Just Giants Podcast

Football is officially back! The Giants host their first match of the year against the Denver Broncos and in typical week 1 fashion, fans of both teams are ready for a cake walk win. Grump and the Cranky Fan break down the injuries, important match ups, and keys to winning the game. Welcome back to NFL football!

The 2021 pre-season has officially come to an end following the final game against the Patriots. Joe Judge and Dave Gettleman have trimmed the roster to 53 men and tweaked it throughout the week, adding players that have been cut from other rosters and traded for positions of need.

The Giants hosted the Patriots in their final pre-season game. The starters played for a half and the roster bubble guys fought it out for the second half. Grump and The Cranky Fan cycle through how the starters looked in their first live action so far this year as well as discuss the BJ Hill/Billy Price trade. Grump projects an initial 53 man roster before the waiver wire war begins.

After Sunday's game with Cleveland and a week of intense joint practices, we're starting to see some guys separate themselves from the pack and make a case for themselves sticking with the team. Football Grump and the Cranky Fan run through the good and the bad from the Giants back ups heading into the second set of roster cuts and discuss who's more safe than others.

For the first time since the 2019 season, fans were in the stands at Metlife for an NFL game...well it didn't look like an NFL game, but the pre-season is underway. The Giants backups lost to the Jets backs 12-7 in sloppy fashion, but Grump and The Cranky Fan are here to highlight the good and the bad from the night as well as the roster moves that followed.

Giants training camp hit the ground running when the full pads came on and news from training camp was coming at a furious pace. Grump and the Cranky Fan catch up on the last week's events at Giants camp. Through injuries, activation, fights, retirings, and the return of 26, the guys have it all covered here.

The first couple Training Camp practices have been held so it is officially the 2021 NFL Pre-Season. Grump and The Cranky Fan take some time away from analyzing the roster to catch up on and cover a week's worth of Training Camp news - everything from injuries, to roster lists, to new faces, to stolen food.

Summer is over and it's back to work for the GIants! Training Camp begins today, marking the start of the 2021 pre-season. As the players return to the field, Grump and The Cranky Fan analyze the secondary. With so many added pieces, who from last year's team will remain and who will be sent packing?

Just a few days before the first practice of training camp and the pre-season officially begins, Grump and The Cranky Fan take a step away to talk about sports movies with good friend Bobby Skinner. The guys discuss what constitutes a sports movie, their top 5's, dishonorable mentions, and completely over analyze Draft Day.

With training camp just a week away, Grump and The Cranky Fan continue to breakdown the roster and begin to sketch out the final 53. This week's focus is on the Offensive Line. Are some of the lesser known names poised to surprise?

With training camp just a few weeks away, Grump and the Cranky Fan continue to analyze the roster and projected starters with a focus on the Tight Ends and Wide Receivers. The significant upgrades to Wide Receiver make for a crowded last wide receiver spot and the off-season signing of Kyle Rudolph complicates the Tight End spot. Grump and Cranky break down who has the inside track to win roster spots.

Training Camp is just a few weeks away. That means it's time to start talking about position groups on the roster. Since it's the dog days of summer, Grump and The Cranky Fan start off discussing the easy spots to start: QB and RB. Is this a make or break year for Jones? What about Barkley?

It's the dead center of summer and Grump and The Cranky Fan feel good about this team. Some discussion about the roster, the rebuild, the camp battles and the possible camp surprises.

Eli Manning is officially returning to the Giants organization in a fan engagement role and will beinducted into the Giants Ring of Honor AND have his jersey retired at halftime of the Falcons game. Grump and the Cranky Fan discuss Eli's legacy before previewing the final five games of the season.

Mandatory Minicamp has wrapped up and Giants players have returned home until late July for the start of Training Camp, but not before two players cycled through the news again. Grump and the Cranky Fan address the news around Sam Beal and the continued conversation about Kadarius Toney and their character before discussing 2021 matchups with Las Vegas, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia and Miami.

As the mandatory portion of summer mini-camp opens up, Grump and the Cranky Fan continue to take a way-too-early look at the schedule and focus on the tough stretch from weeks 5-8 against Dallas, L.A. Rams, Carolina and Kansas City.

It's that time of year again! As the unofficial start of summer commences, Grump and the Cranky Fan continue a summer tradition of previewing individual games to make way-too-early predictions. They take a look at weeks 1-4 against Denver, Washington, Atlanta and New Orleans.

No one knows the Florida Gators quite like Gator Blitz's Mark McLeod, so no one knows Kadarius Toney and Brett Heggie like Mark McLeod. Grump and the Cranky Fan sit down with Mark for the inside scoop on Toney, Heggie and other former Gators that the Giants will face in the 2021 season.

The 2021 NFL Schedule has been released and voluntary workouts have begun! It's the start of a whole new year and Grump and The Cranky Fan take a look at it from a distance.

With the conclusion of the 2021 NFL Draft comes a brand new NFC East. Grump and the Cranky Fan scrutinize the draft picks of the NFC East division rivals and take a peak at how their rosters have been improved following the draft.