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David Diehl talks about Giants win over Pats

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SNY’s Gary Apple sits down with Giants offensive lineman David Diehl to discuss facing the Patriots and Eli Manning’s success in 2011.

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SNY Giants reporter Mike Garafolo talks to offensive lineman David Diehl about Big Blue’s win over Buffalo going into the bye week.

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SNY’s Mike Garafolo speaks with Giants offensive lineman David Diehl about Big Blue’s win over the Buffalo Bills.

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SNY’s Kirk Gimenez sits down with Giants left guard David Diehl to discuss Eli Manning and Big Blue’s offense.

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Where do the Giants go from here?

Because of the talent this team has(healthy & unhealthy) this team can be a 11 & 5 team. Will they be? Probably not.

Yesterday the Giants looked real bad and completely out of sync. This is a team that needed rookie camp, mini camp, training camp and most of all some key players added to the roster. All you real smart people keep reminding me that the Giants had no money. Don’t blame poor Jerry Reese. You keep telling yourself that.

Rant: If you want a better defensive results. Draft players that you need. Stop drafting the best athlete available. That philophy only gets you so far. Ross, Grant, Rolle, Kiwi have all played out of position over the last few seasons.

Rave: Bright Spot. Kenny Phillips made some nice plays yesterday and we got to see that big hitting ability we drafted him for.

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For years, the Giants lined up the same five guys at offensive line: Shaun O’Hara at center, Rich Seubert and Chris Snee at guard and David Diehl and Kareem McKenzie out at tackle.

They played an NFL post-merger record 38 consecutive games together between 2007-2009 and have been widely considered one of the best groups in modern NFL history.

This summer, O’Hara and Seubert finally succumbed to the many injuries they suffered over the years. The Giants released them in the first 36 hours of training camp. To fill the void, they made an internal shift, moving Diehl inside to guard allowing Will Beatty to finally take over at tackle. Then they imported free agent center David Baas from San Francisco.

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The Giants are moving David Diehl from left tackle back to left guard, according to Mike Garafolo of NJ.com. Diehl, who has seen his production at tackle fall off, should still be a very solid guard.  William Beatty will get a chance to stick at left tackle.

This move is not a surprising, considering Diehl’s play last year and the release of Rich Seubert. Still, some people will be very concerned about playing the unproven youngster Beatty at the most important position on the line. Those are legitimate concerns, but I believe it’s time to let Beatty sink or swim, unless the Giants are going to bring in another tackle.

Worst case scenario: Beatty fails and the Giants move Diehl back to tackle, where he is capable but below average. Best case scenario: Diehl is a beast as an interior lineman, and Beatty finally fulfills his potential.

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There are a wide variety of opinions on the Giants’ offensive line floating out there.  Some believe the unit is aging and falling apart at the seems.  Others think that the unit, while towards the end of its prime, can still pass protect with the best of them.  I’m somewhere in the middle.

The guard play of Chris Snee and Rich Seubert has never come into question, but with Seubert injured, the Giants will have to figure out who is going to start left of center until the time when/if Seubert is healthy enough to return.  The best healthy guard on the roster besides Snee is David Diehl, who has been playing out of position at left tackle for a number of years.

Diehl has been up and down the last couple of years, and at times has been a liability in pass protection.  He would benefit from a move back to guard, but that would create another gaping hole protecting Eli Manning’s blindside.  Kareem McKenzie has aged gracefully and is still a strong option at right tackle, when he is not dealing with his own injuries.

Who is holding down the center position is also a major concern: Shaun O’Hara has fallen off a cliff the past couple of seasons and may never be the same.  Seuberts did a nice job in the middle, but, of course, he may never be the same after his injury.  Adam Koets did a solid job filling in, but – stop me if you’ve heard this one – he too has injuries to deal with.

There is some intriguing depth, but even bigger questions.  Is William Beatty ready to take over as the full time left tackle?  Can Shawn Andrews stay healthy for long enough to be a factor?  Where do youngsters Mitch Petrus and James Brewer fit in?

The optimist in me thinks that the Giants’ coaches can succeed in cobbling together a sufficient line for the 2011 season, much like they did in 2010.  The pessimist in me thinks that the line will be a disaster unless a legitimate left tackle emerges from the group or is added via free agency.  The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

Grade: B-

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