I think most of us went from, who did we sign to stay out of it until FA becomes more reasonable.....crazy numbers for historically lesser position. I loved Collins and happy for him, but that is crazy numbers for an in the box safety.
RT should be only spot that we should over pay to finally field an NFL quality OL. 9 years has been enough and in all honesty, it will provide the Giants with a very competent unit even with Eli.
Hell, special teams havent looked this good in a longtime either....which leads us to the defense, the barren defense
We arguely have lost their 3 best players in Snacks, OV and Collins, with only Collins demostrating that he hated to lose. "Hating to lose" is what DG has said he wants from his players. Hopefully, he can find several.
Bettcher has his work cut out for him as it looks like he will only have 4 deserving returning starters: Jenkins, Olgetree, Hill and Tomilinson. All others will be FA, draftees, 2nd year players or underpreforming players.
I am assuming the draft will be heavy defense and it looks like we will need several gems to be found in the later rounds.
I also expect FA to settle down some. Edge rusher is only spot worth overspending to a degree, maybe corner.
Granted, to make defenses work well....they need DL and LBers that stop players like Barkley, lbers and safeties that cover players like Engram and corners and safeties that cover players like OBJ. Not an easy task.
But as the playoffs showed, defenses still win championship. The Giants can run the ball, now they need to figure out how to stop the run and get to the QB.
And speaking of QB. Looks like they will kick the can to another year.
And unless,i am missing something the defense must get fortified to be at least competitive....
And @6....the talent will dictate to go front 7 on D
Get younger ? Giants are not old outside of Eli. Jenkins is at the cusp for corners.
Sustained success would be ideal. NE is omly team that qualifies, imo. Lets start with plain success before we go for sustained success.
I would say that if we could block philly and dallas front 7....our record for the past decade would be different.
Get a RT and nickel LBer(fa)...edge rusher(@6), and FS (2nd rd)....and get lucky with a couple of contributors from 4th-7....with a much kinder schedule ....
Should lead to success.
4 positions need to be addressed between FA and rounds 1&2 of the draft:
1. ER
2. RT
3. FS
4. QB
It can be done this year, RT and ER in free agency, QB and FS in the draft.
4 positions need to be addressed between FA and rounds 1&2 of the draft:
1. ER
2. RT
3. FS
4. QB
It can be done this year, RT and ER in free agency, QB and FS in the draft.
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He played very well last year.
4 positions need to be addressed between FA and rounds 1&2 of the draft:
1. ER
2. RT
3. FS
4. QB
It can be done this year, RT and ER in free agency, QB and FS in the draft.
I think you are missing a few spots
I am pointing out the critical spots. We have 9 draft picks so I expect CB, WR, ILB, DL, ER will be added with our other picks and I do think a couple of 2nd/3rd level Free Agents will be brought in during the coming weeks.
RT and ER should be the priority this week. QB and FS might be the best with picks 1 & 2 value wise with the draft
Eli's contract is what it is. "Kicking the can" would be extending him past the contract. I doubt they will do that unless Eli has a monster year and the team makes the playoffs/
What about Super Bowl Eagles vs Pats?
You need both.
Give him 2 years with a decent OL and running game.....which i think the Giants feel he deserves.
Besides, I think Shurmur feels he can win with ok QB play.
Besides a RT, with the balance of offseason, will stock the defrnse with Bettcher type players
Besides, I think Shurmur feels he can win with ok QB play.
It depends on what your definition of "win" is. ANd is a 7-9 season without drafting a QB a season you'd classify as "shurmur winning?"
It's why I tend to think Shurmur was an awful choice for coach. He'd be delusional if he thought so. GMEN have what $22m in cap space (it seems like DG keeps $10m available)?
+1
One thing I completely disagree with is that the Giants “owe” Eli anything whatsoever. He has made a quarter billion dollars off them. The Patriots success has a lot to do with not owing anyone anything. Eli should be very grateful that the team has stuck with him and continued to pay him for the last few years. I don’t get this the Giants owe him stuff. How come teams can only owe Eli? There were a lot of players that had a ton of impact on those SB teams. Why didn’t we owe them?
My opinion
I also think Shurmur truly believe they can win with Eli.
DG has Eli on a shorter leash but balancing between getting an bluechip edge rusher and a succession plan at QB....he will choose an edge rusher
We have not had a competent NFL OL for 9 years. I finally think it is within reach.