| According to @MattLombardoNFL, there's a feeling inside the NFL that Giants GM Dave Gettleman is enamored with Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith. #TogetherBlue #NFLDraft |
I take everything Lombardo says with a grain of salt. Think he's by far the worst Giants best writer, but I hope this is true.
I would absolutely love for the Giants to draft Smith. If we added him we'd probably have the best receiving corp in the NFL. Golladay & Smith on the outside with Shep in the slot. Slayton & John Ross as WR4 and WR5 ππ»ππ»ππ»ππ»ππ»ππ»
Leaks and all this crap...it's nonsense. And letting the world know what you want isn't always the worst tact to take. How the hell do you trade up or down if you can't tell other teams what you want?
Trading up, even if this team doesn't have as many needs as you think, is a bad idea. We're three years removed from the foundation crumbling while DG tried desperately to simultaneously build both the lineup and the pipeline. The starting lineup is close to finished, but the pipeline is still very much a work in progress.
Trading up this year would be a terrible idea, IMO.
Oh, no!
A team might trade up in front of us to draft a WR in a WR-heavy draft class? And doing so might force another prospect down to us?
Whatever will we do?
Nope. Sorry. The most likely explanation is there were never really any leaks to begin with, save for maybe 1-2-3 instances (Barkley) and DG was never making all the decisions here. He was never the end all be all voice. Just like it's been here for the last 40 years. The GM works with the HC and the scouts and everyone else and a collaborative decision is made.
Judge has helped the cause. That doesn't mean the Giants have dramatically shifted or changed their entire methodology. Judge knows WTF he's doing where as McAdoo and Shurmur didn't.
Thou dost protest too much in just one little post...
I can't imagine why. Especially since your post basically suggests that the GM's office has been running smoothly as it ever has, and the only blip in the team W-L record was having McAdoo/Shurmur as head coaches.
I think Pitts, Chase (didn't like the interview with him just replayed on NFL radio; sounded as dumb as a box of rocks)
Really? I've heard Chase interviews before and though he doesn't speak like he's giving a TED Talk, from a football perspective he gave thoughtful answers to the questions being asked of him
@SharpFootball
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Dave Gettleman has made:
55 picks in the NFL draft over
8 drafts as a GM with
2 teams
and
HAS NEVER TRADED DOWN
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Beyond Gettleman, the Giants havenβt traded down in the first round since 2006 when they moved down for Sinorice Moss.
@SharpFootball
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Dave Gettleman has made:
55 picks in the NFL draft over
8 drafts as a GM with
2 teams
and
HAS NEVER TRADED DOWN Link - ( New Window )
We have a lazy and unimaginative person for a GM.
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Warren Sharp
@SharpFootball
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Dave Gettleman has made:
55 picks in the NFL draft over
8 drafts as a GM with
2 teams
and
HAS NEVER TRADED DOWN Link - ( New Window )
We have a lazy and unimaginative person for a GM.
What a lazy and unimaginative post. You pay your college scouts handsomely for this. When they tell you a player available is by far better than anyone else on the board are you supposed to trade down and risk losing that player when the picks you will get are, in the opinions of your scouts, not enough to make up the difference? Gettleman may have the final say, but he doesnβt operate in a vacuum like Kevin Costner. Does that mean that I agree with the calls? No. I think there was one offer on what ended up being Barkley pick that he probably should have used more time getting to an acceptable level, but I was not there so I canβt say whether it was merely good starting offer and never anything more. The one thing about Gettleman is that he does not throw his scouts under the bus. Notice we have never found out who was really pushing Baker. That makes me wonder if some of his effusive language is real vs. taking heat off of the scouts.