Under DG Giants never drafted OL in 1st round

[thefuzz]

"Big men allow you to compete."

 

Pretty much all I need to hear.  He is built the DL like crazy, now I fully expect him to do the same to the OL.

[The Huddler]

DG was under the giants. He didn't build poo. He gave his opinion as of who was good and who wasnt

[hepcat]

Carolina needs tackles badly.  When your top tackle is Byron Bell, you're going to have some issues on the O-Line.  They're set at center and have invested draft picks at guard, but tackle is currently the weakest position on the roster.  I'd be very surprised if they didn't draft one in the first three rounds.

[SOJA]

getting a really strong feeling we are going to do just the opposite. I would not be surprised at all if, like last year, our top two picks are the same: O-line

[caatfan]

While I don't think this is true, it's possible that the Giants' success with their OL was in spite of Gman, not because of him. The guy who makes the draft picks and the trades gets the credit or blame, not the advisors. All we can do is hope the GM has the smarts and luck to get the right players.

[Toundra]

If we can draft 3 probowlers with our 5th our 6th and our 7th, so be it, we can even use the first on a cheerleader.

Can we?

 

[Carolina_Crazy]

I don't see it, you would think if the front office thought it was a big need. They would have been in free agency signing depth but the only person they talked to was Anthony Collin`s. I mean it is a weakness but i don't think its as bad as we think but time will tell.

[TheRed]

Why do people insist on pretending like he was a GM in New York?

[Mr. Scot]

Gettleman's stated philosophy about OL building is that you get a group of young guys together and let them grow into a solid unit.

 

I think there's a good chance you'll see that idea play out over the next two drafts.

[Kuech the Sneak]

He knows our tackle position is in bad shape and I doubt he's just gonna neglect that. I actually might be in the minority but I think well be ok at guard this coming season

[panthers55]

I think he will go OL in the first.  For those who wanted a wide receiver, there are very good ones all over this draft.  We can find a day 1 starter in the second or even the third round.

 

Part of this is money.  You can find veteran receivers on the cheap but left tackles are almost always very expensive.

[Peppers90 NC]

Have the Giants ever been so bad at LT, RT and RG in the same offseason?

[JawnyBlaze]

They key part of his title with the Giants was PROFESSIONAL.  In other words, NOT COLLEGE PROSPECTS.

[gettlemanjack]

Wasn't he the head of pro personnel? Meaning he would've been evaluating current NFL players, not draft prospects?

from ESPN:

"Gettleman admits he's a novice when it comes to evaluating college personnel and his knowledge of running a draft. With the Giants, all of his work came on the pro personnel side, which included analyzing NFL free agents. Occasionally he'd get asked advice on a college player, but those instances were few and far between.

"As a pro guy basically I was in the war room on draft handling the trade phone," Gettleman said of his time with the Giants. "That was basically it." But in the end he doesn't think evaluating NFL talent is much different than assessing college talent.

"I'd like to think in my 28 years in the league I have a pretty good idea of who can play," Gettleman said.

Still, he'll lean upon (his staff) for added input.

"The best thing I can do is listen," Gettleman said.

"What the draft is all about, it's not about who's right it's about getting the guy right. He's not my guy he's our guy. And that's the biggest thing I do"

http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=9199945&src=desktop&wjb