which loss would hurt us the most? We have a lot more depth on this roster than in years past, and even if we to lose someone like Beckham or Eli, I still kind of think we could absorb it. I think the player we could most ill afford to lose is Damon Harrison, his run stuffing ability was so impactful last season, I would imagine if we were to lose him, we would be in deep sh*t. My list of most indispensable players on this roster are.
1. Harrison
2. Beckham
3. Eli
4. Vernon
5. Collins
6. DRC
When our corners went down we went down.
This is a passing league now
If Jackrabbit goes down for any length of time we are royally screwed imo
Odell Beckham
Snacks Harrison
Janoris Jenkins
Landon Collins
Eli Apple/DRC
JPP/OV
Ereck Flowers
Pugh/Richburg
Smith was abysmal with the Jets. Johnson has never started a game and Webb is a raw rookie. Eli goes down, we are screwed.
The season is FUBAR if that happens.
Snacks
Jenkins
In that order
If he's not there, this team isn't winning.
But I do think there is a tremendous dropoff from Jackrabbit to Michael Hunter and from DRC to Donte Deayon in the slot
But the rest of the team isn't anywhere close to the 1990 Giants. But the huge difference is in the coaching staff.
Bill Parcells, Bill Belichick, Romeo Crennen, Al Groh, Ron Erhardt, Tom Coughlin, Mike Pope, Charlie Weis. There was some serious talent within those ranks. Ben McAdoo is good and might be very good someday but the 1990 Giants staff stands alone. And Super Bowl 25 was the best coaching job I've ever seen.
But I do think there is a tremendous dropoff from Jackrabbit to Michael Hunter and from DRC to Donte Deayon in the slot
This is absurd. The Giants would immediately be a dog in every game Eli is out regardless of the opponent.
If a corner goes down they slide Apple and DRC to the outside. Spags could scheme to cover the loss and we know from past performance a good rush can cover a lot in the secondary.
I think you vastly overrate Eli as well as our ability to scheme around the loss of any of our top cb's.
This is a matchup league now roughly equivalent to how the NBA looks to matchup and exploit any individual mis matches.
Anyway, QB aside, it's more if they were to bunch injuries at one position than losing any one player (2 from the secondary, 2 DL, etc) that they'd be screwed.
ChicagoMarty : 12:06 pm : link : reply
we can win if Eli gets hurt only if the OL steps up like the coaching staff seems to think it will. I don't think there is that much dropoff to our second string qbs.
Wow, the insanity continues....
I think you vastly overrate Eli as well as our ability to scheme around the loss of any of our top cb's.
This is a matchup league now roughly equivalent to how the NBA looks to matchup and exploit any individual mis matches.
The QB is the most important and impactful position on the team. The offense would be an absolute shit show without Eli. It's not about "overating Eli" -- the backup QBs on this team are bottom of the barrel. If the Giants had Fitzpatrick or McCown as a backup the point would be somewhat plausible, but as is it's patently absurd.
Eli is the captain of the ship. All the tools in the world mean nothing if we don't have the guy most capable of turning them into a championship unit wielding them.
And Snacks is a one man run defense. There's no other player in the league with his level of impact on rushing offenses. Playing Dallas twice makes that trait invaluable.
Those are my top 3. Next up is Beckham. If we didn't add two play makers to our receiving corps this offseason (BMarsh and Engram), he'd make the cut over DRC. But, I think we have enough that if the worst were to come, we can make due.
Receivers are deep only because Beckham is #1. Lose him and receivers are mediocre, so Beckham is #2 on my list.
Jenkins third. Harrison fourth.