-Question, hypothetically, if the Giants were to go BPA wouldn’t it be Gresham or Griffin?

You have to read the conversation before you start laying down opposing views.

I wasn’t the one who said Reese’s 1st round picks didn’t work out. I do think, in the case of Nicks vs mauluga/Laurinitis, it was a short-sighted pick that resulted in the current MLB situation that the Giants are facing. But, in general, I was referring to a couple of bad decisions that I feel Reese made. Doesn’t mean he’s a bad GM. It just means we have to be able to see the good as well as the bad.

Also, I don’t think calling someone a possession receiver is a diminutive term. It just refers to the way a reciever is more suited to be used. Some guys are better at the deep game and some guys are better at the working the middle and intermediate routes. And the best of those middle route guys, such as Anquan Boldin and Hakeem Nicks, are good at breaking those intermediate routes for big gains. Being a possession receiver is not antithetical to being a good wide receiver, a playmaker, and any other good term you may have to describe Hakeem Nicks.

You call Nicks a possession WR. I call him a play maker. Dude had one of the highest YPC in football last year. I dont know how you can say Reese’s 1st round picks havent worked out. Ross was a key member of the Super Bowl run. Phillips was on track to being an elite safety until his injury. Nicks had a great rookie season for a WR. That’s an impressive list of 1st round picks.

And you compare Nicks to Anquan Boldin. Boldin is NOT a possession WR. When healthy (a big if obvious) he’s one of the top WRs in the league. I dont know what your definition of possession WR is, but it’s incorrect. Steve Smith and Hakeem Nicks are NOTHING alike.

At that point did you really believe for sure that Manningham was all that he now projects to become?

Nicks had a lot of YAC touchdowns, which is what the very best of possession receivers do. Also I’m not disputing the fact that WR was a need. I just think ILB was a bigger need, even then, and that the WR you needed was an X to stretch the field.

Again the Giants were looking at a wr corps of Smith, Manningham, Hixon and Moss. I am sorry but that is weak. WR was a bigger need. Yes, you are right the Giants needed an exlosive down field threat. They looked at Harvin, but he he did not make it to them. Nicks I think fared rather well, and ended up being better than Hagan, a guy who the Giants picked up from the Dolphins last year. He is only going to improve.

Good hands. Good yac. descent speed. Sounds like a really good possession receiver to me. The Giants needed Larry Fitzgerald but instead they drafted Anquan Boldin.

Technically, thats not drafting for need.