I know he was respected in Kansas City, and has a rep for being a mauling run blocker, but am a little wary from the limited sample size I have seen. Is he a shoo-in to be a dependable, stabilizing presence inside? What happens if he isn't what we thought he was, or if he gets the injury bug again?
We can only hope.
Based on what?
When was that ever reported? Yes he restructured his deal but he was never in danger of being cut.
I consider him the weak link of the line, more than Flowers, Pugh, or Richburg....this is a guy who has started a total of 9 games in the last 4 seasons.....
Last year he sucked at LG, before the injury.....he looked better at RG, but that was only for one game, and partial of another...
This OL needs continuity.......the starting 5 have to avoid injury.......however, I think he is more easily replaceable than the other four.....
I consider him the weak link of the line, more than Flowers, Pugh, or Richburg....this is a guy who has started a total of 9 games in the last 4 seasons.....
That's a little misleading. In the 4 years before coming to the Giants he played in 61 of a possible 64 games starting in 26 of them. He's a solid pro guard.
do you give more weight to his first two years, or his last four?
Hey, I hope he finally plays a full season(he's only done it once).....we need him.....but I wouldn't be surprised, based on the last 4 seasons....
Hey, I hope he finally plays a full season(he's only done it once).....we need him.....but I wouldn't be surprised, based on the last 4 seasons....
He played full seasons in 3 of his first 4 seasons (13 games in 2012 the only exception) thus the 31 of 34 games before coming to the Giants for his 5th season. Just stating the facts. Some guys who have been pretty healthy like Schwartz get hurt some guys who have been hurt get healthy. Who knows.
While I can't swear that the Giants held a gun to Geoff Schwartz's head, it's reasonable to infer that they made him sweat, and that he was in real danger if he gave no ground. There was a limit to how much they could demand, since he was only one year into his deal.
That's the case with most of us.
Ok, he did, if you want to count stepping onto the field for one play, as a whole game....
He has only had one full season as a starter....he has started 9 games, in the last 4 years....and when the Giants signed him, he had only started 7 games, in his previous 3 seasons....
While I can't swear that the Giants held a gun to Geoff Schwartz's head, it's reasonable to infer that they made him sweat, and that he was in real danger if he gave no ground. There was a limit to how much they could demand, since he was only one year into his deal.
Reasonable inference..Just don't recall him being restructured
This is drivel
In comment 12289018 Big Blue Blogger said:
Just to get $500k of his 2016 salary guaranteed? Doesn't make sense. Schwartz didn't give a lot, but it looks like he gave more than he got. And that strongly suggests that he could have been cut. Can't prove it. Just can't see another logical explanation.
Ok, he did, if you want to count stepping onto the field for one play, as a whole game....
He has only had one full season as a starter....he has started 9 games, in the last 4 years....and when the Giants signed him, he had only started 7 games, in his previous 3 seasons....
So the truth is "semantics"?
And you know he only stepped onto the field for one play how exactly?
And if you wanted to say he was a full time starter for only one full year why didn't you?
This is another case where Reese backed himself into a corner, like Beatty and Baas.....he was desperate to get a lineman, and because there weren't many out there had to outbid/overpay.....
Irreguardless, I hope Schwartz has his second full season as a starter....we don't have much wiggle room....
This is another case where Reese backed himself into a corner, like Beatty and Baas.....he was desperate to get a lineman, and because there weren't many out there had to outbid/overpay.....
Irreguardless, I hope Schwartz has his second full season as a starter....we don't have much wiggle room....
I hope we are not irregardless, regardless of who starts.
This is another case where Reese backed himself into a corner, like Beatty and Baas.....he was desperate to get a lineman, and because there weren't many out there had to outbid/overpay.....
Irreguardless, I hope Schwartz has his second full season as a starter....we don't have much wiggle room....
Look, he got a 4.2m/year deal which isn't exorbitant. The OL had been decimated by injury with Baas and Snee gone so he was in a tough spot. Then Schwartz got injured too so it looks bad. If you can tell me how we can predict injuries (just figure if they're wearing a Giants uniform they'll be injured?) I'll tell you if he over payed.
Let's stop with the nonsense with the contract business. Could he have gotten cut? Sure. Lots of players get cut due to their contracts. Did Reese overpay to get him? No. He got paid the market rate for the one of the best offensive guards available last year.
Now we can get the running game going and give the QB some protection.
First big contract was the Giants 4 year deal in 2014.
I think he's way too much of an unknown to know one way or the other. But I don't think its ever a good sign when other teams choose not to keep a player - no less to be with his 4th team in 4 years. To me, free agents are generally players that haven't played well enough to become essential to their teams. His record is pretty clear that he has never been essential to any team he's played for thus far in his career.
plus this last season ik it's only 2 years and he played good other then that but its only going to get harder to stay healthy as he ages.
Hope he does though
It's possible that the 2016 guarantee was enough of a sweetener for Schwartz to consider the deal roughly a break-even proposition. I doubt it, though. The number just don't break that way.
Semi-related, but if we use the injury argument, why didn't they go to Cruz to lower his cap number, especially if they still have doubts about whether he'll be the same coming off injury?
- at least its young and healthy, the right attitude and fairly technically right.
why flowers over pugh? just the concept of having big power at guard, and possibly jones brings the pull and skills from left guard,
not suggesting this, but we have no idea.
You're much closer to the team than we are, and you probably have some insights you can't share. If you're hinting that Schwartz actually did the renegotiation to be a mensch, that's pretty cool