NFL-Giants: NY Giants football news

Fantasy football draft is one of the best times of the year for the fan who likes to show off his skills at being a general manager, or something like that at least. The most integral part in having a winning team, for the most part, is to have a good draft. It may seem tempting to take Giants players with early picks in a honorable act of being a homer, but the smart thing to do is to take the best players available. This guide will tell you where to take your favorite Giant fantasy studs.

Tiki Barber

The Giants second pick of the draft Sinorice Moss, brother of NFL wideout Santana Moss, is gathering much speculation and expected to help power the Giants office this upcoming season. Moss may be small at just 5-8, but he has talent, catching 63 passes for over 100 yards and eight touchdowns for the Miami Hurricanes last year. The Giants selected him with their second pick in this year

We have Newsday coming out with a little article on the Giants choice at #32 and the Jets choice at #4. They say if Ferguson’s backup hadn’t cheapshotted Kiwi, the Giants new defensive end would have been a top 10 pick.

Jai Streets was one of 16 undrafted free agents signed by the Giants in 2006. He’s a project anywhere, so where should the Giants try him?

At 6’6″ 290 he’s kind of in between tight end and offensive line size and these are the two positiions the Giants will consider him: “They’re looking at me as a tight end or offensive tackle,” said Jai Streets. “It doesn’t matter to me which one as long as I can get out on the field. It’s very exciting for me. I’m grateful for the chance to show what I can do after five years with all this rust on me.”

With a 5.0 second 40 time, he seems a little slow for a tight end. Then again, if he plays a little faster than he times and loses 15 pounds to get to 275 he might be fast enough. As Accorsi said, “He showed all the qualities of a tight end. He had good hands, good feet. If he didn’t have the feet, this would be a big projection for us. But he has them. He could be a 310-pound tackle or a 275-pound tight end. Who knows? But he’s a prospect.”

The fact is, the Giants could use Jai Streets in either spot if he’s a player. Shockey’s career might get extended if he doesn’t have to play hurt so much and the Giants could use a big blocking tight end anyway.

The prospect I see affecting Jai Street’s future with the Giants the most is former tight end Guy Whimper. Since he’s a project LOT, do the Giants really have room for another project tackle in Streets? It seems to me that Street has a better chance as a tight end project, but could potentially be more valuable as an offensive tackle if he bulked up to 310.

If the Giants weren’t already stocked at defensive end, that might be a good place for a man of Street’s size. Of course size wasn’t enough help for Brock Lesnar to become an NFL DE way back when.

Not along article but if you have a minute… Best line: Whimper tallied 31 KO blocks while playing on 712 snaps, fourth highest on the team. This longer article calls them knockdown blocks and has some quotes from Guy. Best line: Whimper said he was told by the Giants coaches he could evolve into a Pro Bowl tackle in the NFL.

Based on what Coughlin said after the 5th round of the draft, here’s what seems to be the Giants plan at linebacker:

Carlos Emmons, 3rd round pick Gerris Wilkinson, and probably Brandon Short will play on the weak side. The surprise here is Emmons and Short at Will, instead of Arrington.

LaVar Arrington, who the Post interviewed, will play on the strong side for the Giants. Reggie Torbor will back him up. Of course Brandon Short can play Sam as well.

Antonio Pierce, Chase Blackburn, and probably Marcus Lawrence will play in the middle. Lawrence has also played both sides.

Tyson Smith who is doing well in NFL Europe and, according to Coughlin, might factor into one of the outside spots as well. In my opinion Lawrence and Smith have the most to worry about considering Chase Blackburn’s special teams prowess.

One of the most exciting boring events to see on television was on the other day, which of course is the NFL draft. Every year I find myself glued to the television for an entire day, and every year I find myself asking why I wasted my time on this event. But like I said, I did end up watching the entire first day of the draft and here are some grades for the bigger picks, in my opinion, for the teams in the NFC East.

Dallas Cowboys

Safety Charlie Peprah was somewhat surprising since there were a few interesting defensive tackles left. They say he used to play cornerback. NFL.com’s profile says he’s an inconsistent tackler and inconsistent against the pass. Footballsfuture.com’s profile says he can play safety or corner in the NFL and has excellent cover skills. If he can play CB, then great pick. If he can’t but turns into a decent safety, OK pick. If he can’t play, we should have taken a DT…

The first and second rounds of the 2006 NFL Draft are complete and the New York Giants made some last minute moves trading down in the first round and then up in the second round. With their first pick of the Draft the Giants selected Mathias Kiwanuka, a 6-6, 266 pound defensive end out of Boston College.

DT Barry Cofield and OT Guy Whimper. Barry Cofield isn’t huge at 6-4, 304 but he is fast with a 40-Time under 5 seconds. He has expereince at both defensive end (hope the Giants don’t plan to use him there!) and defensive tackle. They say he pursues running plays well but has trouble anchoring when a run comes straight at him. Hopefully, the Giants coaching staff can work on that because the Giants need someone to stuf runs up the gut.

Guy Whimper moved to tackle as a senior. Interestingly, he might be the exception to the rule that you can’t teach footwork since he is so raw. Frank Croyle says that he does have quick feet. He’s got good size at 6-5 and 304 pounds. Like Cofield, he also ran his 40 in under 5 seconds. Add 26 reps at 225 and consider that he’ll probably add some bulk…

Of course, Guy (don’t want to call him Whimper) may not develop into Luke’s replacement. Finding a starting LOT in the 4th round is betting against the odds. But the potential payoff is big!

2 fast 300 pounders in the 4th round. Not bad!