Yea I thought about a safety…but do we really need one in the first round? Kenny Phillips hopefully will come back next year good as new. We could just add depth with a good prospect.

Taylor Mays could fall. If Eric Weddle comes out I think he might be the top Safety.

You are right about the other guys though I mentioned…all best at their position. All top 10-15 picks possibly. But I don’t think every team is looking defense either.

cuz I know McKenzie’s been hurt, so has Seubert..tho they’ve played through them.

Yea, these guys they’ve drafted in teh later rounds like Whimper and Koets would be scary if they had to start them.

Beatty seems like the potential is there.

We’ll see how they respond after the bye…cuz I feel there’s a lot of nagging stuff going on with them.

If they continue their play of recent weeks or …get worse..then there should be a few replacements or at least consider Diehl at LG and transition Beatty to LT. Maybe even a new RT?

I really hope taht they are just nursing injuries tho…I think these guys are all still too young to be replaced…..

There’s a lot of injuries…and can’t forget most teams have had their bye week already and the Giants just played 9 straight weeks

That said, I agree on the LB thing..I think MLB is best cuz it seems like they have something with Sintim and Boley’s gonna be around for a while. You can’t count out FA like they did with Pierce tho. I have no idea who is going to be out there tho.

Backup O-Line has been a concern too…hopefully they address it.

You gotta add safety in there too. Even if KP returns, we’ve seen what not having a backup (kinda like KP was in 2008…) can do to hurt you.

Kinda sad considering we thought it was such a strength going in, but I think a DLman or 2 could help.

But i think we have to be very careful with where we pick the S. Relying on KP’s 100% health is really an unknown at this point. When KP went down, so didn’t that position. CC wasn’t the answer, Rouse isn’t, we have two UDFA S’s on our practice with unknown potential and we just signed DJ Johnson (another UDFA) off Denvers PS.

I think it would be wiser to use a higher pick on someone with good-major upside potential than to try and find that diamond in the rough, or someone who grades to be just a ST’er to fringe starter. When KP went down, the talent level dropped considerably too!

AP has proven over and over that he is the QB of the D but it’s clear that his body cannot keep up with his brain. I love AP’s grit but I am tired of seeing an oposing RB or TE score and AP trailing about 4 yards in back of him. I think that he is going to make a great DC and that time may be sooner than later.

As for the coaching staff…I’m totally sick with BC. He’s got the toys but seems that they didn’t come with instructions. Same with KG. We’ve got studs at the skill positions, yet we are so preditable. I am dreading this offense in the winter months at the Meadowlands. I still like Terrible Tom as the HC. I hope that he can get this thing turned around but if he can’t, I have no problems with bringing in another coach with a little guts and imagination. Even with the injuries to this team, we should not be 5 and 4.

About our LB’s and the draft or FA. Just going off memory (FA’s), and a quick glance at historical drafts, the Giants haven’t really used the draft to produce quality LB’s. I’m speaking in terms of a quality starting LB. They’ve spent mid-round picks (2nd round included) on them, but either they were busts, or they were no more than fringe starters or ST’s! You have to go all the way back to ‘81 (LT) and ’84 (Banks) when the Giants last used a first round pick on a LB. Other than Jesse Armstead, Dhani Jones or Corey Miller, no other LB’s standout as having good careers via the draft. I may have missed some? Maybe Corey Widmer?

Now, with FA, theres a longer list of LB’s that have made it prior to coming to the Giants.
LaVarr Arrington
Carlton Bailey
Michael Barrow
Michael Boley
Michael Brooks
Danny Clark
Mike Croel
Carlos Emmons
Barrett Green
Kawika Mitchell
Antonio Pierce

I could be wrong, but it seems like the Giants will use FA’s to shore up their starters and will use the draft for backups/ST’s? I know it’s not from a lack of trying to develop players, but from where they were drafted, you really don’t expect them to. I know there are cases where players can develop into solid starters being drafted later, but as i scanned the last 10-15 drafts, most of your Pro Bowl caliber LB’s were taken first, early second rounds.

Now with our current LB’s, it’s apparent that Clark and AP’s days are numbered, Boley is a keeper, Sintim has upside, but it’s the rest of the unit that leaves a little to be desired. We need to get this group into something more solid!

I actually don’t see Spikes being that high of a pick.

Him and Rolando McClain are seemingly the top MLB’s in the draft. McClain seems to be going in the top 15 in mocks, while actually damn near every mock I see has the Giants picking at the low 20’s and getting Spikes.

Actually, even a few weeks ago when the Giants seemed like they were in the back end of the draft they may be getting Spikes.

There’s also a few other LB’s, like Quan Sturdivant from UNC that could be 3rd round guys…I don’t think he’s like Gerris Wilkenson et al either cuz Sturdivant is a tackling machine and really not a ‘potential’ type guy like Wilkenson

Depending on other team needs, this seems like an area where teams like to move down to, or go up to. Just saying!

Spikes would be good. To my knowledge this recent incident is the only blemish on his record. He’d be a solid pick if he interviews well. The guy is a beast.

with how high good tackles have been valued lately in the draft, i could see him going in the top 15 or higher. plus, even with the o-line aging, i dont think the giants go offensive line in the first round.