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Just get him some Captains of Crush grippers and he'll be good to go.

And here's hoping this is finally not a large issue. The Giants have talent that never plays. Coughlin was fired because of injuries...again. How he didn't drop Palemeiri is the real head scratcher. The Giants were top of the league for like 3 years running for lost time due to injuries. Most drafted players had no injury issues until they started playing for the Giants.

 

Or Carolina just figured out that drama queen was too expensive.

This and Gentleman is an Ernie guy who doesn't believe in shutdown corners. I'm surprised he was franchised at all but must have thought franchising would buy time to negotiate a reasonable deal. Norman wasn't being reasonable so out he went. Probably going to make more money than the franchise tag now.

Definitely.

Woot! The Vikings game isn't in December! Road trip!

That was the first item I checked last night when I got the NFL App alert. It's a fucking Monday night game though so that's a pain. Couldn't just for once be a Sunday 1:00 game not in December. Ahhhhh...well I'll be there and if you jabronees are going that's a bonus. Speaking of pains, there is a lot of night games and an overseas game.

 

 

We don't know that everybody did... if Bortles would've still been available at pick 4, who knows where he gets drafted. Jags got their franchise QB at 3. Browns are still searching.

And that's why all this let's grade the draft after the draft is so asinine.

And a quad. Guys probably a cripple.

I don't think it's unreasonable to have wanted a freeman or laurinitis who signed for pennies while we hoarded our remaining 23 million

This, so this. I'm not sure what the plan was but apparently it was old Redskin 101 of blowing the wad in day one and then take a nap.

Yeah, I think that was a slight misstatement - its not stretching that has been proven to cause injuries, its cold stretching, as in stretching before any warm up, that causes injuries. Stretching after a workout, and doing a real cool down in general, is critical.

Yeah, this is what I meant. It has been shown that stretching before exercise actually weakens you. No offence to Nas but I am very against bro science. Just because you or your buddy has done it for a decade doesn't make it the correct method. Shit, I still see many gym rats squatting with the barbell on their neck which is very wrong.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/08/stretching-before-exercise-is-overrated/376089/

http://breakingmuscle.com/mobility-recovery/two-new-studies-on-static-stretching-are-completely-conflicting

And many more than I care to cite.

Here he is watching his college highlights.

 

Not a fan of torn pecs... completely on the player for lack of conditioning (too much heaving lifting with minimal stretching/elasticity conditioning)... Hopefully he's learned a thing or 2 and our new conditioning coach changes the culture of weight training...

Well...I know this will be controversial but...stretching has actually been shown to cause more issues than it solves. Progressively loading your weights until you hit your target has been shown to be the most effective in mitigating injuries in the weight room. All that is necessary is just to get the blood flowing and heart rate up. A few wind sprints and some push ups before games would be effective. My bet is that these are injuries caused by machines because all the smaller stabilizing muscles and tendons don't get the load necessary to grow with the major muscles. This causes an imbalance that produces injuries. Machines should be banned from all weight training.

Back on topic. I think we all can agree that the Giants organisation does not feel that LB is an integral part of a defense. Here's the blind chipmunk finds a LB nut this draft.

 

Who in FA was worth a damn though? I think the team has done a great job this offseason so far addressing needs with superb talent... and it's not over yet...

Ask the Bears which LBs were worth signing. As usual the Giants signed backups and injury risks for LBs in FA. I'd rather the money went to Trevathen and Freeman (I think those are the 2 LBs Chicago signed) then Jenkins. I'm with Carolina's Gentleman that shutdown corner is a myth.

Hopefully a bust.

And this says

"Giants signed ILB Keenan Robinson, formerly of the Redskins, to a one-year contract "worth up to $3.5 million."

Robinson started 21 games over the past two seasons, but should be arriving in New York as a reserve. At least going by Pro Football Focus' ratings, he was one of the least effective players in the league in 2015. The Giants shouldn't be done adding to their linebacker corps."

Related: Redskins

Source: Mike Garafolo on Twitter

Sounds about right for the Giants blue print.

He says he is in it with the Giants for the long haul. Cruz is a pretty mature down to earth guy with a good head on his shoulders. I think if he has a good season this year, he will still restructure to stay with the Giants.

Probably because he has all his fashion contacts here. I'm sure if the Giants out right cut him he'll just retire. Hopefully the new strength and conditioning guy will get these guys doing proper lifting. I've never seen the Timex center training room but the new guy should just throw all the machines in the trash (well...actually keep the pulleys). Basic barbell and dumbbell lifting.

Why is it done this way? I noticed at the combine they have unofficial time. Is the combine laser timed?

Look stunned on the sideline?

I am definitely going to miss that this year.

Ole Miss pro day on now and Treadwell just ran a 4.65, one scout had him at 4.69

This is something I don't understand about these running scores. Don't they laser time these like in the Olympics?

Which is why I don't think the Giants draft Elliot. RBs in the top 10 is not considered a good pick anymore. If the Giants could remember that Vereen is on the team and use Jennings as the main with a few carries for Darkwa or Williams (OR here) then the Giants are fine. It was the stupidity of randomly choosing starters per quarter that was the issue.

 

Agreed.

 

But I could see a team picking him up for vet minimum.

He was benched the final 2 games. It's over.

Trouble was, often those hurries led to completions...

Hopefully with Vernon and a good interior push the QB won't have anywhere to escape. The problem is when only one player is causing pressure there is a lot of room to slide around.

Look no further than to compare what OBJ makes now to what he'll be making 2 or 3 years from now.

Definitely which is why the argument about not having X amount of drafted players on a team after Y years is useless. The better you draft the more likely the team will not be able to afford the second contract. The Giants haven't been that team unfortunately but it does happen.

Is this another one of those Reese moves where he signs someone who sucks because he had a big game against us once?

He did have that INT once against Giants and he's often injured so this is a text book Reese LB signing.

http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2016/03/new_giants_lb_keenan_robinsons_injury_history_amon.html

 

2. The injuries

The Giants are coming off two straight seasons where they saw middle linebacker Jon Beason rarely make it onto the field. Now their replacement for 2016 (Beason retired) has his fair share of injury concerns as well.

 

Robinson missed time this past season with a shoulder injury. He was dealing with injuries to his labrum, biceps and the rotator cuff in his right shoulder. He played in 12 games, but even when he was on the field, he was rarely healthy.

 

Robinson also dealt with a torn pectoral muscle late in his rookie year and then tore it again the following summer. He missed the entire 2013 season.

 

You think former Giants cornerback Prince Amukamara has missed a lot of time? He missed 25 games in five years. Robinson has already missed 28 games in four years.

What about that Ragland guy? I see in some mocks he's dropped though.

Lamar miller to hou 4 years 26 mil 14 guaranteed.

 

Osweiler is 4 years 72 37

The new Matt Flynn. The Broncos are in a really tough spot now.

I think there are FA success stories...but FA is not a process built for long-term success. You want to be good for a number of years...the draft is the way to go.

The draft is so cap friendly it can really put a team over if you hit on a good one or 2. Look what happened with Seattle and a 3rd round QB. That saved a lot of money for other positions. Shit look at what Cruz did for that one year and he cost basically nothing.