still wear the Simms throwback to every home game now.
79-83 was a magical football time for me. i was playing pop warner-jr high ball and football was becoming my #1 sport. my favorite show was the NFL Today.
i lived and died by the Giants and 11 & 56 were my guys (of course).
my education/reading skills increased by going to cover to cover with the Giants Newsweekly...TGN.
i begged my parents to take me to training camp every year. great times.
by 84 my brain had matured enough to really understand it and to seriously get into it. i could question play calls, worry about the weather and the infamous Giants Stadium wind.
'86 season will never be topped. (although the '07 playoffs was freakin ridiculous)
but yeah, he was throwing to some crappy WRs for sure.
with all the injuries he had, he still put up some pretty impressive #s.
just getting back the 4 games from the 87 strike would put him over 200tds and if Handley didnt start Hoss in 91, it wouldve been even more.
my biased opinion makes him a HOFer, but...SB MVP, # retired and in the Giants Ring of Honor is no small consolation prize.