New York Giants great Michael Strahan gave his insight into what is good and bad about the team’s roster, and what he would do to fix it.
Strahan spoke to the the New York Times Magazine about the current state of Big Blue, and it’s clear he doesn’t understand exactly what the team’s plan is moving forward.
Strahan certainly isn’t alone in that, though.
“Oof. All right, the things I like: Daniel Jones. Excited about Saquon Barkley. If we can get Evan Engram to stay healthy, he is a dynamic tight end. We need some work on the offensive line, and we need a big-play receiver, but offensively I feel good about the team,” Strahan said. “Defense is where I struggle, because there are times I’m watching, and I’m going, Wow, this is pretty bad. We don’t have a playmaker, per se, on defense, and that’s been a little disheartening. Where’s the guy who inspires everybody to play better?
“Front-office wise, I don’t know what their plan is. I mean, we got rid of Jackrabbit, traded Snacks, got rid of Odell Beckham Jr. We got rid of a lot of guys who were opinionated, but you’ve got to have a soul to your team. Can’t have a bunch of nice guys and win. It doesn’t work. We need to find some dogs.”
While Strahan is pretty much spot on with his evaluation of where the Giants need to improve, his insistence in mentioning the team shedding some of the more troublesome players from recent years as a negative is a bit puzzling.
After all, the Giants didn’t win anything with guys like Odell Beckham Jr., Janoris Jenkins and Damon Harrison. And, if nothing else, all three of those players are capable of creating division in the locker room, which hurts team chemistry.
Adding to that, if you needed more proof that the Giants getting rid of Beckham was the right move, just look at the 2019 season he had, and all the headaches he caused both during and after it.
Yes, we all fell in love with the flashy plays and big numbers those guys could put up — especially with Beckham — but making SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays doesn’t equate to Super Bowl championships.
It doesn’t help to have “opinionated” players with “soul” on a team when those same opinions and “soul” are a negative presence to those around them, and a distraction for the organization as a whole.
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