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Giants Cut TE Garrett Dickerson, sign LB Devante Downs

Eric from BBI : Admin : 10/22/2019 10:10 am
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Roster update: Giants waive TE Garrett Dickerson, sign LB Devante Downs from practice squad
I’m surprised  
5BowlsSoon : 10/22/2019 10:15 am : link
I thought we preferred 4 or 5 tight ends on the roster. (Just being funny....haha....trying to find humor in the midst of all our sadness);
You can NEVER have enough...  
BamaBlue : 10/22/2019 10:17 am : link
mediocre linebackers. Good move for the Giants 2020 draft position.
They  
AcidTest : 10/22/2019 10:20 am : link
obviously like K. Smith.
Welcome to the Patroits mister Dickerson  
rasbutant : 10/22/2019 11:19 am : link
Guess Deone Bucannon is not an option, wonder if it is injury or does he just suck?
Interesting  
Anakim : 10/22/2019 11:19 am : link
5 ILB on the roster: Ogletree, Mayo, Tauaefa, Davis and Downs
My guess is for 2020  
idiotsavant : 10/22/2019 11:50 am : link
Connelly and Mayo plus two draft picks at ilb.

Including the first rounder possibly in the super quick ilb/s prospect and one heady heavier 'football player' type. Basically a sturdier heavier Connelly type that can crash down sometimes and zone pass D a bit.

Whereas your first rounder has to have actual safety level pass D skills.

As far as the middle of the field goes.

Connelly, Mayo and Pepper's are pieces of a puzzle. But you need serious speed and playmaking ability ball skills even from ilb, s, FS on back .

That's as high as 1,2,3.

Right now we don't have one single true free safety on the roster and haven't in forever if you count ball in the air skills. You need 2.

Love may be useful down the line but isn't the guy speed wise probably.

Once you have the ilb, s, FS at above average nfl level in terms of pass D, the corners we now have will do much better.

Similar to how certain types of run scheming helps OL.

You simply cannot keep trying to fit new high draftees in to something that's not working


oL, cb
RE: My guess is for 2020  
Rjanyg : 10/22/2019 12:07 pm : link
In comment 14640877 idiotsavant said:
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Connelly and Mayo plus two draft picks at ilb.

Including the first rounder possibly in the super quick ilb/s prospect and one heady heavier 'football player' type. Basically a sturdier heavier Connelly type that can crash down sometimes and zone pass D a bit.

Whereas your first rounder has to have actual safety level pass D skills.

As far as the middle of the field goes.

Connelly, Mayo and Pepper's are pieces of a puzzle. But you need serious speed and playmaking ability ball skills even from ilb, s, FS on back .

That's as high as 1,2,3.

Right now we don't have one single true free safety on the roster and haven't in forever if you count ball in the air skills. You need 2.

Love may be useful down the line but isn't the guy speed wise probably.

Once you have the ilb, s, FS at above average nfl level in terms of pass D, the corners we now have will do much better.

Similar to how certain types of run scheming helps OL.

You simply cannot keep trying to fit new high draftees in to something that's not working


oL, cb


Simmons from Clemson is your guy then.
This regime’s two favorite positions to stock w garbage  
giantsFC : 10/22/2019 12:27 pm : link
Swapping for each other. Cute
from what little we saw of him in Ex  
ColHowPepper : 10/22/2019 12:53 pm : link
I thought Dickerson was the most TE like (blocking, athleticism, catching) of all our so-called TEs
just curious  
GFiLA : 10/22/2019 12:54 pm : link
with the quality of this team for the last few years why don't we pilfer from others practice squads? I am pretty sure that there are players that are stashed on the practice squads that would be good additions to our team. Yes i understand that they might not contribute right away but we are not in the playoff hunt.

The cut and sign from the practice squad moves are not helping the team. There could be an argument to be made that these players know our system and could contribute to the team but this is short sighted. JMHO
Not happy losing Dickerson  
5BowlsSoon : 10/22/2019 2:18 pm : link
I thought he was our best blocking TE. I was hoping we would use him to help either Solder or Remmers against guys like Barrett and Jones.
Obviously DG calls, on these moves.  
TMS : 10/22/2019 3:47 pm : link
You got to believe or we are lost, and they are are out of work. Positives are, DGs drafts have been good. FA moves not so much but next year we have $$$ and a lot of promising newbies. Don't give it up yet. MO.
RE: just curious  
AcidTest : 10/22/2019 3:55 pm : link
In comment 14641014 GFiLA said:
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with the quality of this team for the last few years why don't we pilfer from others practice squads? I am pretty sure that there are players that are stashed on the practice squads that would be good additions to our team. Yes i understand that they might not contribute right away but we are not in the playoff hunt.

The cut and sign from the practice squad moves are not helping the team. There could be an argument to be made that these players know our system and could contribute to the team but this is short sighted. JMHO


We signed Skipper from the Steelers, and Pearce from the Chargers.
RE: from what little we saw of him in Ex  
D_Giants : 10/22/2019 8:20 pm : link
In comment 14641007 ColHowPepper said:
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I thought Dickerson was the most TE like (blocking, athleticism, catching) of all our so-called TEs


I agree completely.

Gentleman swaps players like people change clothes. No continuity. Ogletree’s bloated contract replaced Harrison’s but Ogletree is nothing special. This so-called rebuild is a constant merry-go-round of vastly overpaid, and often older FAs (Ogletree, Bethea, Solder), practice squad pickups and Cardinal castoffs, and mediocre draft picks (Baker) other than .
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