Who Is The Giants #1 WR?
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.
There is no No. 1 target on the Giants, though. In fact, there’s no veteran that defenses have to game plan to stop or double-cover in the passing game. Nicks, especially, isn’t going to have the advantage of being able to sneak by secondaries even though he’s capable of making outstanding plays, like this catch that is one of the best I’ve seen (wait for the replay, it’s subtle.)
And I concede that Barden looks very Plax-like at times. I don’t care about his lack of timed speed because height and hands are what get you the big plays down the sideline today on comebacks. Consider Larry Fitzgerald, who is not fast at all for a wide receiver.
The Giants have won a Super Bowl and are very sound organizationally, but I believe they’d have been better off scrapping their organizational philosophy this year while doing everything possible to replace Burress. And they had two teams to play off each other to lower the price.
Head over to SNY.tv to read Mike’s entire article which does a good job at looking at how the Giants did in the draft and what we might be able to expect from the Giants heading into the upcoming season.
