Imagine if they had taken Nelson and Ramczyk instead of SB and EE .
Both those guys have talent but it is largely wasted because of poor OL
And this is not Tuesday Morning quarterbacking. Everyone tabbed Nelson as a perennial pro bowler. Ramczyk May have exceeded expectations but most had him pegged as a solid player.
Instead we have turned into the Redskins, getting skill players before we have the guys who can block for them
Jones and Barkley don't even have a chance on most plays.
YES! Gettleman came in saying everything was about the lines then he grabbed the first shiny object he saw.
Good point on Flowers. But you have to realize when a guy sucks. And if he does suck, it does not matter that you spent a high, you still need to get a LT.
I didn't think we'd take an RB at 2 that year. Wasn't sold on the QB's.
Hey, let's take the best Defender.
Also, would've taken TJ Watt when we took Engram.
But, nah, we don't want the brother of the Def POY, who is a pretty solid dude & work out maniac.
Wasn’t a serious red flag. Cowboys, Colts, Niners have excellent OLs All winning teams.
Nelson made all pro his first year. Probably already the best guard in the league. He was the BPA.
The only argument against him is that you don’t take a guard that low but then the same is true of RB.
Flowers, Pugh, and richburg were three high picks they had.
Pugh and richburg and flowers are all starring right now for other teams. Richburg is playing very well and pugh is ok.
The fact of the matter is OLine play across the league is bad. Giants just do much less off rythyn then many teams. And their pass rush is awful so we as giants fans don't see qbs running for their life but it's an epidemic.
The problem is they had an aging washed up Eli and now a rookie QB who has no plus WR options and unimpressive coaching.
Line is a symptom.of.the issue but probably not the major cause
The Giants simply don't know how to evaluate OLs anymore. Same with LBs and safeties.
True, he should have been a top 5 pick. It really ticks me off that the Giants think they're too good to draft a top prospect because of a stupid smoking video. So they reach for Apple, wasn't much other talent around at that spot. It was probably a combination of having flowers and the video.
yes. or trade back for a boat load of picks.
The Giants simply don't know how to evaluate OLs anymore. Same with LBs and safeties.
I vaguely recall the stat during a Pats game that no one on the OL was drafted before the 6th round.
The Giants simply don't know how to evaluate OLs anymore. Same with LBs and safeties.
Bingo. Add some bad coaching to the equation and you get where the Giants are today.
In theory, he might be great but if the OL is so bad that can’t open holes, what does it matter?
Now Booger is right that coaching staff needs to get Saquon
In space as they did on the pass play. And Tiki is right that Saquon has to
Learn to take the short gains and not try to break every play
But RB have short shelf
Lives and Giants are wasting Saquons prime because they put the cart before the horse
Whoever is evaluating these players didn't do a good job and our coaches also failed in developing a lineman.
Eventually these picks and FA signings need to work out and we can't just stop tying to upgrade other positions while we wait.
2nd RD - Snee
FA - 3rd - McKenzie
5th - Deihl
UDFA - Suebert
UDFA - O'hara
They drafted Pugh, Richburg & Flowers (2-1's and a 2nd)
Pugh when healthy can play. Richburgh is playing well in SF. Flowers is playing fine in Was
Do people remember that Joeckel, Cooper, Warmack & Fluker were all OL drafted in top 11 who failed
For every J. Matthews you get G. Robinson For every Bitonio you get Sua Filo, Kouandjio, Mewhart,
For every Scherff you get Flowers, Ogbuhei, Humphries
Think about how lucky Dallas has actually been - they got 3 1st rd OL who all panned out plus a FA that only wanted to sign there
The Giants problem is since Deihl, they have developed nothing, nada, zilch as far as OL drafted middle, late & UDFA
Jones and Barkley don't even have a chance on most plays.
But since they almost never trade back when they are drafting that high (how many years has it been now?), they want to stick with the philosophy of "don't get cute," despite have limited resources in terms of draft picks to restock the roster.
The constant harping on drsfting positions is tiresome.The draft is for building a talent pool by selecting the best players.
FA is for filling holes.
The problem is that they chose the wrong players in FA and the previous regime left them no OL talent.
The Flowers selection is a perfect example of why your proposal is horse shit.
Gettleman has a different approach, and is more likely to draft OLs high, but he still isn't likely to reach for OLs if higher-rated players are available. (you can argue the D is STILL a bigger need).
What needs to happens is for OL value to meet need when they pick in the first 3 rounds.
The Giants simply don't know how to evaluate OLs anymore. Same with LBs and safeties.
I agree, they don't know how to evaluate OL.
I don't think they trust themselves to do it anymore. I mean they drafted Henandez and GAA in the last 2 years. That's it...
I pointed out a few days ago, the last decent OL player they drafted and developed was Chris Snee. They have gone 15 drafts since then and the best they have to show for it is Will Beatty and and Will Hernandez.
Consider just how inept you have to be to achieve such a poor record in drafting OL.
Now consider this... The Giants have not changed their scouting department during that whole time.
You are a good poster, but what the hell does this mean?
You can't be seriously suggesting that this team has bee doing right with how they have addressed the position.
Yes. Was Barkley "clearly" the best player in the draft? It is a valid argument that Nelson was.
At least Beckham plays a premium position. Zack Martin isn't better than Quentin Nelson, and RB is not a premium position.
The NY Giants have no clue how to find good O-lineman using any of these avenues.
The problem isn't that good lineman don't exist, its our management just don't know what they are doing...
2nd RD - Snee
FA - 3rd - McKenzie
5th - Deihl
UDFA - Suebert
UDFA - O'hara
They drafted Pugh, Richburg & Flowers (2-1's and a 2nd)
Pugh when healthy can play. Richburgh is playing well in SF. Flowers is playing fine in Was
Do people remember that Joeckel, Cooper, Warmack & Fluker were all OL drafted in top 11 who failed
For every J. Matthews you get G. Robinson For every Bitonio you get Sua Filo, Kouandjio, Mewhart,
For every Scherff you get Flowers, Ogbuhei, Humphries
Think about how lucky Dallas has actually been - they got 3 1st rd OL who all panned out plus a FA that only wanted to sign there
The Giants problem is since Deihl, they have developed nothing, nada, zilch as far as OL drafted middle, late & UDFA
So what does this mean?
That they should just not bother trying?
What does missing on players have to do with it going forward.
You just keep going and say, oh well the OL sucks but we spent 2 firsts and a second... Good enough.
That isn't how it works. You have to keep bringing in players until you have it fixed.
Although, the team needs to seriously consider just how bad it's scouting dept. has been in this regard.
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You are a good poster, but what the hell does this mean?
You can't be seriously suggesting that this team has bee doing right with how they have addressed the position.
They've infused plenty of resources into the OL, but their choices and decisions have proven well below average. It's clear they've failed on this front, Reese's regime in particular.
Drafting on OL no matter what, in lieu of what are likely more talented players with higher NFL upside, is short-sighted and frankly it's silly. And yet, predictably after watching the Cowboys OL chew up our under-talented front seven, the threads magically reappear yet again.
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is probably the most boring debate here.
You are a good poster, but what the hell does this mean?
You can't be seriously suggesting that this team has bee doing right with how they have addressed the position.
They've infused plenty of resources into the OL, but their choices and decisions have proven well below average. It's clear they've failed on this front, Reese's regime in particular.
Drafting on OL no matter what, in lieu of what are likely more talented players with higher NFL upside, is short-sighted and frankly it's silly. And yet, predictably after watching the Cowboys OL chew up our under-talented front seven, the threads magically reappear yet again.
The problem is that you simply cannot address the position in FA anymore. Decent OL guys aren't there to be had. The O'Hara's and McKenzies get signed before they hit FA. And high in the draft, the grades on players are more distinct, so yeah, you don't want to be reaching for OL guys. However, there are times where a trade is the right thing. Also once you get to the 3rd round or so, you get more and more players with similar grades. There has to be OL players that grade out good enough for the pick. The Giants just haven't been picking them. In the last 4 drafts they have taken 1 in the second, 1 in the 6th, and 1 in the 7th.
3 players, that's it... All the while, everybody has known that the OL sucked and the cupboard was bear.
You can't possibly condone the lack of attention that this position has gotten.
If Giants cut Solder and he goes back to NE,!he will suddenly look good again
Sure, but in the last 4 years they've barely brought in anybody in lower rounds.
Whenever they have a highly touted prospect, just take that guy and call it a day. I mean, I know there is more to it than that but it's really not as hard as we're making it out to be.
The Giants do not do any of the above well and haven’t for a while now creating one of the biggest causes for the teams decline no matter who is quarterbacking or coaching or playing RB.
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they have invested two first round picks, two second round picks, traded for a starting OG, and spent many millions of dollars on free agent OL. They should have a top flight OL. They have addressed the problem over and over, but they keep picking the wrong guys. That's on the scouting. This idea that they have ignored the OL is infuriatingly wrong...
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Agree with this, but the coaching has to be held accountable too. And not just on the OL. Does anybody ever improve after the Giants "coach them up"? As I see it, a good coach is a teacher who adapts scheme to the personnel.I don't see that anywhere. The only sector that has improved post Reese regime is ST under McGaughey. Bettcher gets 5 young strong DLs and plays TWO against one of the best OLs and RBs in the league? Sickening. Draft Baker who is known as a strong press corner and drop in 10 yds off the line on 3rd and 8? THe two OTs stink, but do they give them any help? A TE or WR chip? ANything?
Richburg probably being the least of the reaches at 43.
we picked pugh before literally 7 pro-bowl players, the next tackle taken was about 24 spots after, probably where a guy with pugh's talent should've been taken.
we don't scout the position well at all.
The Giants do not do any of the above well and haven’t for a while now creating one of the biggest causes for the teams decline no matter who is quarterbacking or coaching or playing RB.
I have seen that point all along. I'm not even suggesting that every high pick has to be OL, but the Giants don't even pick guys in lower rounds.
In those past 6 years touted above, they have drafted 2 in the 6th and 2 in the 7th. Nothing in round 3 through 5 (which is where you will get most of those pipeline guys). They drafted 8 players with 49 picks.
2 each in rounds 1, 2, 6 and 7. That represents an average/balanced investment over 8 pick. That represents about 14% of their total draft capital for a position group that represents 23% of the players on the field. What's more is that it is a position that requires more drafting than other positions because good players are hard to find and don't become available in FA anymore. So a team probably be spending about 30% of their draft capital on the OL.
To achieve the prospect of hitting on some of those lower round picks, you actually have to pick them! You can say the Giants have invested in their OL, but the reality is, that their investment is less than half what it needs to be to achieve average success.
On top of that, they are shitty at scouting the position. Put together shitty coaching, shitty scouting, shitty free agency, and an investment of less than half what it should be, and you have the mess that is the Giant's OL.
The coaching and the scouting needs to be addressed for sure. But so does the lack of investment in the draft!
Even after the picks of Pugh, Richburg and Flowers. Just because you spent some high picks, doesn't mean you are done. If those players bust, you have to keep working on it. You have to keep investing. The Giants have virtually stopped investing...