Two weeks in a row, major pressure is coming right up the middle. I know it's not all on Feliciano, but it seems C is a pretty major weak link. I notice on the depth chart, there is no backup C right now. I doubt Gates will play this year, so who would be the best option if Feliciano doesn't improve soon?
I can't find it, nor have I seen it mentioned again but essentially it said that he received a call from his sibling that their toddler had passed away.
Not sure if true, but I remember being shocked that he was suiting up with that news.
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on the BBI depth chart, there is no backup center, but I was thinking maybe Bredeson might be the guy, if or when Lemieux comes back or Ezeudu becomes more capable of playing LG full time.
Anyone know approx when Lemieux might be coming back?
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where has he "brung" us? Yeah, we're 2-0, but it's despite his play. I doubt Daboll thinks that way.
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Feliciano is your starter until an investment is made next offseason at the position...
where has he "brung" us? Yeah, we're 2-0, but it's despite his play. I doubt Daboll thinks that way.
You mean the coach that brought him here to be the starter?
Look, we don't have any Center on the roster. Feliciano is it for this one season until Schoen regroups and looks to make an investment next year.
Anyone know approx return date for Lemieux?
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Feliciano is your starter until an investment is made next offseason at the position...
where has he "brung" us? Yeah, we're 2-0, but it's despite his play. I doubt Daboll thinks that way.
You mean the coach that brought him here to be the starter?
Look, we don't have any Center on the roster. Feliciano is it for this one season until Schoen regroups and looks to make an investment next year.
Yeah, Daboll brought him here, but I don't think he's so arrogant or stubborn that he would continue starting him if it continues to be a problem and there's a better option.
And the good thing is you can always pay for good guard or centers that hit the FA market if you want now that we will have cap space going forward.
Good tackles don't hit the open market but good interior lineman are always available via FA too if we aren't looking to spend another high pick on the OL.
Our two most recent SB runs has us signing Sean O'Hara and David Bass who were key contributors to both runs.
I can see Daboll being more patient, simply because there's no easy alternative and I hope Feliciano improves, but I can't see Daboll sticking with him if he doesn't improve once there is another option.
me too!
I can see Daboll being more patient, simply because there's no easy alternative and I hope Feliciano improves, but I can't see Daboll sticking with him if he doesn't improve once there is another option.
Good lord...Daboll isn't making an exception for Feliciano because he brought him here. He brought him here to be the starter for a year.
Free Agency and the draft are over so the options to replace him aren't all the strong on Sept 20th despite your unhappiness with his play and need for an immediate change.
Unless of course you are growing a Center tree in your backyard and can pick one off one of the limbs for us...
Good lord...Daboll isn't making an exception for Feliciano because he brought him here. He brought him here to be the starter for a year.
Do you think it's working out the way Daboll hoped it would, so far? Do you think if Feliciano continues to struggle when Lemieux comes back, that Feliciano will continue to be the starting C vs possibly trying Bredeson?
Desperate moves tend to yield Billy Price-level results. That one was costly.
If injuries forced another move, I imagine they would consider Austin Reiter, with whom Kafka won a ring in Kansas City, or Greg Mancz, who has been learning a playbook very similar to Daboll's on the Buffalo practice squad.
+1 I really like the kid. Eff joe Judge for playing him at Guard last year.
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Good lord...Daboll isn't making an exception for Feliciano because he brought him here. He brought him here to be the starter for a year.
Do you think it's working out the way Daboll hoped it would, so far? Do you think if Feliciano continues to struggle when Lemieux comes back, that Feliciano will continue to be the starting C vs possibly trying Bredeson?
I can't tell you how Daboll thought it would work out. I had my doubts.
And I think Feliciano has to struggle more than this to replace him with Bredeson. Bredeson is just a dog with different fleas if you put him at Center...
Desperate moves tend to yield Billy Price-level results. That one was costly.
If injuries forced another move, I imagine they would consider Austin Reiter, with whom Kafka won a ring in Kansas City, or Greg Mancz, who has been learning a playbook very similar to Daboll's on the Buffalo practice squad.
good info, Blogger. Thanks
No one should be surprised how this is playing out.
The Giants needed to upgrade 2/3 of the team, it wasn't happening in one offseason.
May be November
Heck, gates may even surprise u and be playing in November
Would be great if gates could get a cameo this yr
May be able to tell if his health will let him be LT solution
He is a stopgap the coach is familiar with. I’ll give Daboll the benefit of the doubt whether he chooses to go with Feliciano or someone else.
The way you see it is usually wrong.
And in keeping with that, there's a pretty significant difference between the contract the Giants gave Feliciano and the contract they gave Glowinski.
The former is absolutely signed to be a stopgap. The latter has a contract that will likely keep him here multiple years. Ideally, the talent pipeline will be in place soon enough that any aging veteran is always going to be at risk for getting beat out for their job. And it's entirely possible that Glowinski could get beaten out for his job by next season. But based solely on his contract (compared to Feliciano's), I don't think RG will be a priority for the front office in 2023. Contrast that with OC, where there will almost definitely be a different starting OC next year (though that could be Gates).
They for sure are... I just envisioned them being a little better. Luckily the tackles have kept the line afloat.
I can't find it, nor have I seen it mentioned again but essentially it said that he received a call from his sibling that their toddler had passed away.
Not sure if true, but I remember being shocked that he was suiting up with that news.
I hate to be the one who goes there, but.... It's a nephew, not his son. Is that really a good excuse for poor play two weeks in a row? Was he close with the kid? Heck, the kid is only 1 years old. Had they ever even met?
I don't think it is the nephew situation that is causing his poor play. Feliciano has always been a backup, pretty much his whole time in the NFL right? If so, then we are just observing his normal level of play. Dude's a backup, that we were forced into starting. Why the shock that he is playing poorly?
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That he had a family tragedy occur right before kick off of the Titans game.
I can't find it, nor have I seen it mentioned again but essentially it said that he received a call from his sibling that their toddler had passed away.
Not sure if true, but I remember being shocked that he was suiting up with that news.
I hate to be the one who goes there, but.... It's a nephew, not his son. Is that really a good excuse for poor play two weeks in a row? Was he close with the kid? Heck, the kid is only 1 years old. Had they ever even met?
I don't think it is the nephew situation that is causing his poor play. Feliciano has always been a backup, pretty much his whole time in the NFL right? If so, then we are just observing his normal level of play. Dude's a backup, that we were forced into starting. Why the shock that he is playing poorly?
I don't know that it's fair to say the Giants "were forced into starting" Feliciano. I'm pretty sure that everything they've done and said (including the urgency to sign him in FA) has indicated all along that their intention was for him to start at OC for NYG this season.
The only thing that would have interfered with that would have been a miraculous, massively ahead-of-schedule recovery by Gates. Otherwise, Feliciano has been the presumptive starter at OC since the moment he signed here.
Bredeson and Feliciano split playing center.
We also picked up other OL at the cutoff date…I wonder if any of them are worth a look.
Why ? The guy is a jag at best with a good story and coming off a major injury. Draft a real center and be done with it
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Why ? The guy is a jag at best with a good story and coming off a major injury. Draft a real center and be done with it
That is bullshit. Gates was better than JAG. In fact, even if he was JAG, it would be better than what Feliciano has been doing.
In Feliciano's defense, he is new to center for the most part. His help either side is marginal. The entire line has a grand total of two games together.
IMHO, they will improve each game as they play together more.