Saturday, February 7, 2015

New York Giants Receiving Core

     The New York Giants have a great group of receivers. If they all play next year, Eli Manning will have many guys to throw to. I would like to briefly talk about three receivers on the Giants, O'dell Beckham Jr., Victor Cruz, and Rueben Randle.
   
     O'Dell Beckham Jr. is a very talented receiver. He is extremely althetic and ran a 4.31 40 yard dash at the draft combine. He put together a great season while winning the Offensive Rookie of the Year Award. In only 12 games, he finished the year in the top 10 in receiving yards and touchdown receptions. He is hard to tackle in the open field and has great hands. He showed his catching ability with his famous one handed catch against the Dallas Cowboys. He also showed his great leaping ability by making that catch. Beckham draws the attention of defensive backs which can help Victor Cruz and Rueben Randle get open more.

     Victor Cruz is another great receiver on this team. With the Giants, he won 1 Super Bowl. Throughout his whole career, Cruz has 264 receptions. He and Beckham have a very similar style of play. They both have great speed and are hard to tackle in the open field. This season Cruz was injured in week 6 and was ruled out for the entire season.  Before getting hurt, Cruz was playing great. Cruz has no trouble getting open.

     Rueben Randle is a great player. This season he played every game and finished the season with 938 receiving yards. He is 6'2" and 208 pounds. He is bigger and taller than Cruz and Beckham. If he plays next season, Eli Manning should consider throwing him the ball in the red zone more often. In Randle's last 2 games of the season, he played great. In those two games combined, he caught 1 touchdown and got 290 receiving yards.


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