mreinman wrote:

TripleThreat wrote:Well Fewell wasn't drafting the players. ( Don't get me wrong, love Beckham and his insane catches) But the Giants have generally drafted poorly to get to where they are now. You get a series of several strong drafts in a row, you are golden ( like Seattle) You have a bad run of 2-3 lousy drafts, and it will kill you.

Todd Bowles took a broken and hurt unit and got max value out of that Cardinals defense. Sadly, he was probably seen as the standard this season for DC output. ( Arizona simply invests far far more assets into their defense than most teams)

Coughlin and coaching aside, Giants have to really HIT on several drafts in a row. Coaching is much easier when you are stockpiled with talent.

Yeah ... ODB saved Jerry's job.

He drafted well enough to win two Superbowls in 5 year with his draft choices as key pieces..

Think Jets would love to have him as GM??

TripleThreat wrote:^

Not discounting they had two strong post season runs, and that this recent draft class looks more solid, but

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nyg/draft.htm

It's not a reach to say the Giants could have drafted better in more recent drafts. Wilson is a tragic situation, but honestly a poor use of a first round pick. Kennard looks good from this recent class. And Beckham obviously looks like a game changer. But the front office really could have done a lot better trying to get O line help sooner.

In contrast, look at Arizona, they invested in their D ( Calais Campbell, Daryl Washington, Patrick Peterson, Buchanan, Mathieu, etc) and they drafted well within their D and it paid off well this year, even with their offense choking up.