Giant Roster Stuff
In addition to that, the Giants still haven't signed S Darian Thompson or LB BJ Goodson, though that is probably just more roster number jockeying.
Meanwhile, I'm pretty resistant to three of the moves they announced yesterday, and the way they ran their rookie minicamp. Here's why: QB BJ Daniels is 26 years old and the Giants are his 4th team. WR Donte Foster is 25 and WR Kadron Boon is 24 and both of them have also been two multiple camps. In NFL parlance, guys like that are called Street Free Agents, or SFA's. And guys like that normally show up for the weekly tryouts the Giants and other teams hold on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the year. So, first, I have no idea what they were even doing at the rookie minicamp. Second, all three of them having been through mutliple camps and practices should know how to shine in comparison to the real rookies and UDFA's who were getting their first taste of the NFL over the weekend.
If Daniels, Foter and Boon were any good, they would not have been available last weekend. And if the Giants were more interested in fairness, those guys would have been competing against the Myles Whites and Ryan Nassibs of the roster, not against the the 21-23 year old UDFA's who were gathered for a rookie minicamp. Now, while I do think Daniels might be part of an insurance plan that could allow them to trade Nassib before he walks as a FA next year, Boon and Foster are certainly no better than Myles White, and, now, could be stealing practice reps from kids with higher upside.
That's a suboptimal situation for a team as roster challenged as the Giants have been this offseason. In fact, it seems like the coaches were doing the scouting at the minicamp instead of the scouts doing the scouting. It would have been nicer to see what they could have done with three more younger, high upside prospects, instead of allowing them retreads.
Last week, it seemed their plan was to let Woodrum develop for a year behind Nassib and then compete for the backup spot next year. Maybe it will work out for him with the Colts, who also have a franchise QB and time to develop young QB's for support and future trades.
posted by Kalel9 @ 3:53 PM
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As I said I prefer mobile QBs, but all their problems flow from Reese/Ross's ineptitude in Rds 3-5 for too many years
I prefer QB's who are over 6 feet tall. And it is a vast oversimplification to say, "all their problems flow from Reese/Ross's ineptitude in Rds 3-5 for too many years." Injuries have played a massive role in their fortunes, and player development under the old staff seemed to stall after Spags left the first time, and guys like Waffle and Pope were fired.
But it's still true; they have been awful.
It's also true, some from the 3-5 group have been injured.
Football is brutal, and while we can easily absolve them for Wilson, Phillips (hmmm...), for example, we can't do that for Hosley, Moore, Robinson, Randall (a #2), maybe now Williams too, just to name a few major disappointments.
If Hart really makes it, he would be the first non- #1 or #2 to start since maybe Diehl.
If Kennard shows staying power, it would be the first drafted impact LB since I can't remember when.
They haven't drafted a TE of note since Boss.
Was trading up for Nassib a good use of resources?
It can't all be injuries. In fact, one of the reason this draft is being well-received is because they took what was there without reaching for workout freaks or projects.
There have been waaaay too many years of that.
As for Daniels, I am going to trust McAdoo's judgment on offensive talent until I can't.
Randall had two bad knees. Damontre Moore was a productive player who was not developed. Hosley was a bad pick, but was it development? He looked better under Spags. Willlams would be a different back with a better line.
Nassib is a good player, and it's not his fault that Eli never gets hurt and we never get big enough leads to play him with the ones. If we can trade him, it was a great use of resources, or if Eli gets hurt and Nassib plays well, it was a great use of resources.
I think they did start believing they could develop any and all projects and it blew up on them.
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