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Giants Edge Chiefs: 3 Studs, 2 Duds, and 1 Play

The Giants made the score look far closer than it should have been. For NFL fans not watching this game, they might get the idea that Cassel may have had a nice showing. Maybe they thought Larry Johnson made the (usually) great run defense look pathetic..

Written by Travis Rand about 2 months ago 981 reads 3 comments
Fantasy Factory: Analyzing Picks One Through Ten (No. 4-6)

Fantasy Factory: Analyzing Picks One Through Ten (No. 1-3): Click Here Alright, here we are back for the second stage of achieving fantasy greatness. Having picks four, five, or six is one of my favorite draft positions...

Written by Travis Rand about 5 months ago 248 reads 2 comments
Fantasy Factory: Analyzing Picks One Through Ten (No. 1-3)

I promised I wouldn't let an article get written about Fantasy Football until at least the Fourth of July. Well, I was pretty close...

Written by Travis Rand about 5 months ago 757 reads 7 comments
Defensive Outlook No. 1 Of 3: The Fierce Defensive Line

The best thing that could have happened for our defense did. Everyone seems to have forgot about them during the hooplah of the Giants "not having ANY WR's...

Written by Travis Rand about 5 months ago 488 reads 8 comments
Fantasy Factory: Hanley Ramirez, Mr. Overrated

The name of the fantasy player in front of the statistics. It is the most misleading thing in all of fantasy sports. Everyone, even myself, is completely guilty of doing this exact same thing time and time again...

Written by Travis Rand about 5 months ago 470 reads 4 comments
Fantasy Baseball Super Stuffed Weekly Recap: Week II

For anyone who may now be following the series, I must say thank you for the support and hope that your fantasy team jumped a couple spots in the standings after my opening week article...

Written by Travis Rand about 7 months ago 108 reads 1 comments
Big Apple Heroes: New York's Most Loved Athletes

Recently, Mike Kent put together a nice article on what he believed to be the top 10 fan-favorites in the state of New York...

Written by Travis Rand about 7 months ago 261 reads 5 comments
All-Time New York Giants: No. 10, Captain Manning

A while back, an idea came to me: Make a list of the top 10 players in New York Giants football history. As you can clearly see, my ideas don't stay bottled up for very long. Kicking things off at number ten is current Giants quarterback Eli Manning...

Written by Travis Rand about 7 months ago 952 reads 15 comments
Fantasy Baseball Super Stuffed Weekly Recap: Week I

As the first article, in what I expect and hope to be a very long running and successful series, it would be a good idea to fill you in on what this article will deliver week in and week out...

Written by Travis Rand about 7 months ago 61 reads 6 comments
New York Giants' Offseason Task No. 4: Do Something Useful...Please?

This is No. 4 in a running series of Giants offseason anticsArticle One: Resigning and ReleasingArticle Two: Plaxico Burress and Anquan BoldinArticle Three: James Laurinaitis First off, let me ...

Written by Travis Rand about 8 months ago 592 reads 19 comments
One Hundred Shadows

In the wake of Alex Rodriguez's admission to steroids, the questions are already buzzing about what will become of the 103 other players' names who appeared on the same list as A-Rod's...

Written by Travis Rand about 10 months ago 46 reads 0 comments
New York Giants Offseason Task No. 3: Getting To Know James Laurinaitis

This is No. 3 in a running series of Giants offseason anticsArticle One: Resigning and ReleasingArticle Two: Plaxico Burress and Anquan Boldin First of all, let me start out by saying that I ...

Written by Travis Rand about 10 months ago 574 reads 13 comments
New York Giants Offseason Task No. 2: Plaxico Burress and Anquan Boldin

This is No. 2 in a running series of Giants offseason anticsArticle One: Resigning and Releasing I would like to thank everybody who read and commented on my first article, and I hope you enjoy this one all the same...

Written by Travis Rand about 10 months ago 1,569 reads 28 comments
New York Giants Offseason Task No. I: Who To Re-Sign...and Release

First of all, an apology is in order. As the New York Giants community leader, I take it very seriously and try to do my best whenever I can. I have been next to non-existent the last month and plan on making up for it very much so in the coming ones...

Written by Travis Rand about 10 months ago 1,198 reads 12 comments
Part One: New York Giants Offseason Tasks, NFL Draft and Resignings

OK let's be honest. Every single one of us has been thinking at least once or twice, who the Giants might draft in April 2009...

Written by Travis Rand about 11 months ago 366 reads 0 comments
Most Valuable Athletes of 2008

2008. Another year another championship. Another year and another homerun to tell your kids about. Another spiral that Brett Favre gets to throw. Another stadium right next to the old one...

Written by Travis Rand about 11 months ago 177 reads 8 comments
Brandon Jacobs: The Thunder He Brings

The Giants have been on a slight decline as of late but I think for the most part it’s something they needed. I mean, who really wants to make the playoffs with only one loss while feeling ...

Written by Travis Rand about 11 months ago 164 reads 0 comments
Captain Optimistic: Five Things to Take Away from the Giants Loss

Let's get RIGHT to the point with this one. I, and I realize I may be in the majority, am almost happy that we lost yesterday. The New York Giants played absolutely horrible football, and we STILL only lost by six points...

Written by Travis Rand about 12 months ago 127 reads 2 comments
Domenik Hixon: The Perfect Replacement

I am not one to beat the dead horse, but I thought I should update everyone. Plaxico Burress will never again wear a New York Giants jersey on a professional football field...

Written by Travis Rand about about 1 year ago 435 reads 6 comments
Why the New York Giants Can Very Easily Return to the Super Bowl

OK I know what you're thinking...I'm crazy right? I'm just like everyone else who thinks they could return. But who is actually giving facts? Here are the three reasons that I believe the Giants will return to the Super Bowl...

Written by Travis Rand about about 1 year ago 496 reads 7 comments
NYG Roundtable: Top Secret Eagle's Scouting Reports; Week 10 Edition

I would like to welcome all of you who are reading this into the first ever scouting report done by four of the top writers in the New York Giants community...

Written by Travis Rand about about 1 year ago 431 reads 21 comments
NFC [B]East: Fighting Amongst Themselves

First of all let me apologize for a misleading title. Every single game that all four of these elite teams play is going to be important, interesting, and a downright slobber-knocker...

Written by Travis Rand about about 1 year ago 255 reads 0 comments
Justin Tuck + Mathias Kiwanuka = Trouble

Pushing aside some old newspapers and magazines, I quietly kept to myself in the bustling break room of my supermarket job (17-year-old boys need money somehow). Being congratulated on a Week Seven victory over the 49ers was nothing exactly special...

Written by Travis Rand about about 1 year ago 824 reads 6 comments
Mid-Way Point: Five Things We Know About The New York Giants

While many writers this week are re-capping the Steelers game [Fantastic] or looking forward to the best game of a Giants fan's season [Welcoming "Big D" back to the Big Apple], I decided to ...

Written by Travis Rand about about 1 year ago 840 reads 12 comments
Tackling The Downfall Of All Fantasy Players: The Projection's

They say the first step in fixing a problem is to admit that you have one. Well, here goes. I look at Fantasy Projections too much. Before we all start judging each other though, let's be honest...

Written by Travis Rand about about 1 year ago 163 reads 2 comments

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Travis Rand Article Archive

Giants Edge Chiefs: 3 Studs, 2 Duds, and 1 Play

Fantasy Factory: Analyzing Picks One Through Ten (No. 4-6)

Fantasy Factory: Analyzing Picks One Through Ten (No. 1-3)

Defensive Outlook No. 1 Of 3: The Fierce Defensive Line

Fantasy Factory: Hanley Ramirez, Mr. Overrated

Fantasy Baseball Super Stuffed Weekly Recap: Week II

Big Apple Heroes: New York's Most Loved Athletes

All-Time New York Giants: No. 10, Captain Manning

Fantasy Baseball Super Stuffed Weekly Recap: Week I

New York Giants' Offseason Task No. 4: Do Something Useful...Please?

One Hundred Shadows

New York Giants Offseason Task No. 3: Getting To Know James Laurinaitis

New York Giants Offseason Task No. 2: Plaxico Burress and Anquan Boldin

New York Giants Offseason Task No. I: Who To Re-Sign...and Release

Part One: New York Giants Offseason Tasks, NFL Draft and Resignings

Most Valuable Athletes of 2008

Brandon Jacobs: The Thunder He Brings

Captain Optimistic: Five Things to Take Away from the Giants Loss

Domenik Hixon: The Perfect Replacement

Why the New York Giants Can Very Easily Return to the Super Bowl

NYG Roundtable: Top Secret Eagle's Scouting Reports; Week 10 Edition

NFC [B]East: Fighting Amongst Themselves

Justin Tuck + Mathias Kiwanuka = Trouble

Mid-Way Point: Five Things We Know About The New York Giants

Tackling The Downfall Of All Fantasy Players: The Projection's

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