Quote:So you show a bunch of examples of bringing in a young player behind high end veterans.

 

That is the complete opposite of our situation.

1.  They were positions of strength.

 

Not a particularly difficult concept to grasp.

 

2.  How do you define "high end veteran?"  Lawrence Taylor was in his 4th year when Banks was drafted, and Banks did not play behind him.  He was a rookie starter opposite Taylor.  Bouye is now a 5th year player.  Erik Williams was a 4th year player when Larry Allen was drafted.

 

But if you want to move the goalposts so to speak, the Giants STILL illustrate my point when they had Michael Strahan (vet) and then added Osi Umeniyiora in 2003, Justin Tuck in 2005, and Mathias Kiwanuka in 2006.  When the Giants last won the Super Bowl in 2011, they had Hakeem Nicks, Victor Cruz and Mario Manningham-all of whom were 25 and younger.  The next year's draft they added Reuben Randle in the 2nd round, and in 2014 they added OBJ.

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