Aside obviously from Watkins. But despite my wanting to take Evans if he was there, the last two days I have been going over a bunch of the WRs to go in the first two rou ds of this draft and players we have been talking about our team drafting. Adams has all the tools but the jump out at you measurables. He reminds me a ton of Nicks at his best. Very good at high pointing the ball, catches the ball with his hands. His greatest strength aside from his body control and awareness is his open field ability. He appears to always look to get upfield and score. Meaning he does not catch the ball, take what he can get and go down (Marvin Harrison, Randy Moss). This attribute will be huge because it wont take the stay pass/bubble screen/quick hitch out of the playbook that Eli likes running so much. He is the only wr who during his high lights I said "wow" on multiple occasions.
While I like aspects of the games of Bryant, Landry, and Moncrief, I really hope Adams is our guy in the 2nd. Only Watkins and Cooks looked as impressive to me.
Ideally, trade down with MIA/AZ for an extra 2nd, take Sua'Filo in the first, Tuitt and Adams in the 2nd and Niklas in the 3rd. I actually could forgo Tuitt to assure ourselves of getting Niklas, but this would be a dream scenario for me in this draft. Use round 4-5 for OL and a DT.
If Lee gets hurt a lot, why would we want him in the first again? Take a look at Adams highlights... he has nothing but instincts
Phil, but Adams is a much better player than the 2nd tier guys imho. I would put off OL until 3 rather than miss a chance to get Eli with this guy.
Donald or Lewan or trade down and take martin or Sua'Filo in 1, Adams and Niklas in 2nd, more OL in 3rd
2) Played With A Top QB
3) His Numbers Were A Product Of Their Spread Offense System
4) He Lacks Top End Speed
I really him and Matthews in the 2nd round. But I'd be fine with Donte Moncrief, Cody Latimer, Cody Hoffman, Devin Street, Kevin Norwood, or TJ Jones in the middle rounds. It's a deep draft for receivers and we're gonna end up with at least one of these receivers
Adams can get deep like Nicks did.
Adams can get deep like Nicks did.
Shit... meant WOULDNT type cast him as that.
Adams strikes me as a guy who may have a higher grade than what some may expect. The only knock on him is top end speed but he is plenty fast to me, deceptively even. His hands and catch radius are ridiculous and he's got the size and strength you want in a #1 receiver. If he does fall to us in the second, I'd be elated if we grabbed him.
We have tried to solidify the line in the off-season and reinforcements will be chosen in this draft but I believe that, barring a miracle dropping to us at 12, the Giants will draft either Aaron Donald or Anthony Barr in the first and come back with an offensive playmaker in the second. There will be too many solid prospects at those positions for the Giants to pass up and Davante Adams is a pretty darn good one at a position of need.
Also like Lee a lot, I think he might be special once he's healthy and has a QB that can get him the ball.
Adams can get deep like Nicks did.
I don't see him running by guys like Nicks sometimes did in the game cutups I've seen. Plus Nicks averaged 18 YPC his last year at NC, Adams 13 YPC. Nicks, despite his average timed speed, was pretty fast in pads and was rarely caught from behind.
I think Cotchery is probably to low end of a comparison. Crabtree is probably a better comparison. A very good possession/YAC guy, but not someone who defenses tilt towards because they're scared he's going to take the top off the defense.
This draft is pretty deep at o-line as well. Given all our FA signings (that included a starting G and C, along with several backups), I think we'll wait till the middle rounds before we pick up another o-lineman. This offense is in desperate need of a gamechanger.
My thinking is that a guy like Martin, who can play both OG and OT, can almost be thought of as giving us an extra draft pick, since we won't have to draft both an OT and OG in the draft. By himself he'd solve two of our problems (IF he can play OG as well as Mayock claims).
Seems to me that if we don't like Evans (and I don't at 12) and are scared of Lee's slight frame and poor time at the Combine, the only other guy who's a candidate for a #1 pick (and that after a trade down) would be Cooks. Given his height, is that someone the Giants are likely to go after when we already have Cruz and JJ around? It would surprise me.
As for chopper's OP, I like Adams a lot. Great hands, able to get open -- even deep -- despite lack of top speed, and just a really solid football player. I wouldn't object to him in the 2nd.
Also like Lee a lot, I think he might be special once he's healthy and has a QB that can get him the ball.
Lee is super special and would be viewed as Watkins is this year if he came out a year earlier. He is THAT good.
Whoops. Meant "catches" not "carries."