'Red flags' about Rutgers' Britt?

I would love to get a guy who isnt worried about getting a huge rookie contract, but rather is going to play his ass off to get that second one. How many rookies get huge deals then sit back and do nothing but milk it?

And honestly, were I in the same situation, I wouldnt want to know who else was out there. Listening to ESPN all day would drive me nuts when really you have no control over it. My buddy was a projected MLB 1st-3rd round pick and got caught up in that. Come draft day, there is a rumor that he has an arm issue or something and he dropped to the 9th (where the Mets got a steal of a pitcher). Anyway, you cant worry about it too much, just control what you can. No sense stressing over the other WRs.

character concerns, but not what they were. Now that I know that he’s money hungry and not really into football, it shows that even if the guy becomes a star he’s gonna be a Chad Johnson type.

How bad will he be mentally? Who knows. No one will know until he proabably does get that second contract. But that’s 4-5 years away depending on where he is grabbed. If he is driven by money, is that really such a bad thing? Who really isn’t? If the guy wants to put up gigantic numbers and works at it to do so, why not grab him if he’s there in round 2
I wouldn’t trade up for him and Id take him behind any of Crabtree Maclin DHB or Nicks.

Maybe its just a smoke screen so that he falls to the Giants in round 2 after they draft an O-Lineman.CB or LB in round 1???

though I have a minor quibble with his “don’t take a pass rusher.” I know what he means, don’t take a pass rushing lineman, but I wouldn’t be upset if they took a linebacker who was a good pash rusher – the more pressure the better. I don’t want a 1-dimensional LB, but if the best LB available whenever they decide to take one is known as more of a pass rusher than a run stopper, I’m ok with that.

He kinda sounds like Manny.. Would I take Manny on my team? Absolutely. As long as Britt produces and gets along with his teammates, I’d be glad to have him.

I doubt any of these guys are gonna be as good as him anytime soon, if ever

I don’t really consider anything from the excerpt as a “red flag.” Every WR cares about getting paid, so we should shy away from Britt just because he doesn’t use the pre-draft script provided to every prospect? Like someone already said, there is nothing wrong with a player wanting to play hard and earn a big second contract. The more I think about it the more I like Britt. He has two really good seasons to his name (and his freshman campaign wasn’t too shabby either), isn’t afraid to go across the middle, and knows how to hold a block. After Crabtree and possibly Maclin (Britt’s stats are superior to Mac’s) I’d rank Britt the best WR prospect. His 40-time wasn’t great, but that didn’t stop him from average more yards per reception than Crabtree, Maclin, and Hey-Bey, and he’s built like a tank.

P.S. If we take Hey-Bey with Britt still on the board I’ll blow my face off

in that i’m sure he’s personality will be factored into the giants evaluation of him. nothing from that sounds all that bad, though.

Not only do I not want the G-men to draft Britt, but I don’t want them to draft a WR in the first round. I want one of their second round picks to be on Ramses Barden. I have studied up on him more and more, and I think he’s a great fit. Fast, REALLY tall, and without the attitude. Ideally I think a LB should be drafted first, Ramses Barden second, and either a CB or OT third.

If he practices hard and plays hard and does the time in the film room that he needs to do, I don’t really care if he’s also watching football and surfing ESPN.com and reading Pro Football Weekly in his spare time. And one single one-game suspension in three seasons at Rutgers (for an unspecified violation that hasn’t been repeated) is hardly the same as Plaxico’s large number of fines and suspensions.

Greg Schiano said:

He approaches the game with incredible intensity. As high as Ed [Reed], as high as Danny Morgan. He ranks right up there with the best, and he’s an energizer bunny in practices. [The diva rumors] are totally false. Somehow, some way, this stuff got out. But it’s just not true.

is one of the most overrated players in the draft. As is Malcolm Jenkins and as was Vernon Gholston last year. Why do you think the Ohio St. defense has played so badly in and lost all these bowl games the last few years? Because the players on that defense were all overrated. I’m a little surprised a NY Giant fan would want to see him get picked.
If the Giants take a linebacker early I hope it’s Clint Sintim from Virginia
I do think they’re going to take a running back early probably 2nd round and I’d like it to be either Lesean McCoy from Pitt or Andre Brown from NC St.
Most of all if they do trade for Braylon Edwards I really hope they don’t give back more than a 1st round pick for him.