Dan Stanczyk

@Ian_OConnor @HarperCollins Love it. Congrats, Ian. Look forward to reading it.

Thrilled my next @HarperCollins book is official-the 2007-2011 Giants, the franchise's most fascinating 5-year period, how history was made vs the Super Bowl odds by twice beating the QB/coach GOATs, Brady & Belichick. Likely title: "When We Were Giants" More soon. Can't wait.

The 2025 NFL season has been a wild ride - and with only one game remaining, let’s take a look back on the season that was on The Adam Schefter Podcast.

“When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But standing here among the people of Punxsutawney, I couldn’t imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter.”

The Knicks are rolling, but February will be telling. 8 of their 12 games are against top 6 teams in either conference (Lakers, Nuggets, Pistons 2x, Celtics, Rockets, Sixers, and Cavs).

So who will the Giants hire to be their OC?

I'm a HOF voter who saw Belichick as slam-dunk. I don't know anything about voting results, but if this is true, and we'll find out officially next week, the question is, how could this happen? Before I list possibilities, understand this: Belichick, Kraft, Craig, Anderson & Greenwood are competing for 1-3 spots, separate from the 15 modern-era finalists 50 voters each pick 3 of the 5 Between 1-3 make it (40+ votes needed for anyone besides top vote getter to make it) So it's a ZERO-SUM game, huge change made in '25: 250 total votes to go around for five candidates with a high bar for clearance Now we count the potential ways Belichick might get fewer than 40 votes even when 40+ on committee think he's a HOFer... •Let's say 4-5 voters who were strong advocates for specific senior players figured Belichick was going to make it regardless, so they funneled votes to competing candidates in hopes of boosting them over the 40-vote threshold; •Let's say a few voters prioritized senior players on the thinking that Belichick will be back in the room next year, while the players on the ballot this year might disappear into the senior pool forever •Let's say a few voters found Spygate/cheating disqualifying •Let's say a few voters protested new rules making coaches eligible one year after retiring instead of five Whatever the case, I would see this as a repudiation of the new voting rules implemented for 2025, not of Belichick or any candidate not making it. There will be changes to the process, I predict

Does his long track record of winning at the highest level outweigh his major blemish of cheating? Yes, it will (eventually). No one is disputing that. But the Devil’s Advocate case (to delay his enshrinement a year) is quite compelling.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to make Belichick wait a year to get into the HOF. Vindictive or not, a 365 day delay for cheating is a light penance in the grand scheme of things. Your mileage may vary on his cheating, but violating the integrity of the game has to matter.

“A century of futility is forgotten.” Great line by Chris Fowler.

This should be treated like the crisis it is

Discussed the huge Bills at Jaguars game on Sunday with ⁦@AdamSchefter⁩

Feels like the Seahawks are up by 20+

My wife has now passed out w my daughters. I’m in the attic with a few espresso martini’s in me. Santa is soley on me right now and I honestly understand what Aaron Judge must feel like in October,

Merry Knicksmas 🟠🎄🔵

A must listen every December. Only thing it’s missing is the reveal earlier in the original episode about Mikey C being in a prison gang.

It really is a big day for @stugotz790

@RyanGensler Go Zips

@DanStanczyk Excelsior

Sunday’s my favorite day again #GoZips

GREAT movie

The Knicks should absolutely hang a banner for winning the NBA Cup. The Lakers did! Hopefully the powers that be come to their senses.