“At The End Of The Day It’s The Baker Mayfield Show”
November 22nd, 2024
A man who bleeds New York Giants blue and works for the team can’t convince himself that the Giants can and will beat the Bucs on Sunday.
Bob Papa has been the Giants’ radio play-by-play guy for 30 years and has worked for the team in other capacities. He’s also heard hosting weekly on SiriusXM NFL Radio.
Picking winners and losers for Week 12 today, Papa said he tried to find it in himself to pick the Giants but he can’t.
Two big reasons were on Papa’s mind.
First, the Giants run defense is horrid, as Papa described it. He noted that the Giants have allowed 894 rushing yards in the past five games: “And until they show that they can stop [the run], I can’t believe it.”
Papa added that even if Giants replacement QB Tommy DeVito gives the team a spark, he doesn’t think it will overcome the many deficiencies of the Giants defense.
Papa also thinks Baker Mayfield will be a scrambling threat and pick apart the Giants’ weak secondary just enough. “At the end of the day, it’s the Baker Mayfield show,” he said.
Joe agrees that it is time for Mayfield to put the Bucs on his back. He’s certainly played well, but this is a game he cannot allow his team to lose.
The Bucs’ run game should dominate — the Giants allow a league-worst 5.3 yards per carry — but Mayfield will have opportunities that a true franchise QB needs to make to bury a poor team.
November 22nd, 2024 at 4:34 pm
Gotta catch back up with burrow at 27 td’s, Baker is about to go tf off with M1KE coming back
November 22nd, 2024 at 4:47 pm
Anyone here remember the 2019 Daniel Jones first start/game after the Eli Manning benching?? Well ladies and gents, here we are. Deja Vu. Its going to happen again isnt it. ??????? Real Bucs fans know hiw backups have shredded these defenses like a rotisserie chicken. Go Bucs!!?
November 22nd, 2024 at 5:01 pm
Liking what Papa is saying! Go Baker, Go Bucs!
November 22nd, 2024 at 5:16 pm
Are you kidding? Coen can have a field day calling rollouts and bootleg options. It will take the weight off the Defense.
November 22nd, 2024 at 6:08 pm
I would bet this Papa dude also picked the Steelers to roll past the Jameis led Browns last night too.
November 22nd, 2024 at 6:39 pm
It’s the stretch of the schedule that any sane person pointed out months ago saying W W W W W W W.
Baker has been excellent all season, even showing his tough grinder ability without 13 and 14 at his disposal. If he was a problem I’d be worried.
Let Baker Bake 5-2 or better wins the NFCS, Falcons are cons
November 22nd, 2024 at 7:00 pm
There’s a literary competition for bad similes. Methinks some of the posters should sign right up, maybe win an award or two. Let me try my hand. The Bucs will run through the Giant’s defense like spaghetti noodles squeezing through the holes of a worn-out strainer!!!
November 22nd, 2024 at 7:13 pm
It makes sense to lean on the run game heavy but I’d like to see all of our pass catchers get touches early too.
Timing/rhythm has been lacking lately. Even if Mikes back these other guys are going to need to step up and show the ability to get open AND catch the ball consistently if we’re going to right the pirate ship!
November 22nd, 2024 at 8:00 pm
Just run the damn ball. And not White up the gut on the goal line for negative yards.
Faker just needs to not turn the ball over.
Bowels just needs to not $h!t the bed.
We lose this game it’s curtains for this team.
November 22nd, 2024 at 10:11 pm
Hodad. Yer the biggest Jameis homer here. I did enjoy watching him do what Watson can’t but damn man………….
November 22nd, 2024 at 10:17 pm
Yep, Bucky should have 15+ totes, Tucker another 10, maybe a handful for White. It’s certainly a game to run and take a couple play action shots.
Even without Wirfs and Tykee, no reason this game should be lost. Giants are rolling over. Locker room knows the team is mailing it in. Release your #1 QB and start the #3. Ruh Roh.