The Giants have either drafted poorly or had a lot of misfortune with injuries in the last 4-5 drafts.. This has created a team that simply does not have the talent overall to compete at a championship level. That to me is the most glaring issue.
Giants have taken to many risks in recent years trying to hit it BIG like they did with JPP and have taken athletic players that take far too long to develop into even mediocre NFL caliber players..
They waited to long to rebuild the OL and it has cost them. They have pooh pooh'd the LB position for far to long as well.
They have tried making projects like Robinson. Brewer. Jernigan. Barden etc etc into players and it has cost them.
They MUST turn this around while Eli still has time.
Aside from that the Giants have neglected the O-line. It's embarrassing, really. Shameful.
Lousy drafting isn't the same as waiting to rebuild. I don't think you're going to find a lot of BBIers who will defend the Giants' drafts over the last 6 years or so. 2014 appears better.
We firedhim a year too late.
Eli was being baited into throws and being baited into looking at certain coverages.
It's fairly obvious now that it wasn't Gilbride holding Eli back...it is Coughlin with his micro-managing. Although, Gilbride's offensive scheme didn't help any. We have yet to "unleash" Eli aside from some 2-minute drives and the 2nd half of Tampa Bay 2012.
I find myself hoping that the offensive tackles are playing hurt and that this isn't really as good as they're ever going to be.
The defensive side isn't looking much better right now either, especially with the injuries that hit. They desperately need to add an impact LB and DL to pair with JPP. While somehow keeping the secondary together. Seems impossible. A bunch of people didn't want Suh in the past topic about him but he would seem like a Godsend right about now if they could get him without completely breaking the bank.
It's sad that we're already forced to think about the draft and what our position will be in it. But if they want to be a good team anytime soon, and they need to be with Eli in his later years, they have to draft well this year. This past draft was a good one but you need to string together consecutive productive drafts to be a great team in this league. So yeah... after all that rambling, OP is right.
That's ridiculous. No one ever said the Giants value team captains over athleticism, it's just an important part of their evaluation.
The other team that has publicly acknowledged their consideration of team captaincy...The Patriots (and Shanahan who pre-Redskins was very well regarded), so yeah your 100% agreement and "enough said" is as dumb as the original comment.
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Agree with this. I get that injuries are a part of life in the NFL, but the injuries to Phillips, Smith and Wilson were career enders, and Thomas is a shell of the player he once was. On top of that is Chad Jones who never even had the opportunity to set foot on an NFL field.