I'm rooting hard for Darius Slayton ....

Slayton will never be more than what he is and that’s inconsistent. He can make great catches and have monster games, but he’ll turn around and drop a drive killing slant the next week.

Hyatt was brought in to replace him. It’s over.

... with a team option for another $6MM next year. That's a contract for a stopgap, not a fixture. The most likely outcome, just based on the structure, is that he gets cut next March, with a dead-money hit of $1.75MM. I'm glad the Giants have the option for 2024, but they are set up to part ways when his roster bonus comes due. The guys penciled in for next year's receiving corps - assuming health - are Hyatt, Robinson, Waller, Bellinger, and probably Hodgins on an extension or RFA tender.

Slayton's ball skills will always limit the extent to which he is relied upon.

Rather than hoping for Slayton to be John Taylor to Hyatt's Jerry Rice, I'll be happy if Hyatt can be a saner version of Tyreek Hill to Waller's Travis Kelce. Admittedly, Hyatt will never be as dangerous after the catch as Hill. Few players are. Maybe Hyatt can play Alvin Harper to Waller's Michael Irvin?

Hindu Theory analogies aside, I don't think there's a plausible scenario where Darius Slayton is the first or second receiver opponents worry about in game-planning for the Giants. If that happens, either Slayton will have elevated his game substantially or the receiving corps will be as big a mess as it has been throughout Slayton's career.

He would look promising at times and tease like he was about to resemble a 1st round game breaking pick and then bobble a pass up for grabs or get hurt. Rinse lather repeat for four years

In comment 16210987 jnoble said:

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He would look promising at times and tease like he was about to resemble a 1st round game breaking pick and then bobble a pass up for grabs or get hurt. Rinse lather repeat for four years

After watching him in Jacksonville it’s clear he was misused in NY. Garrett kept running those curl routes like he was Witten and I think at some point he started hearing footsteps and that’s when the bobbles came in. He dropped other passes as well, but those curl routes were the main driver of the turnovers.

That was a big catch over the middle on the game winning drive.

In comment 16211207 ryanmkeane said:

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That was a big catch over the middle on the game winning drive.

Yes! A very tough catch.

In comment 16210933 monstercoo said:

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Slayton will never be more than what he is and that’s inconsistent. He can make great catches and have monster games, but he’ll turn around and drop a drive killing slant the next week. Hyatt was brought in to replace him. It’s over.

DJ has great chemistry to Slayton. So no you're wrong.

So, I don't think he was ever thought of as an "X"(the Giants just anybody else). He's a fast complimentary weapon, opposite last year's Biletnikoff Trophy inner (Hyatt)

Slayton had a very good rookie year, then he regressed.

In 2022, he had his best average per catch stat of his career - 15.7. (724 yards, 46 receptions. This year with Hyatt and Waller for the defense to worry about, I think Darius can have an outstanding year.