The Giants have a quick video posted of the team breaking practice following this afternoons workout.
A player I noticed in the video is Dre Miller, who was standing alongside Lawrence Cager. Miller looks thicker than Cager (Miller is now wearing #45- he wore #43 during training camp) and both are players listed as TE's.
For me, Miller was one of the most impressive Giants players I saw this preseason. He played well enough that I really believe he would have made the 53 man roster if not for the injury.
Once he was healed and could pass a physical, it was no surprise that the Giants immediately re-signed him.
Early moves by Joe Schoen was to draft TE Daniel Bellinger and to sign TE Austin Allen as an UDFA. Both players attended the Combine and what stood out for both was their 3 cone drill (in fact, Allen was the best 3 cone (7.00) of any TE, while Bellinger was closely behind with a 7.05).
Though not at the Combine, Miller ran a blazing 6.87 3 cone drill- apparently a number that matters to Schoen with TEs. Miller was a wide receiver in college putting up an impressive 19 reps @225 and having a 37 inch vertical leap but from the day he was signed as an UDFA from Maine, the Giants have called him a TE.
Its highly unlikely we will see Miller this season, but I see him as part of bright future in the Giants offense.
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The Giants likely have several that will make the roster and contribute next year, along with the 11 draft picks we will have in April.
I have never been a fan of high priced Free Agent signings, and I hope the CAP dollars the Giants have available will be going to extend current roster players.
He has worked hard (moved from 2 JC's to Maine) to overcome that, but I think a year on the PS to master the Giants playbook benefits both him and the team. And he was moved to a position he didn't play in college.
He has worked hard (moved from 2 JC's to Maine) to overcome that, but I think a year on the PS to master the Giants playbook benefits both him and the team. And he was moved to a position he didn't play in college.
As said multiple times above, Y28, your nuggets fascinate and often actionable.
The Giants likely have several that will make the roster and contribute next year, along with the 11 draft picks we will have in April.
I have never been a fan of high priced Free Agent signings, and I hope the CAP dollars the Giants have available will be going to extend current roster players.
Amen...would love to see this path
+1 I always read your Thread Posts right away! I love hearing the back stories of the bottom of the roster guys, especially the under dogs with the potential to break out!