It's no secret Giants need to upgrade the TE position. Looking at the list of TE who are scheduled to hit the open market there's three that I think are intriguing:
1. Gavin Escobar: He's a NY native who is known for his pass catching ability. Not sure where he rates as far as blocking goes, but wouldn't mind snatching him away from Dallas.
2. Jared Cook: Aaron Rodgers spoke highly of him during the week leading up to the playoff game. He's a big target and savvy veteran, who isn't great at one specific thing, but seems solid all around.
3. Jack Doyle: Seems like another solid all-around TE. Remember hearing Luck talking about him during a post game presser this year about how he comes to play each week and has really stepped in nicely once Dwayne Allen got hurt. Sounds like another young TE with upside.
There's not a "stud" TE available in free agency this year, but some of these guys could be worth a look and probably wouldn't have to break the bank for them.
Jeffrey is the logical target IMO. Him, OBJ and SS would be the best WR trio in the league.
Is he a huge injury risk though?
Draft one relatively high AND bring in a productive FA...we need two.
Jeffrey is the logical target IMO. Him, OBJ and SS would be the best WR trio in the league.
I would sign Kenny Britt to be the outside WR. Britt, Beckham on the outside with Shepard in the slot and KIng and Lewis as 4th and 5th WRs.
None of the above TEs are going to break the bank, so they can sign one of them and draft a TE. I'd like to see them uprgrade all over the Offense.
If the Giants don't think that Adams can step in immediately next season and produce, then they need to overspend and get a TE FA who is at least 6'5 or 6'6 and is known for being a pass-catcher.
will be asking huge FA dollars.
Would look at R.Woods fm bflo first.
Replacing him with a 6'0, 190-lb WR does not address that glaring hold.
The Giants need an outside receiver who has a big frame and/or long arms that can use his body/size/leaping to keep drives alive.
If the Giants don't think that Adams can step in immediately next season and produce, then they need to overspend and get a TE FA who is at least 6'5 or 6'6 and is known for being a pass-catcher.
Presumably because he was injured
I'm all for shoring up the TE position, but they're going with Adams moving forward, imo and most likely bring back Tye..So they're not going to carry 10 TEs on next year's roster, so if they sign a FA to join the other 2 and bring in competition via the draft, that should be it, imv
Plus Will Johnson is under contract for next year.
With Beckham, Shepard a legit TE and outside WR our offense should improve.
Why? The rest of the OL doesn't.
Thank you.
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draft a TE.
Jeffrey is the logical target IMO. Him, OBJ and SS would be the best WR trio in the league.
I would sign Kenny Britt to be the outside WR. Britt, Beckham on the outside with Shepard in the slot and KIng and Lewis as 4th and 5th WRs.
None of the above TEs are going to break the bank, so they can sign one of them and draft a TE. I'd like to see them uprgrade all over the Offense.
I'd rather go cheap at WR and grab a guy like Aldrick Robinson (ATL). Doyle would be nice at TE as long as his cost is reasonable.
OL should be the priority but I just don't see many good FA options this year.
I am strongly in favor of getting good two-way TEs in FA AND in Draft. Donnell should be gone, Tye should be the backup to the backup (if that), and even Adams (starter by default) we should have a wait-and-see attitude toward.
Cook looked OK yesterday for GB, but he's around 30 and is on his 4th or 5th team already. That always gives me pause. Don't know anything about Doyle, but I'm not sure getting praise from your QB is exactly objective assessment (what else do you expect him to say?).
My guess, not necessarily what I want but moreso an educated guess of what Reese will do -- I bet we let donnell walk, resign tye, draft a TE in round 3, maybe even round 4, and will tye, jerrell adams, the rookie, and matt lacosse duke it out in camp next season ...
Jeffrey is the logical target IMO. Him, OBJ and SS would be the best WR trio in the league.
We aren't going to over spend on FA WR. We will probably draft one and grow organically. We have always replaced and plug and played with the Wide Outs.
We could certainly get a lower tier wide out, but not the top WR.
Looking back on the season Boldin would have been an excellent cheap veteran addition. Really missed having a possession receiver all year.
57 receptions, 660 yards and 8 TD's from an UDFA from Harvard. Nice job by TB on this one. I wonder what kind of tender he'll have.
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draft a TE.
Jeffrey is the logical target IMO. Him, OBJ and SS would be the best WR trio in the league.
We aren't going to over spend on FA WR. We will probably draft one and grow organically. We have always replaced and plug and played with the Wide Outs.
We could certainly get a lower tier wide out, but not the top WR.
Looking back on the season Boldin would have been an excellent cheap veteran addition. Really missed having a possession receiver all year.
How do you know this? Plenty of people have claimed to know for certain what the Giants would do based on tiny samples of past performance. They've been proven wrong over and over again. No RB in the first round! David Wilson. Reese doesn't value OL! Two first round OL.
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RFA with the Bucs can be a huge weapon. I would throw a big contract at him and see if Tampa can match. Much like the Bears did to Bennett and he is only 25.
57 receptions, 660 yards and 8 TD's from an UDFA from Harvard. Nice job by TB on this one. I wonder what kind of tender he'll have.
He's an RFA. He's not going anywhere and TB has $75 mil to spend.
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In comment 13316869 chris r said:
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draft a TE.
Jeffrey is the logical target IMO. Him, OBJ and SS would be the best WR trio in the league.
We aren't going to over spend on FA WR. We will probably draft one and grow organically. We have always replaced and plug and played with the Wide Outs.
We could certainly get a lower tier wide out, but not the top WR.
Looking back on the season Boldin would have been an excellent cheap veteran addition. Really missed having a possession receiver all year.
How do you know this? Plenty of people have claimed to know for certain what the Giants would do based on tiny samples of past performance. They've been proven wrong over and over again. No RB in the first round! David Wilson. Reese doesn't value OL! Two first round OL.
Just look at recent history, and we have more glaring holes then at WR. We need a tackle. Newhouse/Jerry aren't signed for next season, so we need to replace both with capable starters, and or upgrades to what we had.
We also have to resign one of Hankins/JPP.
That's a ton of big money to throw around.
I don't think we will go flashy with WR. The last time we did it was Plaxico, and we usually promote from within. Steve Smith, Nicks, Manningham, Randle. We don't need another #1 we need a solid #2. Pryor actually makes more sense then Jefferies.
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In comment 13316869 chris r said:
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draft a TE.
Jeffrey is the logical target IMO. Him, OBJ and SS would be the best WR trio in the league.
We aren't going to over spend on FA WR. We will probably draft one and grow organically. We have always replaced and plug and played with the Wide Outs.
We could certainly get a lower tier wide out, but not the top WR.
Looking back on the season Boldin would have been an excellent cheap veteran addition. Really missed having a possession receiver all year.
How do you know this? Plenty of people have claimed to know for certain what the Giants would do based on tiny samples of past performance. They've been proven wrong over and over again. No RB in the first round! David Wilson. Reese doesn't value OL! Two first round OL.
Just look at recent history, and we have more glaring holes then at WR. We need a tackle. Newhouse/Jerry aren't signed for next season, so we need to replace both with capable starters, and or upgrades to what we had.
We also have to resign one of Hankins/JPP.
That's a ton of big money to throw around.
I don't think we will go flashy with WR. The last time we did it was Plaxico, and we usually promote from within. Steve Smith, Nicks, Manningham, Randle. We don't need another #1 we need a solid #2. Pryor actually makes more sense then Jefferies.