The New York Giants are going by way of a number of transitions on each side of the ball, however none extra evident than on the extensive receiver place.
The crew began out with a mixture of veterans and younger gamers at extensive receivers and because the season has gone on, it’s obvious they need to go along with the kids.
Meaning taking part in rookie Jalin Hyatt and second-year wideout Wan’Dale Robinson extra and gamers reminiscent of Isaiah Hodgins, Parris Campbell and Sterling Shepard much less.
In final Sunday’s 24-6 loss to the Saints in New Orleans, Darius Slayton led the way in which by taking part in on 95 p.c of the snaps adopted by Robinson (85 p.c) and Hyatt (71 p.c).
Hodgins performed on simply 29 p.c of the offensive snaps adopted by Shepard (5 p.c) and Gunner Olszewski (2 p.c). Campbell didn’t even make the sport day minimize as he was a wholesome scratch for the second straight week.
“Hyatt and Wan’Dale are taking part in extra,” head coach Brian Daboll instructed reporters on Wednesday when requested concerning the distribution of taking part in time at wideout.
Requested how the veterans had been coping with the lowered workload, Daboll didn’t add a lot depth to his resolution.
“They’re professionals,” he mentioned. “I imply, they’re aggressive, I’m positive they’d wish to play, however we’re taking part in Wan’Dale and Hyatt.”
The Giants are extra invested in Hyatt and Robinson than the others. They’re gamers that present common supervisor Joe Schoen scouted and drafted versus the others.
They used a second-round choose on Robinson final yr and a third- and fourth-round choose in a commerce this yr to pick out Hyatt. That’s the reason they’re out on the sector.
The Giants inked Slayton to a two-year, $12 million deal final March, so he was at all times going to suit prominently of their plans. Shepard and Campbell are taking part in this season on one-year offers.
Hodgins is because of turn into an unique rights free agent come subsequent offseason.
