Player HITlights:Damontre Moore

 

The Giants have always been built on defense. 

So nobody is surprised when they go into the draft and draft defense especially in the trenches.

Sometimes they find that gem in the rough, other times, not so much. 

Damontre Moore was a 3rd pick of the Giants in the 2013 NFL Draft. He didn't have much success with the Gmen and caused multiple altercations with teammates especially in the 2015 season which led to him being placed on waivers where the Dolphins snagged him.

He was bounced around a few teams and even joined the AAF league not finding success anywhere he went which is upsetting for a guy who had high expectations as a First Team All-American from Texas A&M.

I grabbed quite a few of his cards, especially autographs, in 2013 with high expectations.

At least when it comes to players on your favorite team, "prospecting" doesn't always have to be a homerun.

As the saying goes, "Once a Giant, Always A Giant"

Moore has accumulated 88 tackles and 10 sacks in his career.

Player HITlights:Ron Dixon

 

Ron Dixon was a 3rd round pick of the NY Giants in the 2000 NFL Draft where he spent his entire NFL career.

Dixon was best known for his two kickoff returns in the 2000 playoffs for the Giants. Both were 97 yard returns, one against the Eagles in Divisional Playoffs and then was the only score for the Giants in Super Bowl 35 against the Baltimore Ravens.

 

He played from 2000-2003 before a PCL injury hurt his career. He tried out for couple of teams training camps and officially retiring in 2005.

I only have a couple of his hits, the Limited above is by far my favorite of the two with the swatch of football and lace.

At some point I would like to add a certified autograph of him to the collection. I can't imagine he costs very much, I just keep forgetting about him and adding him to the my autograph need lists.

Player HITlights:Aaron Ross

When sorting out my NY Giants hits collection by player, I was really surprised by some of the players and the amount of hits I have of them. 

That comes from both ends of the spectrum as well.

Today's player, Aaron Ross was one of those surprises for me.

 

With only a total of one, ONE hit. The only card I hit I have of Ross is this autograph that came in a trade I made just a few years ago.

Ross was drafted by the Giants in the first round of the 2007 NFL. He helped with both of the teams Super Bowl runs against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 42 and Super Bowl 46. He had a career total of 200+ tackles, 2.5 sacks, 33 passes defended, and 10+ interceptions in 65 NFL games in which he started 41 games of.

Ross became a free agent corner in 2012 and signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He struggled with his play and injuries became a factor like they did the rest of his career with short stints there after. He actually went back to the Giants in 2013 before having a back injury in Week 4 that knocked him out for the season.

Player HITlights: Owamagbe Odighizuwa

Today's featured Player HITlight has a really tough name to spell out without having a card next to you to type it off from.

Owamagbe Odighizuwa, okay I cheated this time and copied and pasted the name from my post title, was a third round pick of the Giants in the 2015 NFL Draft. He was supposed to be that missing pass rushing piece the Giants needed after losing Osi, Tuck and Strahan years prior and was to pair up with JPP.

Well, like a lot of draft picks during that time for the Giants he didn't quite pan out. Injuries took up his rookie season and in 2017 he got caught with PED's by the NFL and shortly after was released by the Giants.

He signed with the Bills in 2018 but didn't last more than a few months of the offseason there.

His NFL career ended with 6 total tackles.

I collected quite a few of his cards and was sent some from other collectors as well,

Contenders Draft rookie auto

 

Topps Platinum parallel rookie autograph

Topps Platinum rookie autograph

Contenders Cracked Ice rookie autograph

Playbook Rookie Autograph

Prestige rookie autograph

Score Red Zone rookie autograph

Crown Royale Rookie Autograph

 

Donruss Elite Rookie Autograph

I also have plenty of base and rookies of him as well. Will need to sort them out better to figure out how many I have total of him.

More Player HITlights soon.

Player HITlights:Roger Lewis

Welcome to the new segment here on Big Blue Cardboard where I highlight all of the HITS I have of a current or former NY Giants player and rank my Top 5 favorites. Some players will have an unbelievable amount compared to others who may only have a few.

Today we kick it off with Roger Lewis whom I only have one hit of.

 

The one hit is his 2016 Contenders Rookie Autograph.

Lewis went undrafted in the 2016 NFL Draft and signed a free agent deal with the Giants. He moved himself up the Giants depth chart and filled in for a few spots in 2016 and 2017 for injured Giants before being released in 2018. He signed a practice squad deal with Tennessee in 2018 and Indy in 2019 but never made a roster.

One of the most memorable moments I remember about Lewis was his insane catch in overtime on 4th down against the KC Chiefs in 2017 which I will hook you up with here,

I was hoping that the Giants would give him more of a chance, but when the new GM came in the old players went out. 

Thanks to Roger though for being in blue for your time.