It's 2020 and in this fantasy land scenario, Dave Gettleman has been fired and you have been brought in to interview with Mara and Tisch based on your legendary career as internet poster on The Corner Forum at BBI (all the blood, sweat and tendinitis finally paying off).
You meet the two owners separately. Tisch keeps it simple; you can have one WR in their prime from the list below, who are you choosing?
Mara takes it a step further - of the WR's listed below, all in their prime, who are you picking to be your two outside WR's and who are you picking for the slot?
And the contenders are.....
Amani Toomer
Prime Season: 2002
Stats: 82 catches, 1,343 yards, 8 TDs
Plaxico Burress
Prime Season: 2005
Stats: 76 catches, 1,214 yards, 7 TDs
Steve Smith
Prime Season: 2009
Stats: 107 catches, 1,220 yards, 7 TDs
Hakeem Nicks
Prime Season: 2011
Stats: 76 catches, 1,192 yards, 7 TDs
Victor Cruz
Prime Season: 2011
Stats: 82 catches, 1,536 yards, 9 TDs
Odell Beckham Jr.
Prime Season: 2015
Stats: 96 catches, 1,450 yards, 13 TDs
The Giants future rests in your hands.
Cruz - Slot
Plax - Outside
Outside, give me Burress and Toomer.
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Smith in the slot. Of all the receivers we had over those years Smith was my favorite to watch.
Smith is the one who I included on this list because you can't deny his stats, but I don't think he has the kind of ability and impact on defenses that the other guys do.
I'd be interested to hear the case of Smith over Cruz in the slot.
I'd also love to hear Terps' argument for Smith. I'll start with one point: Smith was a terrific blocker out of the slot, an extremely under-rated tool among the tools who opine here. He was a first down machine, I believe, and had more reliable hands than Cruz for the typical play, if not the spectacular catch ability of OBJ or Cruz...
He was the best route runner of the bunch, but the worst run after catch guy. He had trouble tracking and catching balls over the shoulder.
But his blocking was unmatched until Shepard showed up here.
With Saquon on the roster, the blocking increases in value.
Plax has the obvious height advantage, but Nicks is better after the catch. If off the field factors play a role in the decision, it sways in Nicks favor, but even if sticking to strictly on the football field, I can't decide between the two.
Cruz slot
I know he was a pain in the ass here but the guy was ridiculously good for 3-4 years. No other wr here can say that. Cruz was awesome 1-2 years. Nicks was good to great 3 years. Toomer had the long good career. Plax was nicks but different style. Beckham was ridiculous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Glyscx2J54 - ( New Window )
Bottom line is, if the giants were a better team from 2014-2018 beckham would be deified here and for good reason. He’d also still be playing here. Make no mistake, Beckham did his part to help this team win.
Bottom line is, if the giants were a better team from 2014-2018 beckham would be deified here and for good reason... Make no mistake, Beckham did his part to help this team win.
But you can't and shouldn't nevermind the off the field drama. nor can you ignore that he shit the bed in the playoffs following an ill-advised boat excursion!
You can't and shouldn't ignore those aspects of his tenure with the Giants.
Do so at your own peril. Just ask John Dorsey...
Give me Plaxico and Nicks on the outside and Cruz or Steve Smith in the slot.
Cruz in the Slot..
DONE..
damn.. that video hurt... we had SO many good WR's who got hurt...
One thing Reese COULD do... find WR's
Slot: Cruz - easy pick
Outside2: Homer Jones - okay, I guess you are talking about this century.
Outside2: Plax [pre-gun shot] - very difficult pick. Nicks was tough as hell and Toomer was clutch, nifty, and fast.
Good luck defending that.
I will say this tough...I think Toomer is a vastly underrated WR. He took a couple of years to really take off, but he was a very nice PR early on. Then the knock was that he didn't have the burner speed, but he had a knack for getting behind DBs. He had some excellent years here late in his career and he was the absolute best at body control to stay inbounds.