Sterling Shepard has missed 6 games this year

Even if he stayed on the field, they are unjustified

there's no other option, just too unreliable for significant cap allocation.

I am hard pressed to remember a more injury prone contract burden player in my life time. We extended him then back loaded his money again. For what? A slot receiver that never plays.

unless he takes a pay cut.

he needs to go.

unfortunately, the giants have only added other WRs who can't stay on the field (toney, golladay).

is the Giants way. He is not worth the money without the injuries. Complete waste of resources.

Pretty clear based on his contract he’s a cap casualty this off-season

I wonder who signed him at those hilariously bad contract terms. Oh, that's right.

Can we bring back Golden Tate please?

if Shepherd is cut. While it is frustrating to have him miss multiple games due to various leg injuries, Barkley, Golloday and Toney all missed multiple games this year.

It also always takes him several weeks to return, no matter the injury. And oft injured player that is slow to heal is not ideal.

Is always hurt.

In comment 15472227 BigBlueShock said:

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It also always takes him several weeks to return, no matter the injury. And oft injured player that is slow to heal is not ideal.

I doubt he actually has a "quad" injury... a month after he got hurt and he still is not practicing. I'm guessing it is his hamstring again.

of egregious roster decisions this Front Office has made.

And I think we are one of the NFL leader's in Front Office egregious decisions over the past several years...

In comment 15472226 kdog77 said:

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if Shepherd is cut. While it is frustrating to have him miss multiple games due to various leg injuries, Barkley, Golloday and Toney all missed multiple games this year.

Ok that certainly eases the pain using Barkley as an example

committed to slot WRs and RB. This is not what building from the lines out looks like.

but every year, we hear, "He looks really good in camp, this is is year!"

In comment 15472207 averagejoe said:

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is the Giants way. He is not worth the money without the injuries. Complete waste of resources.

60 catches a year isn't "JAG".

However he's really only worth half this much due to his inability to stay in the lineup.

He's a good WR2 on a team when healthy. Runs good routes, has good hands.

..because he won't be here.

He's a player that has peaked and probably will only produce diminishing returns the rest of his career.

Future is Toney and I guess due to his contract, Golladay. I'd expect them to draft a WR.

I find it interesting how he came out of camp like gang busters looking more explosive than ever and now his legs are falling apart. Remember the articles about the staff calling him when Toney was drafted?

Also interesting how the nagging injuries this year seem contagious. Several ankles, then hamstrings, now quads.

good player when healthy, just can't count on the guy

is he's also one concussion away from forced retirement, imho.

It's really unfortunate, football is a very difficult game.

60 catches may not be JAG, but that average yardage and TD total is.

J-A-G

In comment 15472293 Eric from BBI said:

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60 catches may not be JAG, but that average yardage and TD total is.

I suppose, but stretching the field is not why you keep him around. 60 catches in 10-12 games a year with this anemic offense is pretty good imho, at least.

We'll agree to disagree on this.

The Giants have had a lot of really great slot receivers in recent years (Steve Smith, Victor Cruz).

I don't see anything from Shepard that wows me as a slot receiver, especially in the red zone. What he does now I think you could get from a WR who costs $1-2 million per year.

we all have a short term memory

Shep got a hot start early in his career and was looking promising. And when he did sign he got a contract that was somewhere in the Tyler Boyd / Cole Beasley range so lets not say that we didn't get the going rate for a WR of his caliber.

Also I think people underrate how good Eli was at making WRs better (Nicks, Smith, Cruz ...)

In comment 15472219 Dave in Hoboken said:

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I wonder who signed him at those hilariously bad contract terms. Oh, that's right.

Our future ex-GM and our future GM.

We’re fucked.

👎

by Giants fans. Aside from injuries (which is a lot) he's the epitome of mediocre, but relative to the Gettleman era roster he has been one of our top targets. I think a lot of fans can't see him for what he is in absolute terms or relative to starters across the league.

Giants vision was a bit clouded on him.

He was their best Wide Receiver, in a sea of trash wide receivers.

On any other team, hes a JAG slot WR. Injury prone on that.

It's a shame the cap was in such disarray that they had to restructure him. They drafted his replacement, who in limited time, is more a threat to an NFL defense.

In comment 15472204 japanhead said:

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he needs to go. unfortunately, the giants have only added other WRs who can't stay on the field (toney, golladay).

Neither can Toney so far....:(

was signed. Most of us were happy to resign Shep, but not at those numbers. It's crazy, about the only thing I thought DG had going for him was that he didn't fall in love with his own players, and was pretty good about holding firm with what he perceived their value to be (see: Norman, Josh). That went out the window with the Giants and some of the albatross contracts he has handed out.

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That is such a good paint - he played such hardball with both Norman and Steve Smith - both fan favorites, on what their value was to the team

he's always hurt or playing hurt. He's good when healthy, but he hasn't been that since his rookie year. It was a waste of a signing. What's worse is we then signed another guy also know to be injured a lot...who then gets injured. Then Toney. This team is snakebit at wr every year

In comment 15472226 kdog77 said:

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if Shepherd is cut. While it is frustrating to have him miss multiple games due to various leg injuries, Barkley, Golloday and Toney all missed multiple games this year.

And yet, DG/KA chose SS as one of their restructures to make the cap work this year.

Complete fucking dysfunction.

Hurr durr.

but he followed it up by overpaying Shep and Tate. That's the DG era in a nutshell - lot of activity, no achievement.

In comment 15472387 Section331 said:

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was signed. Most of us were happy to resign Shep, but not at those numbers. It's crazy, about the only thing I thought DG had going for him was that he didn't fall in love with his own players, and was pretty good about holding firm with what he perceived their value to be (see: Norman, Josh). That went out the window with the Giants and some of the albatross contracts he has handed out.

No it wasn't, look at what a WR of his caliber was getting at that time. This was within the ballpark. He hasn't stayed healthy the past 3 years - sure, but his contract wasn't ridiculous.

Receiver.

JAG. Be nice if he could play. But JAG

In comment 15472340 widmerseyebrow said:

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by Giants fans. Aside from injuries (which is a lot) he's the epitome of mediocre, but relative to the Gettleman era roster he has been one of our top targets. I think a lot of fans can't see him for what he is in absolute terms or relative to starters across the league.

Has he been overrated or has he simply been 1 of the fan favorites?

Sometimes liking her player or Suggesting that they're having a good game or a good season is seen by people here As overly flattering... IOW, Reason for verbal fisticuffs.

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was signed. Most of us were happy to resign Shep, but not at those numbers. It's crazy, about the only thing I thought DG had going for him was that he didn't fall in love with his own players, and was pretty good about holding firm with what he perceived their value to be (see: Norman, Josh). That went out the window with the Giants and some of the albatross contracts he has handed out.

I think the subsequent restructure was worse than the original deal. But yeah, more cap/roster awesomeness from DG.

He is a good player when he plays. Sucks that it is so infrequent

In comment 15472208 Tuckrule said:

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Pretty clear based on his contract he’s a cap casualty this off-season

Indeed, and a worthy replacement he IS. Can't stay on the field either. Didn't he have this problem in school? Plays his butt off, but can't stay well. Of course, all teams have injuries, just seems as if the Giants always have more, at either critical positions, or their most promising players.

or cut him in general after this season. He’s a nice #2/3 level receiver when healthy, but that is a very rare occasion. You can’t pay an above average slot receiver 12-13M per year when they miss 5 games plus every season.

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In comment 15472208 Tuckrule said: Quote: Pretty clear based on his contract he’s a cap casualty this off-season Indeed, and a worthy replacement he IS. Can't stay on the field either. Didn't he have this problem in school? Plays his butt off, but can't stay well. Of course, all teams have injuries, just seems as if the Giants always have more, at either critical positions, or their most promising players.

It is concerning. I recall one of the draft “experts”, it may have been Kiper, saying Toney is electric but is going to have to learn when some plays are over or he is going to get hurt. That seems to be an accurate observation at the moment.

will save much cutting Shep (using OTC)

2023 is a different story though. His contract doesn't make to let him go until 23, IIRC.

have the same career path due to injuries/games missed, that players rarely come back from/or return to form?

Not to detract from original topic of Shep, but like another had summarized above, Shep has a high ceiling and will only have a few good games a year and then be "nicked up" with something 3/4th the season with some type "injury".

While I'm optimistic about both of their careers being great, there have been countless retired players that had their careers cut short (or just flat out can't play any longer) for similar reasons as Shep/Barkley. The odds are against this guys me thinks.

a year or so ago that if you look at their stats, Shepard is pretty much the same player as Chris Calloway. But Shep came with much higher expectations as a 2nd rounder than Calloway did as a Plan B guy playing mainly with Dave Brown & Danny Kanell.

This guy just can't stay healthy.