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Originally Posted by bedlamVR
Om I am not attacking you personally, please don't take it as that .
I maybe seeing this in the wrong light . I am comming at it from a totally analytical point of view .
I understand your point .. IT is appauling how the team has handled the depth on the lines, but there are reasons and for the most part your article is drawing comparisons with other teams in our division but the comparisons are not on the whole valid .
The other point I wanted to add is I am not sure it is as important as where you draft or who you draft but what is important is who actually starts . The Giants have drafted many more linemen than we have yet the only guy they drafted on day 1 ( and i still call 3rd round picks day 1- stupid TV) is Chriss Snee . The rest are UDFA, low round picks and journey men, yet thier offensive line is one of the best driving that running game they have . The thing about that is it possibly shows how poor the Giants are drafting linemen given the number of picks and the number of actual home grown starters , it would be spun that way has the stats been revesed .
What would be intersting it to look at the guys we could have had like in 2005 insted of picking up Rogers we could have had Jaamal Brown, Logan Mankins, Alex Barron or Erazmus James of the Viki...oh wait .. but you get my point . You could also look at who we could have had and the holes it would make on the roster had we used our day 1 picks on back up line men .
As for Viny not taking the linemen early from 2004-2007 Gibbs has had last say on player acquisition 2001 it was Marty 2000 Vinny ran the show and we got Samuels , Vinny C has never to my understanding held the actual title of general manager . It may be scmantics but you cannot call a guy out for the decisions he didn't make .
Finally I do like some of your blog reports but I would just like someone ... anyone who writes about the Skins to either be balanced or if not that to be honest ..
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Not sure exactly how you reconcile the two bolded comments, my friend.
As to your specific comment about the Giants not drafting linemen on day one other than Snee, I'm not sure where that came from either.
2007 - NT Jay Alford (3rd)
2006 - DE Matthias Kiwanuka (1st)
2005 - DE Justin Tuck (3)
2004 - OG Chris Snee (2)
2003 - DT William Joseph (1), DE Osi Umenyura (2)
2002 - OT Jeff Hatch (3)
2000 - DT Cornelius Griffin (2)
1999 - OT Luke Petitgout (1)
End of the day, though, you did say:
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IT is appauling how the team has handled the depth on the lines"
... so considering that's exactly where I started as well, perhaps we're just dancing in the dark here.