Big Blue Banter: A New York Giants Football Podcast

Dan and Nick dive into the Giants' defensive coordinator search while breaking down all of the candidates, what their hire means for the system and players currently on the roster and more. Next, they discuss Joe Schoen's interview with John Schmeelk and all of the interesting nuggets he dropped about his draft philosophies on positional value, trading back to acquire more picks and other topics....

Dan and Nick catch up on everything Giants by diving into the news of Mike Kafka hired as offensive coordinator, Joe Schoen potentially being interested in trading the No. 5 overall pick, and more before diving into some key concepts and takeaways from studying Brain Daboll's game tape as Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Host...

Nick Falato rolls into the SOLO pod to breakdown the standout performers from the Senior Bowl week. What, if any, quarterbacks separated themselves from the pack? Are there any late-round receivers that can complement Brian Daboll's offense? OFFENSIVE LINE, we NEED OFFENSIVE LINE - Zion Johnson an option for second-round adoption? The defensive line dominated the event! UCONN's Travis Jones, Oklah...

Dan and Nick dive into the Brian Daboll introductory presser including key topics like his thoughts on Daniel Jones, calling plays as a head coach, finding Gabriel Davis in the draft and more. They also discuss John Mara's endorsement of Daniel Jones, Joe Schoen's plan to clear $50M in cp space and stop kicking the cap can, and a lot more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...

Dan and Nick dive into the breaking news that Brian Daboll is the new coach of the New York Giants. They discuss his offensive system, play calling mix, what this means for Daniel Jones, potential offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator options and a lot more before diving into questions from the listeners! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simp...

Dan and Nick dive into the introductory press conference from new Giants general manager Joe Schoen. They break down his thoughts on the salary cap, the decision to take themselves out of the mix for Deshaun Watson (and does that mean Russell Wilson too?), the next head coach with rumors/reports about Flores, Quinn and a lot more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

Dan and Nick take a 30,000-foot view on some of the concepts from an Xs and Os and schematic standpoint that they want to see the next offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator, individually, bring with them. They also break down the Xs an Os of some of the key plays Brian Daboll called against the Chiefs to generate explosive plays for the Bills offense. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

 Dan and Nick break down the current Giants head coaching candidates one by one identifying their potential pros and cons while also spending a little extra time on their favorite candidate so far -- Brian Daboll. They also spend a bit of the opener breaking down some of the key things they learned from a wild weekend of playoff football and how they can be applied to the Giants. Learn more about...

Dan and Nick break down the Giants' decision to hire Joe Schoen as their next general manager. They look back at some of the past Bills drafts and how Buffalo built their roster out what they're looking for in Schoen from a roster-building standpoint, quotes from coaches and players who worked with Schoen in the past and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Ho...

Dan and Nick look back at the 2021 season to break down the 10 key takeaways and things they learned about the roster during the 2021 season with a forward-looking viewpoint -- and the hope of the new regime not making some of these same mistakes the old one did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for i...

Dan and Nick break down the New York Giants' early general manager search by discussing the eight candidates scheduled to interview, their thoughts on all of them and more. They also dive into a potential top target of theirs for the next head coach of the Giants and a galaxy brain type idea that allows the Giants to hire said coach, upgrade at QB and retain Patrick Graham. It's a doozy -- that wi...

Dan and Nick dive into an EMERGENCY podcast as news breaks the Giants have made the decision to fire Joe Judge and allow the next GM to get a fresh start on who he wants as his HC. This also puts them in the market for more head coach candidates prior to them being snapped up by another team. They discuss what the firing means for the Giants future, what it means for Daniel Jones future and Patric...

Dan and Nick wrap up the 2021 season by talking a bit about the Giants loss to the Football Team but more about Jay Glazer's report surrounding Joe Judge's chances of returning as HC, a package deal with Kevin Abrams that he is pitching to ownership, and reports of six GM candidates the Giants are considering. Finally, Dan/Nick air their remaining/final grievances with GM Dave Gettleman on his las...

Dan and Nick dive into the All-22 coaches film of the Giants' Week 17 loss to the Bears. They find positives in the play of Saquon Barkley, Andrew Thomas and Ben Bredeson. Negatives in the play calling and QB play. Then they dive into the defensive side of the ball and touch on why they have cautious optimism with Jaylon Smith and others who stood out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Dan and Nick recap the Giants' Week 17 loss to the Bears but spend more time diving into the heated Joe Judge post game presser plus former Giants TE Scott Simonson's comments about GM Dave Gettleman and 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 da...

Dan and Nick touch on recent Giants general manager rumors and news before diving into the All-22 Coaches film of the Giants' Week 16 loss to the Eagles. 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 talk a little about the Giants' Week 16 loss to the Eagles but spend most of the time discussing the Adam Schefter report that both Joe Judge and Daniel Jones will be back in 2022. What does it mean to the fanbase that the Giants are telling them Judge has already earned his ticket back while the team spirals out of control with hapless losses that are wholly uncompetitive? The ventin...

Dan & Nick join the BLEAV New York Giants podcast with linebacker legend Carl Banks and the voice of the New York Giants, Bob Papa. The four discuss the current state of the New York Giants, the future of the team, and what has to happen to turn this franchise around Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com f...

Dan and Nick break down the all-22 coaches film of the Giants' loss to the Cowboys. They dive into the entire offensive line and why the run game was able to find success, if Jake Fromm has a future here both short and long term, why they're so excited about Andrew Thomas, if there's any future for Bill Price and Will Hernandez plus a slew of players and topics on the defensive side of the ball in...

Dan and Nick give their immediate reactions to the Giants 21-6 home loss to the Dallas Cowboys. 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.

PART 2: Dan and Nick dive into another mailbag full of questions on the Giants' future from Daniel Jones, to the next general manager, Joe Judge, players the Giants can trade and what they would get for them and potential  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 o...

Dan and Nick dive into another mailbag full of questions on the Giants' future from Daniel Jones, to the next general manager, Joe Judge, players the Giants can trade and what they would get for them and potential salary cap casualties, plus more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about...

Dan and Nick combine the All-22 offense and defensive film into one pod. Thye break down the quarterback play from Mike Glennon. The offensive line play both individually as a whole. Things they like from Freddie Kitchens and then give shoutouts to standout defenders including Dexter Lawrence before also diving into why the defense wasn't able to slow down Justin Herbert at all. Learn more about y...

Dan and Nick break down the Giants' embarrassing loss to the Chargers in Week 14 discussing the importance of the QB2 position, Joe Judge's coaching and future, and more. They also spend a little time getting into a certain in-house reporter's defense of GM Dave Gettleman and why it made Dan's head spin in exorcist-esque ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Ho...

Dan and Nick join Justin Penik of Talkin Giants to discuss a wide variety of topics currently associated with the New York Giants including what to look forward to the rest of the season, what we want to see on both sides of the ball, which beat writers covering the team we would want to be on our side of a physical fight and a lot more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...