Does the signing of Draughn eliminate the Giants

Which has not at all been made concrete.

In comment 13405291 Ten Ton Hammer said:

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Which has not at all been made concrete.

I don't think the signing of Draughn hampers us from doing anything, but there was never any real interest in AP anyway. Draughn signing has zero effect on that.

this was ever a realistic possibility. I'd like to get a bigger, younger back in the draft to add into the mix. Perkins/Vereen are the backs with Darkwa/Draughn as the backups to those roles. I'd like to add a rookie to compete for one of those spots.

Interest in AP and Charles.
Heavily injured Running Back in their 30' have no value.
Teams would rather sign a young healthy RB that can play special teams.

I doubt the Giants had an interest, especially after Josh Brown.

AP is also a few years removed from his peak version, the wheels are in decline.

but the year before that he ran for 1500 yards and 11 TD's. He's a freak of nature, I don't think he's far from where he was physically.

was 3 years/$30 million.

If true...yeah, no.

If he was willing to consider the same amount of money we gave Droughns, maybe a different story?

But I agree after our black eye for the Josh Brown situation, I doubt the Giants had real interest anyway

Peterson is a downgrade from Rashad Jennings. In 2015 he was healthy with an average OL. He had 1485 rushing yards averaging 4.5 YPC with 11 TDs. He also had 222 receiving yards.

No athlete escapes those thresholds. He didn't look good before he got injured either, and now another year older.

Peterson is a downgrade from Jennings lol. Cmon man.

but there was absolutely no room to run and that offense was a mess. I'm just pointing out that he's not far from an amazing season the year before last.

But he'd still be a tremendous back for us. He would create a great tandem with Perkins. For the right $$, I would jump on it.

But he'd still be a tremendous back for us. He would create a great tandem with Perkins. For the right $$, I would jump on it.

has any effect on the Giants interest in AP...which I believe is probably slim to nil. A lot of wear on him, plus off field baggage, and declining play/injury on top. He isn't really a great fit regardless - not really a receiver/pass blocker and his demands ($ and playing time) are likely more than the Giants want to give.

The end is nigh.

a year short term and I don't see that as realistic. That being said, like JonC said, I don't think the Giants want to deal with the backlash after Brown last year.

on the treads, needs to play a deep I and have a TE and FB who can block and on top of all that has a child abuse conviction hanging over him. Please.

He's a fringe roster player.

offense.

The Giants live in the shotgun and seem to have little interest in giving significant snaps to a FB and they aren't going to change that for a close to washed RB.

That said, I doubt they were ever sincerely interested after the Brown stuff last year.

And Draughn isn't changing any plans. He's likely camp fodder and insurance in case of injury or no further RB additions (via FA or the draft). He's probably 4th on the depth chart at best right now.

They would have to completely change their offense to fit what AP is accustomed to. That story popped up at the deadest part of the NFL news cycle and was the definition of click bait.

then he would be a Giant. We don't know his asking price but for me, anything over 3 mil/yr is too much, and even then I'd think long and hard about it.

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I don't believe we ever had any real interest outside of just seeing what he was asking for to gauge the market. Don't want him here on a personal note and don't want him here due to health either.

I'm in the group that doubts we were ever interested in him.

In comment 13405321 JonC said:

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No athlete escapes those thresholds. He didn't look good before he got injured either, and now another year older.

Marcus Allen would be the exception to that rule. Played well and well into his mid thirties.

So you never know...

But in any case, I don't want Peterson.

"ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports free agent Adrian Peterson is looking for $8 million in the first year of his new contract.

He can keep dreaming. That would make Peterson the third highest-paid running back in the league behind Le'Veon Bell and LeSean McCoy. Previous reports have suggested teams are reluctant to even pay Peterson $5 million annually, making his $8 million asking price downright laughable. Aging, fragile and fumble-prone, Peterson's stock has never been lower."

Source: ESPN.com Mar 24 - 2:22 PM

AP won't be a Giant...his time has come and gone...

Im not all that high on Peterson, but thats way off.

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