Reuben Randle article

the answer is ELI FREAKIN MANNING lolol

I take exception to this leading statement:

The Giants’ Rueben Randle was an overachieving wideout who elevated his quarterback’s numbers.

Jfc

Who was elevated by the qb. That line above couldn’t be further from the truth.

even if you say Eli raised his play, he still had good numbers for a guy that is out of football at 26 or so. There are plenty of guys who bounce around the NFL never doing anything. I was expecting to hear someone say he did something wrong in his personal life or whatever. I would imagine Odell played a huge roll in his numbers. Nonetheless, I thought it was interesting.

Never saw Randle play a down in the NFL. I’m not saying he was terrible, but jeez those stats are mightily deceiving. To characterize him as some scrappy overachiever is just laughable. Guy was taken with a premium pick and play slow and sloppy at the pro level.

I think the rest of the NFL were laughing at the Giants. McShay and Kipwr probably gave that draft a good grade.

Eli was able to get him the deep ball and he was able to catch them over and over again, it takes two to tango.

The simple answer is he was not a hard worker and he ran a ton of wrong routes, so did Mario Manningham. The second he got to Philadelphia all Eagles fans will tell you was he soaked up the contract, but no work in, didn’t learn the offense and is largely considered a lazy loafer

When you go to the Eagles and shit the bed, consider yourself done

Reuben Randall need an article.

you would think SOMEONE would have taken a flier on him. If I remember correctly, he let it be known that he didn’t have a passion for football. I think that’s what screwed him.

In comment 14681022 mattyblue said:

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even if you say Eli raised his play, he still had good numbers for a guy that is out of football at 26 or so. There are plenty of guys who bounce around the NFL never doing anything. I was expecting to hear someone say he did something wrong in his personal life or whatever. I would imagine Odell played a huge roll in his numbers. Nonetheless, I thought it was interesting.

Agree, I don’t want even kill the guy as he was a starting WR in the NFL. Just that the opening line jumps out at you...

was that Randle was cut by the Winnepeg Blue Bombers in 2018 after playing for them in the pre-season in 2018.

it's harsh but true. and it was to such an extent it significantly affected his play and preparation.

In comment 14681017 djm said:

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I take exception to this leading statement: The Giants’ Rueben Randle was an overachieving wideout who elevated his quarterback’s numbers. Jfc

Holy Fucksake. I hope Dep never reads that line of horse shit.

and drafting him was even worse.

In comment 14681097 David B. said:

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Reuben Randall need an article.

This post pretty much sums it up.

that he was playing hurt most of his NFL career, from a leg injury he suffered at LSU. I was in New Orleans for the 52-49 shootout in 2015, and a few of the locals were talking to me about all the flak Randle seemed to be getting unjustly. Not that I agree he was as this article describes, but hearing it from multiple people in different parts of the country say that he was hindered by a college injury was interesting. Oddly enough, Randle was the player who produced the most from that draft for the Giants.

Speaking of hindsight, knowing what we know now, I'd have traded our entire draft stock from 2012 just to take Luke Kuechly.

I also very much wanted Doug Martin if we were taking a RB, he reminded me of Tiki Barber in a lot of ways.

That draft is the biggest reason Reese is no longer a GM in the NFL.

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and drafting him was even worse.

"Terrible"? umm that's a bit of a stretch don't you think

You should probably check out his stats, 2015 he had 8 TDS and had 2,600 yards over his 4 year career.

He was a productive receiver here: a tribute to the staff and the qb.

Reese was a God-awful GM.

In comment 14681474 HomerJones45 said:

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He was a productive receiver here: a tribute to the staff and the qb. Reese was a God-awful GM.

What I recall best about the drafting of Randle was Reese's loud repeated proclamation that Randle was "NFL ready!" Regarding his ability to run the full route tree.

Nothing could have been further from the truth, it turned out.

In comment 14681316 SomeFan said:

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and drafting him was even worse.

At least he was productive.

Sinorice Moss. Now that was a waste of draft picks.

In comment 14681474 HomerJones45 said:

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He was a productive receiver here: a tribute to the staff and the qb. Reese was a God-awful GM.

You have to love the double standard, no matter how much proof there is to the contrary.

Something good, thank God for Eli and TC. Something bad? All on Reese.

I guess Coughlin was going to those combines and sitting there with the stopwatch because he had no input on the draft. Especially ironic, given his tenure as a WR coach with the team early in his career and his reputation for developing WRs. Reese must have just forced him to take Randle at gunpoint.

draft history but prior to that his FA signings were HUGE.

Not sure why people cant remember or give credit for this.

Antonio Pierce was a UFA backup linebacker from Wash, K. Mitchell was pivotal in the 07 run, traded with the Chiefs to get Tynes who had some very clutch kicks, Ohara was a journeyman Center, Then there is Plax

then in 2010 he signed Canty, Bernard, Boley, Rolle who peaked in 2011 run. He scouted and developed Victor Cruz

Other notable signings, Dwayne Harris who finally gave the Giants a legit KP/PR, DRC who was one of my favorite players and then there was the 2017 season with Jenkins, Snacks and OV

yes Reese had a few misses too like Schwartz, Newhouse, Q Demps but his history when signing FA's should be commended.

In comment 14681539 Rory said:
[quote] draft history but prior to that his FA signings were HUGE.

Not sure why people cant remember or give credit for this.

Antonio Pierce was a UFA backup linebacker from Wash, K. Mitchell was pivotal in the 07 run, traded with the Chiefs to get Tynes who had some very clutch kicks, Ohara was a journeyman Center, Then there is Plax

then in 2010 he signed Canty, Bernard, Boley, Rolle who peaked in 2011 run. He scouted and developed Victor Cruz

Other notable signings, Dwayne Harris who finally gave the Giants a legit KP/PR, DRC who was one of my favorite players and then there was the 2017 season with Jenkins, Snacks and OV

yes Reese had a few misses too like Schwartz, Newhouse, Q Demps but his history when signing FA's should be commended.

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05 FA signings were Ernie Accorsi. To JR's credit he had quite a few hits with skill position players.

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In comment 14681316 SomeFan said: Quote: and drafting him was even worse. "Terrible"? umm that's a bit of a stretch don't you think You should probably check out his stats, 2015 he had 8 TDS and had 2,600 yards over his 4 year career.

Ok, I’ll give him mediocre and better than Tim Carter and Sinorice.