While I was happy with the selection of Hakeem Nicks, I was hoping that GM Jerry Reese would have acquired a taller receiver to replace Plaxico Burress. Reese was one step ahead of me, however, as he traded up in the third to draft 6’6 Ramses Barden. I wanted this guy so much that I [...]

Note: This is a couple days late because I was visiting my alma-matter, the University of Maryland, over the weekend. I had the good fortune of being on campus during the spring football game when former Terp Darrius Heyward-Bey, the man I hoped the Giants would draft, was taken 7th overall by the Oakland Raiders. [...]

In sifting through the rubble that the NFL Draft always leaves behind, I’m still feeling a bit empty. Perhaps its because the Giants didn’t pull the trigger on a deal that would land them Cleveland’s Braylon Edwards. I’m not alone in thinking this. There are many who have given the Giants a B grade this [...]

Michael Salfino over at SNY.tv shares my concern about the Giants having no true number one wide receiver. Steve Smith seems to be the one by default, but he can’t possibly replace the impact Plaxico Burress had and the effect that the absence of Plaxico had on the team was crystal clear late last season. [...]

Eli Optimistic About Giants’ Receiving Options Eli Manning said he was “confident” that the Giants’ receivers would be competitive and and play at a high level but warned that it was important for the rookies to get off to a fast start. Injuries and holdouts are the most difficult obstacles for rookies, but Eli emphasized [...]

Butch Davis, Al Groh, Randy Edsall, Rich Ellerson, Brett Bielema, Paul Chryst, Tom O’Brien. Those names might not mean much off the top your head if you’re a Giant fan. But in analyzing the 2009 NFL Draft, these names were key in who the Giants selected in the high rounds. The team has relationships with [...]