No brainer cuts for the Giants:
Rakeem Nunez Roches (Saves 3.6M)
Graham Gano (Saves 3.1M)
Daniel Bellinger (Saves 3.2M)
Eric Gray (Saves 900K)
Total Savings 10.8M
All are non factors and can easily be replaced with better options via draft or free agency.
Jaxson Dart might’ve just helped kick off a new era for the Giants tonight
23/29, 230 PYDS, 56 RUYDS, 3 PTD, 0 INT vs. Dallas
Dart wins his first ever Week 1 start as the Giants open the John Harbaugh era 1-0.
Reasons to pay Dexter Lawrence
-28 years old
-Elite player for 3 of last 4 years
-Down year was still a really good player
-He is currently 12th in AAV for DT's
-You have no dead cap & void year contracts
-There is $204M in 2028 cap space
-Part of being out of shape was Brian Daboll's fault of not practicing him in training camp
-7th of 121 DT's Pass Rush Win Rate in his terrible down year
-Your DT room without him would be the worst ever assembled
Reasons to trade Dexter Lawrence
-Maybe you get a great player with your new picks
-He had a down year & was frustrated with his contract
-It makes you angry that he's asking for this off a down year
Just admit you didn’t watch a single game last year tubby
Thibs
O Rating 5th
D Rating 13th
Brown
O Rating 3rd
D Rating 5th
Better O and D with a deeper rotation, more lineup combos, and resting starters more. Keep doing revisionist history with jobless Thibs. #Knicks
Fuck every single one of you #Thibs haters who told me Mike Brown was "10x better than Coach Thibs".
Thibs led New York to 51 Wins while his Defensive Anchor in Mitchell Robinson missed our first 50 games before eliminating both Detroit and Boston despite the fact we had a brand new core of Mikal Bridges, Karl-Anthony Towns, Cam Payne and Landry Shamet who were all brand new (1st year Knicks) along with players like Delon Wright + 4 Rookies on the Roster.
2024-2025 after 75 Games under Coach Thibs: 48-27 .
Vs.
2025-2026 after 75 Games under Mike Brown: 48-27.
Mike Brown didn't make my Knicks "better" he's actually stopped our momentum from progressing/improving under Thibs and has us treading water this year.
Mike Brown was silver spooned and inherited an Eastern Conference Finals Roster who won 51 Games last year (with no chemistry together) but yet A.) Couldn't sniff 60 Wins this year and B.) will finish behind both Detroit/Boston in the Standings (2 teams who Thibs eliminated last year from the Playoffs) which is a Mike Brown disappointed/embarrassment imo.
Yes.
I still believe (and know) our Core-Players can win the #Championship this year (because I believe in them) but it won't be because of "Mike Brown" it'll be in spite of him and because of my favorite Players on this team.
All I know is after leading New York to our 1st Eastern Conference Finals Appearance since dating back to 1999-2000 of 26 years ago Thibs deserved an opportunity to run it back (with this core) and Mike Brown never "deserved" this opportunity (to begin with).