Was too young to understand football. Why did the Giants get destroyed?
January 28, 2026
Was too young to understand football. Why did the Giants get destroyed?
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That was one of the greatest defenses of all time
Good, not great Giants team, vs an all time great defense.
The Raven defense was an absolute animal, and frankly the talent we had on the roster didn’t amount to a fraction of what Baltimore had.
that ravens 2000 defense was one of, if not the greatest ever
Kerry Collins played really bad against one of the best defenses of all-time.
Giants completely changed what they did all season because they were scared of the Ravens all time D. Not saying the result would have been different but many people/players have said they, instead of attacking with what was their strength, they tried to find a Ravens weakness and completely failed
That was a great run for us but we over achieved and we ran into what was probably the best overall team with an all time buzz saw of a defense.
That Ravens D was one of the best of all time. The Giants were outmatched in that game.
That ravens defense was on of the best in history
Giants were good but that Ravens defense was good on a historic level.
Better question is how did we put up 41 points on the Vikings?
Kerry collins throwing off his back foot
Because we are going up against first ballot hall of famer Trent Dilfer
A phantom holding penalty that negated a game tying pick 6. It was all down hill from there.
That defense…that is all.
It is the Super Bowl I hope for the Patriots to experience at the hands of the Seahawks. Crush. Them.
Kerry Collins psyched himself out watching tape. We never had a chance before we got on the field.
The 2000 Ravens had one of the greatest dominant defenses of all time
The giants O was pretty beat up as well as being against the best D
Because they called Defensive Holding on Keith Hamilton.
Hammer never held
Changed the game completely
The Giants were not as good as the ravens and we needed that break to keep it close.
The Giants went in scared and unprepared. They probably wouldn’t have won regardless, but it was a bad coaching job by Fassel and Kerry Collins was rattled before the national anthem even started.
We got dilfed that day
I couldn’t tell ya. I was drunk as a skunk by halftime.
I remember the B2 flying over – as quiet as the Ravens kept us the whole game…
Such an odd season, we had a really good defense and Kerry Collins was playing well. We won the NFC that year, more because the conference was fairly weak than us being a Super Bowl contender.
The AFC had some really good teams, but much like this year…. No one really stood out, until the Ravens started to really roll over teams around thanksgiving. What really became apparent was the playoff version of the team.
They were whipping teams, I know the scores look close… but those weren’t close games.
Oddly the Giants dominated the NFC playoffs, the game against the Vikings is still one of the most one sided games I have seen.
So going into the Super Bowl, I thought (and many did) it would be a close game….. nope, it was clear their defense was in another league.
Fake holding call
Collins was perennially overrated as a QB. He was sort of a throwback to en era when completing 57% of your passes was great. He was never very accurate (career comp % of 55.7). The league leaders in the early 2000s routinely were completing 60%+ of their passes. And he was completely immobile in an era when many QBs were more mobile, even if they weren’t rushing for a ton of yardage. The team has some offensive playmakers (Tiki, Toomer, Hilliard) but the QB was limited and that really showed against a top all-time Defense.
Kerry Collins was drunk
the worst thing that happened to new york that year
I have this memory of Jason Sehorn’s pants falling down and the Ravens completing a big pass on him.
I also remember a Giants defensive TD getting called back for defensive holding on Keith Hamilton.
But mostly they were just getting dominated by the Ravens d-line.
Everyone is missing the day before changing of the entire game plan ! There are a few articles about it but other than having us not prepared (as underdogs anyways ) it created a rift between the entire team and for lack of a better word our “vibes” were completely shot and we likely would’ve lost to anyone
They ran into a superior team with a top 5 all time defense.
The 2000 Ravens defense was special and Kerry Collins just wasn’t…
33 comments
That was one of the greatest defenses of all time
Good, not great Giants team, vs an all time great defense.
The Raven defense was an absolute animal, and frankly the talent we had on the roster didn’t amount to a fraction of what Baltimore had.
that ravens 2000 defense was one of, if not the greatest ever
Kerry Collins played really bad against one of the best defenses of all-time.
Giants completely changed what they did all season because they were scared of the Ravens all time D. Not saying the result would have been different but many people/players have said they, instead of attacking with what was their strength, they tried to find a Ravens weakness and completely failed
That was a great run for us but we over achieved and we ran into what was probably the best overall team with an all time buzz saw of a defense.
That Ravens D was one of the best of all time. The Giants were outmatched in that game.
That ravens defense was on of the best in history
Giants were good but that Ravens defense was good on a historic level.
Better question is how did we put up 41 points on the Vikings?
Kerry collins throwing off his back foot
Because we are going up against first ballot hall of famer Trent Dilfer
A phantom holding penalty that negated a game tying pick 6. It was all down hill from there.
That defense…that is all.
It is the Super Bowl I hope for the Patriots to experience at the hands of the Seahawks. Crush. Them.
Kerry Collins psyched himself out watching tape. We never had a chance before we got on the field.
The 2000 Ravens had one of the greatest dominant defenses of all time
The giants O was pretty beat up as well as being against the best D
Because they called Defensive Holding on Keith Hamilton.
Hammer never held
Changed the game completely
The Giants were not as good as the ravens and we needed that break to keep it close.
The Giants went in scared and unprepared. They probably wouldn’t have won regardless, but it was a bad coaching job by Fassel and Kerry Collins was rattled before the national anthem even started.
We got dilfed that day
I couldn’t tell ya. I was drunk as a skunk by halftime.
I remember the B2 flying over – as quiet as the Ravens kept us the whole game…
Such an odd season, we had a really good defense and Kerry Collins was playing well. We won the NFC that year, more because the conference was fairly weak than us being a Super Bowl contender.
The AFC had some really good teams, but much like this year…. No one really stood out, until the Ravens started to really roll over teams around thanksgiving. What really became apparent was the playoff version of the team.
They were whipping teams, I know the scores look close… but those weren’t close games.
Oddly the Giants dominated the NFC playoffs, the game against the Vikings is still one of the most one sided games I have seen.
So going into the Super Bowl, I thought (and many did) it would be a close game….. nope, it was clear their defense was in another league.
Fake holding call
Collins was perennially overrated as a QB. He was sort of a throwback to en era when completing 57% of your passes was great. He was never very accurate (career comp % of 55.7). The league leaders in the early 2000s routinely were completing 60%+ of their passes. And he was completely immobile in an era when many QBs were more mobile, even if they weren’t rushing for a ton of yardage. The team has some offensive playmakers (Tiki, Toomer, Hilliard) but the QB was limited and that really showed against a top all-time Defense.
Kerry Collins was drunk
the worst thing that happened to new york that year
I have this memory of Jason Sehorn’s pants falling down and the Ravens completing a big pass on him.
I also remember a Giants defensive TD getting called back for defensive holding on Keith Hamilton.
But mostly they were just getting dominated by the Ravens d-line.
Everyone is missing the day before changing of the entire game plan ! There are a few articles about it but other than having us not prepared (as underdogs anyways ) it created a rift between the entire team and for lack of a better word our “vibes” were completely shot and we likely would’ve lost to anyone
They ran into a superior team with a top 5 all time defense.
The 2000 Ravens defense was special and Kerry Collins just wasn’t…
