Most established receivers don't play hard in practice and preseason. Which is why Hawkins looked great last year in practice and preseason, but terrible once season started. I think Phillips will be good this year, but not against an Amon Ra or CD Lamb type.
Schoen showed on Hard Knocks he has no clue how to evaluate CBs and the importance of CBs when he joked, "I can play corner." Darnay Holmes plays better than Phillips in Bowen zone system and we will probably have to cut him.
@trolldude7821 Last year Holmes had only 123 NFL snaps and had 2 interceptions, 1 forced fumble, 13 tackles, 6 pbu. Phillips in 12 College games last yr had 0 interceptions, 0 forced fumbles and 5 pbus. And Holmes dropped an interception in Lions game. So yes I'm confident Holmes would outplay Phillips.
man imagine how good our defense could be if Banks turns into a CB1, Phillips turns into a great slot CB, and Nubin turns into a great safety. Pair that with a Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeaux, Dexter Lawrence and Bobby Okereke. Then you keep adding quality depth over the years via draft and free agency. I'm not saying that's gonna happen this season, but our biggest worry with our defense is our secondary, and imagine if those guys develop such that it isn't a problem anymore. Or perhaps I'm being too optimistic as a Giants fan 😂
I'm not a Dru hater. CB play is extremely important. But we should have taken an OG at that spot. I personally wouldn't take a CB who isn't an outside CB that early.
I agree but don’t at the same time. I think your point of OG being more important than nickel CB is spot on BUT corner was a position of need more than OG at the time of the draft
@@mattagne738 exactly and we need help in the secondary desperately and will be ok with some of the YOUNG guys we got in FA for OL. We had limited draft capital and needed to field a better team than last year. You sound like a casual bro. Come on
@@mattagne738 next year we can invest more draft capital into the OL. We also got one of the best OL coaches in the league who is getting a chance to see what he can do with these guys since our last one was a joke and we could have done better
