With only the best teams in football still alive, the Bluethers catch up on the last few weeks of news from the Meadowlands and around the NFL. They take a look at the end of the Giants' season, views on the Eagles' forfeit and Doug Pederson's firing, and the most important holes for Big Blue to fill in the offseason.
Just in time for Christmas, the Bluethers discuss the latest downturn in Big Blue's performance, the injury to Daniel Jones, and whatever hope remains for a Giants playoff appearance this season.
After a crucial hiatus to invest in the Blueth Exploratory Committee, Zach and Willys return for an unprecedented septuple episode. They cover the Giants' miraculous playoff chances, the various controversies around Joe Judge's coaching staff, and how Big Blue has managed to become the best team in the NFC East despite playing like a thoroughly mediocre outfit.
Well, the Giants lost again and the nation has entered one of its stranger periods... ever? But what's not strange is Big Blue's offense looking inert and uninspired, so let's take an hour to chat about that and keep our minds off of actual problems.
The Giants played one of their worst games in memory, and got trounced by another club's second string. (Let's call them the 28ers.)
These are dark days for Big Blue indeed, and the Bluethers are here to break it down. Moving on fairly quickly from a game that left little to talk about, they discuss how Sunday's embarrassment could hasten the departure of Dave Gettleman, Joe Judge's status three games into his head coaching tenure, and what a smart front office would choose to do from here on out.
One more loss for the record, and many more for the soul. Saquon is done for the year, Danny Dimes is back to his fumbling ways, and a very unconvincing Bears team left the Giants sitting at 0-2 for the one-millionth time in the last one million seasons.
The Bluethers discuss what happened in Chicago on Sunday, how the Big Blue defense has actually been a pleasant surprise so far in 2020, and how Joe Judge might generate any kind of offense for the next 14 games.
Somehow professional football has happened, which gives the Bluethers something to talk about that's at least nominally related to the playing of professional football games.
After an expected loss at home to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Zach and Willys discuss Iron Curtain's stifling of Saquon in the running game, the stellar play of Darius Slayton as a rising WR1, and why Jason Garrett appeared so many times on the broadcast.
Week 1 is in the books. Welcome back, however rudely, to Giants football.
Deep into the dog days of summer, the Bluethers jump on to talk about the unorthodox beginning of training camp, the Giants' kicking situation, and what we think we've learned about DeAndre Baker's legal case. And, of course... plenty of other clearly impertinent topics, straight from Lockdown Studios East of East and West.
Keeping alive the recent trend of Giants banality, Big Blue has been interesting in the last few weeks only to the extent that they’re tangentially related to the actual news of the day. Right now, said news is Cam Newton’s signing with the Pats and the (football) disgrace in D.C. deciding to change its name. The Bluethers break down those two big stories, plus discuss the latest on DeAndre Baker’s criminal case and the case for extending Saquon’s contract.
We’re back, even though the NFL won’t be.
With the hypothetical, probably-not-happening 2020 schedule now ripe for pointless discussion and analysis, Zach and Willys jump on the mics to discuss the Giants' outlook, the mess of Corporate Insurance Stadium's parking situation, why you might want a burner LinkedIn, and when a gardener becomes a farmer.
Here come the hog mollies! With the all-remote draft now a thing of bizarre 21st-Century history, the Bluethers break down the Giants' picks, Roger Goodell's strange behavior, and some guys who probably won't make the roster.
With the remote draft just hours away, Zach and Willys discuss super-detailed sports simulations, half marathons, dermatologically problematic toe situations, and stress-free quarantine tv binges. They also break down what they want the Giants to do in the draft, what they think Dave Gettleman will actually do, and which player from this class will have the best professional career.
With the draft drawing ever closer and real football still looking indefinitely untenable, Zach and Willys jump on to talk about the quarantine era of the podcast, draft buzz, shamelessly horrible mock drafts, and the new 17-game, expanded-playoffs football season.
With the draft less than three weeks away, Zach and Willys each play Dave Gettleman in a full, seven-round draft simulation. They discuss who they took, why, and how this year's class stacks up against Big Blue's position needs.
Everyone stay at home.
As the Giants wrap up free agency, the Bluethers return to discuss the latest signings, as well as the most interesting free agents left around the league.
With the world in lockdown and the Giants on the move, the Bluethers break down one of the most significant quarterback transactions in football history: Colt McCoy to the Meadowlands. They also discuss Big Blue's other free-agent acquisitions so far, from James Bradberry to Cameron Fleming.
By episode's end, they also sneak in a note about something Tampa did.
The Bluethers are barely back, just in time for prolonged periods of Alone Time. They focus on burritos, with brief interludes on Andy Reid, the Giants' shallowest positions, and the safety hazards of water-based draft stages.
In the wake of Eli Manning’s retirement, the Bluethers dive into what constitutes a burrito, what constitutes a good burrito, and which ingredients to list first when talking about the constituent elements of a burrito. They also get around to Eli’s retirement, his body of work, and the currently unprecedented amount of money he made playing professional football.
Zach and Willys also look around the league, discuss Eli’s legacy relative to other quarterbacks from the era, gut impressions of how good the era’s best statistical passers really were, and the upcoming pairing of Kansas City and San Francisco.
The Giants finally got their man (after the Panthers got who was previously the Giants' man) for the vacant job of head football coach. The Bluethers discuss what we know about Joe Judge, from his background to... well, that's basically all that we know about him, other than his love of the "blue-collar" nature of the financial capital of the world.
Zach and Willys also break down the other head coaching hires in the NFC East/Charlotte, how many penalties the Giants committed in 2019, and what Judge will have to do to pull Big Blue out of the giant hole that they've fallen into.
All that, and... the episode ends with a very special surprise.
With so much going on in the world of Big Blue, the Bluethers get right to the heart of it all with a riveting discussion of how uninspiring Corporate Insurance Stadium is. After several minutes on that, they cover the firing of Pat Shurmur, the candidates to replace him as head coach, the inexplicable retention of Dave Gettleman, and why anyone might be so delusional as to think that there's any hope for success any time soon.
Happy New Year! We don't have to watch this team again for eight months.
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