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Post by ThatGuyRich on May 30, 2021 17:31:55 GMT -5
Shep is changing his number from #87 to #3 to honor his late father. His father was a WR for 3 years at Oklahoma. His father played briefly in the NFL for a number of teams.
I always admire respect. Respect on top of love is the highest compliment one can receive.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2021 4:30:40 GMT -5
I remember his father when he was on the Cowboys. It was like somewhere around the time Landry got canned. Gives you an idea what that kind of team was if anyone is too young to remember.
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Post by Roswell on May 31, 2021 6:17:04 GMT -5
Good for him. Honoring his father. That’s a nice story.
It’s going to be weird seeing LBs wearing single digits. I know it’s commonplace in college but I think it’s strange. QBs aren’t going to be able to use numbers to help read defenses as much. It will be different for sure.
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Post by GameTime on May 31, 2021 6:29:12 GMT -5
Good for him. Honoring his father. That’s a nice story. It’s going to be weird seeing LBs wearing single digits. I know it’s commonplace in college but I think it’s strange. QBs aren’t going to be able to use numbers to help read defenses as much. It will be different for sure. hate it.... looks dumb and and amateurish. but I will get used to of course. |
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Post by JoeyCush on May 31, 2021 8:45:15 GMT -5
Good for him. Honoring his father. That’s a nice story. It’s going to be weird seeing LBs wearing single digits. I know it’s commonplace in college but I think it’s strange. QBs aren’t going to be able to use numbers to help read defenses as much. It will be different for sure. hate it.... looks dumb and and amateurish. but I will get used to of course. I dislike it as well. Always loved seeing LBs with 50's numbers, felt like a tough guys number. LT, Carson, Lewis, Singletary, Urlacher, Butkus, Lambert and even guys from the last decade Patrick Willis, Bobby Wagner, Keuchly, etc. But like you said, we'll get used to it eventually. |
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Post by GameTime on May 31, 2021 9:24:30 GMT -5
hate it.... looks dumb and and amateurish. but I will get used to of course. I dislike it as well. Always loved seeing LBs with 50's numbers, felt like a tough guys number. LT, Carson, Lewis, Singletary, Urlacher, Butkus, Lambert and even guys from the last decade Patrick Willis, Bobby Wagner, Keuchly, etc. But like you said, we'll get used to it eventually. even when I get used to it I will always diss it. Its total BS IMO. There is no reason for it except to allow the game to further get diluted with NCAA crap. |
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Post by Jomo on May 31, 2021 10:23:43 GMT -5
Shep is changing his number from #87 to #3 to honor his late father. His father was a WR for 3 years at Oklahoma. His father played briefly in the NFL for a number of teams. I always admire respect. Respect on top of love is the highest compliment one can receive. Nice move by a respectful son. Not surprising coming from Shep who is a class act. Wishing him well this year. |
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Post by giantlegacy on May 31, 2021 10:48:49 GMT -5
hate it.... looks dumb and and amateurish. but I will get used to of course. I dislike it as well. Always loved seeing LBs with 50's numbers, felt like a tough guys number. LT, Carson, Lewis, Singletary, Urlacher, Butkus, Lambert and even guys from the last decade Patrick Willis, Bobby Wagner, Keuchly, etc. But like you said, we'll get used to it eventually. 50s and 90s and lately 40s (we retired a bunch of 50s ) I seem to remember lbs use to wear numbers in the 80s as well until the early 80s.. |
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Post by GameTime on May 31, 2021 11:07:50 GMT -5
they should un-retire numbers and then just "honor" the player and his number.
Why discontinue so many numbers? Really makes no sense.
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Post by ThatGuyRich on May 31, 2021 15:17:29 GMT -5
I dislike it as well. Always loved seeing LBs with 50's numbers, felt like a tough guys number. LT, Carson, Lewis, Singletary, Urlacher, Butkus, Lambert and even guys from the last decade Patrick Willis, Bobby Wagner, Keuchly, etc. But like you said, we'll get used to it eventually. 50s and 90s and lately 40s (we retired a bunch of 50s ) I seem to remember lbs use to wear numbers in the 80s as well until the early 80s.. GL the Giants have so many numbers retired were lucky we can fill out a roster. |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2021 19:40:53 GMT -5
they should un-retire numbers and then just "honor" the player and his number. Why discontinue so many numbers? Really makes no sense. We should have only one number retired. I don’t even have to say which one. |
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Post by ratbastich on Jun 3, 2021 11:20:25 GMT -5
they should un-retire numbers and then just "honor" the player and his number. Why discontinue so many numbers? Really makes no sense. We should have only one number retired. I don’t even have to say which one. Jonas Seawright. Definitely not Trey Junkin. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2021 11:28:23 GMT -5
Is this the number of games played or missed this season??
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Post by jb456 on Jun 3, 2021 13:35:44 GMT -5
they should un-retire numbers and then just "honor" the player and his number. Why discontinue so many numbers? Really makes no sense. We should have only one number retired. I don’t even have to say which one. The Giants have been since 1925. They have 4 championships (Pre-Superbowl era) and 4 superbowl wins. There have been serveral NY Giants that have been MVP's (That includes LT) and over a dozen players have been inducted into the HOF. Long story short, there are several players that deserve honor so it's really do it or don't do it situation... |
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Post by nostrildamus on Jun 3, 2021 14:11:08 GMT -5
Good for him. Honoring his father. That’s a nice story. It’s going to be weird seeing LBs wearing single digits. I know it’s commonplace in college but I think it’s strange. QBs aren’t going to be able to use numbers to help read defenses as much. It will be different for sure. Yeah, looking forward to hearing "One's the Mike...." |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2021 4:49:46 GMT -5
We should have only one number retired. I don’t even have to say which one. The Giants have been since 1925. They have 4 championships (Pre-Superbowl era) and 4 superbowl wins. There have been serveral NY Giants that have been MVP's (That includes LT) and over a dozen players have been inducted into the HOF. Long story short, there are several players that deserve honor so it's really do it or don't do it situation... One man changed the entire game. One single man and his game play. |
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Post by McCherry on Jun 4, 2021 11:13:23 GMT -5
they should un-retire numbers and then just "honor" the player and his number. Why discontinue so many numbers? Really makes no sense. LT was the last number retired. I mean, nobody on the Giants could ever wear that number. You could argue Strahan or Eli should have theirs retired. |
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