Will Beatty is coming back from a serious injury and he'll be 31 next month. He's under contract for this season and next, but he'll be an easy cut after the coming season. The draft has a few high end defensive players who may be gone by the 10th pick. Other than Beatty, Flowers is the only guy we want to start at tackle. Pugh can play there, but the Giants like him at left guard.
The Giants need to upgrade their d first, but if there's no defensive player who's as high or close enough to Stanley on their board, and if they haven't added a tackle in free agency, Stanley could be the guy we pick in the first round.
Stanley's a very good pass protector and a developing run blocker. He'll need to get stronger to be effective against the run. In that respect, he reminds me of Beatty who needed time to get stronger when we first drafted him.
This is not my choice for our first round pick and I'm not even predicting it. I'm just pointing out that it could happen - especially if we do a lot for our defense in free agency.
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The Giants will go BPA, regardless of position, except maybe QB. That's why Elliot is a possibility. They aren't going to pick a defensive player simply because of our needs on that side of the ball.
Also, Stanley was dominated by Shaq Lawson, so he is probably not NFL ready. Which means next year, he won't be any better than Beatty/ Newhouse.
Reese is trying to save his job. Doubt he goes with a guy who won't make an immediate impact.
But until we see who Jerry signs in FA, we have no starting point for whom they might be looking at #10.
If Prince goes, MacKenzie and Hargreaves are in the picture. If they cannot get an adequate DE, Lawson and a couple others might be there.
Point is, the offense now is decent. The defense is horrible.
Ronnie had way too many penalties this year... He was very solid, but not top 10 level. I don't see it unless he comes to the combine and blows away all the other o-linemen.
Pugh is not so shabby for 2018 left tackle anyway.
if he is then that's the pick, no question about it.
Grab Stanley and figure the rest out later. Thank the Lord, Santa, Karma or the ghost of Wellington Mara that we now have a bonafide, top flight O lineman.
He won't be there though.
I believe the Giants hold Beatty in slightly higher esteem than BBI. With Beatty, the OL is close to complete (just shore up RT). He is a much better LT at this point than Flowers.
Teams want to retain good players when rebuilding. Beatty is a much better risk/salary combination than either rolling the dice on a free agant or spending a first rounder. Can't understand the constant desire to dump him.
I agree defense needs most of the draft & FA placed there. Disagree that they should put blinders over their eyes and ignore all offense prospects in front of them. That would be stupid and I don't think the Giants will do that.
We don't have any outside of DRC.
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so switching to a healthy player would really not improve the injury risk very much.
I believe the Giants hold Beatty in slightly higher esteem than BBI. With Beatty, the OL is close to complete (just shore up RT). He is a much better LT at this point than Flowers.
Teams want to retain good players when rebuilding. Beatty is a much better risk/salary combination than either rolling the dice on a free agant or spending a first rounder. Can't understand the constant desire to dump him.
It's not a matter of dumping him, it's who is available in the draft or free agency......how many years does he have left? If there is a replacement out there, you use his salary towards the replacement....he is not part of the Giant's future....
Will not matter. he is not making it to 10
But I would not be disappointed if he was selected.
RS-JP-WR-BH?-EF gives us a nice young OL.
It doesn't get us any closer to Stanley.
Trade up?
Can't see that happening.
Not a probability, but a possibility.
Could just be a bad matchup type thing, Lawson is sort of an anomaly being a power guy with good hands versus a speed guy at RDE, so have to see more tape to see if it was a one time thing.
If we shoot the moon on defensive free agents my philosophy could change.