Loading ...New York Giants left tackle William Beatty was placed on Injured Reserve (IR) last season after suffering a detached retina that required surgery, which was performed by Donald J. D'Amico, MD, Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College & Ophthalmologist-in-Chief at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. On Monday afternoon, Beatty revealed via his Twitter account that his eye had healed and he's ready to return to football in 2012.
"My eye is 100% only difference is ill now have a shield to protect from getting hit in the eye on game days," he tweeted.
Beatty also referred to himself as the starting left tackle, meaning, as anticipated, David Diehl will once again be on the move. Whether or not that's a move back to left guard or a move to right tackle is still anyone's guess. He's already gone on record saying he'll play wherever the team needs him to, so the decision is, obviously, in their hands.
A second round pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, Beatty showed some significant improvement prior to his injury last year. He has one year remaining on his contract and is scheduled to earn $615,000 in 2012.
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IMHO
1. DE or LB/DB Chandler Jones, Kuechly or Hightower (I think they love Jones)
2. WR, DB or DL ???/Josh Robinson, ???
3. RB Chris Polk or Pierce would be nice. Turbin, or Gray
4. WR, TE Criner, Jeffery or Toon/ Egnew or L. Green
6. OG/OT Peter Konz, Lamar Holmes or Ryan Miller
7. RB Jonathan Grimes, Montel Harris, Daryl Richardson.
Not much chance of either interior linebacker being around at 32.
Still not sure about round two. If they have a wideout or running back in mind, I think he goes here. If Robinson is around, I would take him.
Round 4 will change depending on who is available in round two.
Miller could be a steal in round six, Konz or Holmes would be nice to see here.
Grimes and Richardson are sleepers and will help ST right away.
Nice piece about Gray. I haven’t really though about him much but I think he’s a better fit than some of the other smaller RBs I have heard mentioned. I still like Piece better, I think RBs that stand out at smaller schools have a good track record of NFL success. Gray’s profile reminds me a lot of Andre Brown because does have ability to be a #1 RB.
I have stated that we need to address RB in the first 3 rounds. But it wouldn’t surprise me if we waited until the 4th if JR has his eye on an under the radar type prospect like Gray. Though since we pick so late in the 4th it’s very risky IMO with RB being a huge need.
I think a few years from now we will see that this was an excellent draft for RBs.
I think this is big news. Beatty’s success is really one of the keys to our season IMO. I think if he can be a top third LT he can help stabilize the whole OL.
Beatty, Brewer and Petrus. We need to determine how/if they have a future as starters. Otherwise we need to bring in bodies. This is a lot more important than it seems.
Beatty is unquestionably a starter.
I’m hoping Petrus finally gets his shot. Vs Green Bay in the Regular season there were multiple times he stood up BJ Raji one on one
As long as Beatty continues to gain strength and weight (arms, shoulders and legs) he will be the choice at LT. His handling of Trent Cole last season alone makes him a lock. Cant see Beatty getting anything but better.
Not knowing what the coach staff thinks about either Brewer, or Petrus it could be they draft a kid like Massie to push whoever starts at LG or RT. And Massie could do just that.
Agree on Beatty.
As far as Brewer goes, he was sort of “red shirted” last year. He didn’t dress for a single game. I think the Giants love his upside, size, raw strength and footwork but they look at him as a work in process because he came out of Indiana and it’s not exactly a football school (I think our last player from IU was Thomas Lewis who was a bust).
As far as Petrus goes, I don’t know why they don’t play him more. I read comments from fans that say he’s a terrible pass blocker but he’s looked real good to me based on the limited playing time he’s had.
So the NFL can no longer just release the schedules. They have to have a 3 hour prime time event?! Hahaha I have to give it to them, it’s marketing genius. I’m sure they’ll get huge ratings and hype around something that is a complete non event. We’ve known what teams we’d play since the regular season ended. Just not the dates. But whatever. NFL, keep printing your money. Just please no 18 game schedule.
IMO the 18 game schedule is coming. I think the undercover reason for all these safety concerns including removing kickoffs has to do with an 18 game schedule. The NFL is the one season that’s not considered too long by fans.
Will Beatty should be the starter he was playing very well in pass blocking before he got injured. As for the draft from the last article i like Turbin more but if we got Gray in the 4th or 5th round i would be happy. Im thinking one of the following guys will be the first pick:
1 Fleener,Hill, Jones, Marcilus or Jenkins
Peter King says we should take Harrison Smith:
http://cnnsi.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?expire=&title=Peter+King%27s+Mock+Draft+-+04.23.12+-+SI+Vault&urlID=476132891&action=cpt&partnerID=289881&fb=Y&url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1197390/index.htm
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“Ourlads” website has us taking Doug Martin:
http://ourlads.com/nfl-mock-draft/2012/
I know it goes against Reese’s thinking but one move I’d love to see is trade up for DeCastro. The more I read about this guy the more I think he could be the top OG in the league in a few years. I don’t know what the price would be but it may be worth it if we’re talking about trading up for a HOF guard. I think he automatically makes our OL much better. Helps improve the left side. Immediately helps our running game which means what we currently have at RB may be enough. Will help get that extra inch we always seem to miss. Would give us arguably the best guard tandem in the league with Snee (we all know what Brees did with great interior linemen and Eli is better). Would help protect the 100 million dollar, franchise QB. I don’t think the Giants have many immediate needs to address via the draft. Moving up to get DeCastro would be a wise move IMHO.
I don’t know about moving up esp to get a OG. If we are gonna move up we need to move up for a ( as FF55 would say) dynamic player like a JPP or a Hakeem or a ELI. I know Decastro will prob be a great player but i think we can find other OGs later on that will be adequate to fill out our OL. I think the wise thing to do is trade back into the second round maybe early second round and pick up a 4th or 5th. This is where ( if i was in charge) i would get a little crazy and trade my 3rd and both 4th to move back up into the second round ( this i highly doubt would happen prob would have to give up next years 3 also). Now this way i would have three 2nd round picks 6th and 7th round picks. Now i would pick DE Jones RB Wilson and Sanu. Ok I’m done dreaming now! My MAIN point is we should look to trade back instead of up and get more picks
I think Will Beatty will be anchoring the left side of the Giants’ O-line for another decade, barring injury. He took a HUGE leap last season and that was without a camp and preseason to speak of. Working with Flaherty (and with help from Diehl) before this season commences should allow him to take another step forward. He is already very good against the pass rush. He needs to improve his technique when blocking for the run, but that will come.
I am very optimistic about Petrus and have liked him since he was drafted. He has always been a steamroller on running plays (he physically dominated people in the SEC back at Arkansas) and his only weakness is that he hasn’t figured out his assignments quickly enough in pass-blocking. He seems to get confused about how he’s supposed to protect and has left a few big gaps open as a result of his picking up the wrong rusher. I think that should be cured before September or he won’t be in the lineup, but I’d be surprised if he doesn’t start at LG.
The mystery man is Brewer. We haven’t seen enough of him to have any idea what he’ll be, but rumor has it the coaches really liked his progress. Until they put pads on we’ll know nothing, but a combination of Reese, Ross, Flaherty and the rest of the player evaluation group decided to draft this kid and figure him for the starting right tackle and a player who, thanks to his quick feet, could fill in on the left side as well. Did they make a mistake? I certainly wouldn’t bet that way based on their track records.
We agree and disagree.
I love Petrus and he showed in very limited time that he can get out and pull on run plays and has that nasty attitude you love to see from O lineman.
But I just didn’t see the huge leap from Beatty this year. He was atrocious in the run game, at one point even Bradshaw called him out for it during a game. He was O.K. against the pass but personally, I think he’s a bit soft. I doubt he’ll ever be as good as Deihl has been for us over the last 5 years.