ESPN Insider: Giants salivating over David Njoku

comb through the thread, but Ranaan said earlier that the Giants didn't like Njoku and thought of him as too much of a project.

He does however tick a lot of boxes that the Giants like in their first rounder:

Early entry, physical specimen, big school

In comment 13358679 SHO'NUFF said:

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per usual...

There's buzz like this surrounding every NFL team during every draft. Sometimes some of them are right. Stopped watch. Every year. Per usual...

In comment 13358962 jcn56 said:

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In comment 13358958 JonC said: Quote: You can't outright dismiss the possibility of leaks, or that many draft picks are fairly obvious well before April. No argument here - but do you really believe that the Giants would be "salivating" over anyone at this stage, before the combine even happened? Even if someone left the back door to the Giants draft room open, at this point, anything you hear about specific players is probably useless.

jcn, for sure, a lot of this stuff is click bait. I just wanted to make the point that a lot of this chatter is stuff the beat is hearing from scouts, rather than Reese, eg, a prominent figure in the war room.

Can he run ? - yes

Can he jump ? (big yes)

Can he catch - yes

Can he run over people ? - yes

Is he an A-1 big receiver prospect - heck yes

Do we need that ? - yes; (we just released Victor Cruz)

A mismatch stud, athletic freak, will cause mismatches, etc, etc, etc

Same thing we have heard about TE coming out for the last 5 years in the 1st 2 rounds.

G. Olsen is 255lbs
T. Kelce is 260+ lbs
J. Graham is 265 lbs
Gronk is 275 lbs

Those are guys who are big and can run and are mismatches

He seems to be most like J. Reed of Wash, a guy who cant play on the OL. Reed also, for as athletic as he is and mismatches he creates has only avd over 11 ypc 1 time - as a rookie. He also takes a beating

Until you see it, and then you'll hate it.

Then he has NO business being a tight end (especially at the pro level) ...

But that's the point, as receiver he'll be blocking guys that are his weight (but MOSTLY a lot smaller)

At Miami. he did play on the outside, and did very well.

In my view, we have two skill position needs - a big wide receiver (like Reuben Randle, minus "Rocks for Brains") or another OBJ type (very hard to find)

Sure, it would be nice to find a TE that can block & catch, but the catch element is secondary if need #1 is solved. The key to the current blocking dilemma is to fix the O-line the right way and add a good blocking fullback..

In comment 13358811 TommyWiseau said:

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In comment 13358766 blueblood said: Quote: In comment 13358679 SHO'NUFF said: Quote: per usual... How do you know this isnt the smoke screen?? Because there solid leaks in the Giants FO year in and year out

Please provide evidence for these "solid leaks". Thanks in advance.

Some saying that the Giants do a poor job of hiding who they like just because some media outlet reports it?

Not insulting him. But he doesn't know. Trust me

In comment 13359053 allstarjim said:

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That the Giants drafted O.J. Howard. Now, let me preface this, I don't normally dream about the Giants or personnel moves. And in my dream, the Giants chose Howard over Corey Davis. I am also not in the camp that believes the Giants need to really dedicate any significant resources in upgrading the tight end position on this team, because I believe Tye is a good role player and Adams is going to be a very good tight end in the NFL. My belief is that if Davis is there at the Giants pick, you run to the podium. But it was interesting that Howard was there at 23 and the Giants took him, with the thinking that he was clearly the best player at his position in the draft and has a very good chance at being one of the best at his position in the entire NFL. And I will say this, if it happens, I won't be upset. I'm all about the Giants getting great, impact players, and Howard is that.

Don't know about any dream, but I agree about the TE situation.

as the safety pick since Njoku's gone!