In reading an article about Beatty's injury I found this comment interesting;
"Beatty graded out near the bottom of Pro Football Focus' tackle rankings and gave up a league-high 13 sacks." |
When arguably the Giants best lineman is one of the worst in the league it is not surprising that the offense was as bad as it was.
I do not care for Gilbride, but, the demise of the Giants offense starts with the poor line play.
The line needs to be completely revamped with only Pugh as guaranteed a starting position next year.
Based upon Reese's record I have no confidence in his ability to reconstruct the line next year.
I am concerned that he will attempt to justify his poor decisions and compound the problem by not making wholesale changes.
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But that is only one man's opinion.
Give Eli a consistent running game, receivers who run precise routes, and a line that protects him and he will succeed.
Beatty is not the player that he was last year and he was abused by opposing DL all year. Unless he was injured, or there are some other extenuating circumstances, there is no reason to expect him to improve.
If Beatty is the starting left tackle next year and he allows 13 sacks again the offense will not improve.
Too many here see the Qb throw an INT and that's where their story ends--the QB must have made a bad throw.
And it is simple-minded thinking.
That cast starts with an offensive line that can pass protect and run block at a high level.
There also needs to be an identity to the offense.
The line as presently comprised is made up of finesse and power players. What are the Giants? Are they to be a smash mouth physical style team or a finesse zone blocking style ?
You have to live 1 more year with Beatty's contract. Suck it up, make him a backup if necessary, pray he returns to form.
It almost looks like the Giants will have to pick an OT in round one with Beatty's broken leg. You can't sign another veteran replacement and pay him OLT money.
Lots of attention will be paid to the Oline in the next few months.
He played shitty this year. Hopefully he heels and gets back to where he played in 2012
Poor return on the first season of the deal. I think most would agree there. But its nevertheless odd that so many here see this as an albatross of a deal.
If a reasonable person were to take a dispassioned look at cost vs. production for each player, therr are about 5-6 other guys we should be looking at before we get to Beatty. Namely our 20M per year QB who's now led the league in picks twice in four years.
Trent Williams: $11.0MM / $14.2MM
Jason Peters: $10.3MM / UFA
Will Beatty: 7.4MM /8.0MM
Tyron Smith: 4.0MM / UFA
Smith is a star, and will get paid like one by 2015. Williams is a good player, but his extension was pricey and the Redskins will probably need to restructure him. Peters was the best in the business a few years ago, and would be making even more if not for his injury history.
The problem with Will Beatty isn't that he makes top dollar. The problem with Will Beatty is that he needs to play a lot better, and first he has to bounce back from a broken leg.
Beatty will be coming off a terrible season and a serious injury that will limit his off season preparation.
I have no confidence that we will see an improved version of Beatty. If he allows 13 sacks again next year how much better can the team be?
pugh/boothe/x/x/x
being all new players, maybe 2 high picks and one big F.A.
Fine, but have somebody else in the wings so to speak, especially considering that LT is a critical position for any team with a right handed QB. Our QB is also a two time winning SB MVP, who is largely immobile. Beatty would never have been in a position to dominate Reese in those negotiations if Reese had planned ahead. But he ignored the OL in the upper rounds from 2009 (Beatty) until 2013 (Pugh).
Beatty would have either left, or gotten a smaller contract. The latter would give us more cap flexibility going forward, something which is now critically important given his terrible play and broken leg. The earliest we can get out of his contract is 2015, when we could spread his cap hit out over two years by designating him as a June 1 cut. Beatty needed a lot of offseason work that now won't get done because of his injury. I wouldn't expect much from him in 2014, except maybe as a decent substitute later in the season if someone gets hurt.
As far as what we do going forward, flip Pugh to LT, and draft a RT in the first three rounds. Or use a first round pick on a LT and keep Pugh at RT. But somewhere we are also going to have to get a FA C or G, and even then hope that Brewer, Mosley, Herman, and/or Goodin develop. Baas, Snee, Diehl, Boothe, and Reynolds should all be gone IMO.
This is where Reese has left us.
I would hope this is the plan. There are plenty of very good tackles in the draft. Giants better hit on one of them.
That being said, Eli should, and did, accept his share of the blame. He certainly did not have a good year, by any stretch. But the blame is shared here- WRs, OL and QB, as well as OC and lack of a running game.
To say the problems START with the QB is very naïve, IMO. I completely disagree.
Beatty will be here though 2015 based on his contract structure, but we should definitely draft a top OT prospect if available.
I am agreeing with Randee
its it Eli's fault we cant run the ball? even in 2011, we couldnt run and Eli was getting smoked
wake up
thats where you stock your team with solid players for cheap
we have failed, so we have to overpay for FA to fill holes and then you get into trouble when A, they get hurt, or B. they under perform
and you get into Cap hell
see Dave Baas and Beatty for examples..
Green Bay has drafted almost their whole Roster.. we have too many FA cost us money and thats due to Draft failures
Spot on. Pat Kirwan was one of them. I fully agreed then too (and obviously still do).
As for Beatty...I learned long ago that "hope" is not an option. Giants better draft his possible replacement in April or they will deserve whatever happens.
Then PROTECT your $100 Million franchise player, give him a decent running game etc. Read Big Blue's latest post. When Eli had the pieces, he did pretty well. Or are two Super Bowl victories AND MVPs not enough for you?
Yes, you are being naïve, because you are lumping ALL of the blame on the QB without any consideration to the other parts of the offense.
Read my previous post- carefully. I stated Eli deserves some of the blame, but a true Giant fan recognizes the pieces were not in place for Eli to be as successful as he was in previous seasons.
No you are not being naive, you are being obtuse.
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I'm not being naïve.
No you are not being naive, you are being obtuse.
Because I believe Eli played poorly? I freaking give up. And you're a jackass.
Then report back.
grow up.
You don't pay players with about a year and a half starting experience 8 million a year. Nor do you obligate having to carry them for another 3 years. Beatty go his deal because Reese fucked up the O line like he worked for one of the other NFL teams. He was looking at a paper thin line with no other options due to limited options in FA and IMO he over valued the guy. Hence we have a guy who regressed badly and after 5 years in the NFL still needs to work on his "strength".
Funny before this year he had about 20 starts. So how is it even possible to honestly assume he could bounce back,when the sample size is almost 50-50 from good to horrible.
The NFL is about making decisions on players based upon 1 1/2 years of solid play and even less
The facts are his contract is middle of the road for LT and will get even lower after this year
Enough with this 'stud' or blue goose LT - in almost all cases, they get picked in the top 10 - go back and look at the draft history
After the Giants picks since 2009 and OT taken after
2009 - Nicks(29) E. Britton(39) Loadholdt(54) Vollmer(58)
2010 - JPP(15) Bulaga(23) Saffold(33) Beatles(45)
Ducasse(61) Brown(64)
2011 - Prince(19) Costanzo(22) Carpenter(25) Carimi(29)
Sherrod(32) Frankin(46) Ijalana(49)
Since you will bitch about Austin, here are the OT picked after him M. Gilbert(63) J. Reid(85) Barksdale(92)
2012 - Wilson(32) Shwartz(37) Glenn(41) Martin(42) Adams(56)
Stephenson(74)
Curious on who they missed on. Most NFL people even thought Glenn was not a LT - they all had Martin as the LT. Most of them above either are not LT or tried and failed LT
So of you are not paying Beatty, and having no FA options out there that are better, you look to the draft. Above shows their are no LT
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You fucking dickhead. I never said shit to you and you come in insulting me because I have an opinion that differs from yours? Fuck you.
grow up.
Um, you do realize your only post on the thread was an unprovoked insult? I suggest you follow your own advice.
And so did Wilson and nicks and Myers.
I can go on.
If healthy - he has the talent to be a good NFL LT
Btw, this entire thread relies on a quote - here's some more substance on this from PFF in November
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Of the options at the time, losing him was not one they wanted to deal with. So whether they could have signed him for a million or so less per year is nothing but hindsight.
There is no question that Beatty far under performed his contract in year one. We will see how he plays going forward.
Obviously, the extent of his injury will be a big factor in what we do in the draft. I understand the sentiment that we need to upgrade, but I did not think drafting a LT was necessarily the right move considering Beatty's lack of versatility/contract/Pugh so good at RT....
No question priority 1 is to upgrade the OL. I just hope we can do that without having to eat Beatty's contract. He can still be a very good LT