Big Blue Banter: A New York Giants Football Podcast

Dan and Nick deliver their boldest predictions for the Giants for the 2025 season and then debate with each other where it lands on the "bold meter"

Transcribed - Published: 1 September 2025

Nick Falato and Dan Schneier discuss the #Cowboys trade of Micah Parsons to the #GreenBayPackers. The two then talk about their concerns with Andrew Thomas' recent comments before going through the recent roster gymnastics of the #NewYorkGiants, and how #JoeSchoen and #BigBlue lost a draft pick this season to the #Jets practice squad (DB, Korie Black). Dan and Nick then take questions from the listeners in the #Mailbag.

Transcribed - Published: 29 August 2025

Dan and Nick break down the recent Giants roster movement, each of their two waiver claims in the secondary and their initial thoughts about the Giants' team captain choices plus introduce a way for the listeners to be a part of the next show Dan/Nick record in a fun, interactive way.

Transcribed - Published: 28 August 2025

Dan and Nick break down the early round of Giants roster cuts including surprises like Chatman, Turbo Miller and Dulcich before diving into three rumored trade candidates and what it means that the Giants kept them + a report that Andrew Thomas might not be ready for Week 1.

Transcribed - Published: 26 August 2025

Dan and Nick go over a few plays from Jaxson Dart's preseason game against the Patriots on the All-22 film before going position by position and projecting/predicting who the Giants will keep, cut, who makes the 53-man roster and what position groups they will be targeting on the waiver wire.

Transcribed - Published: 22 August 2025

Nick Falato and Dan Schneier discuss the #Giants massive preseason win over the #Patriots at MetLife Stadium on Thursday night.

Transcribed - Published: 22 August 2025

Dan and Nick host their first LIVE mailbag since draft season and dive into a slew of questions about Cam Skattebo, Jaxson Dart, Brian Daboll, the CB2 competition, the run defense and a lot more.

Transcribed - Published: 20 August 2025

**APOLOGIES for the quality of the connection** Nick Falato and Dan Schneier discuss their takeaways from the #Giants All-22 film in their 31-12 victory over the New York #Jets.

Transcribed - Published: 18 August 2025

Nick Falato and Dan Schneier discuss the Giants' big preseason win over the New York Jets. Jaxson Dart continues to impress and develop, showing poise and confidence beyond many expectations. Russell Wilson flashed his MOON ball to Beaux Collins for an 80-yard gain. Tyrone Tracy Jr. had several nuanced runs that maximized yards, and the Giants' defense shut down the Jets' offense. All of this, plus much more!

Transcribed - Published: 17 August 2025

Nick Falato and Dan Schneier discuss the second joint practice between the New York Giants and Jets.

Transcribed - Published: 13 August 2025

Nick Falato and Dan Schneier discuss the Giants' trip to Florham Park, NJ, where they practiced against the New York Jets. Big Blue will host Gang Green tomorrow in East Rutherford ahead of their game Saturday.

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2025

Dan and Nick break down the All-22 coaches film of the Giants' first preseason game against the Bills. Join them and come watch their tape breakdowns of Jaxson Dart, Abdul Carter and Marcus Mbow in addition to Russell Wilson and the first-team offense plus more from Micah McFadden, Tyler Nubin and others on the first-team defense.

Transcribed - Published: 10 August 2025

Dan Schneier and Nick Falato discuss the Giants' 34-25 win over the Buffalo Bills in preseason Week 1. #Giants #preseason #Bills #newyorkgiants #newyork #nyg #nfl #briandaboll #nflteam #football #jaxsondart #bluewirevideo #giantsbills

Transcribed - Published: 9 August 2025

Dan and Nick recap the last few Giants training camp practices with an emphasis on Friday's practice that Nick attended and got boots on the ground for. They discuss the play of Jaxson Dart, Russell Wilson, Malik Nabers, the CB2 battle, DT2 battle and more before breakign down some of the throws, catches, routes and plays from practice on video.

Transcribed - Published: 2 August 2025

Dan and Nick are joined by national reporter Emory Hunt who has been at every Giants practice during training camp and explains why he Tweeted earlier this week that the vibe is different, what that means, his thoughts on what he's seen from Evan Neal, the rookies and a lot more.

Transcribed - Published: 30 July 2025

Dan and Nick recap Nick's first day at Giants training camp practice by featuring some of the buzziest storylines, what Jaxson Dart looks like live, Cam Skattebo buzz and his promotion to taking first-team reps, Abdul Carter, and a lot more

Transcribed - Published: 28 July 2025

Dan and Nick break down the last two Giants practices and discuss the moment Malik Nabers said Ah ha with Russ Wilson based on a coverage Russ diagnosed pre snap, they also discuss Jaxson Dart’s best practice and break down the video clips of his throws, plus Russ 50 yard bomb to Nabers, the Slayton one handed catch and two insanely skilled pass rushing moves by Abdul Carter. That and a whole lot more!

Transcribed - Published: 27 July 2025

Dan and Nick recap the first two Giants practices of training camp with the mindset of what we're seeing and what it means moving forward. What does it mean to have a QB who is getting the ball out on time a lot more often? What does it means to be able to see the field better post snap? Wan'Dale Robinson has already made two big plays on the vertical plane -=- how that changes the offense. Abdual Carter, where he's lining up, the impact he's making and a lot more on the tight ends, defensive backs and more.

Transcribed - Published: 24 July 2025

Dan and Nick break down the key questions facing the Giants defense heading into training camp as they go position by position breaking down what we need to see, what we want to see, and what has us both most excited and cautious about the Giants defense heading into training camp.

Transcribed - Published: 18 July 2025

Dan and Nick break down the key questions facing the Giants offense heading into training camp as they go position by position breaking down what we need to see, what we want to see, and what has us both most excited and cautious about the Giants offense heading into 2025. #Giants #nyg #nygiants #newyorkgiants #giantsfootball #bluewirevideo #podcast #bigblue #sports #NFL #russellwilson #jaxsondart #briandaboll #nfceast

Transcribed - Published: 17 July 2025

GET Warren Sharp's book for $1 with the Promo Code "GIANTS" for the PDF Book at the link below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Sharp.Football Dan and Nick are joined by Warren Sharp of Sharp Football analysis to dive deep into his mega-preview of the 2025 season in his new book. Sharp has dug up all the analytics and data on the Giants from their tendencies in play calling, red zone efficiency, early down efficiency and more and they take all of this data to project forward what to expect for the 2025 season.

Transcribed - Published: 7 July 2025

Dan and Nick react to the Giants surprise trade of Darren Waller, talk Tyrone Tracy tape and why we’re all sleeping a bit on his 2025 impact plus break down what Steve Smith saw in Malik Nabers’ 2024 game film.

Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2025

Dan and Nick break out a mailbag for the first time in way too long and discuss the possibility of an Odell Beckham Jr. signing, what they need to see improvement wise from Brian Daboll as a coach, and a lot more.

Transcribed - Published: 27 June 2025

Dan and Nick break down Eagles beat reporter Jimmy Kempski's 10 reasons the Gaints will be a dumpster fire and assess the validity of each argument he makes spawning a fun, whacky conversation that divulges into a bunch of different directions as it should on June 24th of an offseason!

Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2025

Dan and Nick break down the Giants final OTAs practice but first they go over a practice clip Abdul Carter shared, Tiki Barber's comments on Brian Daboll's relationship with QBs past and present, and more before breaking down key takeaways from the practice and interviews from Giants players.

Transcribed - Published: 12 June 2025

Dan and Nick break down — on a very scientific and well-designed grading scale — Falato’s rankings of the NFC East defenses by position groups.

Transcribed - Published: 9 June 2025

Dan and Nick break down the Giants' open to the media OTA practice including what went down, the QB rotation, Wan'Dale Robinson's comments on the QB situation, key takeaways from interviews with Kafka, Bowen and Gobriel, what Brandon Brown learned about Jaxson Dart at the Senior Bowl, Russell Wilson's impact and a lot more.

Transcribed - Published: 5 June 2025

Dan and Nick break down — on a very scientific and well designed grading scale — Falato’s rankings of the NFC east offenses by position groups. Come for his QB ranking that was blasted as “delusional” by some Cowboys bloggers, stay for an in depth QB conversation then leave once Dan starts waxing poetic about the Allman Brothers.

Transcribed - Published: 4 June 2025

Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2025

Dan and Nick break down the seven things at the top of their mind heading into OTAs. They break down questions that need answers at QB, on the OL and more.

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2025

Dan and Nick break down the Giants roster on the defensive side of the call, rank each position group 1-5 and make the case for why each group finished where they did in their preseason rankings.

Transcribed - Published: 22 May 2025

Dan and Nick break down the Giants roster on the offensive side of the call, rank each position group 1-7, and make the case for why each group finished where they did in their preseason rankings.

Transcribed - Published: 19 May 2025

Dan and Nick break down the Giants' schedule for all 17 games as has been leaked so far. They discuss pivot points on the schedule, when they might see Jaxson Dart start and more.

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2025

Has Joe Schoen done enough with the Giants roster from where it was at when they inherited it in 2022 until now? Dan and Nick go position by position from 2022 compared to now, they talk about the evolution of each position group, where resources have been spent and more in a refreshing exercise that shows just how bad things were and where they are now.

Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2025

The Giants have been dropping snippets from the first day of the NFL Draft behind the scenes between Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll including their last attempt to trade up for Ward, the trade up for Dart and more. Dan and Nick break all that down plus thoughts from rookie minicamp.

Transcribed - Published: 9 May 2025

Dan and Nick break down the recent free agent WR Gabe Davis, his connection to the Giants, the cost of signing him, what he would mean for the run game, for Malik Nabers and more.

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2025

Dan and Nick take a look at the Giants roster as it stands today and break down the players who won the most and who lost the most following the draft class. Jalin Hyatt has a pulse, Kayvon enters murky water and more as they rifle through the players with better future outlooks and those with worse moving forward.

Transcribed - Published: 1 May 2025

Dan and Nick break down the NFC East and their draft classes individually before handing out grades. Next, they turn it over to the rosters and evaluate where each NFC East team is strong, vulnerable and their philosophies for roster building.

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2025

Dan and Nick give their final thoughts on the Giants 2025 Draft class after letting it marinate for 24 hours. They discuss themes of the draft, what they accomplished and a lot more.

Transcribed - Published: 28 April 2025

Dan and Nick go over an incredible Day 3 of the Giants 2025 NFL Draft where they land two of their "my guys" to kick things off before betting on traits with their final two picks. This is LIVE show on Youtube so they also answer listener questions that range from the 30,000-foot view stuff to individual player evals and more.

Transcribed - Published: 27 April 2025

Dan and Nick go LIVE on YT to recap Day 2 of the Giants draft, everything to know about Darius Alexander, what they want to happen on Day 3 at pick 105 and beyond and also discuss what other teams did on Day 2 of the draft including the draft slide for Shedeur Sanders.

Transcribed - Published: 26 April 2025

Nick and Dan do their first ever LIVE STREAM of the NFL Draft. The two went live for over three hours and discuss the Giants draft in detail; the selection of Carter, the controversial trade up for Jaxson Dart, plus everything else.

Transcribed - Published: 25 April 2025

Dan and Nick break down their favorite "our guys" in the 2025 NFL Draft class with value targets and players they love at every position before diving into whether or not they have any "my guys" at QB, what that means, and a 30,000-foot view discussion of how to approach the QB position.

Transcribed - Published: 23 April 2025

Dan and Nick tackle another Giants seven-round mock with a couple of changes from their last one. First of all, they use the PFN mock draft simulator. Secondly, this mock draft is done WAR ROOM style meaning both Dan and Nick are operating as Giants GM/front office exec and they need to come together to conclude on one player to pick.

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2025

Jacob Gibbs of CBS Sports joins Dan and Nick to deep and I mean DEEP dive the running back position. They discuss 25+ RB prospects, including every RB the Giants brought in for a top-30 visit, Day 3 sleepers and more with a breakdown of advanced stats and all of the game film Jacob has consumed.

Transcribed - Published: 21 April 2025

Dan and Nick break down Nick's color-coded system and assessment of the Giants roster front to back. They debate which players slot where, strengths and needs for the roster as we head into the 2025 NFL Draft.

Transcribed - Published: 20 April 2025

Dan and Nick break down why the top-30 visits the Giants have spent on prospects matter, how many prospects they've drafted in the past three years from their top-30s and then they highlight the different defensive players who they've already brought in this year for top-30s with individual thoughts on each prospect.

Transcribed - Published: 19 April 2025

Find out who Dan and Nick selected in the 2025 NFL Draft as they each get to play Joe Schoen Giants GM, navigating through all seven rounds of the draft on the PFF mock simulator and making their picks and trades to build the best roster possible for now but more importantly the future.

Transcribed - Published: 18 April 2025

Dan and Nick break down why the top-30 visits the Giants have spent on prospects matter, how many prospects they've drafted in the past three years from their top-30s and then they highlight the different offensive players who they've already brought in this year for top-30s with individual thoughts on each prospect.

Transcribed - Published: 17 April 2025

Dan and Nick evaluated what Giants GM Joe Schoen during his pre-draft presser with thoughts on Travis Hunter, Abdual Carter, drafting a QB and what Schoen is looking for and more.

Transcribed - Published: 16 April 2025