or vicodin pills are falling out of his shorts while he runs routes, i’m assuming the team won’t cut bait on Manningham this early.

i’m with you jrs, i think it’s far more likely that Moss gets cut.

C’mon, ‘jrs,’ do you really believe Rucker will make the team? Or, is that just a peace offering to ‘NY17’ so the two of you will stop fighting? LOL!!

have a proven guy like Tyree make the team than Rucker.. unless Rucker gets 400 receiving yards in preseason and has 15 special teams tackles.. I’d still rather take a chance on a pro bowl gunner and super bowl hero like Tyree.

Tyree’s impact has down on special teams since he made the Pro Bowl. Honestly, I just figured that every year there are a couple of surprises on the roster and Rucker may be one of them.

By the way, I knew Rucker was a no-win scenario, if I pick him for the roster I’m trying to make nice, if I pick him to get cut I’m just picking on him, LOL

I am curious about why you have so much confidence in Barden’s ability to come from a small school program and succeed in the NFL, yet Rucker doing the same is such a long shot? Braden had 50 TDs in 4 years, Rucker had 22 TDs in 2 years at Eastern Illinois which extrapolates out to 44 in 4 years. That’s only 1.5 TDs/ year difference!!

I repeatedly have seen on the web that it is expected for Braden to need 2 or 3 years in the NFL to reach his potential. Rucker is in his 2nd year. He’s already be through training camp once before. MG spoke of how “smooth” Micah looked on his route running at the rookie camp and complemented his run blocking as well.

MR’s experience is the key component in my interest in the kid. I’ve looked into him and feel he has the skills and an advantage going into camp this year. I didn’t just pick Rucker out of a racing form because I liked his name.

I’m not looking to piss you off here, but I don’t see why Barden gets a free pass and Rucker is this incredible longshot??

p.s.

You did see who won the Kentucky Derby, right??

Barden will not exactly get a free pass, but he is a 3rd round pick which buys him some room. He also is an oustanding person per all the info out there along with the coaches impressions of him. It doesn’t hurt that he is very smart and has shown a huge upside. Sometimes an unknown quantity is a good thing to have on your side.

Rucker has a chance, but he’ll have to have a smokin’ camp to make the roster. He is more of a known entity, so it’s make or break.

 Moss will pretty much have to disappear in camp to not make the team. In his few opportunities, last year, he made the best of them and the coaches like having one smaller speedster on the roster for the different dimension he brings. Don’t be surprised if he gets the #3 spot to start the season. I know, I’m just as surprised to see me writing this, but it’s true to everything I’ve read and heard.

Expect Manningham to make a leap this year, if he stays healthy. The kid has all the tools(he’s even smarter than anyone thinks). You don’t become a star at his alma mater without mad skills.

Nicks is going to be great. He will get the hang of the NY system and maybe even bust into the starting line up midway through the season.

Hixon and Smith are locks to stay on.

That, I believe, leaves Tyree. Expect him to come out fighting for his NY Giants life. He has always been a stud with the Specials and has flashed at times with the offense. He’s earned himself a chance, at the very least. He knows the offense and is the lone, true veteran receiver on the roster. However, if he practices like he did the Friday before the Superbowl, he’s a goner. You can’t drop that many balls in practice and keep a QB’s confidence in you.

If we carry 7 into the season, only one guy I’ve mentioned goes somewhere else. Otherwise, I think it’s Smith, Hixon, Manningham, Nicks, Barden and either Moss or Tyree.

Just my opinion, but you can’t put any of these seven on the practice squad(the rookies you can, but you will certainly lose Barden if you expose him and Nicks will definitely make the squad), but you can still stash Rucker there.

I watched Moss in college, and this kid had skills.
I know its the big leagues and there’s a lot of different factors to think about but, to say that this is his final chance in the bigs leads me to think that the Gints didn’t develop him the way he needed to be.

I kow he was drafted a few years back, suffered some injuries, hasn’t been an impact, but where do skills die? Seriously? Hands – Confidence, quickness- age (though he’s not there in terms of we should be seeing a drop.. he’s younger than his brother and there’s nothing wrong with Santana). My feeling is that between his last year at Miami U, and now there has been something missing. Maybe he was informed he was going to have a bigger role, got injured and never regained the confidence he had in UM?

I think its a shame that he never really got on the field much and people are throwing in the towel on this guy. It;d be a shame for him to get cut, then sign somewhere and become something.

how we thought we had so much depth at WR and how the passing game was going to be so good with so many weapons. Not that we didn’t have an effective passing game, it just wasn’t what we expected with the Burress fiasco. In light of that, I wonder if we have great depth and a variety of weapons at WR this year, or just a lot of guys hoping to make the squad.

I’m a big fan of Biddle following him since highschool. He has big play potential. I would love to see him suprise everyone and make a contribution to the Giants. You never know the next big thing! Maybe it’s him.

It sounds like people r throwing names around just so they can say “I told u so” as soon as one becomes the next big thing at the Meadowlands. Every Giants fan is going to be looking at these receivers under a microscope, but we’ll have nothing to view until preseason is over. Hixon had us licking our chops after the preseason game against the Browns, and I’m very much looking forward to seeing who’s ready to step up this year.