This time of year I enjoy reading about the draft prospects’ athletic abilities. The combine is a great source but alas no combine this year. The Pro days will get a lot more press. I always enjoy checking out the players that make the Athletic’s Bruce Feldman’s top 50 “freaks” in college football. He describes …
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This is a big year coming up for the Giants. Daniel Jones enters his third season on his four year rookie contract. Saquon Barkley returns form a season ending injury in 2020. The Giants have now had four consecutive losing seasons. You have to go back to the late 70’s for such a streak. That …
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There is a lot of talk of BPA when the draft is discussed. That teams should pick the Best Player Available regardless of team needs. I have felt that way in prior drafts. However for the upcoming 2021 draft for the Giants I believe they should draft for need. Not only that I maintain they …
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In my post Why the Giants Should Select Rashod Bateman In Round One of The Draft I refer to an article on the seven cornerstone positions that a team should get one blue-chip player to be a playoff caliber team. The Giants I evaluated were good at five of the positions with only wide receiver …
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Wide Receiver Receiving yards per Target (100+ targets since 1992 – 19 receivers) 6. Darius Slayton 10. Golden Tate 13. Sterling Shepard Wide Receiver Receptions since 1950 6. Sterling Shepard Repeating his 2020 production would put Shepard at 3rd Wide Receiver Yards since 1950 12.Sterling Shepard Repeating his 2020 production would put Shepard at 9th …
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You play to win the game. (Herm Edwards). It all comes down to winning games. “The critics are always right. The only way you shut them up is by winning.” – Chuck Knoll. There are twenty eight quarterbacks in the Hall of Fame. Only two of them had losing records – Sonny Jurgensen (0.493) and …
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I was reading a promo article for the Senior Bowl from 2014 that was the seven cornerstone positions in the NFL. It was from their Executive Director Phil Savage, who spent 20 years in the NFL as a scout and executive, including four years as the general manager of the Cleveland Browns. It opened with …
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Sterling Shepard is the longest tenured Giant on the team. He is entering his 6th season in 2021. Among Giant wide receivers he is tied for 23rd most seasons on the Giants. The same number as Odell Beckham had. After next season he would be tied for eighth most seasons as a Giant wide receiver. …
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Here is a projected lineup for the Giants 2021 offensive 11 personnel and base defense. The lineup would include four rookies Round 1 WR Devonta Smith Round 2 CB Eric Stokes Round 3 LB Chazz Surratt Round 4 OG Ben Cleveland and a free agent signing of TE Jonnu Smith. It all starts in the …
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I have seen numerous media reporters and forum posters talk of cutting WR Golden Tate this offseason. He is a $10 million hit against the cap in 2021 which is the fourth highest cap hit on the Giants as reported on Spotrac.com. I believe Tate has performed well this season and is a valuable part …
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