Rich Eisen Breaks Down the Latest Episode of the Giants’ ‘Hard Knocks’ | The Rich Eisen Show

Rich Eisen and the guys react to the latest episode of the New York Giants on HBO’s offseason version of ‘Hard Knocks.’
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[@MD-es3rv]

hard knocks offseason is legit.. So much fun if you're a football nerd. The insight into the FO is amazing.

[@GRITBONE]

Oh ya! I've always known this stuff at the combine was happening, but now we actually get to see it! The meetings with the QBs were great content!

[@GRITBONE]

Plus the trade conversations and the PR guy prepping them before the speak to the media are also very fascinating how that all goes down!

[@Gungho73]

I think the best part of hard knocks is watching fans fall in love with a fringe player live (vet or otherwise) and seeing them not make the cut. Because no matter what we're shown no matter how much we love them the NFL comes down to a numbers game and they have to make hard decisions daily. I don't love it for what it does to them but I love it due to the harsh reality of the game being shown that otherwise would've just been a cut/sign tracker on a slow ESPN day for the rest of us. It brings a piece of humanity back to the sport we often lose because of what I just described.

[@kalensmith23]

Rich was the biggest star of episode 2😂

[@edwardndriskoll]

Facts. He had to know they were using his vocal overs right?

[@aidan2840]

Fix the ringing noise

[@darbisonsrus8072]

Omg I hear it! Dude do something about that high pitch…

[@FriendZone75]

God dammit! Reddit broke the Rich Eisen show!

[@PawpiChoolo]

Please fix the ringing noise

[@davethedude216]

I’d go undrafted if I had to do that whiteboard stuff lol

[@joekelly9941]

Same...I'd be like "thank you for your time" and just walk out.

[@anthonyray5713]

😂😂😂. Me too

[@lucrative6477]

I’d look great at that part lol, just don’t make me throw a ball.

[@nmh1120]

dude you gotta fix that high pitched whine at 6,000hz

[@user-fb9wn8er3e]

Glad the Giants put it out there. And kudos to Daboll for his weight loss. Setting a good example and a hopefully better new season!!!

[@KingPolo985]

“ Full bloom Daboll “ 😂

[@Scat_man72]

Hard knocks offseason is better than any other hard knocks.

[@mitchellapple9184]

Your audio is off

[@fitness4234]

I think Daboll was testing recall more than knowledge of the play because terminology is always different.

[@20Unknown]

Daboll was phenomenal with his QB questions in that room! You could see was enjoying every second of those talks.

[@zerostozeros]

The off-season version of HardKnocks is excellent. I've heard some sports folks ask why people would want to watch. It's fricken' riveting. Especially the player meetings with the grease board. I'm like, these recruits have to know their stuff. I was impressed.

[@CLARKakaSIX]

One of the parts I found most interesting was the discussion between the team communications director and the gm, a little role-playing with the mock questions for the national media press conference

[@marcb8365]

Hard Knocks & The NY Giants Are Giving Us Tremendous Access "Backstage Pass" 👀 That Is So Informative & Entertaining. As A Fan Im Surprised & Loving Evey Second Of It!

[@nexigram]

"Let's go eat a goddamn snack!" is still the funniest thing I've ever seen on Hard Knocks.

[@anthonyray5713]

I loved it. Especially when Daboll had the players on the board

[@DeathCon666]

Vikings fan here, I respect Brian and the giants, He and the giants are just like KOC and my vikes, we all want the same thing. Hang in there, Brian.

[@queequegtheater6093]

Oh my god that guy on Reddit is right, there's a high pitched noise in every video

[@cb4gusto744]

This the most traction the giants got in ten years

[@thomascolbert2687]

I've been saying that Mahomes wouldn't do crap with that line last year. It's nice to finally hear someone on msm saying that.

[@DonnieDin]

Off season hard Knox is amazing!

[@Gungho73]

You writing it Knox makes me wish we got that for Chuck Knox back in the day. Would've loved to see how a guy internally turned around 3 franchises.

[@Awthentik]

Rich Eisen is the best. No one doing it better.

[@chrishunt9675]

Someone has to get the quote right. He said in one game, there were 3 PRACTICE squad guys, Patrick Mahomes wouldn’t be able to win with that. While acknowledging the line needed upgrading he wasn’t referring to the regular starters in that quote.

[@carrite]

The Colts have a really good self-made Hard Knocks-type of series every year. Worth seeking out.

[@Bringmethehorizondude]

I was worried because the first episode felt pretty underwhelming, but man the second episode was one of the best hard knocks that I can ever remember. So good!

[@softjones3128]

You were worried?

[@SupaNatural28]

It showed you why giants wanted to trade up and draft Drake Maye. Dude knows his football. Yes different terminology from college to NFL. But you can tell Maye and Daboll had the same football brain.

[@455zzz]

When dabol asked Jayden Daniels a question and his answer was “Throw a touchdown” I was glad my patriots got Drake maye absolute steal at #3

[@edwardndriskoll]

Anyone know why Joe opened the office door after daboll closed it?

[@cooldude7821]

Control Freak.

[@Ishai1]

Between the Hard Knocks new episode and Receiver, there was a lot of content to watch yesterday...

[@CharlieTWilbury]

I think things worked out about as well as they could. It appears that Barkley made his numbers clear to the Giants and they were unwilling to pay that much, the guaranteed money likely being the hang up. Schoen gave Barkley some respect by inviting him to test the market without putting the tag on him and as occurs in many of these situations, the player ends up leaving for likely less than he was demanding from his original team but slightly more than they were offering. Over time Barkley will probably realize that but right for now I’m happy he got the guaranteed money he wanted and that the Giants aren’t paying top of the market for a RB. The Giants can’t afford that luxury yet. Also, Rich I think the info you got at the combine was right. But the Giants couldn't trade up for the QB they wanted so they've got no choice but to suck it up and hope Jones can be a decent bridge QB for them. I doubt they believe he's the long term answer. The structure of his deal allows them to reset at QB shortly.

[@AaronMich90]

The cap is 256 mil a rb making 2 mil more is 0.8% of the cap they are bad at managing players and money that’s it and that all

[@CharlieTWilbury]

@@AaronMich90 I disagree with your facile analysis. I do not think you are factoring in the longer term cap implications. But hey, opinions vary. I think they made the right decision on Barkley and I think they treated him fairly throughout the process.

[@AaronMich90]

@@CharlieTWilbury do you think they made the right decision trading Odell 😂😂

[@TheFrankman]

@@CharlieTWilbury lol they disrespected him for years. That BS contract last year was basically a modified franchise tag; you can't keep disrespecting your best offensive player especially when you pay one of the worst ones $40 million a year. :D

[@brandonmoyd2942]

You don’t draft a RB at 2 without a franchise QB or OL Drafting Saquon over Franchise QB Josh Allen & Trading OBJ the reason they are sorry to this day Saquon should have never been a Giant and they’re still paying for it today Typical Dave Gettleman

[@adamrado]

Pronunciation: Daboll like Table not Day Ball.

[@jamesritch9308]

Here I am, listening to the past😢

[@user-fb9wn8er3e]

Your sidekick said Jones had “3 major knee injuries”. He had 3 neck issues. None were reported as “serious” season -ending. Then he had 1 ACL (knee) Injury. And I’m not on a podcast. Important to get your facts correct and not speak so offhandedly, sidekick. Giants fans are listening.

[@cooldude7821]

Just round it all up to Jones sucks. That sums it up best.

[@jpjh8844]

Not gonna lie, I really would love to see an offseason Hard Knocks involving the 2 teams who play in the Super Bowl because they are always behind the power curve especially with coaching and staff changes

[@edwardndriskoll]

As if you can predict that, haha.

[@vktor5730]

They always do teams that’s been bad the previous season or had on interesting offseasons.

[@Bignitsuj]

Man... I would LOVE to see how the Niners spoke to CMC for comparison.

[@emonge9104]

This is going to be a thing now 😂 We are definitely in the DOG days of Football... Mamahuevasooooo 😁

[@glennross78727]

I think the off season Hard Knocks is better than the training camp version. The training camp version is just propaganda and fluff.

[@adamwallace8082]

Daniel Jones, and Trevor Lawrence, have essentially the same QB stats..... but DJ has a 40 million /year contract and TL's is 50 million.... So does this make the Giants smart??

[@yepdontcarebud]

Are you willfully daft or just full blown 🥴? Yes, their career passing numbers are almost identical.. and Jones has played 5 years, while Lawrence has played 3 🤣🤣🤣 Lawrence has actually shown progression, Jones most productive season was his rookie year. And everyone still thinks the Lawrence deal is monumentally stupid. But Jones at 20mil a year would STILL be a worse deal than Lawrence at 50. Jones at 40mil a year is the worst contract in the history of the NFL.

[@demonslayer-ds9vo]

Lawrence really hasn’t shown much progression. Dude was the number one pick with Andrew Luck level hype.

[@paigecanfield1362]

​@@yepdontcarebud love to see Lawrence behind the Giants OL the last 3 years.

[@TheUnseen0n3]

​@@demonslayer-ds9vo wrong

[@cooldude7821]

​@@paigecanfield1362 Your making it sound like the Jaguars are a powerhouse.

[@tsvimizrahi4667]

Bye Barkley. Next. It’s abt team. Giants weren’t good with 26. Moving on. It’s abt o line and d line. Won 4 sbs in trenches

[@TheUnseen0n3]

You people will be nothing for the next 15 years 😂

[@TheUnseen0n3]

Good luck with Daniel freaking Jones

[@cooldude7821]

Not too late 4 you 2 go with Barkley.

[@richardcarter8521]

Jacobs and Bradshaw were big pieces too

[@richardcarter8521]

Jones is gone next year

[@CONxNOR]

Off season is better than training camp. It gets old watching a bunch of no name people trying to make the roster who you probably won’t see at all during the season.

[@peterlevantesr.2774]

Football is funny. Nothing ever goes the way you think.

[@Mooseman327]

Pats' fans are VERY happy today. Drake Maye was looking a lot like Tom Brady in that clip.

[@LuckyBelafonte]

Great to have this fly on the wall access. I'm on it. Bad look for the organization though.

[@vktor5730]

How? This makes me appreciate the organization more.

[@GoobLay]

Rich what was the fastest 40 you run ? ? ? I'll put a dish of chicken Parm w/ a side of pasta out there

[@gmanhirt8818]

The Barkley situation is completely filled with overhyped drama for tell a vision all the teams refused to pay their running back free agents Barkley Henry Pollard Eckler Jacobs They all were left to test the market. Go Big Blue!

[@CalobAdamsInfamous913]

Rich was right though, Giants for sure wanted a QB at pick 3 but couldn’t get there. Now if they only signed Saquon to the contract he wanted last year and tanked this previous season, they’d have Caleb Williams

[@edwardndriskoll]

That's the real corn on the cob. If Barkley took that deal, he still have a job in NYC.

[@CalobAdamsInfamous913]

@@edwardndriskoll huh

[@SellingOutRealEstate]

Giants don’t tank

[@sconartist]

Giants for sure wanted Maye

[@user-jh7so7gx5k]

@@sconartist they didnt really try hard a 1st is not enough and they knew it

[@bekothomas1]

Daboll on ozempic 😭

[@MaRkYWaHoO]

In full bloom like the Chiefs dynasty

[@David-ll2nq]

Saquan has 1 deffender to beat to score.He RUNS OUT OF BOUNDS! I'M not paying him 12mil. After that.

[@Dr._Wan___PharmD]

The NY Giants would be fortuitous to win more than 8 games this season with a porous OL and a dysfunctional QB.

[@troybenson5767]

Any team would with those 2 problems. I don’t think the Giants are gonna have either problem this year tho but we’ll see.

[@TheUnseen0n3]

​@@troybenson5767 you really can't be that delusional the giants are terrible 😂

[@troybenson5767]

@@TheUnseen0n3 idk I don’t see it. I like this team this year, I know the narrative is that they suck but only the idiots follow the “narrative”. It’s okay to have a different opinion, good thing is once the season starts we won’t have to hear the dumb people talk anymore 😉

[@mikepikos4447]

Chucklehead didn't know he achieved a masters?!

[@tylermartin2552]

Wild that it took them AN ENTIRE YEAR to realize they should've flipped their decisions last year. Sign Barkley, Franchise Jones. Though, I wouldn't have given Jones any money or a tag. I would've let him walk. Anyways, wild it took them another season of his bs to realize he's not the guy. And get ready for them to be THE WORST TEAM IN THE NFL THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF IT. Hello Sheduer.

[@checkdown3774]

I wanna thank the new York giants for showing me how to build a flop. I wonder what Daniel Jones professional corn hold player extension will be? 2, 3 billion?

[@roger7205]

It’s obvious he is embarrassed on how wrong he was about his DJ comment.

[@TheUnseen0n3]

I mean he's right dude sucks

[@cooldude7821]

What has he been right about.

[@billm7035]

100% certain nobody knows which players will be great. It's all a guess.

[@cooldude7821]

Some obviously have more of an idea than others.

[@brianmurray7980]

My tinfoil hat says the Giants ownership is setting Shoen to be the fall guy if 2024 goes poorly. Watching thus 100% explains why Buffalo had a terrible run game while he was there..

[@cooldude7821]

So Joe Shames draft picks don't have anything to do with it.

[@brianmurray7980]

@@cooldude7821 not saying that at all, but the owner came to him and basically said "keep Saquon." And Joe let him walk. If the running game is terrible and the team goes 6-11 expect Joe to be packing on Black Monday.

[@cooldude7821]

@@brianmurray7980 Definitely a possibility.

[@kandyman2705]

Daniel’s was not good at it. What is he talking about? Afraid of PC police, Rich?

[@adamwallace8082]

I bet that Saquon gets hurt and does not play a full 17 games this season.... He's only played 3 full season his entire career.

[@TheRealJohnnyStorm]

His o line has been horrible his whole career. Wait till you see him on the eagles. He’ll prove you wrong, just like CMC on the 9ers

[@user-dx2gf2ei8j]

@@TheRealJohnnyStorm Same can be said for Daniel Jones

[@TheRealJohnnyStorm]

@@user-dx2gf2ei8j yes. They have failed jones. No o line and now they take away saquon

[@cooldude7821]

​@@TheRealJohnnyStorm Janiel Domes has failed them as well. 2 way street.

[@TheUnseen0n3]

​@@user-dx2gf2ei8j yea no it can't Jones can't read a defense to save his life dude blows

[@SouthCanadian1]

Man, these side kicks are obviously humoring Rich’s bad jokes. It’s sad

[@3321far]

Hmmm...win a Super Bowl ring and play with the 1A All-Pro QB or win 4-6 games with some combination of Danny DBag, Tommy Devito and whatever stiff backup they get in FA.

[@tariqs4357]

These 2 episodes has shown us how the NYG are a TRAINWRECK! but at least they got the 6th pick right.

[@kevinlizzo8031]

I wanna see the Dabol run the 40!! And the Giants are fools for letting saquon go to Philly

[@Thagomizer-U235]

This fills the dead period, but there is nothing illuminating. It was sad hearing Saquon on the phone being told they didnt want to make an offer. Knowing that they vastly overpaid DJ, Burns, and Singletary. But if they didnt want to pay him after 2022, they weren't going to pay him this year. Even though the line was the 2nd worst in NFL history. Saquon should have close to 2k all purpose yds this yr. Eagles know how to run block and Hurts loves to check it down.

[@colmbright9822]

Jayden Daniels was not good on the board. Come on Rich you’re better than that

[@tedchen8276]

Giants GM and HC are going to get fired before the season starts.

[@KushiteComplex]

Shocked that I saw only maybe 2 Black people, out of dozens of white guys, who seem to be employed on the Giant's mgt/coaching (non-player) side.

[@cooldude7821]

Just enough to meet the quota.

[@dwaynemurphyjr.4478]

GET THIS BUM DANIEL JONES OFF MY TEAM. I’m sick of watching him suit up for the Giants.

[@cooldude7821]

Not a fan of Lloyd Christmas.

[@Electric_Croc]

He’ll be gone after this season along with the gm

[@atx5127]

$40 million isn't a team friendly deal when it's Danny Dimes cuz he's a bum...😂

[@rubencasanova6144]

None of these teams won a superbowel and that’s why I hate the Giants in this show it’s branding and it’s not winning sucks

[@ratedRblazin420]

Giants have 4 Superbowls not sure wtf you're trying to say

[@Hazeleyedbri]

Well it shows just how INCOMPETENT Joe Schoen is. Instead of Tagging Jones he gave him that AWFUL contract. By doing so we lost 3 STUDS: Pro Bowl DB Julian Love, Pro Bowl RB Saquon Barkley and DB Xavier McKinney. Should have tagged Xavier this off-season. Daniel Useless ONLY had 165 yds PPG against EVERYONE else not named the Minnesota Vikings. After those 2 games his average shot up to ONLY 185 yds PPG. They gave one of the WORST QBs in the league $160M with a $36M signing bonus. btw the OL was YOUR fault NO ONE else's. Enjoy your last season as the GM of the NY GIANTS

[@williameasom2936]

Awful contract? $40 million a year for a quarterback is the floor.

[@ohiohurricane9843]

As a giants fan ive just accepted the fact this team will be below 500 football again. Shoen is terrible, jones sucks, and without barkley we are screwed.....

[@billm7035]

No team fears the Giants, and now we know why. Zero talent in the front office.

[@L91168]

Daboll might be the most overrated coach in the entire league

[@jfinity_362]

Nick Siranni and Mike McCarthy are more overrated and they’re in the same division as Daboll

[@L91168]

@@jfinity_362 nick sirianni only has winning seasons and has made a superbowl. Stop watching football if thats your conclusion Dabolls greatest accomplishment is winning 9 games once…

[@shauns.5484]

In the hard knocks episode it literally shows he was with the bills with allen, packers with farve, and Alabama with tua and hurts wdym daboll is overrated

[@L91168]

@@shauns.5484 as head coaches? I wasnt aware he was a head coach for josh allen in buffalo or favre in GB

[@shauns.5484]

I mean it's hard to win in a losing situation to start with

[@TheUnseen0n3]

Man i didnt realize the amounts of cope Giants fans have. They refuse to acknowledge not only does their team suck but the coaching and front office as well. No wonder they wont be relevant for another 20 years.

[@TheUnseen0n3]

From a non giants fan perspective this season has made them look very dumb. They completely dropped the ball with Barkley especially with that lame Franchise legend schlock. Heres an idea Giants how about you tell em your gonna build a Super Bowl Winner. And im stunned that any of those coaches or people in the front office for the Giants even still have a job. Daniel Jones is not a good enough player to even be on the bench. I wouldnt trust Daniel Jones to flip a feaking hamburger. The fact you can say the Jets are the best run New York Nfl team is wild. But not surprising at this point.

[@Bigchupapi1]

Dayboll seems like a really unlikeable coach

[@perrimacc]

He wasn’t hired to be likeable

[@user-fb9wn8er3e]

I completely disagree. He helped make Josh Allen Josh Allen, one of the best QB’s in the NFL.

[@TheUnseen0n3]

​@@user-fb9wn8er3e yea no he didn't McDermott did that

[@Bigchupapi1]

@@perrimaccyea he was hired to lose and be a trash team, he’s doing great ya sausage

[@christophergennello159]

Embarrassing for gmen fans

[@user-fb9wn8er3e]

Glad the Giants put it out there. And kudos to Daboll for his weight loss. Setting a good example and a hopefully better new season!!!