WR Smokescreen Worked to Perfection!

This team has more needs than this draft can fix.

CB came out of left field. Total shock they wanted a CB.

falls in love with positions.

I'd bet they were very happy with the board at pick 20. Would've stuck to their board no matter what.

the smokescreen stuff is nonsense

In comment 16100780 UberAlias said:

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CB came out of left field. Total shock they wanted a CB.

LOL

was no smokescreen, most people knew the Giants were going to draft a WR or CB.

being interviewed I'm glad he went before the Giants. When he was tossed a softball question about what he and Justin Jefferson can do together, his response was something like "we're gonna get paid." Sounds like a diva in waiting.

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being interviewed I'm glad he went before the Giants. When he was tossed a softball question about what he and Justin Jefferson can do together, his response was something like "we're gonna get paid." Sounds like a diva in waiting.

The pink suit was hot.

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being interviewed I'm glad he went before the Giants. When he was tossed a softball question about what he and Justin Jefferson can do together, his response was something like "we're gonna get paid." Sounds like a diva in waiting.

I agree, but how many times do you need to hear the phrase, “I’m just ready to get to work”, in one night?

was pretty funny but a bit ambitious lol. I don't think it was a smokescreen but who knows for sure how they had them graded.

Many of the Beats called the Banks pick yesterday, before the draft.

Giants need to work on their smoke.

The Giants ended up having to give 2 draft picks to get their guy

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the TE that Bills scooped on them?

I wouldn't call it a smokescreen. Schoen admitted that the room grew tense as WRs were coming off the board

The WRs all came off the board at right around the range that was expected (and every single one of those teams who chose them were linked to WRs throughout the pre-draft process), and the Giants wound up trading up one spot for the prospect that many knew they liked at the position that many knew they were targeting.

You think BBI knew that NYG was targeting CBs but the rest of the league was thrown off the scent by some due diligence scouting on similarly graded WRs?

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Would have been interesting to see if Flowers was still on the board what would’ve happened.

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I remember.

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In comment 16100847 JonC said: Quote: . Would have been interesting to see if Flowers was still on the board what would’ve happened.

I think they go CB. Seems the younger guys in the room wanted Zay.

I think he would have been the pick.

and the grown-ups held their ground on Banks (and on CB in general).

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In comment 16100864 GiantGrit said: Quote: In comment 16100847 JonC said: Quote: . Would have been interesting to see if Flowers was still on the board what would’ve happened. I think they go CB. Seems the younger guys in the room wanted Zay.

Good to know, thanks JonC.

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In comment 16100864 GiantGrit said: Quote: In comment 16100847 JonC said: Quote: . Would have been interesting to see if Flowers was still on the board what would’ve happened. I think they go CB. Seems the younger guys in the room wanted Zay.

Good tidbit. Was told to look out for the Tenn WR’s today. I know they liked Mayer but he’ll be gone in the first ten picks I would think.

Mingo way up there, I think ahead of Mims.

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Mingo way up there, I think ahead of Mims.

Interesting, thanks for the info. I think they move up a few picks if one of them is sitting there.

Is Jeudy.

Just to echo what was said, the primary focus of round 1 was always DB or WR throughout the process. However, I heard early this morning the offensive coaches really wanted Flowers.

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Just to echo what was said, the primary focus of round 1 was always DB or WR throughout the process. However, I heard early this morning the offensive coaches really wanted Flowers.

that would make a lot of sense given schoen's comments last night (and everything else we've heard).

i assume wink just as badly was hoping to get someone on his side of the ball so would have been interesting to see how that tie got broken.

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Is Jeudy.

Probably not an option unless the asking price drops to 3rd round and more.

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Mingo way up there, I think ahead of Mims.

Oh man, that is great news! I love Mingo, think he can be the darkhorse #1 WR we need, screw the lack of production.

Tillman is good too with nice production but lacks a bit of speed and YAC ability.

Shit, even I called it on the Predictions thread yesterday before the draft started. And I’m the dumbest fuckin poster on BBI.

In comment 16100835 Bill in UT said:

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The Giants ended up having to give 2 draft picks to get their guy

This.

The problem with the OP's reasoning is that the Giants traded two picks to move up one spot. That only makes sense if they thought that 1) Jacksonville was going to take Banks, or 2) Dallas or another team was going to jump ahead of them to get them.

The first scenario wouldn't be helped by a smokescreen. They just had to give the Jags enough to move on to their next guy. (Not hard; they traded down again.

If it's the second scenario, it proves that, if anything, if there was a smokescreen, it didn't work. Or, at least, the Giants didn't think it worked. If the Giants thought the Cowboys were convinced NY would take a WR, then the Giants wouldn't have had to move up. They weren't taking any chances because they weren't counting on some Jedi mind trick to get their guy. They had a conviction and got their guy.

When Flowers got picked they made sure to get Banks