Loading ...David Diehl, Rich Seubert, Shaun O’Hara, Chris Snee and Kareem McKenzie have been together for a long time now, and have played extremely well together in the past, gelling as a unit. Despite this, offensive line struggled at times last season, and it really hurt the offensive production. The running game was shut down for numerous reasons, one of which was the offensive line’s inability to open holes for the running backs. Both offensive tackles struggled with speed rushers at times, and forced Eli Manning into some rushed throws which resulted in turnovers. The health of the offensive line could be blamed, as nearly member of the unit was injured at one point or another last season, but it is clear that the line needs to be much better next season if the offense is going to improve.
How does the offensive line improve? I believe it could happen if one rumored personnel move takes place. If the Giants start second year lineman William Beatty at left tackle and slide David Diehl to left guard. The rest of the line stays the same and Rich Seubert moves to a valuable reserve role on the bench.
There are many reasons why this move should happen:
William Beatty is more of a prototypical left tackle than David Diehl. The athletic, long armed Beatty is quick on his feet and was impressive when forced into action during 2009, his rookie campaign. The Giants drafted Beatty in the second round of the 2009 draft to be the left tackle of the future, and now that he has had a full season to develop and gain strength, it is time for him to show the organization what he can do as a starter.
David Diehl is more of a guard than a left tackle. The versatile Diehl has played all over the offensive line for the Giants and has succeeded wherever he played, starting 16 games as a rookie at right guard, 16 games at right tackle in 2004 and again at left guard during the 2005 season. Before the 2006 season, Diehl moved to left tackle and has been a stalwart there for the Giants ever since. An excellent run blocker and true mauler, Diehl has struggled at times with athletic speed rushers. A warrior and one of the toughest players in the NFL, he has told the media that he will not surrender the left tackle job without a fight, but I think he becomes a Pro Bowl caliber left guard if he is moved.
The rumored move also improves depth across the line. Rich Seubert instantly becomes the best sixth lineman in the league, and he can swing between guard and center, where he has been spotted practicing with the second unit. David Diehl can use his versatility in case an injury happens to either tackle, he can fill in and perform amicably, while Seubert can slide into the left guard spot.
I think that Beatty will succeed and become an excellent left tackle and Diehl will become a powerful left guard, and this move will benefit the Giants in both the running game and the passing game. We all know that the current Giants regime seem to consistently resist change and often stick with what has worked in the past, but they need to realize that they did not draft Beatty in the second round to watch him collect dust on the bench. If this move is made, I see it as a big step in the right direction for Big Blue’s offense in 2010.
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I seriously doubt the Giants will go after the kid’s signing bonus. Not their style. They’ll probably reach an injury settlement, or possibly even IR him, pay him out for his first year before releasing him and then send him on his way with their best wishes.
As cheap as some seem to think the Mara’s are, 800K isn’t worth the publicity nightmare that basically suing a young kid who will be rehabbing hard just to walk would be (whether it’s his own fault or not).
There’s no cap this year, so there is no “football reason” to bother with going after the money. It would be purely to keep it in the checking account. It’s worth letting him keep all of it just for the inevitable headline or two on the beat pages saying they did so.
As far as the actual football is concerned, I’m still not too worried about it. Rolle & Grant is VASTLY superior to anything we fielded last year…even when KP was healthy. Rolle & KP would be vastly superior to anything else in the league. Hell, even if Rolle got hurt I bet Grant & Johnson would be superior to what we fielded last year. Johnson’s not likely to be quite as terrible with a quality veteran to tell him what to do every snap lined up next to him.
Let’s not pretend it was a given that this kid was going to be the starter of the future anyway. We have no idea whether he would have turned into anything or not. As far as football is concerned, we lost a 3rd round pick and Safety gets bumped back up the list a bit again for next spring. Who knows though, “The Sheriff” Rashad could come on with a year under his belt and make everybody content to be looking for nothing more than 4th string depth next spring.
“The Sheriff” Rashad WILL come on…
DEMO and Kujo blazed the trail… but we’re all UCF fans now. Insofar as we’re now all hoping that the Giants catch lightning in a bottle with former Knights Rashad and/or Greco.
And if one or both of those guys is good enough to send Michael Johnson packing, I think it might inspire G101′s #1 MJ-hater, ff55. to donate monies to the school for a new football stadium.
No need for a new stadium. Our on-campus stadium is only 3 years old. Our whole athletic facility got new digs as part of the master plan that went down a few years back.
They do, however, accept donations in the way of money to my bank account so that I could get my masters there and eventually teach there.
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for a long while. I hope all you soccer heads enjoyed it.
I think Samardjiza was insulted, and went into self imposed exile, come back dude we miss ya.
He’ll be back after tomorrow night when Germany kicks the **** out of England.
LMAO, tail between legs LOL
Come on back Sam, I won’t rant anymore. Didn’t mean to drive anyone off…
And I won’t rub in how right I was about Donovan stepping up anymore…
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