{"id":237189,"date":"2021-04-28T06:12:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T03:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/giants-offensive-line-fix-better-be-in-for-nfl-draft-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-04-28T06:12:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T03:12:45","slug":"giants-offensive-line-fix-better-be-in-for-nfl-draft-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/giants-offensive-line-fix-better-be-in-for-nfl-draft-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"#Giants\u2019 offensive line fix better be in for NFL Draft 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Giants\u2019 offensive line fix better be in for NFL Draft 2021<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Hope is not a strategy, and hoping the offensive line is fixed won\u2019t help Daniel Jones take a third-year leap and get the Giants back in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

GM Dave Gettleman went Hog Mollie-wild last year when he drafted left tackle Andrew Thomas with the fourth-overall pick, right tackle Matt Peart in the third round and guard Shane Lemieux in the fifth round.<\/p>\n

But guess what? The jury is still very much in doubt.<\/p>\n

And because it is, because John Mara can only dream of Eli Manning\u2019s old bodyguards named Diehl and Snee and O\u2019Hara and Seubert and McKenzie, Joe Judge and Gettleman \u2014 Judgettleman \u2014 cannot and should not conclude he is out of the Hog Mollie business.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to work our fannies off, and we\u2019re going to get it fixed,\u201d Gettleman said when he arrived.<\/p>\n

And yet four years later, here we are.<\/p>\n

Gettleman signed a big-bodied No. 1 wide receiver in Kenny Golladay, but Jones cannot throw him open from his back, cannot be the playoff quarterback the organization believes he can be unless he as comfortable in the pocket as Manning was in his prime.<\/p>\n

GMs get in trouble when they reach for need, but it is likely that there will be some kind of a marriage of value with one of several critical Giants needs with the 11th pick of Thursday night\u2019s NFL draft.<\/p>\n

Another wide receiver.<\/p>\n

Another cornerback.<\/p>\n

Another pass rusher.<\/p>\n

Another linebacker.<\/p>\n

And, yes, another offensive lineman.<\/p>\n

It is likely that a player with as much positional versatility as Northwestern\u2019s Rashawn Slater, who can play every position on the line, or USC\u2019s Alijah Vera-Tucker, who many teams believe can play tackle as well as guard, will app<\/a>eal to Gettleman and to Judge.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomehow, some way, Joe Judge and Jason Garrett have to get the offensive line to protect this quarterback, and make him feel more comfortable in the pocket,\u201d ESPN NFL analyst Louis Riddick told The Post, \u201cotherwise it\u2019s gonna all fall apart, as far as them trying to get him where they need to get him to.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s just say Rashawn Slater slides down there, let\u2019s say he\u2019s available at 11. And you have him, and you have Jaylen Waddle available, and you have, let\u2019s just say for the sake of discussion, you had Micah Parsons still available.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that would be a good, healthy discussion, because I\u2019ll tell you this: I think Rashawn Slater will be an All-Pro. Not a Pro Bowler, I think he\u2019ll be an All-Pro within his first two years. The kid is fantastic. He\u2019s much better right now than anybody the Giants have on their offensive line. That\u2019s a fact.\u201d<\/p>\n

Riddick mentioned how Slater fought off Chase Young in 2019 and favors him slightly over tackle Penei Sewell.<\/p>\n

\u201cRashawn\u2019s got feet like a typewriter,\u201d Riddick said, \u201cand he\u2019s got the strength to match.\u201d<\/p>\n

NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah also prefers Slater to Sewell.<\/p>\n

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Northwestern\u2019s Rashawn Slater<\/figcaption>
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\u201cSlater\u2019s just really, really dynamic in terms of what he can do just working in space, and I thought he was just a more consistent pass protector,\u201d Jeremiah said.<\/p>\n

While Jeremiah believes the 330-pound Sewell has more upside, he is convinced that Slater can play both tackle and guard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Slater has five-position flexibility, he can play any of the five positions,\u201d Jeremiah said.<\/p>\n

Receiver Devonta Smith, the Heisman winner, could be part of the discussion at 11 as well. So could cornerbacks Patrick Surtain II and Jaycee Horn. Kwity Paye could be the pass-rusher consideration. Gettleman, barring the first trade down of his career, has just six picks. He didn\u2019t swing for any offensive linemen in free agency. If not at 11, he ought to keep an eye out for one at 42, or at 76, or at 116.<\/p>\n