Nick Falato
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Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Bobby, it's always a pleasure to talk football prospects with you. We nailed those first couple years. I think we drafted, what, two or three guys who ended up being New York Giants. The OG was Matt Parrott, though.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Yeah, Dan and I were going to do our Shador episode over at Big Blue Banter soon enough. Look, I think Shador Sanders is a – you kind of hear all of the draft pundits talk about his mechanics, how clean he is in the pocket, his throwing motion, his accuracy. And I think there's a lot of validity to that.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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For me, it can be distilled down to something a little bit more simple when it comes to Shador, and it's just I don't see anything – physically like elite about this guy, or even I would say physically excellent about this guy. He is a quarterback who struggled to evade big 12 defenders, right? I think he has to play within the framework of that pocket. That's where he's going to win.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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And people try to say, well, that's Joe Burrow's path. I think Joe Burrow is a better athlete than Shador Sanders is. And I think Joe Burrow also handles the accuracy and has a little bit more arm strength and handles all the things that we, applaud Shador for at a much higher level. And even back when he came out of LSU, I felt that way.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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When I look at Shador, I think I don't know exactly what his ceiling is. I don't think that ceiling is very high. He might have a slightly high floor to him, but when I want... the New York Giants to select a quarterback.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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I want this guy to have a certain ceiling and a certain potentiality that I don't really see necessarily with Shador Sanders, especially if we're talking about him in the top five. If we're talking about Shador Sanders, say if the Giants were to trade back into the first round or if the Giants had like the 25th pick like they did a couple of years ago, fine. I can understand that.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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I can talk myself into it. But when the opportunity cost of selecting Shador Sanders is Abdul Carter or Travis Hunter, I'm out on that. And I'm not necessarily interested in having him be the quarterback for the New York Giants. But that's not to say, Bobby, that he is a bad prospect or he can't be somewhat successful.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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I just think he needs to be in the perfect type of environment to allow him to flourish. And he doesn't have those elite traits that can maybe – put a team on his back and be like, this is, we are going to win because of you. And I'm not saying you're going to win in spite of Shador Sanders, but I just want that elite nature of my quarterback, which we see all throughout the league.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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And I look at him and I don't necessarily see that. Like I look at him and I say, what is this player's ceiling? And I'm like names like Andy Dalton come to mind, right? And maybe slightly more than that. I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but we remember Andy Dalton, Eddie Dalton had a pretty damn good career early on. So that's kind of where I'm at with Shador Sanders. What are your thoughts?
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Especially with the opportunity cost factored in. Like if there was no Travis Hunter or Abdul Carter that would be available, say if Cam Ward is off the board, then maybe you can talk yourself into that.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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But would you rather have that blue chip edge prospect who can be a foundational piece of your franchise for the next 15 years or Travis Hunter, who is a unicorn at this point, not to overuse that, but a dude who plays as much
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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offense and defense and you can kind of pick and choose where you want to put him and then leverage his skill sets if you want him to be a defensive player put him in offensive packages whatever the Giants could really have a lot of success with that so I'm in that same boat I don't think I would throw a fit or anything like I get it I don't think Shador is a bad prospect I think a lot of people conflate Giant fans saying I'm skeptical of selecting Shador Sanders at three with you hate Shador Sanders I don't I think he can be I think he is a first round quarterback
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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But I'm right there with you with the ceiling argument. And I know ceiling, like you said, a bit overused. I just don't really see a path where this guy is a top 10 quarterback consistently in the National Football League in today's NFL.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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And I really am concerned about the lack of athletic ability that he does possess and how he tried to leverage his athletic ability in college and it never worked for him. And now you're doing that against Micah Parsons and you're doing that against the Eagles defense. That's scary. That's a scary proposition.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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So he really needs to find a way to play and hone in on the skills that he does possess to have success. And then those skills need to raise to a level that we haven't necessarily seen yet either. So it's just a lower... I think there's lower amounts of upside with a selection like that in the top five. And I don't know if the Giants will go in that direction.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Yeah, I'm right there with you, man. And I still need to watch some Jalen Milrow and some of these other quarterbacks to see what the actual gap is between Shador Sanders and those quarterbacks. I'm going to cram that all into this next, like, two or three weeks. I'm just finishing up Jackson Dart here soon, and I've been watching just a bunch of film.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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But I am interested to see my opinions in the next couple weeks on Milrow and some of the other guys, Tyler Shuck, to see that gap. I don't know if you've done work on that, but that's – I'm curious to see what I'll think.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Both those quarterbacks have something inside of them, and they both inherited excellent foundations, like those organizations, like the Eagles were ready to win right there, and then obviously San Francisco with Shanahan. But I don't know. We'll see.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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I think we should start with probably the best of the bunch, and that is Derek Harmon of Oregon, man. 6'5", 310 pounds, probably even a little bit more than that. Kind of a heftier look to him. Like when you look at his torso and his chest, it just looks like a cinder block, like a gigantic cinder block plopped on top of two legs with these thick hips.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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And Bobby, anybody who listens to Big Blue Banter will know this. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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would work in in what Shane Bowen wants to do even though people like to label him oh he's at like four three and that doesn't like really matter to me even though that there's a lot of four down fronts with Shane Bowen but overall I like this strength his size and what he can do against the run and I think there's not a ton of upside as a pass rusher but there's enough
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Absolutely. Do you remember the Buccaneers in 2019 that drafted a guy out of Iowa named Anthony Nelson? I think he's still on the team.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Landon Jackson reminds me a little bit of Anthony Nelson. I think Nelson was drafted in the third or fourth round, if I'm not mistaken. Fun fact, Anthony Nelson was...
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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in my group when i was a when i was the uh interning at the senior bowl he was one of the guys who reported to me and i had to like ensure that he was where he needed to be great dude great guy i like atlanta jackson i think he's a little bit more of a a souped up a little bit more souped up whereas nelson's a little bit taller a little bit more of a souped up version of nelson he's big as we actually interviewed him at landon at the senior bowl and it's like he was like kind of like the biggest dude walking
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Is that a bald head and everything, dude?
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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And I wouldn't entertain any of these styles with the Giants, man. I'm just looking to get multiple. And a guy like Jackson, even though it is somewhat similar to Golston, I still think that could be entertained. And then you have guys, and I know this dude will go earlier, Donovan Ezeraku, who is a little bit more of a skill set similar to Brian Burns, completely different types of players.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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And I think in this defense specifically, Having both types is very important, depending on what Shane Bowen is doing. I think Shane Bowen also likes to mix and match and try to gain advantages from a mismatch type of standpoint. When you have those slower tackles, put a Nezeraku in there.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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When you have guys who are just maulers against a run game, put another edge who is a little bit more stronger, has a little bit more of an anchor. I want to see Kayvon establish that anchor and be a little bit more consistent with it this year as well. Hopefully that can happen, which we've been saying for quite a while at this point.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Love them both, but I think I'm going Hunter. That's where I've been for quite a while now. I could be talked into Carter. But I think there's something very special about Travis Hunter, not just the whole play both way. I think he could be successful wherever the Giants decide to play him. And I think if it is defense, you can have those offensive packages where he can go in and run routes.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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And I think he's smart enough from everything I've heard to be able to learn the playbook and what he needs within those packages. He has a leadership quality to him. It seems like a lot of people just rave about his personality and everything. So I think... That's where I would go.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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And stylistically too, just because we were talking about Landon Jackson and his style, when it comes to somebody like Abdul Carter, those high side, like he's an amazing player, obviously a blue chip guy, but those high side rushes with Brian Burns and Dexter Lawrence pushing the pocket from the interior.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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And if this is like a third and six plus, you can have cave on as that fourth rusher, four man rush drop seven. You have two guys who could scream around the edge. And then you have two guys who can push that. Like I want to see that. And that's just four man pass rush. We're not even getting into it.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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pirate stunts which are four man the the uh what you could do from a blitz and you know how shane bowen is going to bring the nickel sometimes there's there's so much creativity that you could do but you don't need to do it because you have arguably one of the best pass rushes in the league if you get a dual card yeah all right who do we want to hit next All right. So we can go and stay.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Do we have another defensive player?
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Yeah, stay in the trenches. And I'm going to try to say this. Jonah Sabania. I think that's how you might say it.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Something like that. I've heard people pronounce it before, but we're going to go. He is the offensive lineman. He has played tackle. He has played guard for the University of Arizona, has over 10 inch hands, just under 34 inch arms. A lot of people are suggesting that he might not be able to play tackle. He had over 2000 snaps. Over a thousand of them were at right tackle.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Almost 1,000 of them were at right guard. About 400 of them were at left tackle. And those were all in 2024. So he's most recently played left tackle. Not going to play left tackle in the NFL. Can he play right tackle? Possibly, but he's a little bit slow-footed. So his best landing spot could be at guard.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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yeah so this is somebody who is fully aware that they're probably going to be kicked inside and when you look at him he's just a house bro he's just massive 324 pounds about six foot four and he can generate a lot of force through the ground into his target in the run game i think he's somebody who kicks out for his size a little bit better than than one would expect when i'm talking about kicking out into space
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Can his pad level rise sometimes? Sure. But I think most of the time for a guy of his size, he does kind of stay low, smooth feet. When a lot of the film I watched was as left tackle, he can get into that vertical set. He can get into that 45 degrees that very quickly. Now he's not going to necessarily have to do that on an Island as often, because I think again, it's going to be kicked inside.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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But when I think about this player and I think about how teams around the NFL and the giants run a lot of duo, his ability to come hip to hip with his offensive lineman, push, get his eyes, and then climb to that linebacker.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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He can generate enough force to do that, and he has enough movement skills, enough balance to locate that linebacker, and he's just freaking wide so he can just get in the player's way. And he's also a smart guy, doesn't really get fooled much on those twists, on those stunts, looks for work, baller type of mentality when he hits you. So I like offensive linemen who have versatility.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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The Giants recently, I don't want to, like, chastise anybody, but they've been burned by that general idea, right? Like drafted guys who are versatile and they get on the field and they're not all that great. But when I do look at, I'm going to try to say it again, Saba Naya.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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I think this is somebody who, yes, he's versatile, but you can just put him at guard and he's going to be successful as a run blocker and have a good enough anchor and adapts well enough to counters to be, I would say, a high floor player initially who can be someone you always rely on if development ensues in the manner that I think could with this type of player, if that makes sense.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Yeah. And that's a high level guard just through technique and strength, because, again, he's not the most explosive or the quickest. But I don't think that's also like a liability that he'll deal with. It's just that's not necessarily an asset either. And I'm big on just investing in the trenches. And I know you are as well. the giants were to go in this direction.
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I don't even know if he would be guaranteed to be the starter, but that, which is good.
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Exactly. That would be the hope though. Right? So the giants right now, man, try to find more offensive line, help try to find more. That's kind of where I'm at. It's like, that's where I was at back in 2019 when I started like podcasting and covering the giants professionally. Right. And then you had Dave Gettleman come in and talk about hog mollies.
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And it's like, yeah, that's kind of cheesy and that's kind of corny, but I like the idea of it. And they've made investments. None of these investments have worked out. And I always try to find out the reason why is this like an organizational lot that the giants are in right now, where it's, the coaches cannot develop the talent that's being brought in. Like, is it like, what is it?
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Is there not like a, is it a lack of development from the coaches port or is the general manager is like dropping the ball and the guys that they're selecting, like why I have so many players that have gone through the giants building have not taken the necessary development to maximize their talents that were pretty, I would say obvious on tape when we watched it specifically, I'm referring to guys like Evan Neal and then obviously Joshua Zudu, because those guys were a little bit higher picks.
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I'm not going to really group in McKethan with this or McKethan with this. But yeah, man, I hope that a player like Jonah wouldn't fall into that. And the Giants, Carmen Brasillo, and the infrastructure that they have in place now will be able to allow these guys to flourish.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Yeah. Hunter or Carter at three and then Harmon at 34 and then Jonah at 65 or whatever it is like that's a solid one, two, three. And you're getting strong in the trenches and you're also getting an insanely talented player in Hunter if the Giants did go in that direction. So I would support that as well.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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Let's go with the receiver first. So that's Pat Bryant from the University of Illinois, the Fighting Illini. I watched this kid's tape against Rutgers. Guy was everywhere. Caught seven for 197 and one. Look.
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He ran a four six at the combine, which I'm like low key, a little excited about, not because I want the guy to fall down the draft boards, but he's going to be available late more than likely on day three. And when you watch this player, he is a crafty route runner who understands how to attack leverage off the line of scrimmage. And that can be off.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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That can be pressed, understands how to win on the line of scrimmage. I think he can use his hands a little bit better against press coverage, but overall he's, I like how smart he is as a player. Is he the most explosive? No. Is he the most twitchy? He's not. Is he somebody who can create separation at the next level?
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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I think that remains to be seen at a consistent basis, but I believe in the savvy nature of his routes. coupled with his athletic ability to find ways to get open. And when you watch this tape, dude, the guy owns the catch point. You throw a ball at Pat Bryant, Pat Bryant's going to find a way to run underneath this pass and make the damn reception. And I love guys like that.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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So I think massive catch radius, high football IQ. Creative route runner. Understands how to run double moves. Very deceptive when he does it. And for a guy of his size, he's fluid. He's balanced. He's just not the most twitchy or explosive type of receiver. But there's room for players like this to come in. And again, another reason why I love guys like this. And this could be just a sucker.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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This could be the old coach in me. I don't know. Block his ass off, dude. Gonna block all day. And I do love that. The Giants did sign some receivers like that already with little Jordan Humphrey. But I think a guy like Pat Bryant, much higher upside.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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I agree. And I know the Giants won't use 10 personnel a ton, but there is this weird thought in my mind where the Giants can add somebody like a Pat Bryant late in the draft and say that this Pat Bryant type character makes the team and you roll out a three by one set in 10 personnel. You have Pat Bryant as that backside X. And then you have on the front side Malik neighbors.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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You got Darius Slayton. You got Wanda. You got, if the giants do go with a hunter, you could put him there. If you want to make it 11 personnel, you can FDO, but you have just firepower on this side of the field, which is going to dictate so much coverage and ensure those one-on-one matchups on the other side of the field. And I kind of want one of those, like I'm a jump ball guy.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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for that other side of the field. Because if you put Malik over there, Malik's going to dictate coverage. But if you have Malik on the other side, on the front side of the play, that coverage, they're going to be like, okay, yeah, one-on-one. I don't really, you know, it's Pat Bryant. Who cares? But a guy like Pat Bryant who could win jump balls with Russell Wilson throwing the ball,
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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There's a part of me that's like, when the Giants want to employ that package, it's a package I want to see because I think it could be so interesting because you know it's not going to be the first read, but you know Russ will look at the defense and that defense adjusts heavily towards the front side, which they more than likely will.
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He'll pull the trigger and allow a guy like Pat Bryant to go up, climb the ladder, and high point, and that's something Pat Bryant did very well with him.
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Darius Slayton is going to break every Giants record.
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I feel like people are going to be low-key mad about it.
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Good first slide, man.
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Oh, dude, man. I love common on guy. I love a guy like this. Do somebody who's just such a physical runner. You, you just give him the football. He's not, doesn't have the breakaway speed maybe, but if you need that, just like three yards, four yards, he's going to get it. He's going to run heavy. He's going to run through arm tackles, physical contact balance.
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Smart runner, good vision, good patience behind the line of scrimmage, knows how to press, allow his blocks to develop and then hit the hole. And once he hits the hole, if the DB in the alley doesn't have the best angle on him, he's going to find a way, enough wiggle to create a poor tackle attempt from that DB.
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And he also just steals the soul of people when he is running the football and in pass protection. Again, another one of those things where it's like, if you're a running back, especially when it's going to be selected on day three and you want to earn snaps, understand how to pass protect. And also just murder people who come into your area to protect your quarterback, to set that tone.
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You have that little small nickel blitzing off. Like, that's my guy. Cool. I'm going to stick my shoulder in him. I'm going to absolutely uproot him. I am going to take this guy out. And I get that sense from a young guy when he's also rushing the football, wants to deliver the pain onto people. So I look at the Giants running back room with Tyrone Tracy Jr.,
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not to do the whole cheesy thunder and lightning thing, but like, that is kind of what I'm thinking about when I think of a dude like common on guy joining this, somebody who had a 3.37 yards after contact average, five yards per carry. I watched a decent amount of Rutgers tape during the season. And every time I was like, dude, I love this running. I can't wait to watch his all 22.
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I tried not to be biased, but like, I loved him dating back to before I got into the all 22. Once I watched the all 22, I'm like, I love a back like this. He's probably going to be in the league for a while. Might not be the most exciting or flashing, but I think he'll immediately be a fan favorite type of dude.
Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
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i know man i uh i love running backs like that dude running backs who are just tough you know it's like old school football type of stuff where you can put him in and he's going to like oh yeah run through the linebacker get the first down so uh i could fill that role and again he's another player who you get on fifth round maybe or something and it's similar to tyrone tracy jr and that could be your running back room and i think it would be a a solid running back room with this passing attack but none guy doesn't have too much upside as a receiver was kind of only tasked to run a lot of like
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quick release routes and things like that. But that would be Tyrone Tracy Jr. Who was running fades and stuff for the giants without why.
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Yeah, so both the Ohio State kids, and then are you considering Omari and Hampton?
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I love Omari and Hampton. I don't think he'll be available, but crazier things have happened. It is the running back position. At pick 34, that would be a trade-down thing, I think. I like a lot of these day three backs, for lack of a better term, that I think...
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the opportunity cost of selecting a running back in the second round is just a little bit too much for me, given where the giants are and what the giants need and how this draft shapes up and the positions that will be available. And I think the players who will likely be available at where the giants pick at the positions of need. I don't know if I wouldn't throw a fit.
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I'd be like, that's interesting. The offense just got better, more explosive. If we're talking about a guy like Omari and Hampton, who I do love, I'd be excited from that standpoint, but I wouldn't want to pass on some of these defensive linemen and then, you know, Maybe the Giants don't get defensive linemen later or they get somebody who's a little bit lesser.
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And then that still remains like a big issue with the defense. So it really just depends on all that. But yeah, no, I really like Omar and Hampton. Travion Henderson and Judkins are both very interesting. Cam Scadaboo is a fun player for sure. Do it all type of running back. Again, not like the high end athletic traits, but enough of an athlete. I think he'd be a fan favorite as well.
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And then Gentry is one of the best running backs I think I've ever seen in college football.
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All right. Excellent. Yeah. You guys can find me on Twitter. It's just at Nick Falato. That's F-A-L-A-T-O. I write for Big Blue View and Giants Country. And I host a podcast with Dan Schneier. It's called Big Blue Banter. Dive into the nitty gritty. Do a lot of film stuff. X's and O's. You're getting heavy into it with the draft. So please check that out as well. That's Big Blue Banter.
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Now, as for your question of guys, a little project for you. Trying to think of what position you're in.
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for a mid-round guy now we already got these cornerbacks so i'm probably not going to go in that direction but there was a player who i know the giants are going to draft who i did love and i think you would like as well and that is upton stout have you seen upton stout yet oh he's western kentucky yes i haven't watched him but i saw him at the senior bowl He's a lot of fun.
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I really liked his tape. Giants won't go in that direction because they have Drew Phillips on the roster. But if this was a previous year, I'd be like, I hope the Giants get this guy in the middle rounds, even if he's available at that. He is very undersized. I'll tell you that. But I love the mentality that he plays with the chip that he has on his shoulder. So we'll go with Upton Stout.
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Take care of yourself. Thanks for having me, Bobby.