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Gettlemen continues to get criticism for not bringing in a WR

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Actually, shows such as NFLAM and the like have cited Peyton Manning and Tom Brady as the archetypes for this philosophy of continuing to add talent around a QB.

 

The Patriots have the WORST wide receiving corp in the league.  And they plug and play nobody's in at RB.

 

So, shows that NFLAM has no clue what they are talking about.

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Actually, shows such as NFLAM and the like have cited Peyton Manning and Tom Brady as the archetypes for this philosophy of continuing to add talent around a QB.

 

We don't have the coaching staff for that "No Defense" philosophy those teams subscribe to.

 

And I am happy about that.

 

The Giants have a franchise QB in Eli with adequate weapons and a good defense. Gettleman might be leaning more this way after seeing it win Superbowls.

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The Patriots have the WORST wide receiving corp in the league.  And they plug and play nobody's in at RB.

 

So, shows that NFLAM has no clue what they are talking about.

 

 

I wouldn't say that.  Those two tight ends alone when healthy, makes the Patriots a top 5 receiving core.  Yet during the Patriots superbowl years, Brady wasn't working with great receiver talent.  Troy Brown was good, but he wasn't a superstar.

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The Patriots have the WORST wide receiving corp in the league.  And they plug and play nobody's in at RB.

 

So, shows that NFLAM has no clue what they are talking about.

 

 

We don't have the coaching staff for that "No Defense" philosophy those teams subscribe to.

 

And I am happy about that.

 

The Giants have a franchise QB in Eli with adequate weapons and a good defense. Gettleman might be leaning more this way after seeing it win Superbowls.

I'm not saying I agree with them, just stating that's what was discussed.

 

I liked our picks.  Now, did I cringe when they called Patterson and Hunter's names off the board during the draft?  Yes.  But, you can't argue with our picks - we needed them.

 

I saw them discussing it on a segment citing Manning and Brady, but saying teams were trying to do the same with younger QBs to prop them up for the time being, namely Sam Bradford...  So, I would love to be able to do that for Cam, but Cam doesn't need that IMO.  Cam makes the others around him better.  Also, a team like the Rams spent years compiling young prospects on the defense, so they're in a position to keep adding guys on offense.

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Also, even though LaFell is only in his fourth year, I don't have too much confidence he's a good number two.  Is he serviceable?  Perhaps.  Yet I would regulate him to your number three possesion receiver if you asked me.  I would promote Hixon to the number two. (Unless Gettis finally showed up.  Gettis is the only homegrown receiver we have, that has any potential of becoming a great receiver.)

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I did not see the talent that was available where we picked unless we reached.

If you want and need a player....you go get him. You could argue lots of "reaches" if you look at the draft just through one teams eyes.
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Do you spend tons of money on an offense to surround Cam while risking not being able to afford him long term? Or do you spend an average amount on the offense around him, sign him long term, and hope he can elevate players ala Tom Brady.

No like I have said...you should be consistantly DRAFTING young talent to grow up with Cam. We aren't....with Cam entering his 3 yr that makes what we are doing uniquely odd.

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If Cam needs more weapons that Stew, DWill, Tolbert, Smitty, LaFell, Hixon, Ginn, Olsen to be successful......then he is nowhere near the QB that we all believe he is.

Lets take the RBs off the table for these talks...you mean if needs more than a WR that could easily retire after this year, 2 castoff WR rentals, and Brandon LaFell?

And a solid TE.

Meanwhile, guys like Peyton Mannning grew up throwing to super studs.

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You also have to consider the source of the opinion. Jamie Dukes is the worst analyst on sports television. He will constantly interrupt others on NFL Network because he feels his opinion is way more valuable the any other. On top of that, he is the biggest Falcons homer.

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