Star Signs Of Kenny G

When I found out the Giants had signed former Lions standout young receiver Kenny Golladay, I was beyond ecstatic especially after watching his highlights. 

The Giants had finally found their number one Wideout!! It's been so long since the team had a go-to guy!

Then he hit the field.

Drops, not being able to get open, a couple of games out with injuries and only 521 yards and no touchdowns to show made that signing look really bad. Especially for the money invested. That's as bad of an investment as Enron was.

I look back on last year and can't fully blame Kenny G. The Giants were without their starting QB for many weeks and had guys such as Mike Glennon and Jake Fromm throwing to him. (shivers from those nightmares)

So, let's give him this year. See if he can prove why the team thought so highly of him when they signed him. The preseason hasn't been great so far for him, but I am hopeful he will turn things around for the season itself.

I picked up a ton of Golladay cards before last season with all of my hype built in but didn't really add a lot of cards featuring him in Big Blue. Especially an autograph.

Well, that changed recently when I found a cheap one on eBay. Cheap cards happen when you don't catch any touchdowns.

I like the look of this one a lot. Kenny needs some help with his autograph however.

 

Back of card is typical Panini hit backs.\

Thoughts on my latest add and how you think Golladay will do this season under a new regime and a new offense welcomed in comments.

Genesis

I must apologize right off that if you clicked this link hoping to see a post about Phil Collins songs, this isn't it. I do enjoy listening to I Can't Dance, Land Of Confusion and Hold On My Heart.

Today's post is about my first Mosaic Genesis parallel thanks to a trade with @NekBone860.

I have been wanting one of those parallels for a while as they look really sharp from what I have seen and when I saw that @NekBone860 had one from my beloved Giants, I needed it. 

Luckily for me, @NekBone860 and myself have a long history of trading and quickly worked out a deal.

Along with the centerpiece of the trade, I also landed a couple more Golladays.

Swagger insert Prizm parallel

Silver Prizm base card parallel

Mosaic Mosaic base card parallel

And now onto the biggie from the trade....

GENESIS! Giants blue against the Genesis background is stunning.

Glad I finally have one of these! I have one more of these than Golladay had touchdowns last year. Let's hope for a better 2022 season for him.

Thanks to @NekBone860 for the trade and hope we can do another soon.

Thoughts on my newest addition is welcomed in comments along with your favorite Genesis song.

More 2021 Playoff Adds

This year's 2021 Playoff football product had six NY Giants in its base card set excluding the rookies. I had already found the first three in Daniel Jones, Saquon Barkley and Evan Engram but was missing the final three until today.

After opening a couple of fat packs, I was able to piece the other three together,

Lawrence Taylor who possibly is the greatest defensive player ever.

Darius Slayton who had great chemistry and played amazing his rookie year has dropped off some. Hopefully he will continue to be a Giant and pick up his game this year.

Final card I needed was the Giants big offseason add last year in Kenny Golladay. He didn't quite do what the Gmen had hoped but maybe this year with new coaches and a new look on the offense things will be different.

I am still in need of a couple rookies, all of the inserts and all of the parallels except one card. It's not easy to chase all of them as a team collector but I will chip away what I can when I can.

Thoughts on today's additions welcomed in comments.