April 24, 2005
Giants pick Corey Webster
I thought JJ Arrington would be a better value here, but from all accounts Webster is a player. I like that he has better hands than you know who (was a former receiver) and should note that Coughlin thinks this is an excellent value:
As you know, he had an outstanding year in 03 on , in their National Championship team. And had he decided to come out then, he would have been a top 15 pick and that is the exciting thing here.Clearly Coughlin knows a few things I don't so that's encouraging. The injury causing his stock to fall does worry me a bit, though. Jerry Reese doesn't sound worried:
Q: You think he's injury prone?All in all this pick excites me. If he develops, we won't have to overpay for Will Allen. You see Corners going for a ton of money in Free Agency, but a #43 pick is generally cap-friendly. Posted by James Trotta at April 24, 2005 1:23 PMA: I don't think he's injury prone. I just think the guy, as a sophomore he played and had seven interceptions. He had seven interceptions as a junior and only two as a senior. I don't think he's injury prone, he has played through it. You have to like his toughness for playing through an injury like that. He had some significant injuries so I think he's a tough kid, number one, and you have to like guys who have played through injuries like that.
RE: Injuries.
A: I just know that he had three or four things that he was dinged up with that he tried to play through during his senior year. Again, when you're evaluating the guy, you're evaluating a hurt player.
Q: Why do you think he lasted that long?
A: I don't think that there is any doubt that it was the injury concern that scared people off because again, you go back and look after his junior year and this kid is a top ten pick. It's a slam dunk. If he comes out as a junior, he's a top ten pick. A size, speed corner with seven interceptions and played like he played his junior year, it's shocking that he didn't come out at the time. If he played to the caliber that he played as a junior, he's probably right up there, actually he's probably better than the corner that got picked from Miami, Rolle, and of course, he's five inches taller than Pacman. So this guy has value if he was still the same as he was as a junior. We're very fortunate to get the guy. There is no question in my mind.