Can David Diehl Play Guard?

DAVE DIEHL CAN PLAY ANYWHERE ON THAT LINE. HE HAS THE PHYSICAL SKILLS AND WHAT MOST DON’T HAVE—THE MENTALITY. HE IS AN ALL-PRO FOR KRIPES SAKE ??
HE WILL DO WELL WHEREVER HE IS NEEDED—HE IS WHAT PARCELLS USED TO CALL 0NE OF “MY GUYS”—-A TRUE TEAM PLAYER. AND I’D EVEN VENTURE TO SAY THAT THE O-LINE WOULD BE BETTER AT THE RUN WITH HIM AT HIS NATURAL GUARD POSITION.
THANKS FOR ALL THE DEDICATION AND GOOD YEARS, DAVE. YOU ARE A TRUE GIANT IN MY BOOKS !!!

Even their “age” to me is silly at this point..They are solid..they have made an incremental improvement with Beatty on board..Next offseason I might start getting a little concerned, but now ths year..The DL is what I want to see get it back together..When I played the coach always looked for guys that had mud and grass stains on their asses after the game..the ass-end of our O-lines uniforms are clean…I really don’t see a ‘Borax’ commercial in the making..

What has Beatty done to be rated ahead of Seubert? He never played LT last year, did he? Is it just because he was a high draft pick? I don’t see what he’s done to be handed the starting LT position.

Damn right.

Agree.Line is better with him at Guard.Improves are depth.I think the question should be Is Beatty ready to start at LT?

and his statement that Diehl was too big to be a guard, even though he had been successful as one. There might have been some theoretical reason – it’s harder for DLs to get under shorter guards – or he might have been trying to forestall discussions of moving Diehl inside before he had a replacement at LT. He certainly didn’t want to do anything to undermine David, who has done whatever they wanted and who wants to be the left tackle.
 I am glad to see that the coaches are disregarding Reese’s statement.
The lack of discusssion of McKenzie is interesting, given last year. My inference is that they want to see how he is physically before they start to talk about more OL changes. If he’s healthy, he’s not a liability.

There is no question that Diehl can and will play Guard. Its easier for a player to move from Tackle to Guard. Diehl is the rare exception a guy who moved inside out. I think moving to guard is the best move his only real weakness is that he’s not athletic enough and his kick is too slow to deal with the speed rushers.

I’ve been saying since last season ended that Will Beatty will be the staring left tackle. The only question is how good will he be … He’s got elite physical skills and with prototypical size ( he’s a bit light in the ass though but with a second training camp in the weight room not worried about it ) … If he’s got the nastiness to want to dominate he can.be as good as he wants to be. He’s a lot like Jason Peters in tha way except Peters doesn’t really want to play football.

Its also in the Giants best interest for Beatty to play left tackle and Diehl to play left guard as it gets Seubert out of the starting line up. Nothing against Richie but at this point he’s just adequate and this move would strengthen two positions and provide you with depth. Seubert is the only guy other than Ohara who can snap the ball. So he’s a quality backup at two positions ( C,G ). He can also be the blocking TE in short yardage and obvious running situations again. I don’t knows the backup T but I’m gonna guess that in the event McKenzie goes down that Diehl will move to the right side and Petrus or Seubert will move into the starting 5.

Beatty will be starting at ol, so Diehl should be able to handle playing og, if not the giants will use Seubert

I believe the issue with Diehl is that playing LG instead of LT means Less Money.

I know sure where he is in his contract but he could ask for significantly more as a Tackle.

Once again – not sure where he is on his contract but I would assume this is the bigger then issue then whether he can play the position.

Diehl might want to be released as other teams would be happy to sign him as a Tackle after the solid job he’s done over the last 3 years.

Beatty isn’t going to win the job as I believe he needs some more time.

Unless he was a weight room junkie….

As long as Seubert is healthy, he played last year with one arm.

I’ve said it before and I will say it again, Diehl lacks the athletcism and movement skills to hit guys in space and at the second level. If he moves inside, then we love alot of our pulling ability on the counters and such. At 6-5", as yourself, if he is getting bullrushed by little guys like Elvis Dumervil and such, how is we going to fair against much larger and squatter DT’s

I am all for giving Beatty a shot if the coaching staff thinks he is good enough to not get Eli killed. To me, the last i saw of him he did NOT have an NFL body. I wonder how he holds up to the long haul and grind of a full season.

If it was me, i keep the line intact and try to work Beatty in where we can to season him, maybe even spell McKenzie to try and keep him fresher.

About Beatty not having an NFL body he played last year at 6’6’ 305 with a 36 in arm length. How much weight exactly does he need to gain to be an NFL Left Tackle ? 10-15 lbs that’s not a lot .. In fact with the exception of the Ogdens, Jones and Paces of the world. Elite Left Tackles have all been small. Boselli was as good as there has ever been for a time and he was 295-300 tops. Joe Thomas is 6’6 312 , Chris Samuels never weighed more than 320 so you don’t have to be huge to play the position … Its more about athleticism, length, lateral quickness, being quick out of your stance and being able to mirror the DE, Yea you have to be able to anchor but then again he wasn’t exactly getting bullrushed by the bigger more physical d-ends on the right side last year. He was also probably the most athletic tackle in his class but he was “small” at 6’6 295-300 …I think he wins the job if he shows the desire and toughness to take it.

I haven’t heard any reason why Beatty should get the LT position. What has he done to earn it? Most posters are saying he should get it, and they haven’t even started training camp.

As someone who has been a fan for almost fifty years; this is a tough one. Anyone who saw Rich Seubert come back from that horrendous injury has to root for him. Anyone that has understood the sacrifices that David Diehl has made for this team has to root for him. As I remember, Diehl was a guard and accepted the tackle position out of a sense of obligation because there was no one who could do a better job at the time. We are lucky to have two such gamers who put the team’s needs ahead of their own and are great examples of what true Giants are.

I’ve been asking for this move for months, and I hope this is only the beginning of Killdrive doing things that’ll make the offense better. Hopefully, the playcalling is next (i.e. MORE KEVIN BOSS PLEASE!).

Diehl’s a natural guard, and Beatty’s an LT, who did well at RT when asked last season. I feel really good about this move. Seubert & McKenzie gotta go. O’Hara’s time is running out, too.

Of course younger players should be able to earn the opportunity to become starters! No one said otherwise. Just because he was a high draft choice, doesn’t guarantee a starting position. If that were true, Sinorce Moss and William Joseph would be starting for the Giants, as would innumerable high picks from other teams.

I guess you’re not hearing my point. It’s all about competing. I don’t see what Beatty has done so far to supplant Seubert as a starter. He may beat him out in training camp, when the competition begins.