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The New York Giants are slated to pick at No. 160 overall in the 2023 NFL draft, so here’s a look back at their history in that spot.
The New York Giants hold the 160th overall selection in Round 5 in this year’s NFL draft. It will be only the sixth time in the 88 years of the draft the Giants will select in that slot.
Here are the five players New York selected at No. 160 previously.
Retired New York Giants OL David Diehl explains why he chose a college football job over a possible assistant position at the NFL level.
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The Memphis Tigers announced in late-May that retired New York Giants offensive lineman David Diehl had been hired as an offensive analyst.
“My Football Journey Continues & I Couldn’t Be More Proud & Excited To Announce That I Will Be Joining Head Coach Ryan Silverfield & The University of Memphis Football 2022 Coaching Staff,” Diehl wrote at the time. “I Haven’t Been This Driven, Motivated, & Focused Since Being Drafted By The New York Football Giants In 2003. Let’s Go Tigers!!!”
Diehl, whom the Giants selected in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL draft, has primarily served as a broadcaster/on-screen analyst since his retirement. So why the sudden change? And why college football and not the NFL?
The 41-year-old recently explained.
“I loved playing in the NFL,” Diehl told The Athletic. “It was a dream come true, but my knowledge and my passion is to help other kids fulfill and reach their dreams like I did. I think they’ve got an unbelievable opportunity sitting in front of them.”
During his time in the NFL, Diehl was a meticulous note-taker. He still has all of those notebooks and although he can’t be hands-on with the players at Memphis, he can send all of that knowledge across the coaching bridge.
“This is a perfect situation for me at Memphis,” Diehl said. “I faced every single defense possible and seen every single stunt possible.”
He’s not wrong. Diehl started 160 of his 164 career games over 11 NFL seasons, picking up two Super Bowl titles along the way. That’s not a bad brain to pick.
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The Memphis Tigers have hired former New York Giants OL David Diehl as an offensive analyst.
Former New York Giants offensive lineman David Diehl is returning to the football field more than eight years after announcing his retirement. Kind of.
On Monday afternoon, Diehl revealed via Instagram that he will try his hand at coaching. First up? The Memphis Tigers, where he will serve as an offensive analyst.
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“My Football Journey Continues & I Couldn’t Be More Proud & Excited To Announce That I Will Be Joining Head Coach Ryan Silverfield & The University of Memphis Football 2022 Coaching Staff,” Diehl wrote. “I Haven’t Been This Driven, Motivated, & Focused Since Being Drafted By The New York Football Giants In 2003. Let’s Go Tigers!!!”
The Giants selected Diehl in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL draft. The Illinois product would go on to start 160 of his 164 career games over 11 NFL seasons, picking up two Super Bowl titles along the way.
Since his retirement, Diehl has made stops with FOX, CBS Sports and SiriusXM as a broadcaster/analyst.
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David Diehl believes the New York Giants’ problems predate Dave Gettleman, and can be traced back to Tom Coughlin’s “resignation.”
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Pundits and fans are debating over the main causes of how the New York Giants went from a league power to a laughing stock over the past decade.
One of the mainstays of the Giants’ most recent Super Bowl championship teams, offensive lineman David Diehl, gave his take on what he’s seen transpire since the Giants won Super Bowl XLVI in February of 2012.
“Nobody’s been talking about the root of the problem,” Diehl said recently on SiriusXM Radio.
Diehl also serves as a TV and radio analyst for the Giants
“Everybody’s just continued to say, ‘It’s bad drafting. Bad coaching. It’s injuries. It’s this. It’s that.’ This, for me, goes all the way back to the end of the 2015 season, where they only fired Tom Coughlin and they didn’t fire Jerry Reese with him,” Diehl said.
“Since that point, nothing has been in alignment with one another. Because then after you fire coach Coughlin, you bring in Ben McAdoo. Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese are together. That doesn’t work out. Now you go to Pat Shurmur and Dave Gettleman. Pat Shurmur doesn’t work out. But then you keep Dave Gettleman again.
“Then you bring in another head coach. That does not work in the NFL. The head coach and the GM have to be on the same page, they have to come in together, or they have to have that community-building and that accountability to one another that when the ship goes down, I’m not going to be pointing at you because I have another year left on my contract. Or you’re not going to be pointing at me as the coach, saying ‘Well, I don’t have enough players.'”
Diehl is spot on. The ownership group has been chasing their own tail for the past eight years by not ‘blowing up’ the model, which means hiring a general manager/VP of football ops first and then having him hire the remainder of the staff — head, coach, scouting director, pro personnel director, etc.
The Giants have long held in the belief that they can compete and rebuild at the same time. That works for certain organizations that have strong front offices (Pittsburgh, Green Bay, New England, Kansas City) but when you continue to mix-and-match those cornerstone elements, especially ones that don’t have the same vision, you’re going to end up on NFLs’ skid row — like the Giants.
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Jason Pierre-Paul’s former New York Giants teammates are openly rooting for him and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV.
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When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs square off in Super Bowl LV on Sunday, there will be significant rooting interest for current and former members of the New York Giants.
On Kansas City’s side, there are familiar faces in defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and defensive backs coaches Sam Madison and Dave Merritt, among others.
On the Buccaneers’ side, there are also a few familiar faces, but perhaps none more familiar than edge rusher Jason Pierre-Paul.
That causes some conflict when it comes to picking a team to cheer on, but most seem to be leaning in the direction of JPP and the Buccaneers, which also means they’ll be rooting for Tom Brady.
“This is beyond bizarre for us,” retired offensive lineman David Diehl told NFL.com.
Although the Giants’ offensive line did battle with JPP every day in practice, he entered the league lacking experience and they actually took him under their collective wing. Diehl, Shaun O’Hara and others not only taught JPP the proper way to lift weights, they regularly worked with him on his technique and showed him what to look for at the point of attack.
“He was a handful,” O’Hara said.
The goal of the group was to mold JPP into a player who would embarrass them. Mission accomplished. They saw potential greatness in Pierre-Paul and helped him reach that ceiling.
Now, all these years removed from those informative 2010 practice battles, the group is watching on as JPP chases his second Super Bowl title.
“It’s a hell of a second act,” retired defensive lineman Chris Canty said.
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Shaun O’Hara and David Diehl believe that New York Giants LT Nate Solder still has his best football ahead of him.
When the New York Giants are put on the clock next week at the 2020 NFL Draft, expectations are that they will select one of the top four offensive tackle prospects available — Andrew Thomas, Jedrick Wills Jr., Tristan Wirfs of Mekhi Becton.
That remains highly plausible, but the lingering question is whether or not they’re looking for one of those players to serve as the left tackle or the right tackle.
During his pre-draft conference call earlier this week, general manager Dave Gettleman balked at the idea of moving veteran Nate Solder to the right side, instead stating that he will have the opportunity to compete on the left side.
“Everybody has to compete. Again, my thought process is we’re not afraid to have too many good players at one position to answer your question. Joe knows Nate which is helpful. They have a relationship, they have a history. But we’re going to bring in the best players. If they’re at a position where there’s an incumbent starter, then he’s going to compete,” Gettleman said.
Former Giants center Shaun O’Hara takes no issue with this line of thinking, doubling-down on Gettleman’s assessment of Solder, going as far as to suggest the veteran’s best football is still ahead of him.
“I still think Nate Solder has some good football left, and I am not just talking about one year,” O’Hara said, via Giants.com. “He could play another two or three years and you could keep a guy at right tackle. . . I think some of his best football is still in him.”
O’Hara isn’t the only one who believes this, either. Retired Giants offensive lineman David Diehl concurred with his former teammate.
“I agree,” Diehl said.
Solder is entering the third year of his four-year deal and the Giants appear to be embracing his stay on the left side. And at least in the eyes of O’Hara and Diehl, that’s a good decision and one that will pay dividends for the team.
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The classic New York Giants Super Bowl XLII ring was almost very different, but then Michael Strahan demanded a change.
Shortly after the New York Giants had upset the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, team ownership, quarterback Eli Manning, wide receiver Amani Toomer and center Shaun O’Hara were given the task of coming up with a ring design.
Following several weeks of debate and work, the group had come to an agreement on a ring design and presented the concept to the team.
Defensive end Michael Strahan was having none of the original design, telling the team that created the concept to head back to the drawing board.
As part of a group that included ownership, coach Tom Coughlin, receiver Amani Toomer and offensive lineman Shaun O’Hara, Super Bowl XLII MVP Manning helped design the ring. Manning remembers they were all set with a classic design, something that wasn’t too big and could be worn around. But then defensive end Michael Strahan showed up to give his opinion. “All I care about is I want a 10-table ring!” Strahan said. Nobody knew what that meant. Strahan explained that when he went into a restaurant, he wanted the ring to be seen from 10 tables away. “We kind of threw out everything we’d done and started over,” Manning said. Strahan’s final version, a 1.72-carat ring, was all about size and was significantly bigger than what they originally agreed upon.
“When ownership or somebody asked [Strahan], ‘what do you want in the ring?’ he said, ‘I don’t care what you do, just make sure it’s a 10 table ring,” former defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo told NFL Network in 2018. “I’d say they did a pretty good job.”
The 1.72-carat rings were handed out to the players on May 29, 2008.
“As a kid you always think about winning a Super Bowl, winning a championship,” David Diehl told NFL.com. “When you have that ring you are in a unique class. It is something that we will remember for the rest of our lives and something no one will be able to take away from us.”
“It’s a 10-table stunner,” Strahan said.
13 years after the Giants finalized the Super Bowl XLII ring design, the alternate concept remains buried, likely never to be seen.
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Draft season is upon us, so travel back in time as we look at some of the best New York Giants draft picks by round since 2000.
With the free agency frenzy now in the rear-view mirror and April just around the bend, it’s time to begin looking ahead (and back) at the NFL Draft, its impact and what it could mean for teams in 2020 and beyond.
While there will be weeks of coverage ahead of the 2020 NFL Draft, we here at Giants Wire decided to kick off draft season with a look back at the New York Giants’ best draft picks by round since 2000.
Here they are in reverse order:
Bradshaw is far and away the Giants’ best seventh-round pick since 2000. Unless, of course, you wanted us to tab Matt Dodge or Bobby Hart for this position. No? Didn’t think so.
Bradshaw immediately took the Giants by storm in 2007 and helped propel them to a Super Bowl XLII title (and later, a Super Bowl XLVI title).
In total, Bradshaw spent seven seasons with the Giants and then three more with the Indianapolis Colts before retiring following the 2015 season.
In 103 career games, Bradshaw gained 4,928 yards and scored 36 touchdowns, adding an additional 1,493 yards and 12 touchdowns through the air.
