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One big problem is our reliance on injured players.

cpgiants : 12/6/2021 10:49 pm
Saquon had a catastrophic injury and we relied on building an offense around him this year.

Golladay has an extensive injury history and we gave him 70 million dollars that no other team would give him.

Toney missed games in two of his four College season and we drafted him first.

Daniel Jones missed games every season of his career. Why did we think he was going to make it through this year?

Sam Beal took up a roster spot for three years and was literally never healthy enough to play.

Sheperd misses more games than he plays every season.

Odell missed games every season that he was a giant.

Slayton has always had a tendency to get nicked up.

Next year I can confidently say that the following players will not be the same: Martinez, gates, rodarious williams. Lemieux and peppers maybe ok.

Every team has injuries but we have injury-prone players that we rely on heavily as a part of next year's plan every year.

Maybe chalk it all up to bad luck, but will we learn?






Injuries are part of the game  
dancing blue bear : 12/6/2021 11:30 pm : link
We are more in tune to our own but it’s all over the league.

Rosters are relatively small. And contracts allow only so much flex. Counting on players coming off injuries is part of it.

This “program” is young. We are still building our front line players. Depth. True depth takes time

Then there is luck or lack thereof. We got cluster bombed this year on OL AND WR.

Even losin Barkley last year “our best player”( I’m not looking to debate this) we were relatively lucky with injuries overall last year. This year not

I get your point, but those guys mentioned had not had a major injury prior to signing or drafting.

Just my opinion
Don't forget they basically went the summer expecting Lemieux  
Matt M. : 12/6/2021 11:40 pm : link
to be healthy and ready for the start of the season. It wasn't until the 11th hour that they addressed his absence.
when shane got injured  
dancing blue bear : 12/6/2021 11:52 pm : link
and the vets retired they did what they could to get players. by the end of august there is not much left.
RE: when shane got injured  
sb from NYT Forum : 12/7/2021 1:15 am : link
In comment 15484866 dancing blue bear said:
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and the vets retired they did what they could to get players. by the end of august there is not much left.


One of the 2 "vets" they signed, they signed on July 31, and he retired 4 days later. So let's not pretend that the Giants were caught flat-footed with that one.
no doubt  
dancing blue bear : 12/7/2021 1:44 am : link
they also lost a cpl of their developmental guys in the summer too. murphy and Harrison? and a tackle i thought.

regardless, the point is the OL has def had clustered injuries. I wanted them to draft a guard this year as the depth was not great but Gates, shane and Thomas were def our 3 best. We counted on development from them and especially Peart (which really hurt). The OL improved through out last season, and many were excited at the young guys we had.
Golladay was a calculated gamble.  
Big Blue Blogger : 12/7/2021 3:51 pm : link
Maybe not a good one, but you can defend it based on the "Best available answer to an obvious need." Same with Adoree Jackson. I guess you can go all the way back to Nate Solder in a similar vein, as well as Shepard's contract/restructure and drafting Toney.

Some of the decisions on players with known, current injuries are real head-scratchers. the Rudolph signing and Barkley's Year 5 option are glaring examples.
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