Panthers vs. Giants Preseason Blogger Q & A

from reports it looks like he won’t be an improvement right away. Although he cant be much worse.

our core is not the youngest, but young enough to be proven vets, but still young. here’s who i see our core as:

QB - Eli of course, is 30, which is still young for a QB. most productive QBs produce into there mid 30’s, so we’ve got at least another half decade with a Manning at the helm.
RB – While Jacobs is pushing toward that magic number of 30 for RB’s, our newly re-signed Ahmad Bradshaw is only 25, and still in most our opinions, not hit his peak as a RB. outside of fumbles, every other part of his game is a plus, and i see him manning the duties at RB for the foreseeable future.
WR – This is easily our most overlooked – and youngest – position that will cause problems for defenses for a long time. Nicks and Manningham are 23 and 25 respectively. most of the guys behind them are the same age or younger.
OL – This may add to your argument to our age, the core guys on our line(Snee and Mackenzie) are 29 and 32 respectively. however, our new starting LT Beatty is still only 26, so if he holds up to his draft status, he may start a new young core to that OL.
DL - Tuck and JPP are the core and future of this line. i’m not including osi anymore since he’s made it clear that his time as a Giant is near an end. but those 2 are just 28 and 22(!) so we’re fine there. add to that that the interior of the line will be sporting two 22 year olds getting major reps, in our 2 second round draftees Marvin Austin and Linval Joseph. if one(or both) catch on, we could be looking at a big blue wall for many years to come.
Secondary – with the Prince(22), Terrell Thomas(26), Corey Webster(29), Antrell Rolle(28) and Kenny Philips(24) all in the fold, we have a secondary that are all in there 20’s.

if you combine all those above that i feel are our core players, the average age is 27.5 that is not the age of a team on a decline. and that’s not including all of the rookies, and second year guys on this team that may one day be a part of the core. the fact is, we were good last year(10-6), and we’ll be good again. if anything, with the release of alot of vets, we actually got younger.

Bradshaw . 1235 yds. 4.5 avg. 314rec.
Jacobs 823 yds 5.6 avg.

Mario Manningham 944 YDS. 9 tds
Nicks 1052yds 11 tds in 13 games.

Giants are the 9th youngest team in the league.

and i’m not trying to come off as holier than thou, if i am, my apologies. i’m for a good laugh at any time, i just don’t get the perceived dislike. i lurk over here(and post rarely) cause like i said, i like your team, and your organization, players, etc. so when i see that stuff i get bewildered, like what?

s’all good, good game, and season tomorrow. actually, have a question for you guys. what’s shockey’s role supposed to be with you now that you have olsen in the mix too? That’s my dude, so i’m rooting for him hard to have a bounce back injury free season.

good luck may neither of us find anyone of importance limping off come tomorrow night.