April 9, 2007
Getting tired of idiot reporters - the Giants actual draft needs
Happy Easter! Enough with the nicities. This idiot says the Giants are setting up Coughlin for failure by doing only one thing to improve the team (trading Carter for Droughns).
The Giants did sign Kawika Mitchell. And they are looking at guys like Jay Fielder and Kris Jenkins. They tried to work out somethign with Al Wilson.
This other idiot says that unless the Giants trade up they won't get a starting left tackle in this draft. Show me a rookie who can come in and beat out Diehl at left tackle. Look at Robert Gallery - did he win the starting left tackle job right away?
They also say we need someone to replace Barber's receiving skills. Our backs might be big, but they can catch.
I think it's clear that the Giants will go BPA early although they could trade up to get someone in a need position or down if there's no one in a position of need. In later rounds where grades are fairly equal on different players they will draft for need. Since the reporters are idiots, what do the Giants really need?
Keep in mind that you draft guys to compete for starts and back guys up - not many draft choices start and have an impact in their first years so you don't count on drafting an immediate impact player / starter.
I think the Giants need a tight end. Last year we had two and noe Shiancoe is gone via free agency. This elaves us with Shockey who never stays healthy for an entire season.
The Giants need a speedy receiver. We have Sinorice Moss as our #3, but don't know if he'll amount to anything. Who's our #4? Tyree? Anthony Mix?
The Giants need a free safety who can cover. Show me Gibril Wilson and Will Demps in coverage and I'll show you a Giant fan crying or throwing his remote. James Butler didn't put them on the bench...
The Giants need a DT. Who wants to sign William Joseph?
We need an OLB. Wilkinson might not be ready to start and we have no one behind him at WILL.
The Giants need a corner, preferably a fast one. Sam Madison is solid but will need to be replaced. Corey Webster has to improve but it doesn't look like he'll turn into a number 1 corner.
Posted by James Trotta at April 9, 2007 1:47 PMI can't say I agree with you completely. You pretty much hit every spot on Defense, and I don't think we're as weak there as everyone seems to think. Right now I'd say top priority should be offense and giving Eli a couple of more weapons.
We have to two solid running backs who should be able to pound away so that's covered.
At Tight end, that's a Question mark especially given how injury prone Shockey seems to be.
At Receiver, we have Plax, who still hasn't shown me enough to dazzle me for more than the occasional play, maybe if he'd come up in the off season for workouts and get off his high horse and be a team player that would change. Then there's Toomer, another year older and coming off a major injury. After that no one with the playing time to really prove themselves. This might be the Giants #1 pick depending on who's out there.
As for the O-line I don't see the loss of Pettigout as that big a deal, with all the playing time he's missed we've been getting along ok without him. this may be a spot for a 2nd day pick looking for some depth.
Defense...
We have a New Season, A new Co-ordinator, and hopefully a new Game Plan. So what are needs here are depend largely on what kind of Schemes they plan to run.
Cornerback - There's a lot of talk about how we need a corner. I don't see it as a first day pick. These aren't cover 2 guys but they aren't that bad. There aren't many corners in the league who can go man on man against a #1 receiver play after play, that's why those #1s are #1s. The only time you should be in a man on man situation on a #1 is a blitz, otherwise expect to get burned a lot, and that's what happened to us last year, we gave up a lot of big yardage plays.
LineBackers, again remains to be seen what they plan to do here but given the way this group got shredded this off season, I'd expect to see this get addressed first day, possibly in the first round.
Tackle, this is a position that needs to be adressed, either through a trade, free agency, or the draft. If I had to guess, I'm expecting them to get someone who's been in the league for a couple of years already though. We need someone who can help move the pile.
Safety, as the name implies, these guys are the last line of defense, they should be there to pick up the speed demons as the corners roll off and ready to catch a runner who manages to slip a tackle. What we have now, isn't great, but it's not a glaring hole either. If the units in front of them can manage to pull together and perform, the guys we have should be able to do their jobs more than adequately. A late 2nd day pick at best.