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Simms, Esiason, and Ryan Entertain at LIA Luncheon

WESTBURY, N.Y. – Over a thousand people were in attendance for the Long Island Association’s 2012 annual luncheon in Westbury, New York last Wednesday.

But, the real treat was the amusing banter between former Super Bowl quarterbacks Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason, and New York Jets’ head coach Rex Ryan, as they joined LIA president and CEO Kevin Law in a panel discussion at the Westbury Country Club.

The day started with a private reception taking place only an hour after Esiason wrapped up his daily morning radio and television show on WFAN (660 AM) and MSG-TV in Manhattan.

After that, Esiason posed for pictures with Simms, Ryan, and Law, before Ryan answered questions from the media on the Jets.

Ryan discussed his meeting with team owner Woody Johnson after the Giants’ Super Bowl XLVI victory, which followed a disappointing season for the Jets, and said, “We’ve identified things that we have to get better at as an organization. We’re learning from what happened this past season, and hey, we’ve got some scars from it, there’s no question.”

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The Rock and John Cena spoke at a press conference today to announce that WrestleMania will come to MetLife Stadium in April 2013.

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Rex Ryan was at the LIA 2012 Annual Luncheon where he spoke about Week 16 against the Giants being the turning point of the 2011 season.

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From Greg Hanlon, our man at Capital New York….

When it comes to profanity-laced exultations of joy that are caught on camera, Steve Weatherford’s reaction to Lawrence Tynes’ game winning-field goal in the conference championship game against the 49ers last week might not have had the significance of, say, Joe Biden’s reaction to universal health care.

But to Giants fans, the field goal—which was made possible by Weatherford’s nifty hold of a bad snap, and which Weatherford reacted to by screaming in view of Fox’s camera that the Giants were going to the “mother—— Super Bowl”—was a pretty big deal in its own right.

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Big Blue Swept AFC East in 2011

With a growing trend of an increase in the number of lower seeds reaching, and even winning Super Bowls, the best seeds in each of the NFL’s two conferences have obviously not always translated regular season success into postseason accomplishment in recent years.

But, at least one thing has held true for the most part – to represent your conference in the Super Bowl, you usually have to at least play winning football within than conference.

Leave it to the surprising New York Giants to circumvent that notion.

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Tagged AFC East, New England Patriots, New York Giants, New York Jets |

The Giants’ 29-14 win over the Jets on Christmas Eve at MetLife Stadium has been pinpointed as the catalyst for this latest run at the Super Bowl.  The Giants have been running roughshod over everyone since then. After disposing of the Jets in surprisingly easy fashion, the Giants have dominated Dallas, Atlanta and Green Bay in the ensuing weeks.

The Giants rediscovered the running game vs the Jets and the offense started to gel. The defensive front four was finally back together for the first time all year.

The WheelHouse discusses the hottest topics involving the Giants’ playoff run in a game of “Hit or Miss”, including Jets’ coach Rex Ryan possibly sparking the Giants’ sudden success….

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Meeting New York Jets’ wide receiver Santonio Holmes at a fundraiser on December 12th at the Fresh Meadow Country Club on Long Island had temporarily changed my perception of the Jets’ star (temporarily being the key word).

Like most, viewing him from a distance over his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Jets, had caused me to (fairly or unfairly) assume certain things about Holmes based on the media-shaped perception of him.

I knew of the great talent Holmes was on the field, but I was also aware of the marijuana-related four-game suspension, and the Pittsburgh Steelers being forced to release the former Super Bowl MVP after they ran out of patience with an apparent selfish player who couldn’t put his team first nor stay out of trouble off the field.

Yet, while interviewing him along with Dr. Bill Chachkes, the founder of Giants Football Blog’s affiliate site, Football Reporters Online, I found Holmes to be gracious, accommodating, patient, and engaging while answering both football-related questions and those about his III & Long foundation, which Holmes started after his son Santonio III was diagnosed with sickle cell disease in 2009.

The Jets were 8-5 then, riding a three-game winning streak. And, Holmes was telling me that as long as the Jets had the opportunity they had the past two years as a wild-card team, they could make another serious run at reaching the AFC title game for a third straight year, and perhaps their first Super Bowl in 43 years.

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The GFB gang gets together to talk Giants playoff football tonight at 9pm on Blog Talk Radio.

Don’t miss the most, honest, entertaining football show on the internet!

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The Pro Football NYC crew chats up the Giants’ win over the Jets and the upcoming NFC East Championship Game vs the Cowboys.

Don’t miss this exciting, informative hour of Giants football talk. Tonite at 8pm on Blog Talk Radio.

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In the much ballyhooed and hyped ‘Battle for New York’ it was the Giants who stood tall, played their game and ‘walked the walk’ while in essence shutting up Rex Ryan and the New York Jets.

With their backs against the wall once again, the Giants responded when it mattered most and can feel very good about themselves after their 29-14 victory over the Jets.

With the win, the Giants have now set themselves up for the post-season play and can be crowned NFC East champs if they beat the Dallas Cowboys Sunday.

But before we look ahead to the Cowboys game, let’s take one last look back at Saturday’s Jet game with this edition of the good, the bad and the ugly.

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