Big Blue Huddle

Great job Brian. I thought it was very well produced and sounded very professional. Thanks to Ceri, his comments on the draft has always been one of the highlights at BBH. during the year.

Nice job fellas, the cuts that were made were pretty close to the podcasts predictions.

Brian, thanks for the great job. I appreciate the time and effort you have put into this.

John

Nice job guys, that was the best one yet.

Jolly, he will be playing next to the ultimate blocker eater in the league in Snacks. While the guy to the right of him is not too shabby either.

Nice post Roadtoglory, welcome aboard.

Good stuff Rich. I sometimes look at college games and see holes made by the better OLs a truck could drive through. Giving the RB a huge amount of yardage where he's untouched until he is hit in the defensive backfield.

Quote from: UKGiantsFan on March 03, 2017, 05:04:32 PM
Nope, he played. Had some injuries and was jettisoned against the wishes of GM George Young as part of Dan Reeves influx of New Jersey Broncos. His replacement? Arthur Marshall. Who? Yeah, I could have cried. Especially when I met Marshall in my hotel over in the Meadowlands and he was smaller than me! McCaffrey went on to a storied career with the 49ers and Broncos.Marshall out of football two uneventful years later

Jaime, Ceri, I had read an interview with Ed McCaffrey after he got to Denver. He credited his development with watching Jerry Rice in SF. He was very impressed with his work ethic and could run all day. You guys might remember he was physically far superior than when was with the Gmen. He always had the great hands though.

I am very skeptical when teams draft a player who just so happens to fill a need with a high pick . IMO, a case in point was the drafting of Flowers at #9. It has been pointed out with some here at the time, he was lacking in his footwork and overall technique. Yet, JR and company select him and here we are going into his 3rd season wanting to replace him. While adding insult to injury, now there is the question, "where can he fit in the OL"?  Some say he's too tall to be a G and DTs will be able to get underneath his pads and at RT he will still have the same deficiencies at RT that he has for LT.

It really rubs me the wrong way when you have the opportunity to draft with a top 10 pick and looks like it might be a disaster still going forward. So here we are again and at #23 with the same problem in a draft with from what I read, a OT poor draft. I say if the best "player" available is a CB one of the strongest positions on the team, you grab him. And if you want to rationalize, DRC is not getting any younger, he always seems to get nicked up and he is a large CAP expense. We could use another RB, WR, LB, DE, DT. I'd rather select a player who will come in with most of the essential attributes of his position and  add to the overall quality of the team and not have to address it again in the near future.

COGIANT, I think you make a good point. We have seen that many teams are making it a point for the QB to release the ball as quick as possible. With the no contact rules benefitting the WRs it places a premium on good cover DBs. We saw how the Gmen benefitted from having 3 good cover CBs and the maturing of Collins. Also to think that injury does not come into play during the season and playoffs is not realistic.

Seemed to have good hands, but there were a lot of busted coverages in that hi-lite clip. Didn't have top end speed.

Thanks for the thread fellas.

I remember Tarkenton saying that he could not overthrow a pass to Homer. His speed and for his size were incredible.

Great post, thanks for bringing back the memories. I remember Fran Tarkenton saying that it was impossible for him to overthrow a pass to Homer.

I saw some video of Pettigrew blocking Orakapo, he dominated him. Unbelievable blocker.

Thanks Ceri, it wouldn't surprise me a bit the Giants take a RB on the first day.