The Nippleshorts Prophecies

[SCP]

So I floated a hypothesis out this morning on Twitter about Dave Gettleman’s plan.  So far we have seen ol’ Nippleshorts plant seeds about Norwell and Gano.  These rumors did not get out of the Giants front office by mistake.  Dave is going to rope-a-dope the less savy, emotional Marty Hurney into overpaying Gano. Dave wants Norwell, obviously.  Dave is not happy with how JR bumbled and fumbled his job.  Dave floats out the Gano interest becuse he knows Marty will panic and take the bait.  Meanwhile Marty and Ron let emotions factor into decision making and are now planning to either tag or overpay Graham Gano.  Meanwhile the Giants sign Star and Norwell.  Think about it. Dave knows Hurney’s history. He’s studied all Hurney’s work and past moves from the inside. He knows Ron and his affinity for vets. Nippleshorts NEVER showed his hand while here as GM, why else would he let rumors about Norwell and Gano leave his office in New Jersey?  Why? Because Dave knows exactly how to play Hurney and Ron.

 

Feel the Hurn 2018!

[manu4t]

Sadly, it is really hard to find fault with this reasoning.

[Paa Langfart]

1 hour ago, SCP said:

I floated a hypothesis out this morning

Too much fat and not enough roughage.

[therealmjl]

:-/

[Adb6368]

Overpaying a kicker can't cap strap an organization. It can just make an otherwise awful situation worse. And I don't think we've seen any indication Hurney is going to have the same problem considering the cuts he's already made. Let's see what happens... all indications are that Star and Norwell are gone which is worth it considering the money they'd need to stay.

[TheRed]

If Dave is really this downright spiteful and emotional that he would gamble with the Giants salary cap as a revenge tool, I have to say I'm glad we moved on when we did.

[Cyberjag]

Sometimes, and I'm sure it's very rare when it happens, leaks about a team's supposed plans to get a player in Free Agency are provided by the player's agent and not the team's GM.  Seriously, it happens.

[d-dave]

1 minute ago, Adb6368 said:

all indications are that Star and Norwell are gone which is worth it considering the money they'd need to stay.

Norwell is going to get PAID, and we just don't have that cash available.  

Star is already on the "most likely to be overpaid" list on NFL.com (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000919562/article/sammy-watkins-headlines-free-agents-who-could-be-overpriced).  So there's that.

Did Gettleman play head games over Gano?  Who knows?  Gano picked a good time to be a pro bowler which already ratchets up his contract demands.  What other options are out there for kickers aside from hoping a college kid is a safe bet inside the 50?

[LinvilleGorge]

Except I think we were going to pay Gano and let Norwell and Star walk no matter what. I don't think we needed any trolling from DG (either real or just perceived) to encourage us to do that.

[Khyber53]

He's in your head at least. 

[Mr. Scot]

Every team in the league floats misinformation to try and get other teams to screw up. That's part of the game. Sometimes it's general. Sometimes it's targeted.

We know Marty's been a victim a couple of times already. The Johnson contract ballooned because Atlanta floated out misinformation that they were ready to offer him big money. Likewise, the Armanti Edwards pick was made way higher and with more draft capital spent than should have been because the Colts bluffed Marty into believing that they were going to take Edwards higher than they actually had him.rated.

I'm hoping we don't see repeats of this sort of thing.

[Cary Kollins]

13 minutes ago, TheRed said:

If Dave is really this downright spiteful and emotional that he would gamble with the Giants salary cap as a revenge tool, I have to say I'm glad we moved on when we did.

 

putting rumors out has literally zero impact on the Giants salary cap

[Cary Kollins]

22 minutes ago, SCP said:

 Nippleshorts NEVER showed his hand while here as GM, why else would he let rumors about Norwell and Gano leave his office in New Jersey?  Why? Because Dave knows exactly how to play Hurney and Ron.

 

Feel the Hurn 2018!

 

Meanwhile Hurney is doing sit-down exclusives with the Observer and appearing on radio shows detailing his plans.

Makes sense.

[Growl]

Gentleman NEVER telegraphed his plans. 

 

He would just tell you what it was.

 

Lol how many times did we go into April without a pretty clear idea of who the pick as going to be.