When the New York Giants chosen Miami tight finish Jeremy Shockey with the 14th general choice within the 2002 NFL draft, common supervisor Ernie Accorsi defined why he took the 6-foot-5 future All-Professional.
“I didn’t choose him as a result of we would have liked a good finish,” Accorsi stated. “I picked him as a result of he’s a playmaker.”
That’s precisely what present common supervisor Joe Schoen did when he despatched a third-round choose on this 12 months’s draft to the Las Vegas Raiders for tight finish Darren Waller.
“He’s a reasonably distinctive participant, I might say,” stated Giants head coach Brian Daboll. “We’ve simply obtained to get him into the constructing and begin working with him when it comes to studying our stuff. However he’s a proficient participant.”
Waller is 6-foot-6 however has the attributes of a large receiver. Daboll plans on utilizing Waller in a myriad of roles on the offense simply because the Raiders did a number of seasons in the past when Waller logged in consecutive 1,000-yard seasons.
“They’ve lined him up in numerous spots,” Daboll stated. “He’s labored beneath totally different head coaches. I feel no matter we really feel is greatest for him and our workforce, that’s what we’ll attempt to do. Within the springtime, it’s a time to form of experiment on some issues and see what works and see what doesn’t and attempt to construct off that.”
Daboll may have much more to work with on offense this season. His vast receiver room has Isaiah Hodgins, Wan’Dale Robinson, Darius Slayton, Sterling Shepard, and Collin Johnson returning this season to go together with free-agent acquisitions Parris Campbell, Jamison Crowder, and Jeff Smith.
As well as, the Giants are pretty deep at tight finish with Daniel Bellinger, Lawrence Cager, and Tommy Sweeney behind Waller on the depth chart.
“I feel that’s your job as a training employees to determine who you will have and transfer the items round and go on the market and play with the fellows that you’ve,” Daboll stated.
“You possibly can have a number of totally different personnel teams that you just use all year long, some extra tight end-based and a few extra receiver-based. There’s instances final 12 months once we used three working backs at a time. So, that’s what all this spring and coaching camp and all these issues can be for. Let’s put everyone on the market. Let’s begin studying the system collectively as a bunch and work out what we’re doing.”
Will probably be fascinating to see how the Giants line up — and distribute the ball — within the passing recreation this 12 months.
