So I've been part of BBI for years now (old handle was nyjuggeranut before the BBI hacking incident). I normally don't start too many threads, moreso just chime in here and there but enjoy everything about the site and wanted to share some info.
Shortly after the 2009 draft Jerry Reese visited the church I attend. I started a post on his visit where he made several comments, one of which had to do with the Giants being extremely high on Darius Heyward-Bey. Well, I got talking to the person at my church yesterday who has connections with the Giants and set-up not only Jerry Reese's meeting, but Coach Spags visit as well a year prior to that. He told me how certain people within the organization are "ga-ga" (his words) over Todd Gurley. I asked him if Jerry Reese is one of them, and he said he wasn't sure where Reese stands but the people he knows are high on Gurley and have some influence on the draft selection. I then asked if Gurley is there at #9 and Schreff is too would the pick be Gurley? He responded by saying that if these guys had the final say then it would be Gurley hands down.
He then went on to talk about the philosophy of the organization when drafting in the 1st round and how they look for the best player, even if at times it goes against more crucial need (like OL is this year), and how he wouldn't be shocked if we heard Gurley's name being called when the Giants pick tonight.
Anyway, just wanted to pass along this little bit of info as I know Gurley's name was mentioned on here recently.
Here's hoping whomever we draft has a lengthy, impactful career with Big Blue!
You are in for a treat!! The guy is the real deal. He is a complete fucking stud that can do everything.
People are ok with a WR at 9, but not a RB? Makes no sense to me as we are in a way better situation at WR then RB. We don't have a RB on our roster who has ever had more then 800 rushing yards, 500 receiving yards or 7 total TDs in a season.
Gurley is a guy who can run for 1300 yards, have 400 receiving yards & 15 TDs.
There ARE more than just one pick in the draft. And by all accounts, very good OL will be available in the 2nd.
This has been explained a million times. Why do people keep acting as if this roster is final after the 1st round?
Although, I would be excited with that pick.
2. The reason why the Giants haven't been able to run for the last how many years is because our oline has stunk. You need to repair that before you draft a running back. We do not have a right tackle for this season!!!
Gurley would be the dumbest pick we could make.
2. Laken Tomlinson/Sambrailo
3. Jaquiski Tartt/Adrian Amos
4. Trey Flowers/Anthony Chickillo
2. The reason why the Giants haven't been able to run for the last how many years is because our oline has stunk. You need to repair that before you draft a running back. We do not have a right tackle for this season!!!
Gurley would be the dumbest pick we could make.
Gurley with one of the plug and play OL @ 40 would work quite fine actually.
You are getting arguably the top playmaker in the draft (according to some) at 9.
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Gurley, Vareen & Beckham onfield?
Sack Eli
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IF the Giants still want a RB, Duke Johnson will be available later on. But the same could be said for solid OGs and WRs.
But, in pro football, a tailback tends to have a very short career, even shorter as a high-level performer. Perhaps no other position on the field absorbs the cumulative contact of a tailback. I'd be very torn to pick Gurley.
Pugh is healthy again. Then we have Richburg is back at his natural position & Schwartz to RG. That is 2 upgrades without signing or drafting a single player.
Go out & get a Safety & Guard in Rounds 2 & 3. Either Jaquiski Tartt, Randall, Amos, Tomlinson, Cann, Marpet, Sambrailo, Tre Jackson.
2. Laken Tomlinson/Sambrailo
3. Jaquiski Tartt/Adrian Amos
4. Trey Flowers/Anthony Chickillo
Slight twist:
1. Todd Gurley
2. Laken Tomlinson or if one of the plug/play first round OL fall
3. Henry Anderson/Chris Conley
4. Adrian Amos
5. Durrell Eskridge/Drummond
If he didn't have the ACL he wouldn't be available at 9 anyway.
But, in pro football, a tailback tends to have a very short career, even shorter as a high-level performer. Perhaps no other position on the field absorbs the cumulative contact of a tailback. I'd be very torn to pick Gurley.
Fairly light load in College for a feature back. Not a major injury history prior to ACL. Agreed on shelf life but if they think this is the second coming of AP you pull the trigger regardless.
JPP was pretty risky
We can embed youtube now?
Huge upgrade over, well, just about anyone.
He's a lot of the things that Andre Williams is not. At least not yet. Such as seeing that a little seam is, in fact, a hole; and the ability to cut back and accelerate through that seam into the second level.
I'm all in.
Nobody is counting Jones. He was injured in a car accident after the draft.
Sintim, Beckum, Barden, and the entire '09 draft except for Nicks and Beatty, the entire 2010 draft after JPP and Joseph, the entire 2011 draft except for Prince, and possibly the entire 2012 draft except for Randle.
(1) Junior entry - young.
(2) Highly-regarded play-maker.
Reese loves those kind of guys.
Also, if you team him with Beckham, Cruz, Donnell, Randle, that's pretty scary.
Coughlin doesn't make the picks.
(1) Junior entry - young.
(2) Highly-regarded play-maker.
Reese loves those kind of guys.
Also, if you team him with Beckham, Cruz, Donnell, Randle, that's pretty scary.
Football is won on the lines, all that talent is meaningless if our qb can't get enough time to pass and the stud rb doesn't get the holes to run through.
Sack Eli
Same old tired bullshit. The pass protection wasn't the problem last year, it was the run blocking. If you want to cite that as a reason to not draft Gurley then fine, it is a legitimate argument, but please stop spouting the same nonsense.
"Georgia's Todd Gurley No. 1 player on one team's board".
Nothing groundbreaking, but interesting nevertheless.
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Out of our top 3 RBs on the roster none of them has ever had more then 780 yards rushing, 460 yards receiving or 7 total TDs in a season. Gurley has potential to gain somewhere between 1500-1800 yards & score 10+ TDs.