Offensive Line Poll: Who Should Start At Center
by Ed Valentine on Jun 21, 2011 12:01 PM EDT
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PrintHere at Big Blue View, we talk about the New York Giants offensive line all the time. Chris Snee, the Pro Bowl right guard, has also been talking about the future of the aging line lately. So, let's spend the next few days figuring out what you guys think the 2011 line should look like.
The two linemen the Giants should be able to count on heading into the upcoming season are Snee at right guard and Kareem McKenzie at right tackle. The center position and the left side spots are, for reasons that include health, performance and contract status, up in the air.
So, over the next three days let's vote on those positions one-by-one.I will keep this to guys currently on the roster, not considering any free agents the Giants may sign eventually.
Today's we start with center. Who do you want to see as the starting center? Incumbent Shaun O'Hara, if he is healthy? Rich Seubert, who did a great job filling in a year ago? Again, if he is healthy. Adam Koets, who showed last season bnefore injuring a knee that he can at least do an adequate job? Kevin Boothe? Practice squad guy Jim Cordle?
Vote in the poll and let us know which guy you want snapping the ball to Eli Manning.
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I think O’Hara starts and Seubert goes back to G. That’s if both are 100% to start the year.
And this is only because I feel Seubert can slide to C if O’Hara falters or gets injured.
who I want?
a healthy O’hara.
who I think?
Adam Koets
why?
A healthy O’hara…i almost feel silly saying that
Seubert’s injury is the worse outta all three.
FIX IT
Agreed with you
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-John Madden
Forehead slap
Okay 3 of the guys are coming off major surgery, one has only played one game as a center and the other is on the practice squad, please tell me again why we did not draft a Center?
Please get well Shuan…
by Late for Dinner on Jun 21, 2011 12:18 PM EDT reply actions
Because you dont just draft people to say you drafted a position
Besides Pouncey, i wouldnt have drafted any C over the people we picked in any of the rounds before the 6th
Peyton May Have The Wins!!
But Eli Will Have The Rings!!!
watch pouncey bust anyway
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by Simms-McConkey on Jun 21, 2011 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Well he wont be a bust
He is very gifted and he now joins a very good offensive line who has a good OL coach. Alot of the times people become “busts” because of the situation they are in and the coaching they get and Pouncey is in heaven in his current situation.
Peyton May Have The Wins!!
But Eli Will Have The Rings!!!
I want KOETS
Just have a good feeling about him, no logic here
I say give Petrus the chance at playing Center
I would love that, he is the next Snee, im telling you, even if they wanna move Snee inside, and let Mitch play Guard, that would be awesome.
Peyton May Have The Wins!!
But Eli Will Have The Rings!!!
Koets
O’Hara is getting older and Seubert just had a turribul injury
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. ~ a fortune cookie.
Agreed.
I think Seubert will be lucky to see the field this year. IR is likely IMO.
Just get it done already...
Richie will not be 100%
At least not until six games in. Can you say PUP?
That means TC starts Koets or Shaun – whomever is playing better. Halfway in, put Richie in there.
I really really hope that JR and TC know sonething we do not cuz from the outside this position is a mess.
Bring lawyers, guns and money to get me out of this one! Stand in the Fire.
If we're going to assume that all 3 are healthy
I think I vote Suebert or O’Hara. O’Hara had been playing well up until his misdiagnosed injury to start the season.
And you just can not count Richie Suebert out. He’s come back from worse.
There are free agent centers available
The Giants will get someone as a safety net but I’d like to see Koets get the job.
my feelings exactly
Keep Jose Reyes, Trade Fred Wilpon
by BigBlueIntervention on Jun 21, 2011 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Wouldn't surprise me if there were a bunch of unexpected free agents
The talks are getting serious. The owners have brought in GMs to scope out how they are going to move forward with season.
Expect a new cap and a bunch of guys going free at the same time. With any luck we get a C and a LB.
the newest rumors are that we're going back to 2010 FA rules.
One name that I’m looking at is Lyle Sendlein, C of the Arizona Cardinals. Won’t ask (hopefully) for a monster contract, but is pretty damn underrated.
Keep Jose Reyes, Trade Fred Wilpon
by BigBlueIntervention on Jun 21, 2011 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Based on Shefter
It will be 2009 FA rules
4 year and above eligible for FA
damn...with 4 yrs and above being eligible for UFA
its going to be like the big bang
Keep Jose Reyes, Trade Fred Wilpon
by BigBlueIntervention on Jun 21, 2011 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I CAN'T WAIT
to see what FA will look like this summer. Ed will have to post hourly updates on who went where.
Just get it done already...
hourly?
in the first couple days…try minute-ly. Keep those typing fingers limber, Ed!
Keep Jose Reyes, Trade Fred Wilpon
by BigBlueIntervention on Jun 21, 2011 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Jim Cordle
Has the potential to be a Hall of Famer…. Seriously, I never heard of him. Man, we need to draft a center next year. Can’t Mitch Petrus learn how to snap a football?
Having three potential starters is not that bad
Yes, they are not all Centers, but Koets and Rich especially,
did great filling in for O hara. However, I think it’s going to take
a lot to convince O hara that he shouldn’t be starting
I want Seubert to start
because when he was Center our running game was the best in football.
Even though Coughlin may not realize that, I just hope he doesn’t hand the job to O’Hara. If we have a training camp, everyone on the o-line, except Snee, Seubert and Mckenzie, should be fighting for the starting spot.
Yea Rich
Played waaaaaaay better than Shawn but the love that TC has for that group as well as the love they have for eachother is going to make any O line changes without injury damn near impossible.
Peyton May Have The Wins!!
But Eli Will Have The Rings!!!
I don't think TC has that much love for them
He did say during the rookie combines that we need a Center.
I just hope he doesn’t hand the job over to O’Hara because he’s the only proven player. Maybe I’m underestimating Coughlin a bit. After all it’s a must win season this year and I expect him to pull out all the stops.
I am shocked...
…so many people voted for O’Hara!
When he was healthy in 2009 our running game sucked the entire year!
When he was healthy in 2010 (the brief period that he was), the running game that was previously rolling along, ground to a halt.
I would like to see anyone under Center not named O’Hara in 2011 (Lord-willing there’s a season).
by Masakari on Jun 21, 2011 3:44 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
so true
I hope Coughlin realizes this. I never realized how important the Center position was until O’Hara was out of the line up, and I valued it even more when Seubert started there.
As someone once said, ‘at this point in O’Hara’s career, he’s nothing more than a Human Turnstile.’
Yea more veteran love from TC but im going to keep saying it
until im blue in the face, i dont care about your age if you can out perform the person behind you but there are a few people who did not do anything that the person behind them couldnt have done even better last year and they are David Diehl (Beatty)…..Bulluck (sintim)….. Ohara (Seubert/Petrus/Koets/who the hell ever).
Peyton May Have The Wins!!
But Eli Will Have The Rings!!!
I mean it has to ne Rich
if you ask me, he played the best center when he was healthy, O hara struggled even when he was fine, if he can get back to his “old self” instead of his old self! then of course its Shawn.
I really dont care who starts at Center as long as Diehl doesnt start at LT….that BS has to stop here for real.
Peyton May Have The Wins!!
But Eli Will Have The Rings!!!
A twist on that old baseball cliche
If you have five possible centers, you probably don’t have one.
I expect a free agent for some quality depth until they see how many of these guys can still play effectively.
Go Giants!
What if you have 4 top flight defensive ends? lol
Peyton May Have The Wins!!
But Eli Will Have The Rings!!!
LOL. Well there goes THAT theory.
The football team in my school, they were tough! After they sacked the quarterback they went after his family.
by Handsome Stranger on Jun 22, 2011 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
who do you want?
O’Hara. I want him to be ealthy. Theefore the best anchor for that line.
Only disappointed to see Seubert not in 2nd place. He was just about this team’s MVP last year.
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All Giants fans are grateful for Seubert's contribution last year
but we’re also cognizant of what Koets did and could possibly do in the future. He’s younger and has room to grow.
Who really expects an old and already scarred Seubert to be ready
That’s more of a pipe dream than a reasonable hope
Yeah, I don't understand why people are even voting for him.
I thought it was painfully (pun intended) obvious how catastrophic his leg injury was. He’s not playing this year. If he could, I would have definitely voted for him.
Just get it done already...
that's my thinking
personally I think a Healthy Richie Seubert > Koets
in fact…even though I think Koets is in the best position to win the job…I’m also not totally sold that he is your ideal starting Center
The only reason I say this is b/c I think he could stand to get stronger, especially in his upper body.
FIX IT
my head still tells me though
that O’hara is probably going to deal w/ injuries issues all season long
and Seubert won’t be healthy enough to be effective.
so by Default…it’s Koets.
but when they’re all healthy….I put Koets at the back of the line.
FIX IT
Anyone read Pro Football Focus?
O’Hara was rated as bottom 5 centers in the NFL last year. Agreed that all options are less than optimal. Agree that Diehl needs to come off that left tackle spot as #1 priority. Andrews is a huge ??? If he could hack it, life would be better. But it might be Beatty, Petrus, Seubert.
Yes
Work Petrus in for Diehl, if necessary. Brewer is a project so they might need to get another backup tackle.
Brewer could be future RT
I think they’re hoping this is the year that Beatty can get it done and be LT and then groom Brewer as Mack’s replacement in a year or 2. I don’t think Petrus is ready to start so him and Boothe are flex G backups.
I concur
I will definitely find a way to get Mitch Petrus in there…the guy has a crazy motor and likes to lay the lumber…Last year I dont know what game it was, on the sidelines, he looked like he had just drank 10 galons of coffee! Mitch was wired! AND he did a helluva job!
can someone tell me
who the f**k is jim cordle?
"I like prime rib, and I'd love to win a Super Bowl" -Andy Reid
nyg94
I imagine he has never heard of you….the difference is he has enough class that he would not make that statement in the manner you did.
By the way, I’ve never heard of you either.
by Objective Mountaineer on Jun 23, 2011 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
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