Big Blue Banter: A New York Giants Football Podcast

Dan and Nick are joined by The Ringer's Danny Kelly to break down the Giants' Week 8 matchup against the Seattle Seahawks. They discuss Seattle's surprising start, how in the world Geno Smith is playing at this level, their ridiculously productive 2022 rookie class -- one that includes two starting offensive tackles (Charles Cross, Abe Lucas) a lockdown CB1 and their RB1. They get into more depth...

Dan and Nick react to the Giants' blockbuster trade sending 2021 first-round draft pick Kadarius Toney to the Chiefs for a compensatory 3rd-round draft pick and a 6th-round draft pick. They break down why it happened, if it's fair to grade the trade as a positive but at the same time admit it's not a good thing for the roster, they discuss how the Giants WR corps shakes out post-trade, why Joe Sch...

Dan and Nick break down the All-22 coaches film of the Giants defense against the Jaguars in Week 7. As promised, they follow the film and refuse to sugarcoat it – point blank – the defense was uncharacteristically undisciplined and it lead to major breakdowns in run defense and in coverage. These breakdowns stemmed primarily from the second level play from the LBs. They go over struggles from Jay...

Dan and Nick break down the Giants’ All-22 coaches film of their Week 7 victory over the Jaguars on the offensive side of the ball. As always, they roll drive by drive and walk you through the film so you can see for yourself. They break down drives and plays from both film angles and more. They go over individual breakdowns of players including Daniel Jones, Tyree Phillips, Josh Ezeudo, Wan’Dale...

Dan and Nick provide their immediate reaction to the Giants’ thrilling last second win over the Jaguars to improve to 6-1 on the season. They dive into some of the coaching feats from Brian Daboll and staff thus far, how the offensive line has been able to impose their will and lean on the run game in the second halves of games, Daniel Jones’ third consecutive highly impressive performance, Bobby...

Dan Schneier and Nick Falato answer listener questions about the 5-1 Giants, their future, possible trade targets, Daniel Jones, and much more!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dan and Nick dive into the All-22 coaches film of the Giants’ Week 6 win over the Ravens. They break down a key stat about the Giants defense’s aggressiveness and sure-tackled nature before diving into the drive by drive film breakdowns of the defense on a play by play basis (reminder: you can find this film analysis and actually watch the film along with Dan and Nick on their YouTube page). They...

Dan and Nick dive into the All-22 coaches film of the Giants’ Week 6 win over the Ravens. They break down some key stats and observations that defined the game before diving into the actual tape (reminder: you can find this film analysis and actually watch the film along with Dan and Nick on their YouTube page) on a drive by drive basis. They break down key nuances of playing the QB position that...

Dan and Nick break down the Giants’ exciting win over the Ravens in Week 6 – another fourth-quarter comeback. They dive into the key plays that defined this game, if Brian Daboll and his staff are giving the Giants more of a coaching edge than any team in the NFL right now, why the team is able to overcome these deficits on a bi-weekly basis (three of six), and more before diving into analysis on...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecas...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...

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,...

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...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for...

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simpl...

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 contributo...

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...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....

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 Learn more about yo...

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 brea...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...

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. Learn more abou...