I was worried the Giants would repeat the mistakes of 2016 - spend absurd money in a desperation to win again. It worked for a year, but it was a sugar high.
Peter King said that Gettleman has a win or else mandate this year, but I’m not so sure that’s true given the philosophy thus far. The signings have filled needs, but aren’t breaking the bank. With a good draft next month, the tide can begin to turn. Strong drafts & supplement through FA, that is the way to build for sustainable success.
It really feels like everyone is buying into Joe Judge’s philosophy. I’m encouraged.
I'm thinking Martinez is very similar.
Boley was known for coverage. Martinez not as much
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I thought the Boley signing was sneeky good at the time, not a highlight reel guy, but does all the intangible things to do his job and show up on the stat sheet. Didn't quite live up to my highest hopes, but was a + guy for us for several years.
I'm thinking Martinez is very similar.
Boley was known for coverage. Martinez not as much
Maybe I read it wrong, but I didn't get the sense that CRB was making the comparison on a skill-set level.
ER (need 2 more really)
FS
OT (maybe 2 depending on if you think Fleming is a viable starter)
C
LB that can cover
Williams and Martinez especially were really luxury pickups with those holes.
Most of the things on your list weren't available.
There were a couple good options at center. Id have preferred a FA signing there to a draft pick.
Conklin would have cost a fortune at RT for marginal pass blocking. Severe overpay.
There were a couple options at LB, but again, you guys would have torn DG apart for the contracts.
We all know the story on EDGE. Do you overpay for Clowney?
They played the hand they were dealt without overspending in FA, and I think they did an ok job.
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I thought the Boley signing was sneeky good at the time, not a highlight reel guy, but does all the intangible things to do his job and show up on the stat sheet. Didn't quite live up to my highest hopes, but was a + guy for us for several years.
I'm thinking Martinez is very similar.
Boley was known for coverage. Martinez not as much
Maybe I read it wrong, but I didn't get the sense that CRB was making the comparison on a skill-set level.
Yeah, he was saying it was a similarly underrated signing not that he and Boley had the same skill set. It was a straw man.
1) Win now
2) Scrap and re start
3) Build solidly and methodically
Could be but that’s something we will never truly know. I guess I look at it somewhere in the middle that even if DG did try to win on the fly in 18, on his own terms, he didn’t exactly throw caution to the wind and burn everu future resource this franchise had coning. Anything but really. And in the end, DG did go scorched earth, something just about everyone here implored this franchise to do for years now. DG did exactly that, one lousy year ago, and those same fans that screamed for the scorched earth policy now rail against DG.
I just can’t get behind that line of thinking. That’s not being a DG fan boy as some here love to put it. We are two years into the rebuild folks. It these young pups DG brought in, and there’s a shit load of them, don’t turn into dogs I will pay for the gas tolls that we need to run DG outta here. But you have to give this some time.