for top draft prospects to land.
The Athletic has taken a look at 7 NFL teams who may be looking to draft a QB next week. In their own words:
"Young quarterbacks have a hierarchy of needs to be met to self-actualize into franchise quarterbacks. They need pass protection, weapons to throw to, a run game and defense to support them, and a play-caller whom they can trust. Of course, some young quarterbacks are talented enough to overcome not having every need met, but teams shouldn’t count on that."
The Athletic graded each team on the basis of the above 5 criteria that would aid in the rookie QBs overall development (or maybe lead to failure). Here is the Giants Report Card:
Pass blocking: F
Run game: C
Weapons: D (potential F)
Play-caller: B
Defense: C
I utilized the numeric scale (at bottom) to convert these grades into an average GPA based on a 4-point scale. The Giants GPA is 1.6, which hovers somewhere between a C- and a D+. Here are the GPAs for all 7 teams:
Minnesota 3.48
Chicago 3.20
Denver 3.00
New England 2.75
Las Vegas 2.68
Washington 1.94
Giants 1.60
Grade Conversion
A 4.0
A- 3.7
B+ 3.3
B 3.0
B- 2.7
C+ 2.3
C 2.0
C- 1.7
D+ 1.3
D 1.0
D- .7
F 0
Gotta say this: Had the Giants not signed Jon Runyan, Jr. and Jermaine Eluemunor, they would be in a world of hurt right now!
Regardless, draft the QB if you have a conviction and the draft breaks right imv.
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to be as bad as last year is also flawed logic.
Gotta say this: Had the Giants not signed Jon Runyan, Jr. and Jermaine Eluemunor, they would be in a world of hurt right now!
They’d be at some risk of a problem if injuries hit. Andrew Thomas missed like around half the season. Schmitz missed games. They’ve changed OL coaches (coincidentally Raiders grade is ridiculous for this as well, I don’t see them being as good). The Giants will be better on OL. They’ve also added competent depth.
That's insane. Do better Giants on the line, obviously, its been too long.
I've said all along, if the Giants draft a QB, he should sit while the (hopefully better) OL sorts out their shit. Rather than ruining a rookie behind a sieve OL, Let Jones take the beating. He's used to it.
That said, yes, there are better situations in which a rookie QB could land.
I think they got even less out of Mac Jones than we got out of Taylor/DeVito.
Why is that?