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New York Giants “In many ways without changing the GM and head coach, the Giants moved away from their conservative philosophy and fired coaches and delved into free agency heavily to try and shake up their own franchise.” … “Tom Coughlin got rid of long-time offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride and hired Ben McAdoo from Green Bay to call plays, while rather than waiting on the draft, GM Jerry Reese was active in signing at least 10 significant free agents.” … “Still, the bottom line here is the play of Eli Manning. His 27 interceptions led the league and the turnover margin killed any chance of this team making the playoffs a year ago.” … “McAdoo will install a more disciplined attack based on timing and reads and that adjustment may rejuvenate Manning mentally and physically.” .... “Odell Beckham, Jr. was their first-round pick and he is really a good player. Along with Victor Cruz and Reuben Randle, they can now get a threat to all parts of the field.” … “in 2013, with the line struggling up front, defenses could double those two and still squeeze off the run game. Will Beatty has been a disaster at LT, Chris Snee has gotten old [Editor’s note: Snee retired prior to the start of training camp.] and Justin Pugh had his rookie season ups-and-downs. They signed Geoff Schwartz from KC to help secure the inside of the pocket, but OGs are not game-changers.” … “Defensive coordinator Perry Fewell has lost some of his luster, but it’s primarily been because of Jason Pierre-Paul’s lack of production due to injuries. They need him to return to form, in addition to Damontre Moore or newly acquired Robert Ayers to provide some pass rush from the opposite side.” … “The linebacker unit is a collection of average players and they inked Jameel McClain from the Ravens despite his neck injury in December.” … “It’s Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie to the rescue at corner and that is surprising because of his struggles with the Eagles back in 2011 and ’12. Prince Amukamara was over-drafted, so he will never be a lockdown corner. Walter Thurmond was brought in from Seattle as a third corner. In the meantime, Antrel Rolle is arguably the best player on the team right now.” … “Two Super Bowls will buy a GM and head coach almost as much time as they want, but there is no question that 2014 is an important year for Coughlin and Reese and almost all of the results will come from the right arm of Eli Manning, because this team is really average everywhere else.” … |
Horrible stuff.
I'm not sure if the comment on Prince is accurate or not. My belief had been that he fell to the Giants and it was a great value pick at 19 as he was expected to go much higher, even potentially top ten.
But, hey, the proof is in the pudding and if we struggle this year the heat will really be on TC and JR.
Horrible stuff.
Why is that fact that this site and an anon scout are on the same page a bad thing? If anything it is confirmation that we're not all idiots getting it all wrong. Moreover, when a reporter calls a scout to get comments, this is what you get. Reporter says "what about Player X?" and the scout rattles off something. You're not going to get PFF style evaluation in an article like this -- even if a scout knows the team's %s on screens on 3rd and less than 5, it's not the type of thing a reporter gets or wants in something like this.
Quotes are fine. Not sure about the Prince quote (and I wonder what kind of a scout if evaluating both NFL and draftable players??).
May God have mercy on your heathen souls
We need 2011 Eli and JPP back at a minimum Eli or we are in 5 year rebuild at a minimum.
He May not be a true #1 but he could start on almost every team.