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Jason Costello takes a key from his pocket. He turns it in the lock of safe deposit box No. 899 at the Eastern Bank in Saugus, Massachusetts. He pulls the box off the shelf and carries it into a nearby room.
Al Zani and Shawn O Neil crowd around him. The three men are New England law enforcement to their core: Costello is a young special agent in the FBI s Boston office with a reputation as a skilled interviewer. Zani is a lieutenant who has spent decades with the Massachusetts State Police. O Neil is a state trooper; he s the one who traced this key to a tiny bank branch, bringing them here on a cold day in January of 2009.
5 key moments that led the Giants to Super Bowl XLVI
Let’s take a fun stroll down memory lane
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Super Bowl XLVI seems like a lifetime ago for New York Giants fans. A lot has happened in the nine years since, but not much has led to a propitious situation. Since that magical 2011 Super Bowl run, the Giants have gone 57-87 with three coaching changes, one disappointing playoff appearance (
38-13 Wild-Card loss in Green Bay), and two seasons with a .500 or more winning percentage (
2012 and 2016).
It’s been an unfulfilling stretch that followed one of the better decades in Giants’ history. The 9-7 2011 Super Bowl champion Giants’ team was the last time this team won an NFC East Championship as well. The 2016 team went 11-5, but the Dallas Cowboys went 13-3.
Trevor Jones-Getty Images Joining Tom Landry and scouting icon Gil Brandt as the troika that turned the Cowboys into one of the world s most recognizable teams, Schramm led the franchise s front office for its first 29 seasons. During that span: 20 consecutive winning seasons, five Super Bowl appearances, and draft revolutionization that ended with the Schramm-era Cowboys selecting nine Hall of Famers. Schramm acquiring top-five picks from the Giants and Seahawks in a three-year span netted them, Randy White and Tony Dorsett, extending the dynasty into the 1980s. The Cowboys became American royalty under Schramm, helping elevate the NFL in the process.
giants/new england. third time. we ll see new england finally win this one. let s talk about the fans. what does big blue bring to the table? giants fans love to travel, they travel well. if you go to a road game, you see the other team s roads on the fans traveling to the gail, we provide the service. one key operation, turnkey go on big blue travel.com. we ll find out where we re going and hopefully this weekend we know where we re going and have a playoff trip online and we provide the travel to that city. we take them off the bus, bring them to the hotel and bring them to a party the night before the game with a couple of players. we have a tailgate party, the ticket to the game included, we sell that package through our website. evidently, giants super bowl would be tremendous, again. that s amazing. can we get a closeup of this ring. i was at the game when the jets hosted new england and brady came back at the end
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