will be finding answers for center
Dexter Lawrence NFL Draft , right guard, and right tackle. After a turbulent 2018, they are locked in at left tackle and have a long-term answer at left guard. The
rest of the line, however remains unsettled and in need of better play.
Complicating matters is a league-wide shortage of viable starting offensive
linemen. It is nothing new -- as the college ranks have progressed away from
“pro style” systems, it is getting harder and harder for teams to find prospects
who can start soon, or who have starter upside at all. That leads teams to
looking for players who might have the upside to be starters but have some
issues which their coaches believe they can correct. That leads us to Andre
Dillard of Washington State. Dillard is rising up draft boards and has
intriguing tools, but comes with issues that teams will have to decide whether
or not they can fix.MeasurablesHeight: 6-foot 5Weight: 310 poundProsPrototypical
frame with long arms and balanced thickness in upper and lower body.Uses hands
well. Keep them up and ready throughout the rep and doesn’t hesitate to use his
hands to create space. Shows the ability to re-anchor against power and absorb
bull-rushes. Hand usage lets him deal with a variety of rush moves. Red-shirt
senior with three years of starting experience in a pass-heavy offense.Good
lateral agility to mirror defenders at the line of scrimmage.ConsKick-slide is
virtually nonexistent. Something of an unknown as a run blocker.Speed off the
edge can compromise his feet. Air Raid offense rarely (if every) had him in a
three-point stance.Prospect Video(Dillard is left tackle, number 60)What They’re
Saying - Tony Pauline (The Draft Analyst - pre-season scouting report) Does He
Fit The Giants?Dillard presents an interesting conundrum for NFL decision
makers. He has pretty much the full set of tools that teams want to see from
offensive tackle prospects, and extensive experience as a pass protector. He
uses his hands, rarely seems flustered, and is a good athlete for an offensive
lineman. However, he will need time to develop in an NFL system at that NFL
level. He was never in a three-point stance and Washington State only ran the
ball sparingly. More importantly, Dillard only used a kick-slide on a handful of
plays that I have seen. And while his choppy shuffle back into a pass set kept
him parallel to the line of scrimmage and able to absorb rushes -- though he
rarely stopped them cold -- any semblance of speed off the edge left his feet
crossed and lunging after the rusher. His mirror ability, as well as his
movement at the second level and as a blocker on screens, suggest that he has
plenty of athleticism to be able to kick-slide. Learning to do so will fix many
of the holes in his game and be necessary for him to have a future in the NFL.
Of course doing so will require un-learning his bad habits before building
proper technique.As a run blocker, he will likely fit best in a zone-heavy
scheme. Washington State didn’t run the ball all that much, but Dillard’s
athleticism suggests that he would be better in a scheme which is predicated on
getting the defense flowing, rather than trying to over-power it.He has the
tools to be an NFL offensive tackle. However, he would do best as if he lands in
a position where he could develop before earning a starting job. As it stands
now, the Giants need help on their offensive line soonest. Whether or not the
Giants have the ability to let a player develop could change by the
draft
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draft?Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY SportsDave Gettleman isn’t young. He is 68. He
knows after a battle with lymphoma that the clock is ticking on his career as an
NFL executive. He made it clear on Wednesday that his dream, whenever his time
as general manager of the New York Giants comes to an end, is to have left the
organization in the hands of a franchise quarterback.In case you missed what he
said Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine, here it is:“What Ernie [Accorsi] did
for the Giants it would be a dream for me to do the same thing,” Gettleman
said.“I would love to drop a franchise quarterback in this place then watch him
from Cape Cod and enjoy the hell out of him.“That’s a gift and it’s what I would
like to do that for the New York Giants.”You could tell that he meant it. Not
only because he said out loud that he meant it, but because of the little
introspective bow of the head that came along with his remark. You could tell
that finding the right quarterback to lead the Giants beyond the time both he
and Eli Manning are gone is important to him.Can Gettleman, with the No. 6
overall pick, fulfill that dream in the 2019 NFL Draft? There were a couple of
things that happened Wednesday that might impact that.The Cardinals might not be
committed to Josh RosenNew Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury said a couple
of weeks ago that Josh Rosen was “our guy” at quarterback.Well ... maybe
not.Cardinals GM Steve Kiem opened the door to continued speculation on
Wednesday, with a qualified answer to the team’s quarterback question.“Is Josh
Rosen our quarterback? Yeah, he is right now, for sure,” Keim said.We know that
Kingsbury has said in the past he would take Kyler Murray in the draft if he had
an opportunity. Kingsbury tried on Wednesday to qualify that remark as well.“I
can see why it did, obviously, with how the circumstances played out,” Kingsbury
said. “It was before a college game. Obviously, I think the world of Kyler as a
player and a person
Youth Deandre Baker Jersey , but the timing of it is pretty unique.”Still, the Cardinals have the No. 1 pick. Murray quelled some doubts about his size on
Thursday.Sure, he’s short — but he measured heavier than Russell Wilson did at
the Combine and with bigger hands than Baker Mayfield.Let’s take a wild guess
that Murray doesn’t get past the Cardinals. That would mean Rosen would be on
the move. Even if Murray doesn’t get to the Cardinals, my guess is he doesn’t
get to No. 6.Would the Giants make a play for the former UCLA Bruin who was the
fourth quarterback taken last season? Probably not. My information is that the
Giants simply did not like Rosen when they met him a year ago, and that stance
hasn’t changed. The Ryan Leaf comparison has even been tossed around.So,
Gettleman’s dream quarterback is unlikely to be Murray or Rosen.The Jets are
open for business at No. 3The New York Jets have the third overall pick. They
have their quarterback in Sam Darnold after trading up to get him at No. 3 a
year ago. The way things go with the draft and quarterbacks, there will be
intense interest from quarterback-needy teams in getting that pick from the
Jets.Mike Maccagnon, the Jets GM, sounds ready and willing to play ball. “Right
now, we feel good at No. 3, but I’d definitely say if there’s an opportunity to
trade down, we would absolutely look at it,” Maccagnan said on Wednesday.Even
with the Giants?“Yeah, I think I would be open to any team that would (want to
trade),” Maccagnan said when asked about trading with the Giants. “As long as
the trade made sense to us, there’s nothing that would stop us from doing
that.”Based on the trade chart it would cost the Giants a second-round pick, and
probably more, to get that pick from the Jets. Without a third-round pick, and
with an admitted need for defensive playmakers, are the Giants in a position to
make that move?The view here is probably not. Gettleman and the Giants are not
trying to tank. They have said they are trying to win games now while also
setting the team up for sustained success. They can’t win games in 2019 without
any draft picks in the first three rounds they would expect to contribute
heavily in 2019.So
Womens Deandre Baker Jersey , the Jets are likely to deal that No. 3 pick to someone. It just seems to be far-fetched to think that someone will be the
Giants.Where does that leave the Giants?Let’s assume Murray and Haskins are off
the board before No. 6. We don’t know what the Raiders will do, but again I
don’t see the Giants moving up that No. 4 slot.Gettleman was adamant on
Wednesday that he won’t take a quarterback at No. 6, or at any draft slot, who
doesn’t deserve to be taken at that time.“You cannot reach,” Gettleman said on
Wednesday. “I will say it until the cows come home, you can’t reach.”“You
evaluate the quarterbacks and you take the guy when you believe he’s the guy and
it’s at the right spot.”Daniel Jones of Duke and Drew Lock of Missouri feel like
reaches at No. 6.Quarterback-needy teams are likely to include the Denver
Broncos (10th), Miami Dolphins (13th), Jacksonville Jaguars (7th) and Washington
Redskins (15th). Not all of them are going to be able to move past the
Giants.Would any of them dance with the Giants, allowing Gettleman to trade
down? That would give Gettleman options. It would also likely allow him to
recoup the third-round pick he surrendered by selecting Sam Beal in the NFL
Supplemental Draft.Perhaps, if he likes Jones enough, Gettleman would take him
in the middle of the first round. Remember, though, as badly as he wants a
franchise quarterback Gettleman also indicated Wednesday that he would be OK not
taking that guy this year.If he were to pass, a trade down allows Gettleman to
do something else that needs to be done — build a roster that has holes on both
the offensive and defensive lines. Those, coincidentally, are two areas where
this draft class is strong. “This is a really strong draft for hogs on both
sides of the ball,” Gettleman said Wednesday. “It’s obviously a very important
need. You guys sat and watched us and saw our inability to close out games. We
had three games the second half of the year we make stops we finish the season
7-1. A stop.”Maybe Gettleman would use a Day 2 pick on a quarterback like
Jarrett Stidham of Auburn. He also admitted Wednesday, though, that while there
are exceptions history tells you that if you want a franchise guy you better go
get him early in the draft.So, the view here is that despite all the
machinations
Authentic Deandre Baker Jersey , options, scenarios, gnashing of teeth from the fan base and noise from the media, Gettleman’s dream quarterback might not
be in this class.The Nick Foles optionWhile coach Pat Shurmur was saying of
Manning “I want Eli back. He’s back,” and Gettleman was saying the negative
narrative around the veteran quarterback wasn’t fair, the GM also cracked open
the door ever so slightly to moving on.“I can’t say anything like that (that he
wouldn’t look for a veteran quarterback). I can’t do it,” Gettleman said. “You
don’t know what’s gonna happen. You don’t know ??We’re evaluating everything.
We’ve just got to keep moving forward.”The Eagles Wednesday said they will allow
Foles to test free agency.“We made this decision as an organization and we feel
very comfortable about it,” Howie Roseman, Eagles executive vice president of
football operations, said. “Again, (it’s a) hard decision. Nick is someone that
means a lot to us professionally and personally. But at the end of the day, as
an organization we felt like it was the right thing to do.”So, if you want to
dream about Foles as a Giant I guess you still can. Still, extremely
unlikely.What does it all mean?In the end, none of us knows for certain who the
heir apparent to Manning will be — or when he will show up in a Giants uniform.
We only know that Gettleman is searching. It was obvious a year ago that the GM
was in love with Saquon Barkley. He telegraphed that from miles away. If he’s in
love with one of the quarterbacks in this class, he’s playing that card close to
the vest. We’ll just have to see how Gettleman’s dream ends.
