The Offseason

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[Biggsam49]

The San Fran fans I know talk about Delanie the way we do about Diehl and Jernigan. Would love that type of player, but I don't think he is the answer.

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[Conquest8089]

Priority 1: Addressing the offensive Line.

RT:
Will prove difficult. David Diehl will not be back which opens a hole at Right Tackle. I sincerely doubt the Giants retain Sean Locklear who was invaluable when healthy due to that knee injury. James Brewer not getting playing time leads me to believe he's not ready to become a starter. Brandon Mosley might be ready after a year of development under Pat Flaherty.

RG:
Clearly Snee is the answer for 2013. While aging, he's the strength of the line and hopefully he can get healthy.

OC:
David Baas on a team without the success of the Giants would be a major failure of a FA signing. Giving him 5.5 million of AAV for a subpar Center was a major oversight rarely discussed by Jerry Reese.

LG:
Kevin Boothe moved into a starters role in 2011 with injuries to David Diehl & David Baas. When both were again healthy, he returned to the bench. Only a few weeks later, he was returned to the starting lineup for the stretch run and has been there ever since. The team REALLY likes Boothe and will hope he remains under the radar on the open market this offseason. The real question is high asking price.

LT:
After years of injuries, Will Beatty became a quality starter at Left Tackle in his walk year. It's a shame and really emphasizes that a COACHING CHANGE could occur. While Flaherty has assembled two Championship Caliber lines, the team simply cannot wait 2-3 years for draft picks to develop into starters with rookie contracts now spanning only 3-4 years.


The strength of the unit was the Left Side and the Right Tackle spot was the most glaring hole on this team following Locklear's injury. The concern is if you pay Beatty & Boothe significant money to retain their services, you can't again go to FA to address a hole. One of the young linemen (James Brewer or Brandon Mosley) simply must be ready to assume a starting role.

Some will argue the Giants should target Jake Long- whose going to command a multi year deal with 9-12 million of AAV. I think we should retain Beatty & Boothe- but not overpay.

The Baas signing is a major concern- and it bothers me on a consistent basis. By committing 5.5 million of AAV to a FA Center (who I felt was overpaid at the time)- again jumping into the FA process is not economically sound judgement.
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[Acgott]

Priority 1 is not the OL it is the defense

We improved by 435 yards from last year to this year
We also improved our sacks allowed by 8
Despite our Red Zone failure we ranked 14th in YPG and 6th PPG

Yet our defense ranked 31st in YPG, 28th Passing Yards allowed, 25th rushing yards allowed

We had 26 less sacks this year. Good for 22nd in the League
We were last in yards per pass attempt

We were very lucky for Stevie coming up with his interceptions or this would have been a lot worst

We were the 5th worst in rushing yards per attempt as well as 8th worst overall

The Giants cannot count on turnovers to be the sole reason they win games

We need DEFENSE

[Tehzl]

[Biggsam49]

Id love a first round CB.

Can we PLEASE take a second round LBer? A real 43 LB, not a 34 conversion project. How many years am I going to fall in love with these mid round LBers, and it feels like every one of them becomes an important piece of their defense? Wagner, Washington, Lee, Carter, Wagner..

EDIT:

Whoops.

Meant Lavonte David. Can throw on Zach Brown and possibly Akeem Ayers (heard mixed reviews)

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[fracdaddy14]

Speaking of LBs, a reasonably priced option I noticed was Brad Jones of the Packers. Played 3-4 OLB initially, but wasn't a passrusher, and did a solid job moving inside this year, replacing injured Desmond Bishop. Young, durable, versitale, experienced, reliable, and reasonably priced. Bishop and Nick Perry are back and the Packers have cheap depth that he would be available. Could be a solid 4-3 SAM with his skillset, allowing Kiwi to move permanently to DE. As was brought up before, a potential Kawika Mitchell type bargain. I'd rather a draft pick, Jones, and JWill at LB than Boley, Kiwi, and Chase again. They couldn't do worse.

[GmenSeattle]

Odds on Dee Milliner falling to us at 19? I mean...I've seen some places ranking him at 15?
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[Tehzl]

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[Tehzl]