Giants suck.
This is a fact of reality that I cannot change in real life. Instead I intend to recast the Giants reality in the fantasy realms. I have to. I have to feel good about my G-men at some point or at least understand why things have gone so badly. It’s like I said yesterday, and G.I. Joe said before me, “knowing is half the battle.” So, here is what I know:
Daniel Jones was a good pick. The only other option in that situation would’ve been trading for or signing a QB to backup Manning and leveraging that pick for one in the 2020 draft. Jones is arguably the second best QB in that 2019 draft. That draft itself was painfully thin. Kyler Murray was the first QB off the board and he’s legit. Behind him was Jones and then Dwayne Haskins. The only other notable QB in that draft is Gardner Minshew. Now, had I been ‘the guy’ I would have certainly drafted Minshew and traded my pick for 1st round capital in the next draft as well as something in the later rounds of 2019. Minshew is Hostetler, the guy the Giants rode for a short period of time near the end of the Simms era and found a way to push their QB and a way to get some needed wins. I could have worked with that.
Two first rounders don’t mean success is coming. In fact, it is a trap situation. The Giants lack explosiveness on either side of the line. While I feel it is coming on D, I don’t see the O-line growing up to be a tough enough unit to create running lanes. Something needs to be done there. A glance at the Sporting News Big Board shows little to be excited about. There is a guard that shows some Nasty and a center that could be a long time NFL starter. There are also trap plays… Malik Willis could be legit or he could be trash. He’s a QB who hasn’t played top talent and do the G-men really want to start over at QB? In the first round? I say no. I say trade down, actually. The Giants have 11 picks in the draft and 5 inside the first three rounds. There is ample opportunity to beef up the squad with players to grow on and not take on two first round contracts. Trade for a second this year and a 1st next. Use the 1st this year to get a lineman and use free agency to get another.
Some Thoughts:
- Missed submitting the post again yesterday. First time I didn’t follow through on the double click in a long time. I must be distracted…