I was young, and this team was the first real team that I can remember. I'm from the Bronx, and it's kind of a NY thing. Bronx usually are Yankees/Giants fans. And I started watching baseball and football games with my old man. And he was Yankees Giants all the way. By the time the 86 Giants super bowl win, I was 13. And I can remember when Phil Simms started, and I remember the entire Giant team being against Lawrence Taylor's signing at first. And I remember being nervous that he wouldn't be signed, mainly because my old man talked about it and he was nervous. But this team was cemented as my heroes. So by the time 86 came around, I already had ulcers from watching the games that season. But with the Yankees doing not so great, this team made New York proud.
1986 was the Giants year and deservedly so. Their last championship was in 1956 when probably half their fanbase either wasn't born yet or were too little to remember. Joe Morris who was tiny compared to most of the team was the star running back. If there was a hole he could find it. Some of the '86 Giants were still with the team in 1990 when they won the Super Bowl again.