The 2023 NFL draft class has quite a few talented wide receivers and the New York Giants could end up with one of them with the 25th overall selection if things break right for them.
That aside, general manager Joe Schoen has said in the past that a team does not necessarily need a ‘No. 1’ or ‘big play’ wideout to be successful.
On Thursday, Schoen backed off on that opinion a bit, saying that he is open to bringing in an elite player if the situation is right.
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“If you have got a guy that can take the top off and throw the ball down the field and goes up and gets it like a Randy Moss, then you’d love to have that; or if it’s Steve Smith in Carolina, you throw a slant, and he can take it 80. Any time you can generate yards after a catch, I think that helps you,” Schoen told reporters. “You don’t have to do the 15, 16-play drives. Maybe now it’s six because a guy had a 50-yarder in there. I think all those things are important when you’re looking at the receiver.”
Schoen augmented the wide receiver room this offseason by bringing in a trio of new faces (Parris Campbell, Jamison Crowder, Jeff Smith) and re-signed Darius Slayton and Sterling Shepard.
The room will be a crowded one for any rookie to navigate as it will contain last year’s second-round pick Wan’Dale Robinson and breakout star Isaiah Hodgins, as well as the lengthy Collin Johnson among other hopefuls.
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