Here's how the moves were explained.
Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State. Barkley was as good as advertised at the combine, and I see no reason to move off my pick of him at No. 2 as a result. The Giants could certainly go with a QB as well -- a guy like Josh Allen, who would have a chance to sit and learn behind Eli Manning, makes some sense -- but adding Barkley, signing Andrew Norwell and targeting a tackle in Round 2 should be a way to get this offense turned around quickly.
Tyrell Crosby, OT, Oregon. Crosby won't address the team's left tackle need, but he should make for a quality starter on the right side.
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The Browns could also luck out picking Darnold at 1, Giants go with Rosen at 2, Colts go with Nelson at 3, leaving Barkley to fall into the Browns lap with their 4th pick.
If we only knew about Webb and his capabilities, the decision would be so much easier. Not playing him turns this into a guessing game, which is why I believe you go QB with the 2nd pick.
Rosen or Darnold in round 1
Wynn, Hernandez, Smith, or O'Neill in round 2.
This QB class has a lot of blemishes.
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I'd be very surprised if we didn't take a QB at #2. I suppose that if they indeed took a position player at #2 with all the QBs still available it would suggest that the team is quite optimistic about Webb's future as our starter.
If we only knew about Webb and his capabilities, the decision would be so much easier. Not playing him turns this into a guessing game, which is why I believe you go QB with the 2nd pick.
I have never understood the circular logic that some go to to get to this conclusion. Think about what you are saying.
The argument becomes "since we never saw Webb play last year, we have no idea of what his NFL capability is. Therefore, our best course of action is to use the #2 pick in the draft on... a QB who we have no idea what his NFL capability is..."
That makes no sense whatsoever logically.
If we draft a QB at #2, I don't know how you're going to "quick start" the offense. Are you thinking like we draft Michel at #34, and then go OL in rounds 3 and 4? Even if we sign Norwell I'm not sure we can revamp the O-Line just with picks in rounds 3 and 4. I think we need that 2nd round pick to grab an OL who can start right away. And I don't think Sony Michel is going to be the "quick-start" answer, I think we would need an elite playmaker like Barkley for that.
This QB class has a lot of blemishes.
All QB classes have a lot of blemishes. The 2004 class had blemishes too, but the NFL Network had just launched, the combine was not covered live (and in its entirety) and Twitter didn't exist yet. In other words, we were nowhere near the saturation of coverage that we have now, so fans didn't have access to months and months of nitpicking of prospects and the incessant repeating of supposed flaws.
IMO, there's a better chance of two of the top three picks being QBs than there is of zero.
This QB class has a lot of blemishes.
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I understand QB are over valued based on need but I think it speaks volumes when people are talking about top 3 picks not being a QB.
This QB class has a lot of blemishes.
All QB classes have a lot of blemishes. The 2004 class had blemishes too, but the NFL Network had just launched, the combine was not covered live (and in its entirety) and Twitter didn't exist yet. In other words, we were nowhere near the saturation of coverage that we have now, so fans didn't have access to months and months of nitpicking of prospects and the incessant repeating of supposed flaws.
IMO, there's a better chance of two of the top three picks being QBs than there is of zero.
Actually, a trade down and still getting Barkley is a dream scenario, but so is me sharing a hot tub with Kate Upton and Charlotte McKinney; neither is going to happen.
This QB class has a lot of blemishes.
I don't there's any QB who checks off all the boxes like a Luck/P. Manning/Elway, but there's at least 4 good prospects. Heck, even Manning didn't check off all the boxes, slow and not a cannon arm. This group of QBs are a shade below Eli/Rivers/Rapelisberger class.
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can't "quick start" the offense if they draft a franchise QB at #2. I really don't understand the thinking & think the "quick starting" can happen w/picks 2,3,4,5 along w/how DG addresses FA next week(I believe he's going to be very aggressive).It doesn't have to be one or the other-It really can be both the future & the present at the same time!
If we draft a QB at #2, I don't know how you're going to "quick start" the offense. Are you thinking like we draft Michel at #34, and then go OL in rounds 3 and 4? Even if we sign Norwell I'm not sure we can revamp the O-Line just with picks in rounds 3 and 4. I think we need that 2nd round pick to grab an OL who can start right away. And I don't think Sony Michel is going to be the "quick-start" answer, I think we would need an elite playmaker like Barkley for that.
Which is why the combination of FA & the draft can do both. Don't need to draft a RB #2 to get a RB that elevates the offense.Alvin Kamala was a 3rd round pick. Hell,DG might sign McKinnon to compliment our RB situation. In any business,you look at your present,trying to make it the best it can be without compromising your future.Unless DG deems Webb the future,drafting a QB can be part of the overall plan to do both.
As to Webb, what we have that other teams don't are the tapes of Webb's work with us last year, and a year's worth of information about his development as a prospect since last year. It would have been better if he had played last year, but we certainly have more information on him now than a year ago.
But if that's the pick then we're starting the re-build because we're clearly not doing all we can to win in 2018. And that might be the right decision.
If we think we can fix some holes in the defense and the o-line to win in 2018, and if we think Eli is still a winning QB, Barclay should be the pick if he's there.
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I'd be very surprised if we didn't take a QB at #2. I suppose that if they indeed took a position player at #2 with all the QBs still available it would suggest that the team is quite optimistic about Webb's future as our starter.
If we only knew about Webb and his capabilities, the decision would be so much easier. Not playing him turns this into a guessing game, which is why I believe you go QB with the 2nd pick.
I have never understood the circular logic that some go to to get to this conclusion. Think about what you are saying.
The argument becomes "since we never saw Webb play last year, we have no idea of what his NFL capability is. Therefore, our best course of action is to use the #2 pick in the draft on... a QB who we have no idea what his NFL capability is..."
That makes no sense whatsoever logically.
+1000000000000000!!!!!
This is exactly what I've been saying as well! I don't get it either. You're saying you're using the #2 pick on a QB because the QB you currently have on the roster is an unknown.
So how exactly does that make the unknown QB you pick at #2 any better?
Agree with this as well.
With all due respect (cuz you know you're one of my faves), so? None of those NFL scouts still don't KNOW how any of the QBs who are selected in this draft will perform once the hitting starts. I just don't agree that because Webb was a third round pick that makes him automatically a worse option to be Eli's successor than a guy who gets picked at #2... and base that decision simply because no one except the team has seen him play.
Respectfully disagree. Why can't Barkley be considered as a long term investment? I've also seen it repeatedly stated that we shouldn't select Barkley because of the relatively shorter shelf life of RBs... but that doesn't pertain to all RBs and the truly great ones (which most everyone is expecting Barkley to be) can last 10 years easily. Especially ones that are built like him.
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can't "quick start" the offense if they draft a franchise QB at #2. I really don't understand the thinking & think the "quick starting" can happen w/picks 2,3,4,5 along w/how DG addresses FA next week(I believe he's going to be very aggressive).It doesn't have to be one or the other-It really can be both the future & the present at the same time!
If we draft a QB at #2, I don't know how you're going to "quick start" the offense. Are you thinking like we draft Michel at #34, and then go OL in rounds 3 and 4? Even if we sign Norwell I'm not sure we can revamp the O-Line just with picks in rounds 3 and 4. I think we need that 2nd round pick to grab an OL who can start right away. And I don't think Sony Michel is going to be the "quick-start" answer, I think we would need an elite playmaker like Barkley for that.
Which is why the combination of FA & the draft can do both. Don't need to draft a RB #2 to get a RB that elevates the offense.Alvin Kamala was a 3rd round pick. Hell,DG might sign McKinnon to compliment our RB situation. In any business,you look at your present,trying to make it the best it can be without compromising your future.Unless DG deems Webb the future,drafting a QB can be part of the overall plan to do both.
This team went 3-13 last year. It's already going to be hard to turn this into a playoff team in one year. And if you use the #2 overall pick on a guy who isn't going to play in 2018, it's going to be even harder to turn this into a playoff team. We may have $20M in cap space, but we literally don't have an offensive line right now, and we'd only have 4 draft picks left after grabbing our (hopefully) future franchise QB.
I just think the choice is simple: you can shoot for trying to win in 2018 and 2019 by either grabbing Barkley or trading down and grabbing Nelson/Chubb/Fitz while accumulating premium picks in '18 and '19, or you can take your Franchise QB who will sit for 1-2 years and watch the team meddle in mediocrity until Eli's gone and he's ready to lead the team.
Long-term I agree a QB would likely have the greatest impact. But given that the drafted QB is likely to sit and watch behind Eli for at least a year, than Barkley would have a greater short-term impact.
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I'd be very surprised if we didn't take a QB at #2. I suppose that if they indeed took a position player at #2 with all the QBs still available it would suggest that the team is quite optimistic about Webb's future as our starter.
If we only knew about Webb and his capabilities, the decision would be so much easier. Not playing him turns this into a guessing game, which is why I believe you go QB with the 2nd pick.
I have never understood the circular logic that some go to to get to this conclusion. Think about what you are saying.
The argument becomes "since we never saw Webb play last year, we have no idea of what his NFL capability is. Therefore, our best course of action is to use the #2 pick in the draft on... a QB who we have no idea what his NFL capability is..."
That makes no sense whatsoever logically.
+1000000000000000!!!!!
This is exactly what I've been saying as well! I don't get it either. You're saying you're using the #2 pick on a QB because the QB you currently have on the roster is an unknown.
So how exactly does that make the unknown QB you pick at #2 any better?
If the Giants believe Darnold, Rosen or whoever is a franchise type QB you have to take them... Franchise QB's are rare and it's the most important position on the team by far! Barkley is the sexy pick but not the smart one "IF" there is a strong reason to believe one of these QB's could serve us well into the future...
That I can agree with.
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I'd be very surprised if we didn't take a QB at #2. I suppose that if they indeed took a position player at #2 with all the QBs still available it would suggest that the team is quite optimistic about Webb's future as our starter.
If we only knew about Webb and his capabilities, the decision would be so much easier. Not playing him turns this into a guessing game, which is why I believe you go QB with the 2nd pick.
I have never understood the circular logic that some go to to get to this conclusion. Think about what you are saying.
The argument becomes "since we never saw Webb play last year, we have no idea of what his NFL capability is. Therefore, our best course of action is to use the #2 pick in the draft on... a QB who we have no idea what his NFL capability is..."
That makes no sense whatsoever logically.
I also don’t disagree with this. You’re right, if the Giants feel confident that any of the QBs will develop into a top QB in this league they have to take him.
It’s just me personally (and I have no problem saying they know infinitely more than I do), I don’t see it and Barkley is my pick.
+1000000000000000!!!!!
This is exactly what I've been saying as well! I don't get it either. You're saying you're using the #2 pick on a QB because the QB you currently have on the roster is an unknown.
So how exactly does that make the unknown QB you pick at #2 any better?
If the Giants believe Darnold, Rosen or whoever is a franchise type QB you have to take them... Franchise QB's are rare and it's the most important position on the team by far! Barkley is the sexy pick but not the smart one "IF" there is a strong reason to believe one of these QB's could serve us well into the future...
This is dumb.
Why do you think the team was going to bat for Davis Webb ?
I’ll tell you why because they know if the giants draft a rookie
They have no chance to make the playoffs in they’re mind not saying it can’t happen
What do you think is going to happen if they start out 0@3 and Eli
Is throwing interceptions the media is going to be calling for the rookie
And once they make a change then the possibility of a QB controversy will be possible and could get quite messy if the rookies throwing good some of the players might want him the others thinking stay with Eli.....
Im not saying this could definitely happen but jus maybe .....
Anyway my friend I’m in the camp of thinking build a line stick with Eli/Webb
And somewhere draft a top Rb Wr lb OL FS and make one more run with Eli ....... the days of Aaron Rodgers sitting for 4years behind Brett Farve are gone ..... most first rounders are expected to play right away imo I don’t thing that bridge stuff works...........
Why do you think the team was going to bat for Davis Webb ?
I’ll tell you why because they know if the giants draft a rookie
They have no chance to make the playoffs in they’re mind not saying it can’t happen
What do you think is going to happen if they start out 0@3 and Eli
Is throwing interceptions the media is going to be calling for the rookie
And once they make a change then the possibility of a QB controversy will be possible and could get quite messy if the rookies throwing good some of the players might want him the others thinking stay with Eli.....
Im not saying this could definitely happen but jus maybe .....
Anyway my friend I’m in the camp of thinking build a line stick with Eli/Webb
And somewhere draft a top Rb Wr lb OL FS and make one more run with Eli ....... the days of Aaron Rodgers sitting for 4years behind Brett Farve are gone ..... most first rounders are expected to play right away imo I don’t thing that bridge stuff works...........
Because you don't not draft players because they might steal the job midseason from a 37 year old QB.
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I'd be very surprised if we didn't take a QB at #2. I suppose that if they indeed took a position player at #2 with all the QBs still available it would suggest that the team is quite optimistic about Webb's future as our starter.
If we only knew about Webb and his capabilities, the decision would be so much easier. Not playing him turns this into a guessing game, which is why I believe you go QB with the 2nd pick.
I’ve said this before but even if Webb played 2-3 games last year we wouldn’t know enough today. Even in the unlikely event that Webb lit it up in those games we wouldn’t know enough today. And you know damn well Webb wasn’t lighting anything up on that 2017 team.
We would not have seen enough of Webb in 2017 to formulate any long term plan. Yea he probably should have played especially if mcadoo just had to bench Eli like the madman that he was but still, it wouldn’t have mattered today. Giants still wouldn’t know about Webb. Not by a long shot.