that intrigue them, a few early victory laps for Dan throws Nick’s way on two of his pre-draft evaluations b/c f’ it, that’s fun, and we do fun here – and they wrap it all up by answering a few listener questions.

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants' final preseason game with key takeaways before diving deep into their 53-man roster projections going position by position and analyzing every group.

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Dan and Nick break down Kayvon Thibadeaux’s tape from the second preseason game against the Bengals in a new addition to the Big Blue Banter – film shorts. These will be shorter podcasts that hyperfocus on one player, concept, scheme, coach and more.

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Dan and Nick break down Evan Neal’s tape from the second preseason game against the Bengals in a new addition to the Big Blue Banter – film shorts. These will be shorter podcasts that hyperfocus on one player, concept, scheme, coach and more.

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Dan and Nick break down the Giants’ ambiguous WR position by looking at key injury updates, how they project the Week 1 snap share to look, an exercise that breaks down which WRs have performed the best – in order – based solely on the training camp and preseason film and more.

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Dan and Nick drop their quick reactions to the Giants' preseason win over the Bengals with an evaluation of the offensive line, credit to Bobby Johnson, Daniel Jones' most commanding performance yet, Davis Webb, David Sills, Alex Bachman and more.

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Dan and Nick welcome on one of their favorite guests David Syvertsen of Ourlads Scouting and a BBI contributor to break down his thoughts on Evan Neal, Saquon Barkley, Daniel Jones, Kenny Golladay, the Giants inside backers and more.

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Dan and Nick break down the All-22 game film from the Giants' first preseason game against the Patriots. They dive into everything from Daniel Jones to Tyrod Taylor to schematics on both sides of the ball -- Collin Johnson, Quincy Roche, Kayvon Thibs, Antonio Williams and a lot more. Then, they talk about the recent slew of injuries and more.

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Dan and Nick dive deep into the Giants' first preseason game with discussions on both QBs, the offensive line as a whole, individual linemen, the running backs behind Barkley, Collin Johnson breakout szn, and then turned the page and did the same thing on defense.

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Dan and Nick recap their experience at the Giants fanfest while also diving into what they saw on the practice field in scrimage, who they met, and recent Giants practices plus what they're looking forward to in the regular season.

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Dan and Nick catch up on the last three days of Giants practices from Monday through Wednesday breaking down Daniel Jones' progression, Kenny Golladay warming up and a lot more.

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 Dan and Nick catch up on the latest from training camp including a discussion on the defense being so far ahead of the offense right now, Daniel Jones, Wan'Dale Robinson, and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick dive into the first day of Giants training camp practice by breaking down four key plays that stood out, the schematics and play calling on each, what they liked about the new offensive system, injury updates, starting lineups and lot more.

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Dan and Nick get caught up on all things Giants heading into the first day of training camp. They discuss the recent players they signed, worked out, the upside of adding Eric Ebron to the offense and then dive into Greg Cosell's excellent film analysis of Daniel Jones, the offensive schematics, Josh Ezeudo, Ricky-Seals Jones and more

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Dan and Nick jump into the highly-debated Giants secondary by breaking down each player and position individually and as a whole. They talk about adjustments they expect from Wink Martindale, new responsibilities for Xavier McKinney and Julian Love and a lot more.

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Dan and Nick dive into the Giants' linebacker position excluding the EDGEs. They talk about if they're happy with where the group is at, if they expect more additions, but more importantly each individual player, what they project their snap shares to be and more.

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Dan and Nick dive into the IDL and EDGE group for the Giants heading into training camp while talking every individual player, schematics of the Wink Martindale defense, what will make it different from the James Bettcher hype, who will emerge as EDGE3 and more

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Dan and Nick preview the Giants' offensive line heading into the 2022 training camp. They take a 30K foot view before breaking down each player, each position and their favorite upcoming position battles plus their favorite training camp sleeper to make noise.

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