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Show posts MenuQuote from: Gmo11 on May 12, 2024, 08:43:46 PMTo be clear I'm not absolving him of anything. I was only saying that despite the other things he's tried if Neal had been as advertised it helps an awful lot. And on that one pick I don't really blame him. Busts are gonna happen to everyone in that position but you can either do your best to minimize the risk or do the opposite like Gettleman. I prefer schoens approach.
I'm also not ready to write off JMS who I really did like as a prospect. I think he's got a leap in him perhaps with a proper OL coach now he'll make it.
Quote from: MightyGiants on May 12, 2024, 01:42:29 PMI saw both you and @DaveBrown74 bring up injuries. That seems to be an invention to let the author off the hook, though, as the author never suggested he had injury concerns. He said "limitations," which implies talent, rather than "uncertainty," which one might claim is an injury issue (even if the author never mentioned injury concerns
Quote from: jgrangers2 on May 12, 2024, 11:50:37 AMI appreciate the energy aspect but, beyond that, I'm not sure what else he brings. He's not a highly skilled offensive or defensive player and not a great skater. He's a liability against a team like Carolina that can skate circles around him. There's also that the refs clearly have an eagle eye on him and he's a penalty waiting to happen, which is probably part of why Laviolette hasn't had him out there late. I think the fact that he played just 4 minutes of an 80+ minute game on Tuesday speaks volumes. I just don't know that the positives with him outweight the negatives.
Quote from: MightyGiants on May 12, 2024, 11:11:35 AMI am not sure what the point of that extreme binary question is. Are you suggesting the offense wouldn't have looked significantly better with their two most important players healthy?
Quote from: MightyGiants on May 12, 2024, 11:05:34 AMThomas was injured very early in the game and Waller had been injured prior to the game and was not playing like he had in camp.
Quote from: MightyGiants on May 12, 2024, 11:02:15 AMDo you think key injuries to Thomas (arguably the offense's best player), Waller, and Jones might have impacted what was expected versus what was produced?
Quote from: Philosophers on May 12, 2024, 09:58:17 AMJMS has not looked like a good center yet as a 2nd round pick. Even if Neal improves, JMS needs a big jump as well.
Quote from: Philosophers on May 12, 2024, 10:01:40 AMI am not going to focus on all these training moments. Gets way overhyped.
I'll pay attention to more finished products at the end of August.
Quote from: jgrangers2 on May 12, 2024, 10:31:22 AMThe series has been chippy since game 1. Rempe won't change that and the idea of a deterrent is an old school hockey trope that needs to die. He also can't skate with this team and would be a liability when on the ice. There's a reason he played just 4 minutes of a game that went over 80.
I'd argue that yesterday might have been their best game at evens in this series. If not for some bad early turnovers and a bad penalty late, this series might be over. Also, the Trouba discussion has to happen sooner rather than later. He's been on the ice for something like the last 7 goals against. We could legitimately see a guy get handed the cup by Bettman and bought out a month later.
Quote from: MightyGiants on May 12, 2024, 09:39:10 AMJeff,
It's not like the 2023 disaster of an offense was all on Daniel Jones. Hell, Jones didn't even play in the majority of games. So your quote about "the defense" only highlights this author's obsession with Daniel Jones, as there is plenty to be concerned about on the offensive side of the ball, namely the offensive line.
Edit to add- The Giants got to round 2 of the playoffs with Daniel Jones, so the whole commentary seems disingenuous and only an indication of the Jones hatred that is so pervasive