Many of us speculated he was brought in bc of his history and relationship with Odell. Maybe help keep his emotions in check, reduce the extracurricular antics and foster his maturity as a player on and off the field. Also, of course to make him a more productive WR, not to mention bringing along the other guys. So how did he do in his first year, and is he worth bringing back next year?
Positives:
The emergence of T. King late in season
Odell deadly on slants
Odell handled himself well with Norman
Shepard solid rookie year
Negatives:
Harris stagnant and underutilized
Roger Lewis fell off; undependable
Cruz didn't make much of a difference
Odell extracurricular antics all over the place
What else?
Reminds me that Retrojint called him an asshole but wouldn't share where that comes from.
We tried giving these guys a lot of rope and we need a new voice there. I have been reading Sanjay Lal and how WRS develop under him. Give that guy a shot.
That ain't on Adam Henry. That's on McAdoo and Sullivan. And I can't figure out what Sullivan does to earn his money.
2) Henry doesn't get any credit, in my opinion, for the production of OBJ or Shepard. OBJ is considered by everyone, at worst, a top 5 WR in the league. Shepard came in billed as ready to play in the NFL and he was.
3) Outside of those two, what great contributions did we have at WR? There were terrible drops by just about everyone and I think we were either the worst or one of the 3 worst in terms of drops as a team.
4) I agree with the poster saying he was brought in to babysit OBJ. It had its ups and downs. But, I want a position coach who will actually get more out of his unit. for WRs, I would expect better routes, better technique, less drops, fighting to come back to the ball, etc. These are all areas of weakness for us, so he certainly didn't improve on anything.
5) DavidB - I agree. what is Sullivan's real role on this team?
"Odell extracurricular antics all over the place"
That leaves Beckham. In the long run, the disaster in Green Bay might turn out to be the best thing for him. He has six months to ponder the humiliation of looking like crap on the biggest stage. Plus, this is the year he starts playing for his big second contract - which will be a record breaker if things go well. I'll judge Henry's collaboration with OBJ more on 2017 than 2016.
"Odell extracurricular antics all over the place"
Are you serious, Clark? The NYG beat writers were just detailing the last 2 days how he had an incident/issue off the field in like 5 out of 6 of our losses down the home stretch. Do you study your team much or just divebomb threads for no good reason?
We have no clue.
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The NY Post?
"Odell extracurricular antics all over the place"
Are you serious, Clark? The NYG beat writers were just detailing the last 2 days how he had an incident/issue off the field in like 5 out of 6 of our losses down the home stretch. Do you study your team much or just divebomb threads for no good reason?
Being upset about a loss does not qualify as an "incident". Anybody who cares that he punched a drywall board or was emotional after the eagles loss is a lunatic.
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The NY Post?
"Odell extracurricular antics all over the place"
Are you serious, Clark? The NYG beat writers were just detailing the last 2 days how he had an incident/issue off the field in like 5 out of 6 of our losses down the home stretch. Do you study your team much or just divebomb threads for no good reason?
Being upset about a loss does not qualify as an "incident". Anybody who cares that he punched a drywall board or was emotional after the eagles loss is a lunatic.
Would it be an incident if he visited your house, got upset and punched a hole in your wall? I would say that the Packers organization and league do not like that, nor did McAdoo in his statements. The kid needs to address his anger management issues and seek help improving his emotional intelligence. Giants probably need to test for that. Most employers do now to sort out the "postal and linear" types that affect others directly or indirectly.
doesn't really matter, I guess..thought he did a nice job this year not reacting to opponents bs during the game, big improvement
still needs to take more steps forward, maturity wise in '17 and beyond
interesting comments from Giants management on the issue..you get the feeling that there may be a ceiling on what the team will put up with, superstar or not
the only player I can remember that was totally above reproach was LT, and, any team would have done that...this aint LT were talkin about here