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From ESPN's case for making the Titans DL and Giants OL CO-MVP's of the year:
MVP voters either missed, ignored or forgot such highlights. But we didn't. So after explaining to the Giants line that they are one of our MVPs, we expect to be wrapped in a crushing bear hug. Nope. "That isn't something we think about or care about," says Diehl. "If we win the game and our quarterback doesn't get sacked and we have a lot of yards rushing, that's enough for us."
Diehl does mention that there's a local precedent for rewarding a group. Last year, the Giants line shared the team award for Offensive Player of the Year with Plaxico Burress. Then, with a smile that peeks through his strong, silent beefcake veneer like light through closed blinds, he adds, "I'd love to get the trophy."
Strong, silent beefcake veneer?
Awesome. :)
The Giants line is so in sync that its members have even stopped ragging on one another. In previous years, Diehl got crap for being unresponsive when they gave him crap; Seubert was hazed for always complaining; O'Hara for being a media darling; Snee for being married to coach Tom Coughlin's daughter, Kate, and McKenzie for sleeping during meetings and carrying around novels that nobody believes he reads. But after playing for so long at such a high level (they are among the NFL's least-penalized offensive lines), they have truly bonded. "We try to join forces now and make fun of other groups," Seubert says. Which ones? "Quarterbacks."
I'm really curious what novels Kareem McKenzie reads. And of course Seubert complains, he's a freaking guard. That's what they do.
MVP voters either missed, ignored or forgot such highlights. But we didn't. So after explaining to the Giants line that they are one of our MVPs, we expect to be wrapped in a crushing bear hug. Nope. "That isn't something we think about or care about," says Diehl. "If we win the game and our quarterback doesn't get sacked and we have a lot of yards rushing, that's enough for us."
Diehl does mention that there's a local precedent for rewarding a group. Last year, the Giants line shared the team award for Offensive Player of the Year with Plaxico Burress. Then, with a smile that peeks through his strong, silent beefcake veneer like light through closed blinds, he adds, "I'd love to get the trophy."
Strong, silent beefcake veneer?
Awesome. :)
The Giants line is so in sync that its members have even stopped ragging on one another. In previous years, Diehl got crap for being unresponsive when they gave him crap; Seubert was hazed for always complaining; O'Hara for being a media darling; Snee for being married to coach Tom Coughlin's daughter, Kate, and McKenzie for sleeping during meetings and carrying around novels that nobody believes he reads. But after playing for so long at such a high level (they are among the NFL's least-penalized offensive lines), they have truly bonded. "We try to join forces now and make fun of other groups," Seubert says. Which ones? "Quarterbacks."
I'm really curious what novels Kareem McKenzie reads. And of course Seubert complains, he's a freaking guard. That's what they do.