Malik Nabers gives look inside his ACL recovery, offseason training<\/p>\n
It may sound too simple, but we\u2019re just curious how John Harbaugh approaches his first combine as the New York Giants coach. After more than a month on the job, there\u2019s been no respite for the new coach while assembling a new staff. Now attention turns to free agency and the draft, and we\u2019ll get a better sense of the kinds of players Harbaugh will be looking to add. Plus, this will be the first opportunity to see the new staff in action. There\u2019s a lot of roster questions, especially pertaining to key free agents such as RT Jermaine Eluemunor and WR Wan\u2019Dale Robinson, which we\u2019re curious about. But my biggest focus will be to see how Harbaugh\u2019s approach to the combine has evolved in his first year with a new team in nearly two decades.<\/p>\n
This was never about power, not in the sense of the New York Giants taking power away from Joe Schoen as general manager and giving it to John Harbaugh as head coach.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s about restoring the pride in a franchise that, no matter how much they talk it, actually feeling the emotion and gravity of that isn\u2019t for everybody to appreciate.<\/p>\n
21. Wan\u2019Dale Robinson WR Age: 25. Robinson caught 185 passes over the last two seasons from a variety of quarterbacks. His improvement on intermediate and deeper throws shows he can help any offense.<\/p>\n
23. Jermaine Eluemunor OT Age: 31. Eluemunor has improved from being a part-time player to one of the most consistent pass-protecting right tackles in football.<\/p>\n
57. Cordale Flott CB Age: 25. I\u2019m as surprised to rank Flott this highly as the Giants surely would be to see him here, given the way they kept trying to play former first-round pick \ufeff\ufeff\ufeffDeonte Banks\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff over him. Flott gave us no choice!<\/p>\n
From Week 4, when Dart got the starting gig, to the end of the season, the rookie passer registered a pretty pedestrian 64.8 PFF passing grade with 19 big-time throws and 15 turnover-worthy plays. But it wasn\u2019t the passing that made him special. Dart\u2019s 75.3 PFF rushing grade ranked seventh among all quarterbacks with at least 50 rushing attempts, and he rumbled for 487 yards (third at the position) at 5.7 yards per carry (fifth among qualifying quarterbacks) and nine rushing touchdowns. Dart finished as the QB14 (248.6 points) and would have probably been a solid QB1 option had he started from Week 1 and been able to avoid concussions with safer running.<\/p>\n
That same running style could also be attributed to backfield mate Cam Skattebo. Among players with at least 100 attempts through the first eight weeks of the season, Skattebo was the third-highest-graded rusher (81.0), behind only James Cook (90.4 PFF rushing grade) and Jonathan Taylor (83.4 PFF rushing grade). Though his running style is punishing, he also has some wiggle to him, forcing 22 missed tackles (tied for 11th among qualifying rushers). He ended the season as the RB37 (127.7 points), but before the injury, the rookie rusher was the RB8.<\/p>\n
5. New York Giants: Caleb Downs, S, Ohio State. Downs, who spent three college seasons playing at an All-America level for Alabama (one) and Ohio State (two), will reignite the debate over positional value. The last safety to be picked in the top 10 was Jamal Adams by the Jets at No. 6 in 2017. Since then, Minkah Fitzpatrick (No. 11 to the Dolphins in 2018) and Kyle Hamilton (No. 14 to the Ravens in 2022) are the only safeties selected in the top 15. Downs (6-feet, 205 pounds) is not as big as the 6-4 Hamilton and hasn\u2019t shown the slot corner skills that Fitzpatrick flashed during a brilliant career at Alabama. But we\u2019ll stick with the high-floor approach and give the Giants a player who, at worst, can be the leader of a secondary for a long time.<\/p>\n
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