Just Giants Podcast

The 2020 Schedule was released for the NY Giants and the Football Grump and the Cranky Fan are here to breakdown the interesting twists and turns. Two Monday Night games at Metlife, a stretch of 6 games with 5 division matchups, a week 15 host to Cleveland. It's all covered in this episode.

With a new coaching staff, the first round of Free Agency and the Draft all finally complete and in place, the Grump and the Cranky Fan take a look at the strengths and weaknesses of the 2020 New York Giants. How have the improved and where are the question marks? How does the fifth year option of Peppers and Engram affect the team?

It's been a long offseason and it's been a long draft season, but the 2020 NFL Draft is officially over and the Giants have come away with 10 brand new players. The Football Grump and The Cranky Fan give their overall feelings of the draft, the Giants draft class and the individual picks.

It's finally draft week and while NFL GMs clumsily fumble around with routers, take pictures of monitors, go through practice drafts and have lengthy discussions with their ISPs, Grump and The Cranky Fan take a finally look at the Giants number 4 overall pick in the draft and lay out who they would pick, what they think will happen and more.

The Football Grump and The Cranky Fan spent Easter Sunday taking a drive down memory lane as Fox replayed Super Bowl XVII. This episode is a look back at the game, the broadcast, the season, and all of their places in GIants history and our histories.

Dave Gettleman couldn't possible draft a defensive linemen in this draft too right? Well....the Football Grump and Cranky Fan go over the guys that they could target...even in the first round! Is it possible? Probably not...but not it's not impossible.

April 6th, 2020 was the first day of the league year that coaches could speak with their players and hand out their play books...except for the first time in years, they actually couldn't. We go over this, the President's conference with heads of sports associations, and the NFL memo advising teams to prepare for the first ever fully virtual NFL Draft.

The Grump and the Cranky Fan return to NFL Draft talk and it's time to discuss one of the most important positions in football and a huge position of need for the Giants: Offensive Tackle. Is an offensive tackle in play in the first round? How about the second round?

It's been a long time since we've had any live sports on TV and it's got us wondering now...are we ever going to see a 2020 Giants season? How likely is it that the season is cancelled? What else might happen? Grump and Cranky Fan dive down the unfortunate path of possibilties.

Free Agency is officially underway and the Giants have spent a huge portion of their free cap space on some new faces. Get to know who the new members of the Giants are and what their contracts mean for the team. How will these signings affect what the draft plan will be for Dave Gettleman and the Giants.

The legal tampering period has begun and while The Grump and Cranky Fan are on lock down, they're locked in on all of the Giants moves. Leonard Williams is a Giant for at least a year, James Bradberry joins a young DB group, and Rosas, Penny and Mayo are all returning. Oh, and the new CBA was voted on and passed.

The spotlight series continues as the Football Grump and Cranky Fan assess the vulnerability of the linebacker spot after the cuts to Ogletree and Martin. What are the free agent and draft options at the Inside linebacker spot and Edge rusher? Chase Young, Jadeveon Clowney, Cory Littleton, Joe Schobert, Isaiah Simmons...so many options to discuss!

What do you mean Joe Judge didn't commit to Daniel Jones at QB!? The Football Grump and Cranky Fan address the press conference right before continuing their spotlight series. An in depth look at the WR and TE landscape in both the draft and free agency.

The position spotlight continues as the Grump and the Cranky Fan focus in on the defensive backfield. Will the Giants be big players in the open market for a high priced safety? Are DeAndre Baker and Sam Beal the answer at the corner spot? Was last year's major draft investment in the corner position a payoff?

It's time to jump into it. The Grump and Cranky Fan begin their offseason breakdown of the roster, it's holes, and the possible free agent and draft targets to complete the roster. This week they spotlight the Quarterback and Runningback position. Who is the next man up if Daniel Jones or Barkley get hurt?

The inaugural weekend of XFL football is complete but Grump and the Cranky Fan have more important things to discuss: The New York Giants offseason has commenced and it's time to dive into the biggest places of need as free agency madness starts and draft talk ramps up.

The 2019 NFL season officially came to a close with the Kansas City Chiefs being crowned champions. Grump and The Cranky Fan breakdown the game and the position both the 49ers and Chiefs are in the years to come. Also, the Giants made their final coaching hire with Sean Spencer for the Defensive Line. Time to get ready for a 2020 offseason!

Head Coach Joe Judge has almost completely finished hiring the Giants 2020 Assistant Coaches and they include several former head coaches. Find out which ones Grump and The Cranky Fan like and which one they don't. Also, some notes on how to improve the Pro Bowl and some Super Bowl predictions.

A wild and emotional week of sports news takes over the discussion for the podcast this week so there was enough to talk about for a whole other episode - and frankly that news deserved it's own episode. Cranky Fan and the Grump recap the last week's sports news from Derek Jeter's entrance to the baseball hall of fame, to Eli Manning's retirement, to the sudden and tragic death of Kobe Bryant.

Legendary 16 year veteran, 2 time Super Bowl MVP, future Ring of Honor New York Giant Eli Manning will officially retire at a press conference on Friday, January 24, 2020, and Grump and The Cranky Fan share some of their thoughts and stories about the future Hall of Famer.