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The problem with offering an opinion as to what the Giants need most and thus who they must take with the No. 4 pick in the draft is that you are all wrong. Or all correct. The problem is the answer to the “needs’’ question is far too often “Yes.’’ When a team wins three, …
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Steve Serby puts NFL Network draft expert Daniel Jeremiah on the clock for some Q&A ahead of Thursday’s kickoff to this season’s draft, which will be held remotely. Q: You’re leaning Jedrick Wills to the Giants with the fourth pick. Why him over the other two tackles you like, Mekhi Becton and Tristan Wirfs? A: …
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Dave Gettleman has everyone fooled. That includes fans. That includes media members. The Giants general manager doesn’t need the “computer folks” he hired to show him how to turn on his laptop. He has swagger. He’s the smartest guy in the room. That’s according to Bills general manager Brandon Beane. “Can’t trust him. Dave’s smart, …
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The pandemic NFL draft: Have the medical uncertainties compromised Tua Tagovailoa? Will they discourage a team from trading up with the Lions for him? Will social distancing realities and technological challenges make for less wheeling and dealing? The Serby Mock 5.0, an appetizer for the Serby Mock 6.0 on Draft Day, has Giants GM Dave …
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Mekhi Becton, one of the premier offensive tackles in the NFL Draft 2020, who has been linked to both the Jets and Giants, could give teams cause for concern just days before he was set to be picked. The former Louisville star was one of multiple prospects to have a drug test flagged at the …
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Dave Gettleman made a promise to Giants fans at his introductory press conference he has yet to keep, “We’ve got to fix the O-line, let’s be honest,” Gettleman said. “Let’s not kid each other. I told you at the top, big men allow you to compete and that’s what we’ve got to fix.” Don’t just …
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Never say never when it comes to Dave Gettleman and trading down in an NFL Draft. Even though he has never, ever done it. “Well, it’s something I will very seriously entertain,’’ the Giants general manager said Friday on a conference call. Gettleman, 69, has presided over seven NFL Drafts — five with the Panthers …
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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Giants. Paul, while (Dave) Gettleman is big on “best available player” in the draft, what do you think the …
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Dave Gettleman, our 69-year-old football lifer, is surviving in his unsettling virtual reality NFL world … a world without interpersonal relationships and getting-to-know-you dinners and watching prospective draftees interact inside the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. “We got the visual touch-point, but we’re really missing out on the personal touch-point when you can smell and feel …
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You better know what to do when circumstances change, when you are confronted with crisis. Coaching the New York Football Giants —whether you are champions such as Bill Parcells and Tom Coughlin or a rookie such as Joe Judge — in the midst of a pandemic is not exactly miraculously landing a plane in the …