Sephiroth

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How does this guy not LOL at these questions? Media sum clowns...

Scour the waiver wire for OL.

Josh Ezeudu looks like a wasted pick. Dude sucks even worse than I thought.

Might as well have the hindsight draft for this year as well... Giants - Pick 24. Deonte Banks, CB, Maryland. Seph's Pick - Joey Porter Jr, CB, Penn State. I really like Deonte Banks, but like Porter's game just a little bit more. Porter is less athletic, but more physical and seems to win at the release a bit more than Banks. I think Banks will eventually be the better player but Porter strikes me as a better "Day 1" guy. Plus, I love his pedigree and always wanted his dad to come play in New York. Giants Picks: Pick 57. John Michael Schmitz, C, Minnesota. Pick 73 (from LAR via HOU) Jalin Hyatt, WR, Tennessee. Nothing to say about these two, great picks. Giants Pick - 172* Eric Gray, RB, Oklahoma. Seph's Pick: AT Perry, WR, Wake Forest I followed A.T. Perry for a while and can't figure out how he didn't have more draft buzz. Big, strong, and wins at the point of attack, and had a better 40 time then people thought he would. I think Gray will be a nice change-of-pace back and certainly don't hate the pick, but I think Perry will be the better long-term player. Giants Pick - Round 6, Pick 209 (From KC) Trey Hawkins, DB, Old Dominion Seph's pick - Deuce Vaughan, RB, Kansas State Vaughan has amazing, speed, and I had taken him in an early mock. He's a very "boom or bust" type as he's the smallest player ever to enter the league, but I could easily see him having a Darren Sproles-type "do everything" career. I think the Cowboys are going to like him. I thought hard about Dee Winters in this spot (who I also think is going to have a great career) but we need a big play guy for when Saquon inevitably gets hurt. For the record, I think Hawkins is going to be a good one for us and probably the right pick here. He wasn't even on my radar. Giants Pick - Round 7, Pick 243. Jordan Riley, DT, Oregon Seph's pick - Moro Ojomo, DE, Texas Ojomo isn't the type of player to wow you with his moves or quickness, but he has positional versatility and is very strong. He's certainly fast enough but is a bit stiff and doesn't change directions exceptionally well. Still though, stick him on the inside for pass rushing downs and on the outside for running plays and I think you'll have yourself a decent rotational piece. I guess the Eagles will find out. Giants Pick - Round 7, Pick 254* Gervarrius Owens, S, Houston Seph's Pick - Andre Carter, DE, Army Carter was originally projected to be picked in the second or third round, and I can't believe in real life he didn't even get drafted. He's got size, speed, and decent moves, but his bench press in the combine really seemed to hurt him. I think he'll end up as an excellent rotational piece and put up decent numbers as a backup guy for the first few seasons, with the ability to develop into a starter.

Dude looks pretty fucking good on this rep. He's very good at resetting his hands.

If you watch the reps too it's not like they're bad reps either... he's got good hand placement, resets a lot, good feet, etc... but Dex is just so much bigger and stronger. The problem is that our division top to bottom has possibly the best DTs in the entire league. Rook is gonna have to learn quick. I expect a rough season but think he'll eventually be a good starter.

Ol' Mushmouth Skinner does have some good analysis.

Got fucking destroyed by Dex Lawrence in one-on-ones. To be fair though, he does that to everyone.

Jalin Hyatt blowing shit up.

Good thing he waited until the start of training camp. I'm glad that asshole is somebody else's problem.

Not sure what we're going to do if DJ Davidson and Marcus McKethan aren't available.

Fucking awesome and a really smart move.

This tells me Wan'Dale's rehab isn't going well.

Not just that... I think Barkley will take some of the heat off of our now-competent WR corps, and vice versa. Want to put a safety on Jalin Hyatt deep? Enjoy Saquon on a dig for 15. Your speedy LB playing man on Waller? Saquon in the flat for another 8. Conversely, I suspect play action to be a big part of most game plans this season. Once those LBs and safeties bite we'll finally have receivers that can do some real damage.

Anthony Barr maybe? If we can get him on the vet minimum he might be a capable backup.

A'Shawn Robinson seems to be a very under-the-radar signing that I think is going to help this defense immensely.

It's my understanding that he was offered less guaranteed money, but with much more incentives. I think that is more than fair given his very extensive injury history, and the fact that he's also proven to be ineffective when playing dinged up. Why would the team pay additional guaranteed money compared to two years on a tag without a guarantee that you're getting extra in performance and games played? That just sounds like bad business to me. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

I think the three contracts that were on the table were fair and he should have signed one. We'll see if his gamble pays off.

I'm starting to wonder too if Barkley doesn't trust his own body. It seems like he may be trying to milk this contract for everything he can because he doesn't think he'll be getting another one in three years.

This is the one thing I want to see next year. Kelce fucking owned him in the playoffs. I want Lawrence to have at least one big game against Kelce think season. Fuck that guy.

The North Remembers.

This was the point I was going to make as well. Dude could easily have another injury and miss 14 games, and he's left 12 million on the table. Some other things that have been missing from the conversation: 1. Among active RBs, Barkley has made the third most money in the league. Is there anyone here who thinks in the past five years he's been the third best player at his position? 2. The franchise tag is the average value of the top five players at their positions for the current year. By definition, Saquon is making better than top-5 money this year. I don't buy the "woe is Saquon, he's being mistreated" arguments. Dude has been paid very well for a long time, it's fair for the team to offer him his current value, they owe him nothing more.

I actually did say the same thing about Daniel Jones. I'm not saying Barkley isn't a good player (he is), but I feel like the team offered him his value and he decided not to take it. Barkley had an amazing rookie season, but every year since has inarguably been worse. His amazing run against the Eagles was five years ago; he hasn't had over 350 receiving yards a season in the past three years. When was the last time he juked three defenders... hell, when was the last time he juked one? He's a nice player but not a generational talent. His numbers aren't even close to the Tomlinsons and Petersons of the world. His OL was really, really bad... but how many times in that 2021 season did we all post in those game day threads, "the hole was there for Barkley but he bounced outside for a 2-yard loss instead?" Until this year, his vision has sucked, and we've all said it. Analysts were saying the guy was washed 12 months ago but now we're expecting the team to break the bank for him? I think Shoen is doing the right thing; he's essentially telling Barkley, "this is your value, if you think you're worth more, prove it again and we'll talk." How has he not been offered his value? He already earned the top rookie RB contract money and had two great seasons, and three mediocre-to-bad ones. He finished in the top ten in scrimmage yards twice in that time period. Those rookie contracts are locked in; if I was Shoen I wouldn't be basing my contract negotiations off the Falcons' bad drafting strategy. I think the difference too is that RBs are more or less washed nowadays by their 7th-8th season. If you go and look at the Sanders, Thomas, etc. years, those guys played 10, 11, 12 seasons and were still highly productive in their later years (Barry Sanders had 2k yards rushing the year before he hung it up). I don't know if it's the new supplements or new training regimens or whatever, but RBs just don't last that long anymore. For the record, it's fine that you all disagree with me, but I think Shoen is absolutely doing the smart thing. We'll see in two years.