Giant Trouble

For those of us who envisioned having two long armed CB's on the outside of Graham's initial Giant Defense it seems we may be out of luck. That said, this blog believes in the due process and the presumption of innocence, so we won't try to adjudicate anything here. For those of use who felt the Giants been throwing too many picks at CB's, let's now be grateful that they have.  Also, there are still a number of FA CB's who could be willing to sign a one year deal - if the new staff is unimpressed by what's in the pantry.  Sam Beal has had some moments, and it's completely possible that he can pick up the system.  Ballantine and recently drafted Chris Williamson could are also full sized CB's who could compete on the outside.

So, the first advantage is that this happened now. The second advantage is that it's a new system  for everyone, so the Giants won't be losing an experienced player if Baker is banned, suspended or cut.  Third, as mentioned before, there are place holders available and the Giants were probably going to draft another CB or two next year anyway - because that's what they do.

Some people are upset that the Giants traded up for a guy who may be a criminal.  He was gang affiliated when drafted, so they really had no idea that anything like this could happen. Also, and can we stop using the term draft capital?  It's always and only a pretentious way to say, "picks."  So, yeah, they sunk multiple picks on Baker and missed out on some OL's - which a lot of us thought they were moving up to take before Baker was announced.  Anyway, since draft was capped, all picks are devalued, and and mistakes are, necessarily, smaller than they once were.  Still is it could to gamble on a starting corner - yes.

Finally, the supplemental draft is coming up - likely in July - and one of the laws of the universe is that DG will use a third before next year's draft. Now, it will likely be used on a CB, if there's another Beal type in the supplemental.  Hopefully, there's a C.