Sterling Shepard is probably going to finish his Giants career 8th in receptions all-time with 362 and he only played in 75 games and only 2 full 16 game seasons.
Also Jones is already 7th in total yards and has the highest comp% by far at 62.9%. Looking at Jones stats you would think that if you can get to a Super Bowl with Manning, Simms, Hostetler & Collins after looking at their numbers you should be able to get there with Jones. That is another debate though.
Barkley currently is 9th in rushing yards all-time.
Giants have never really been an offensive juggernaut but hopefully with this staff some of that will change.
This is also why LTs accomplishments were so amazing. The number of sacks from a linebacker position during a running era and when he also dropped back into coverage.
Though I agree with a position above, it's a different game now. And having all these young, offensive coaches and front office crew might change things on that front for us. That's the hope, at least.
To the point of this thread, at some points afterwards, the Giants drafted or signed some very good WRs but it was not always the case.
Sadly, the same can be said for tight end. No offense to Howard Cross, he was a warrior and great blocker, but in nearly 40 years only 2 players are worth talking about
OlyWABigBlue : 6:52 pm : link : reply
we had a damn good WR corps, transitioning from Plax+Toomer+S. Smith (throw in Tyree for good measure) to Nicks+Cruz+Manningham. It was one of the strengths of the team. So in other words, they haven't always been bad even in semi-recent times.
The WRs were good in those years, and OBJ was great before his injuries.
But there's been a lot of dogshit years. Simms' best target over his 15 year career was Bavaro. Not his WRs. Imagine how good his numbers might have been with Nicks+Cruz+Manningham.
And they have had some really excellent WRs through the years including Del Shofner, R.C. Owens at the end of his career, Homer Jones, Amani Toomer, Hakeem Nicks, Plaxico Burress, Steve Smith, and OBJ to name a few.
And then there was this Gifford guy who was THE MOST versatile player in the history of the game, and he played some WR late in his career.
They have certainly lacked players with longevity and all pro. But they have had peak WR seasons that were very good during a decade. Eli being a part of that obviously ;)
They were dismal in the 70s obviously. 80s and 90s were not anything great but better, steadly better under Fassel and then coughlin. They have also been dismal as a team since then so there is that.
NYG is lucky they will improve leaps and bounds in this department just through attrition next year. A draft or two targeting WR will have them much better at this position over next five to seven years.
And they traded their star WR Homer Jones to get Ron Johnson. Jones was a legitimate star wideout.
And they have had some really excellent WRs through the years including Del Shofner, R.C. Owens at the end of his career, Homer Jones, Amani Toomer, Hakeem Nicks, Plaxico Burress, Steve Smith, and OBJ to name a few.
And then there was this Gifford guy who was THE MOST versatile player in the history of the game, and he played some WR late in his career.
This.
Not even close to all-pro. Agree they often got the job done but it always was annoying to see what the Redskins were putting out on the field in terms of WRs versus what Simms had to work with.
He did have Bavaro of course.