It still does not appear likely the Giants will take a quarterback, at least not with the No. 2 pick.
The Giants view Saquon Barkley as a near-perfect prospect. They think hes a better player than Ezekiel Elliott, who went No. 4 to the Cowboys in 2016.
There is no doubt North Carolina State defensive end Bradley Chubb is in the mix...
Quenton Nelson will not be the pick at No. 2. This is not because the Giants have any reservations with the player they do not but it is a matter of positional value. The second-overall pick is too high to take a guard. The Giants do not view Nelson as a viable option to move outside to tackle. If they trade down (this is unlikely), moving to No. 5 to give the Broncos the No. 2 pick, then Nelson makes sense...
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What I find interesting is that we really hold the cards to the draft. If one team really covets one quarterback more than the rest and Cleveland doesn't take that quarterback, that team might move heaven and earth to get ahead of the jets.
Nobody knows for sure what we are going to do, we can take so many different routes. We can draft a quarterback, draft Barkley or Chubb. Trade out to a team that wants a quarterback. All of it is in play.
Draft can't get here soon enough
What I find interesting is that we really hold the cards to the draft. If one team really covets one quarterback more than the rest and Cleveland doesn't take that quarterback, that team might move heaven and earth to get ahead of the jets.
Nobody knows for sure what we are going to do, we can take so many different routes. We can draft a quarterback, draft Barkley or Chubb. Trade out to a team that wants a quarterback. All of it is in play.
Draft can't get here soon enough
Uh, no. The team with the #1 and #4 picks really holds the cards to the draft.
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Has it right with the giants thinking. It could be one really big smokescreen or it could be true. We will find out soon enough.
What I find interesting is that we really hold the cards to the draft. If one team really covets one quarterback more than the rest and Cleveland doesn't take that quarterback, that team might move heaven and earth to get ahead of the jets.
Nobody knows for sure what we are going to do, we can take so many different routes. We can draft a quarterback, draft Barkley or Chubb. Trade out to a team that wants a quarterback. All of it is in play.
Draft can't get here soon enough
Uh, no. The team with the #1 and #4 picks really holds the cards to the draft.
The browns are expected to take a quarterback 1st overall. The jets are taking one 3rd overall. We are right in the middle with teams who may see the quarterback they rated highest sitting there.
What we do or don't do impacts the draft and what team's do
yard gains. Few NFL games are decided by long runs.
Thats it. And Barkley could be potentially had via a slight trade down with Jets or Broncos(if Browns don't take Bark-man).
RBs like Barkley dont ever hit FA until its too late. We can upgrade Guard any off season we choose. Im taking the dynamic playmaker over a Guard any chance I get.
True to you're name....quite 👍.
4,5,6 and even 7 has the potential to end up with one of those three. Although 7 would obviously require 4 QB's to go.
Jets going QB at 3.
Cleveland gets Barkley at 4. Only way is to convince them WE are definitely taking Barkley unless they buy us out of the spot.
If you are dying for Reggie Bush I am sure there is someone to be had later in the draft.
...99.99% of all BBIers already know this shit.
If this is true about passing in a QB, I sure hope its for Barkley. I dont see that kind of impact from the others.
This isn't a one night stand. It is a marriage. You don't mess around with QB. You take your guy.
If you are dying for Reggie Bush I am sure there is someone to be had later in the draft.
Well, this is it. He couldn't run for 60 against Rutgers or indiana, he sucks, he will never improve or have better games. All of the team scouts and draft experts should just go look for another job, because obviously they can't evaluate talent. I mean don't they know that what you do statistically against indiana and Rutgers is the barometer of talent.
Who cares if you are fast, who cares if you can help pass protect and who cares if you have elusiveness. None of that matters, all that matters is 2 Damn dames against indiana and Rutgers.
Thanks homer, we can all be experts now
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Only one way for Cleveland to secure Barkley for sure, and that's #1. I wouldn't discount it. They can get another great player including QB at 4.
This isn't a one night stand. It is a marriage. You don't mess around with QB. You take your guy.
Why are so many Giants fans ready for him at #2?
Of course the Giants LOVE Barkley. Who doesn't? But nobody, repeat nobody, knows what will happen.
In this order of likelihood, I still think it's:
Darnold.
Trade down.
Barkley.
I do agree with Schwartz that Webb is not a factor about whether they draft a QB.
If you would suggest not taking a QB until one with no flaws comes along, what would you sipuggest for the intervening 100 years or so?
If they don't pick a QB this year and are confident that they are assembling a competitive team, they won't be in a position to pick high again for at least 2 years. That means they will wait until Eli retires and roll his contract into a huge offer for a Free Agent QB, that will make Cousins' deal look like chump change. So on Friday, April 27, start looking at QB free agents in 2020 and 2021.
Those who say no one has a clue have been missing the constant theme for well over the past month: the Giants are going to take Barkley or Chubb with the #2 pick.
We'll see what goes down on draft day, but this is the storyline.
Those who say no one has a clue have been missing the constant theme for well over the past month: the Giants are going to take Barkley or Chubb with the #2 pick.
We'll see what goes down on draft day, but this is the storyline.
Eric - I think that's definitely valid, but no one, even those who have historically been somewhat reputable, have consistently demonstrated access to info since Gettleman took over.
That doesn't mean it won't be Barkley or Chubb - clearly those are two of the best players in the draft and would be easy to identify as candidates even without inside info - but I really don't think any info is reputable, especially this close to the draft. In fact, it's just as likely to be purposeful as it is to be accurate.
One thing you're 100% correct on though... we'll see what goes down on draft day.
How much consistent information can anyone have when gettleman hasn't even been here for 6 months. We all know the 2 hackjobs writeres at the daily news never know anything, but Paul schwartz does not have a track record of writing BS. Even in this article, he is not stating anything as fact. It is best guess work, which is what most of us are doing.
Every year I hear the "smokescreen" argument, but more often it seems as if Vacciano, Scwhartz, Garafolo, etc. have a pretty good idea of the team's thinking.
That all said, it could be different this year. If we take a QB, in my mind, they did a great job of misdirection.
A) Barkley
B) Rosen/Darnold
C) Trade down
I am going with C
Every year I hear the "smokescreen" argument, but more often it seems as if Vacciano, Scwhartz, Garafolo, etc. have a pretty good idea of the team's thinking.
That all said, it could be different this year. If we take a QB, in my mind, they did a great job of misdirection.
Only Schwartz has been steadfast about the Giants not drafting a QB. Raanan thinks it's Darnold if he's there or Barkley with Rosen as a dark horse. He has said before he does not think they like Chubb enough to take at 2.
Vacchiano has said Darnold if he's there, and then he thinks Chubb if he had to guess but wouldn't count out Rosen either. Schwartz has historically been far less reputable than either one of those two, he just happens to repeat himself over and over again so it can seem like that's all the noise coming out of east rutherford.
It's extremely difficult to tell who actually has sources and who's just repeating what others say in the hopes of claiming some of the credit. My best guess is that Raanan and Vacchiano hear things, Garafalo too but doesn't share much but most of what we hear is pure speculation based on DG's public comments. I'd expect that to change as we get closer to the draft but it's 2 weeks out still.
Also worth mentioning all of those guys totally whiffed last year. Hitdog was the only person I'd seen even mention Engram as someone the Giants liked. Maybe I missed it but I haven't seen him chime in at all this year other than to say that the Giants do like Chubb (responding to a poster calling it a smokescreen)
This is also a very unique situation. Picking at #2 doesnt happen often to quality organizations. Secondly, this is a unique draft in which there are 3-4 QBs multiple teams believe have franchise ability. That makes our real estate very valuable. If we have a conviction on one of them and we dont think Webb is the heir apparent then we should ineqivocably stay at #2 and take one. If not someone will pay us higher value for that #2 spot then what we would pick there (unless we truly think Barkley is the next Barry Sanders with Marshall Faulk receiving ability).
So a trade down very likely maximizes value if you are not going QB.
Yup.
If you are dying for Reggie Bush I am sure there is someone to be had later in the draft.
How did Fournette do against Bama? Worse than Barkley did in the games you mentioned yet he's still a great back. Sure Bama has a lot better D than Rutgers or Indiana but the point remains the same. A team can sell out to stop any RB but it doesn't make that back a bad player.
Oh and Barkley did score two TDs in that game vs OSU so not a bad day overall. I'd take two TD's on a bad day anytime.
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Only one way for Cleveland to secure Barkley for sure, and that's #1. I wouldn't discount it. They can get another great player including QB at 4.
This isn't a one night stand. It is a marriage. You don't mess around with QB. You take your guy.
Not saying this is the case, but if Cleveland has nearly equal grades on at least 3 QBs they may employ the strategy hes suggesting.
If you are dying for Reggie Bush I am sure there is someone to be had later in the draft.
This ..
A) Barkley
B) Rosen/Darnold
C) Trade down
I am going with C
Sy, why aren't you thinking Chubb is an option?
I think this is more likely than people think...
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3 options on what will happen
A) Barkley
B) Rosen/Darnold
C) Trade down
I am going with C
Sy, why aren't you thinking Chubb is an option?
If I had option D, sure
A) Barkley
B) Rosen/Darnold
C) Trade down
I am going with C
Sy, does this assume Browns take a quarterback? What if they take Barkley with #1?
Elliot played on a great team. Barkley was the team. All the experts seem to think Barkley is the best player in the draft. But whatever...
They likely have a conviction on one and will go with that guy #1. If they go Barkley its very possible 2 QBs go 2-3 and theyd have the 3rd QB off the board.
Dont see that happening when they will get either the top non QB at 4 or 2nd top non QB (should we stay at 2 and go non QB)
If you are dying for Reggie Bush I am sure there is someone to be had later in the draft.
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Only one way for Cleveland to secure Barkley for sure, and that's #1. I wouldn't discount it. They can get another great player including QB at 4.
I think this is more likely than people think...
Based on what?
Every year I hear the "smokescreen" argument, but more often it seems as if Vacciano, Scwhartz, Garafolo, etc. have a pretty good idea of the team's thinking.
That all said, it could be different this year. If we take a QB, in my mind, they did a great job of misdirection.
What about the fact that Gettleman left the organization and realized like everyone else what a sieve of information the Giants are and only took the job under the condition that he not discuss the plans with Mara or Tisch until the day before the draft?
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Only one way for Cleveland to secure Barkley for sure, and that's #1. I wouldn't discount it. They can get another great player including QB at 4.
I think this is more likely than people think...
Based on what?
Sy's grade.
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Only one way for Cleveland to secure Barkley for sure, and that's #1. I wouldn't discount it. They can get another great player including QB at 4.
I think this is more likely than people think...
Based on what?
Sy's grade.
Sy's grade has about as much to do who the Browns will pick as the price of milk at the corner deli.
I get it, Sy does a great job digesting and reporting information here that most of us would be far too busy to go through on our own but
A) he's not anywhere nearly as invested as an NFL GM.
B) he's not anywhere nearly as qualified as even a low level NFL scout to evaluate talent.
Can we stop with this?
Their insisghts are invaluable
Their insisghts are invaluable
Haha. Was thinking the same when I read his post.
Sys opinion is by no means the end all be all, hed be the first to tell you, but Im going to trust him over 99.9% of BBI when t comes to scouting.
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Only one way for Cleveland to secure Barkley for sure, and that's #1. I wouldn't discount it. They can get another great player including QB at 4.
I think this is more likely than people think...
Based on what?
Sy's grade.
Sy is awesome, and I always look to read everything he posts, but he's not building out Cleveland's draft board. And that's not to say that Cleveland shouldn't consider Barkley at #1, but there are also factors that extend beyond the draft board itself.
It's incredibly unlikely that the Browns pick anything other than a QB at #1 overall, IMO.
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Only one way for Cleveland to secure Barkley for sure, and that's #1. I wouldn't discount it. They can get another great player including QB at 4.
I think this is more likely than people think...
Based on what?
Sy's grade.
Sy's grade has about as much to do who the Browns will pick as the price of milk at the corner deli.
I get it, Sy does a great job digesting and reporting information here that most of us would be far too busy to go through on our own but
A) he's not anywhere nearly as invested as an NFL GM.
B) he's not anywhere nearly as qualified as even a low level NFL scout to evaluate talent.
Can we stop with this?
I can assure you that Sy has just as much qualification to grade these players as any of the "insiders" that you seem to revere - please do share with BBI who you follow if not Sy? Frankly, Sy's grading reports and comparable players are fantastic and one of the primary reasons I am here and have been promoting BBI like crazy to anyone who will listen...
Truth be told, I for one could care less what people think WILL happen since we will know shortly... And truthfully, no one really knows - not even the GMs themselves who will not be sure until they are on the clock given the fluidity of the process...
What I do care about is formulating a credible and cogent point of view as to what SHOULD happen. We have seen an endless parade of idiotic draft selections by NFL GMs who have been very "invested" in the process over the years... led by our former GM whose performance over this past decade has been downright abysmal...
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In no world am I even in the same stratosphere as Sy when it comes to evaluating college talent.
I'm not attacking Sy at all. Re read what I wrote I am a big fan of what he does.
The response was due to a narrative that has been created around here that Sy is a top tier evaluator in the context of professionals. As for BBI, he is the king, in the world of real scouts and GMs I don't know how what he does compares to the pros. That's not a knock on the guy at all it's the difference between a DYI guy doing a home remodel or a contractor.
Just because he's the best player in the entire draft ...
That puts Denver in a bind - three "QB needy" ahead of them (Giants, Jets, Browns). At that point, the Giants are in the "catbird" seat. That's when we strike -
Our 2nd overall for their 1st (5th overall), 2nd (40th overall), 3rd (71st overall) and their 2019 1st round pick.
Art that point, I 'd go get Nelson and parlay the rest of the draft to completely fix the line and pick up DR'C's replacement and a big receiver to compliment OBJ.
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In no world am I even in the same stratosphere as Sy when it comes to evaluating college talent.
I'm not attacking Sy at all. Re read what I wrote I am a big fan of what he does.
The response was due to a narrative that has been created around here that Sy is a top tier evaluator in the context of professionals. As for BBI, he is the king, in the world of real scouts and GMs I don't know how what he does compares to the pros. That's not a knock on the guy at all it's the difference between a DYI guy doing a home remodel or a contractor.
Sy IS a professional scout. That's the part you're not understanding.
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In no world am I even in the same stratosphere as Sy when it comes to evaluating college talent.
I'm not attacking Sy at all. Re read what I wrote I am a big fan of what he does.
The response was due to a narrative that has been created around here that Sy is a top tier evaluator in the context of professionals. As for BBI, he is the king, in the world of real scouts and GMs I don't know how what he does compares to the pros. That's not a knock on the guy at all it's the difference between a DYI guy doing a home remodel or a contractor.
Sy IS a professional scout. That's the part you're not understanding.
And is as good as anyone I have followed - professional or non-professional...
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Gettleman isn't new to the organization. And more importantly, he has little ability to control leaks. The Giants are a family owned business and there are a lot of Mara and Tisch relatives out there and a lot of employees. People talk.
Every year I hear the "smokescreen" argument, but more often it seems as if Vacciano, Scwhartz, Garafolo, etc. have a pretty good idea of the team's thinking.
That all said, it could be different this year. If we take a QB, in my mind, they did a great job of misdirection.
What about the fact that Gettleman left the organization and realized like everyone else what a sieve of information the Giants are and only took the job under the condition that he not discuss the plans with Mara or Tisch until the day before the draft?
You honestly think John Mara isn't intimately involved with the #2 pick? Hell, he and Tisch have been taking these prospects out to dinner.
Gettleman was fired by the Panthers and is at retirement age. Was there even another team pursuing him?
Will find out for sure what the Giants do at #2 on the 26th but the one thing one can say with some certainty is that the value at #2 are the QBs. Either you take one for yourself or you trade out to whichever of Denver, Miami or Buffalo offers the most.
In that context I just don't see the Giants choice coming down to BPA. They are a professional NFL team and their draft plans, especially with the second pick overall, are going to be driven by a strategic plan. Either they feel they can win with ELi over the next 2-3 years - and that is certainly a possibility - and trade out and maximize what they can add at other positions, or they don't think Eli has much left in the tank and they take advantage of the fact that at #2 they'll be looking at the best QB prospects they are likely to see over the next 5 years.
Of course, it is also possible that the Giants have decided they don't see the value themselves in this year's top QB prospects, and we'll find out for sure in 12 days or so, but almost all the evidence out there suggests that is likely not the case. On the one hand, you have a half dozen other teams out there with top 15 picks that need an upgrade at QB and all appear to view this year's prospects at the position to be worthy of a top 2-3 pick. Maybe the Giants are an outlier and think otherwise but that would be a major stretch. At the same time, no team in the NFL has devoted more resources to checking out the QBs over the past 3-4 weeks than the Giants. And given that checking out players at pro days, private workouts and on-site visits is really about dotting the i's and crossing the t's from your scouting and coaching staffs' game day tape grades one can make a pretty good assumption that the Giants also have high grades on those players otherwise you don't waste your time.
The one curious aspect of the whole business is that after putting all those resources into checking out the QBs at their pro days etc. the 'leaks' that seem to be coming out of Giants' HQ are along the lines of "QBs; we don't want no stinking QB!!"
Let me add one other general comment before I throw out a little scuttlebutt: if you haven't decided on what you are doing with the second pick by now with just 12 days to go, you have some organizational issues whether you are a new admin or not! Same with the Browns.
Not sure what to make of it, but I had a source who is reasonably well connected suggest that what we may be seeing is a little intrigue at the top of the board. The Browns have long settled on Darnold, but believe that both the Giants and Jets want Rosen. What they'd really like to do is force the Giants to flip picks 1-2 just to make sure that the Browns don't flip the 1-3 picks with the Jets. The Browns aren't going to do that but they'd like the Giants to fear that they might so they have dangled the idea that they still haven't decided between Darnold and ALLen. Once the Browns say they have settled on a guy - and its not going to be Rosen - the likelihood they might deal goes away. Meanwhile, the Giants are doing everything they can to downplay their interest in any QB. Time will tell!
Will find out for sure what the Giants do at #2 on the 26th but the one thing one can say with some certainty is that the value at #2 are the QBs. Either you take one for yourself or you trade out to whichever of Denver, Miami or Buffalo offers the most.
In that context I just don't see the Giants choice coming down to BPA. They are a professional NFL team and their draft plans, especially with the second pick overall, are going to be driven by a strategic plan. Either they feel they can win with ELi over the next 2-3 years - and that is certainly a possibility - and trade out and maximize what they can add at other positions, or they don't think Eli has much left in the tank and they take advantage of the fact that at #2 they'll be looking at the best QB prospects they are likely to see over the next 5 years.
Of course, it is also possible that the Giants have decided they don't see the value themselves in this year's top QB prospects, and we'll find out for sure in 12 days or so, but almost all the evidence out there suggests that is likely not the case. On the one hand, you have a half dozen other teams out there with top 15 picks that need an upgrade at QB and all appear to view this year's prospects at the position to be worthy of a top 2-3 pick. Maybe the Giants are an outlier and think otherwise but that would be a major stretch. At the same time, no team in the NFL has devoted more resources to checking out the QBs over the past 3-4 weeks than the Giants. And given that checking out players at pro days, private workouts and on-site visits is really about dotting the i's and crossing the t's from your scouting and coaching staffs' game day tape grades one can make a pretty good assumption that the Giants also have high grades on those players otherwise you don't waste your time.
The one curious aspect of the whole business is that after putting all those resources into checking out the QBs at their pro days etc. the 'leaks' that seem to be coming out of Giants' HQ are along the lines of "QBs; we don't want no stinking QB!!"
Let me add one other general comment before I throw out a little scuttlebutt: if you haven't decided on what you are doing with the second pick by now with just 12 days to go, you have some organizational issues whether you are a new admin or not! Same with the Browns.
Not sure what to make of it, but I had a source who is reasonably well connected suggest that what we may be seeing is a little intrigue at the top of the board. The Browns have long settled on Darnold, but believe that both the Giants and Jets want Rosen. What they'd really like to do is force the Giants to flip picks 1-2 just to make sure that the Browns don't flip the 1-3 picks with the Jets. The Browns aren't going to do that but they'd like the Giants to fear that they might so they have dangled the idea that they still haven't decided between Darnold and ALLen. Once the Browns say they have settled on a guy - and its not going to be Rosen - the likelihood they might deal goes away. Meanwhile, the Giants are doing everything they can to downplay their interest in any QB. Time will tell!
Sounds like way to much speculating and intrigue to me. I agree with you though I believe the Browns are locked onto Darnold.
Its also probably true that Mara's involvement in making the 2nd pick is to ask DG when he tells him who the pick is going to be is to ask "is everybody on board with the decision" and he's going to want an honest answer.
In fact one can imagine a scenario in which DG told Mara that 'we have decided on player X' that DG also says something like "and this kid is going to be the face of the franchise for the next 10-15 years if everything works out and we think you and Steve should sit down with him and get to know him to confirm that you are indeed going to be comfortable with in that role." No names mentioned but ...
How could the Browns have any idea who the Giant or Jets will pick? I wouldn't at all be surprised if the Giants take Rosen, although I would be surprised if they traded up to do so. But nobody knows what they will do.
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Sy and Dave-te are both professionals who have been doing this for a long time
Their insisghts are invaluable
Haha. Was thinking the same when I read his post.
Sys opinion is by no means the end all be all, hed be the first to tell you, but Im going to trust him over 99.9% of BBI when t comes to scouting.
Posting something more meaningful than the opinions of us fans, thats a low bar. We are fans...
Sy is a guy that seems to put time in and so he knows more than I, but too many on this site treat it as gospel. Sy might even agree. Remember, scouts and gms are disagreeing and working it all out in the war room. Draft is a crapshoot, his is one guy. Glad he shares his views here.
Those who say no one has a clue have been missing the constant theme for well over the past month: the Giants are going to take Barkley or Chubb with the #2 pick.
We'll see what goes down on draft day, but this is the storyline.
Id like to see the giants take a QB but where theres smoke theres fire. I wont be disappointed either way.
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In no world am I even in the same stratosphere as Sy when it comes to evaluating college talent.
I'm not attacking Sy at all. Re read what I wrote I am a big fan of what he does.
The response was due to a narrative that has been created around here that Sy is a top tier evaluator in the context of professionals. As for BBI, he is the king, in the world of real scouts and GMs I don't know how what he does compares to the pros. That's not a knock on the guy at all it's the difference between a DYI guy doing a home remodel or a contractor.
Plus, this site is just STARVED for information, and sy provides that. His are meaningful contributions to this site. But lets not get too crazy. People disagree on draft picks and evaluations.
2. Part of the appeal in hiring Shurmur, I believe, aside from having this team finally score 30 points in a game, was getting his hands on a potential franchise QB. Yes Barkley would also help but you only make the RB pick if you have your QB IMO. We can all continue to argue if we have ours. I dont think we do.
3. People want to negate next years QB class, but these GMs look at that. Next years class doesnt present the prospects this years does.
Im not here to say they are definitely drafting a QB, but just a counterpoint to those who are dismissing the idea. I think they should.
Also, is Gettlemans age really a factor in the long-term future of this team?? How old was Accorsi when he drafted Eli? He was towards the end of his career but made that pick for the good of the franchise. I expect the same from DG whether its a QB or not, hell do what he thinks is best for the Giants.
With that, the browns might end up with their third favorite QB. In every hiring process Ive been in, which is lots over decade, things are never equal. The browns have a qb in mind, they dont know what the other teams really want to do and they are not going to lose their guy oby trading down. Trading out of 4 seems more likely for the Browns. Just my opinion man.
Right behind that would be them picking him at four.
Finally, the idea that the Browns know they want either Darnold or Allen but because they're convinced the NYG want Rosen they risk losing their QB to trade down.
All other possibilities seem credible to me right now.
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I would caution anyone making assumptions about which player(s) the Browns would likely take at 1 and 4 overall. Long way to go, lot of misinformation out there. I'm not allowed to tip picks but... stay tuned
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I think 1 is already decided. This narrative that they are undecided is crap. I do think anything could happen with 4, including a trade.
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"I think"
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Well, we all think unless we work for the Browns, right?
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This is just silly. Based on Barkley's potential, he is not JUST a pro bowl RB.
You would take Steve Hutchison over LaDainian Tomlinson? Larry Allen ove Marshall Faulk?
The idea that an All World Guard is the better pick than a RB with Barkley's abilities is fucking adorable.
No offense Jim. But come on.
Does he get paid professionally to do scouting for a service that NFL teams use?
He's a professional scout.
Any worse than you will if they do?
At least Colin had the good sense to present his position with the possibility of other outcomes existing.
If a franchise quality QB is available, it makes both football sense and salary cap sense, no matter how well Eli plays.
Although they may really Like Barkley, Chubb, and Darnold; all the talk about them, or trade down, may have just been aimed at teams trying to get in front of them or to mess with the Browns thinking so the Giants get the player they want.
This really has been one of the more interesting and unpredictable drafts that may be talked about for years to come. Most likely 1 or more teams in the top 5 are going to look back on this draft as what changed their franchise and some will look back as maybe the biggest missed opportunity. If based on history, the Browns may find a way to mess up their 1 and 4 picks.
Oh, is it your opinion? I could have sworn that you've presented it as fact, repeatedly. Getting a little gunshy on the airtight intel coming out of the ad sales bullpen at CBS?
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personally. The OG will make every RB better.
This is just silly. Based on Barkley's potential, he is not JUST a pro bowl RB.
You would take Steve Hutchison over LaDainian Tomlinson? Larry Allen ove Marshall Faulk?
The idea that an All World Guard is the better pick than a RB with Barkley's abilities is fucking adorable.
No offense Jim. But come on.
Im in agreement with this. OGs simply are not transformational players like a multi faceted homerun threat like Barkley is.
He impacts 3 phases: run game, pass game and special teams.
Lastly further underscored by the fact that RB is a legitimate need position.
Totally agreed. QB is a position that is simply on a different level than any other position. It is arguably the most important position in any sport.
There are enough core players already on this team at the premium positions that with further solidification of the glaring weaknesses( OL and LB ) and the huge uprade in coaching, that this team should be markedly improved next year even with our top pick carrying a clipboard.
Now stories seem to suggest that Barkley is slipping and the QBs are rising again, as is Chubb. Yet not one of these guys has played a snap of football since then to show anybody that they are any better or worse than they were a month ago.
The only thing that has changed is the fickle minds of the media and the fans the follow the gossip of the day, like a bunch of high school girls...
I also think if the Giants draft a QB at #2 there is very little chance he sits for two years, unless it is Allen. Rosen is pro-ready so you don't waste two years of his rookie contract - and development - having him sit. I think Darnold may sit a year but likely not more than that.
Chubb if they trade down to 5.
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He does an outstanding job. But his ratings will not line up with every other knowledgeable scout in the league. That doesn't mean Sy is better or worse, it means the draft is about opinions and knowledgeable people can have different opinions. Because Sy thinks Barkley is by far the best player in this draft does not mean every NFL team has him rated that way. It also doesn't mean Sy or those other scouts are bad at what they do. Professionals disagree on prospects. That is just the nature of the draft.
I just want to add that not only do the professionals disagree on prospects, they sometimes disagree by a very wide margin. One scout's 1st round prospect could be another scout's 4th round prospect, and they could both be highly successful scouts with excellent track records.
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I also think if the Giants draft a QB at #2 there is very little chance he sits for two years, unless it is Allen.
How long the QB sits will/would be a function of several factors and there's really no sense trying to predict it.
Im sorry but there is no way in hell that any player let alone a QB selected #2 overall in the draft will sit on the bench for two years....just not gonna happen.
Chubb if they trade down to 5.
Jon based on all the clues and reading of the tea leaves , this scenario makes the most sense. Of course, It also could still be Barkley at 5 if Browns trade out to a QB desperate team and/or they take Chubb themselves. My only contention with Giant thinking is they are potentially horribly missing the boat on Rosen (though short term I wont mind if we take the transformational talent in Saquon).
The New York Jets are now on the clock.
I'm sorry if I was too critical. We all value your input.
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Sy and Dave-te are both professionals who have been doing this for a long time
Their insisghts are invaluable
Haha. Was thinking the same when I read his post.
Sys opinion is by no means the end all be all, hed be the first to tell you, but Im going to trust him over 99.9% of BBI when t comes to scouting.
Posting something more meaningful than the opinions of us fans, thats a low bar. We are fans...
Sy is a guy that seems to put time in and so he knows more than I, but too many on this site treat it as gospel. Sy might even agree. Remember, scouts and gms are disagreeing and working it all out in the war room. Draft is a crapshoot, his is one guy. Glad he shares his views here.
I get that but when TLG offers nothing other than a Sy just does what we all dont have time for post Im going to call it out because its that fucking stupid.
Informed by what? There are any number of people on this site that claim to have connections. A couple have a track history of being right so they don't need to prove anything. But they also don't keep insisting the have connections they won't talk about, or insisting that the Giants intentions are as black and white as you do. For most of us that comes across as unbelievable.
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Talking to you is like talking to a wall. You obviously have no comprehensive skills. We know your an insufferable moron so we've established you know also don't understand football either. That said ill indulge you one more time. My opinions are my opinions. They are informed however. You can ignore what I say. I could care less. That doesn't make it any less informed. If they go qb its Darnold. They aren't taking another qb. I have this opinion enhanced by everything I've heard. Do you understand now?
Informed by what? There are any number of people on this site that claim to have connections. A couple have a track history of being right so they don't need to prove anything. But they also don't keep insisting the have connections they won't talk about, or insisting that the Giants intentions are as black and white as you do. For most of us that comes across as unbelievable.
Mike, you are coming in without knowledge of history on jtgiant. He has explained his connections in previous posts and he has given information and insight in the past that has been valid. He is not even saying it's black and white and has said numerous times that things could change. We can take the information with a grain of salt or not, but it's being shared regardless. Same with beat writers
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Talking to you is like talking to a wall. You obviously have no comprehensive skills. We know your an insufferable moron so we've established you know also don't understand football either. That said ill indulge you one more time. My opinions are my opinions. They are informed however. You can ignore what I say. I could care less. That doesn't make it any less informed. If they go qb its Darnold. They aren't taking another qb. I have this opinion enhanced by everything I've heard. Do you understand now?
Informed by what? There are any number of people on this site that claim to have connections. A couple have a track history of being right so they don't need to prove anything. But they also don't keep insisting the have connections they won't talk about, or insisting that the Giants intentions are as black and white as you do. For most of us that comes across as unbelievable.
Mike, you are coming in without knowledge of history on jtgiant. He has explained his connections in previous posts and he has given information and insight in the past that has been valid. He is not even saying it's black and white and has said numerous times that things could change. We can take the information with a grain of salt or not, but it's being shared regardless. Same with beat writers
I am not aware of jtgiants history, so I am asking. I have been in this site for a very long time, and there are certain posters who have a history of beng correct about things. Hitdog, JonC to name a couple. I can't recall jtgiants bringing anything like that, but I may just not have seen it.
Are there other posters out there that can speak to jtgiants bona fides?
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Talking to you is like talking to a wall. You obviously have no comprehensive skills. We know your an insufferable moron so we've established you know also don't understand football either. That said ill indulge you one more time. My opinions are my opinions. They are informed however. You can ignore what I say. I could care less. That doesn't make it any less informed. If they go qb its Darnold. They aren't taking another qb. I have this opinion enhanced by everything I've heard. Do you understand now?
Informed by what? There are any number of people on this site that claim to have connections. A couple have a track history of being right so they don't need to prove anything. But they also don't keep insisting the have connections they won't talk about, or insisting that the Giants intentions are as black and white as you do. For most of us that comes across as unbelievable.
Mike, you are coming in without knowledge of history on jtgiant. He has explained his connections in previous posts and he has given information and insight in the past that has been valid. He is not even saying it's black and white and has said numerous times that things could change. We can take the information with a grain of salt or not, but it's being shared regardless. Same with beat writers
Yeah, not exactly saying take my info with a grain of salt.
Colin
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I respect you but your going to look pretty bad when giants don't go qb.
There are few more respected posters than Colin and JT comes in with a veiled threat.
And its not the first time hes posted this to people who think the media narrative may be incorrect or hope it is anyway.
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Talking to you is like talking to a wall. You obviously have no comprehensive skills. We know your an insufferable moron so we've established you know also don't understand football either. That said ill indulge you one more time. My opinions are my opinions. They are informed however. You can ignore what I say. I could care less. That doesn't make it any less informed. If they go qb its Darnold. They aren't taking another qb. I have this opinion enhanced by everything I've heard. Do you understand now?
Informed by what? There are any number of people on this site that claim to have connections. A couple have a track history of being right so they don't need to prove anything. But they also don't keep insisting the have connections they won't talk about, or insisting that the Giants intentions are as black and white as you do. For most of us that comes across as unbelievable.
Mike, you are coming in without knowledge of history on jtgiant. He has explained his connections in previous posts and he has given information and insight in the past that has been valid. He is not even saying it's black and white and has said numerous times that things could change. We can take the information with a grain of salt or not, but it's being shared regardless. Same with beat writers
Stop. He's not an asshat by any means. His connection is having worked at CBS Sports Radio in the past. Are they breaking any draft news for the Giants? He's a fan just like you and me and has a particular outcome that he's rooting for.
I worked for the NFL for a while (Eric can confirm). Does that make my wishful thinking more valuable than anyone else's?
You are not connected. I don't care what you've heard.
He then starts going on about how the Giants are not going QB 100%
He then starts with the insults
Then claims the victim because people disagreed with him, which he considers being attacked
Then he claims his opinion is informed and alludes to having asshat status
And by that point the good discussion is dead
He killed a great thread that should be talking about Colins posts
team has the ammo IMO worthy of pick #2 . Eli i still good enough and with a O-line getting revamped and a threat st
RB play action will be back in the cards something Eli does well when you have those kinds of weapons to keep a defense off balanced .
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LOL. I like Sy and his opinions are informative but working for a non NFL related draft publication isn't being a scout imo.
Does he get paid professionally to do scouting for a service that NFL teams use?
He's a professional scout.
That's not true. There are only two scouting services the NFL teams use, National and BLESTO. A hand full don't use any (NYG uses BLESTO). They are primarily used at the start of the process which is immediately after the draft, each team will get roughly 800 reports, the regionals/team scouts will take it from there.
IF there are amateur scouting services that claim NFL teams use them they are lying..
Personally, credentials speak volumes.. I don't know Sy's and by the sounds of it neither does a lot of people who preach his word. He seems like a decent guy, but with my experience (I've played at a high level, until recently coached at the collegiate level, and I'm friends with real pro scouts/coaches) I don't spend much time reading amateur opinions. Not to say I'm better or that I have better sources of information. I'm part owner in a couple restaurants/bars and I'm now trying to tackle real estate which makes its hard to find time to read this site or his reports so this is nothing against him or those on this board. This is a knowledgeable group, I like what Eric put together here, that's why I continue to frequent the corner when I can.
At some point exemplars of each category rise to the top of their pyramids
Common to all of the above is:
1)football talent assessment skills which breaks down into
-- objectivity
-- A consistently followed point of view or systemic
factors they believe connect to future success. They
have to have a sequence they follow year after year
position by position or otherwise they are just a guy
-- many many hours of film assessment
-- other professionals to debate/refine what they saw
2) Common to Only people on actual NFl teams:
A) Access to the players and their coaches and agents/parents.
B) Access to data points from interviews/tests/medicals/workouts that only professional teams have
C) Assessments of the true state and beliefs of the coaching staffs as to the weaknesses of the current team
At some point the personal assessment skills of each type might be equal but the access to information is not.
For me, since they cannot access the top of the pyramid data all we have is respect for guys like Colin and Sy who are at the top of the non NFL team pyramid.
Its a little like the book reviewer at the NYT is going to get first crack at the upcoming novel even if your cousin once removed has good insights after he reads it
The guys we should have the least respect for is guys who pretend that they are any more than they are...guys without an evaluation system they follow with rigor
This group is closely related to the most annoying posts we see:
I saw a play or a game or heard a thing abut a guy or my old school and fell in love.
Now I am going to torture the rest of the data into confessing.
Most posts fall into this last category
a few posters actually have professional grade NFl talent assessment skills and also follow an assessment system backed by multi source data and hours of study across positions across colleges across years. Few
few currently paid NFL talent assessors may post on a fan site...but not under their own name or credentials
No FO talent evaluator of the overall scout assessments for an NFL team posts here.
I am sure many have some good insights here and there about this or that...but are miles away from what it takes for this. I am sure that's because most devote the time it takes towards their life, loved ones and different primary careers.
Good posters stay within themselves
At some point exemplars of each category rise to the top of their pyramids
Common to all of the above is:
1)football talent assessment skills which breaks down into
-- objectivity
-- A consistently followed point of view or systemic
factors they believe connect to future success. They
have to have a sequence they follow year after year
position by position or otherwise they are just a guy
-- many many hours of film assessment
-- other professionals to debate/refine what they saw
2) Common to Only people on actual NFl teams:
A) Access to the players and their coaches and agents/parents.
B) Access to data points from interviews/tests/medicals/workouts that only professional teams have
C) Assessments of the true state and beliefs of the coaching staffs as to the weaknesses of the current team
At some point the personal assessment skills of each type might be equal but the access to information is not.
For me, since they cannot access the top of the pyramid data all we have is respect for guys like Colin and Sy who are at the top of the non NFL team pyramid.
Its a little like the book reviewer at the NYT is going to get first crack at the upcoming novel even if your cousin once removed has good insights after he reads it
The guys we should have the least respect for is guys who pretend that they are any more than they are...guys without an evaluation system they follow with rigor
This group is closely related to the most annoying posts we see:
I saw a play or a game or heard a thing abut a guy or my old school and fell in love.
Now I am going to torture the rest of the data into confessing.
Most posts fall into this last category
a few posters actually have professional grade NFl talent assessment skills and also follow an assessment system backed by multi source data and hours of study across positions across colleges across years. Few
few currently paid NFL talent assessors may post on a fan site...but not under their own name or credentials
No FO talent evaluator of the overall scout assessments for an NFL team posts here.
I am sure many have some good insights here and there about this or that...but are miles away from what it takes for this. I am sure that's because most devote the time it takes towards their life, loved ones and different primary careers.
Good posters stay within themselves
Good post Bill2. Well said.
How many times have you called me a moron? And you have the nerve to talk about insults?
You're just a fan who is hoping for one particular scenario. So much so that you have convinced yourself that it's somehow more likely than all other scenarios, and for whatever reason, you seem to demonstrate an odd need to get people on board with your preferred outcome by way of suggesting that it has legs because you've supposedly been told things.
It's strange. That's not an insult, it's not an attack, it's an observation.
Haha I get your point but this nothing. This is (sadly) the calm...before the storm.
Havoc will be had once that first round pick is made
I think Sy is a paid to scout and is thereby a professional.
I dont think he works for the NFL, an NFL team or for one of the two scouting groups.
I think Sy has been doing this on here for 4 years and has proven on many occasions to be prescient and has therefore earned a bit of a following.
I think he has generously offered a great service to BBI and it is appreciated by the vast majority of BBI.
A) It's not an attack. Stop playing the victim. You're the one who has called me a moron repeatedly.
B) I'm not accusing you of differing from the media narrative. In fact, my point has been all along that you take the media narrative as gospel.
C) Colin was positing a scenario, just like you have been, and YOU were the one who immediately resorted to "your [sic] going to look bad" tactics.
D) I can listen to CBS Sports Radio if I want to know what they're hearing - by definition, they're not in the business of hearing whispers that they don't share.
E) Several posters, including myself, have tangential access to information, yet don't feel compelled to play the "I've been told" card to validate their own wishful thinking.
F) As I mentioned above, the only one who has issued personal attacks is you.
You seem to have a pathological need to have your desired outcome be fact and accepted/embraced by others. We'll know for sure in 11 days, and you may well get your wish. But trotting out your hopes as facts is just a weird approach.
If we can also pick up a starting OL player high in the 2nd like Wynn, Price, Williams, Hernandez, etc. then I'd be thrilled with a Barkley/OL player 1-2. We'd had 3 new OL starters (maybe even 4 if Flowers gets beat out), and Barkley.
Im sorry but didnt you attack Colin?
Like I said earlier in the thread, I used to work for the NFL. Do you not think I have at least the same access to info as you? That's not an attack on you, by the way - I happen to know that opinions/insights are all over the map with regard to what the Giants are going to do. You just happen to only share what aligns with what you hope will happen.
JT, you have my word that I will not be out looking for you to eat crow or anything else once the pick is made. As soon as that moment passes, I assume we'll be in complete agreement that we're rooting for incredible success for whoever the Giants choose as our next star.
Only one team with exactly one pick controls their own destiny each year.
So lets please just say things are opinions and clearly fluid...
Biz dev and ticket sales. Nothing that would qualify me as an insider on my own merit.
Do you not honestly understand the difference between an opinion and what you offer? "I think the Giants like Darnold" is an opinion. "I think Darnold is the only QB they should draft" is an opinion. Nobody has any problem with that, especially me.
"The Giants will only take Darnold based on what I am hearing" or "The fact is they will only take Darnold" is not an opinion. It is someone stating they have actual insight into what the Giants are thinking/saying privately. If you want to do that, and you have no proven history of being right, you are going to be challenged. You should be.
If your "connection" to the Giants is that you used to work in sports radio, and nobody can vouch for any history of insight you provided, maybe you should just post your opinion as opinion as most others do.
Or just keep pretending to be an insider and look foolish.