Big Blue View
Robert Forgione asks: Do you know if Jaxson will be working with Jordan Palmer or any other QB coaches this offseason? Is this something that the team would suggest or is it strictly on the player?
Ed says: Robert, Jaxson Dart has worked for several years with coaches from 3DQB. He said at the end of the season that part of his offseason will be spent doing so once again.
John Brazel asks: I’ve been a diehard Giants fan all my life, the past 14 years have been brutal to say the least. However, what I watched this year has given me a lot of optimism about the future. Yes, the defense heavily underperformed, but we actually had a respectable offense and if a few bounces went our way it could have looked even better. If we don’t fall apart against Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Green Bay we would be sitting at 8-9 vs 4-13. How differently would the narrative be then? Personally, I think Schoen has done really well re-stocking the talent. With that said, here is my question:
With all the mock drafts linking us to a WR, Tate or Tyson, what are your thoughts on us targeting Arvell Reece if he’s there at 5. We haven’t had that middle of the defense tone setter in a long time. Someone who can go sideline to sideline and be a tackling machine. To me, that’s a good way to shore up our run defense and could totally transform our defense.
Ed says: John, while I recognize the kind of talent Arvell Reese is I am not a fan of the Giants drafting him. Reese, to me is what Micah Parsons and Abdul Carter were before him. Impact players, yes, but that isn’t what I mean. They are edge defenders masquerading as collegiate off-ball linebackers.
Reese’s best usage in the NFL, in my view, will be as an edge defender. The Giants already have Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeaux, and Carter. Even if they trade Thibodeaux, drafting Reese still leaves them with the three players for two spots with one player likely spending a lot of time playing a position where he isn’t being best utilized problem.
I don’t know that drafting a wide receiver like Carnell Tate or Jordyn Tyson is the right play, either. I just don’t think drafting a player who’s best spot is a place where you are already overstocked is the best use of that draft resource. Add something you don’t already have.
*Raymond Dansereau asks: Teams always say now that they’re “casting a wide net” with HC searches. I’m wondering if this is connected to the Rooney Rule and the need to interview two minority coaches in person. Then this means you also need to interview enough other coaches to make it look like you didn’t just bring those minority candidates in to check the box (thank you, Brian Flores). It seems to make the coaching search more inefficient and costly though, and require...
