With free agency pretty much done, minus the few leftover scraps, and drafted and undrafted players signed and brought into training camps, most teams know what they will look like this upcoming season.

Before free agency started, even with Steve Smith’s injury concerns, the wideout position looked like it had some pretty good depth to it. After Smith’s departure to the supposed “Dream Team” many Giants fans and NFL scribes decided that it was now time to worry.

Not me. I think the Giants still have a great group of wideouts, led by Hakeem Nicks and Mario Manningham. And a couple of players behind them, especially Domenik Hixon and potentially Victor Cruz, give them a sold nucleus of receivers.

What we know right now is that Nicks and Manningham are ballers and that the Giants have a great 1-2 duo at the starting wide receiver position. Having Smith gave them a lethal 1-2-3 but he’s not here anymore and it’s time for someone else to step up and I think Hixon or Cruz will be that guy.

Then there’s a group of others including Devin Thomas, Jerrel Jernigan, Michael Clayton, Darius Reynaud and Ramses Barden who could make an impact on the depth chart behind the main four guys, depending on who makes the team and who gets cut. Barden is the one to keep a close eye on; all the talent in the world but the injuries are a major concern that could see him not even making the final 53 man roster.

Basically what I’m trying to say is that I don’t think the Giants need to draft a wide receiver next year but the columnist of today’s mock draft featured doesn’t agree me and has the Giants taking a wide receiver in the 2012 NFL Draft.

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