NY Giants Flaws Exposed in Ugly Loss to Ravens

It’s time for Dave Gettleman to take his much-awaited retirement party to Cape Cod.

NY Giants fans all over the globe are desperately waiting to see Dave Gettleman make Cape Cod his permanent residence. When that happens, it will finally mean he is no longer in charge of the Giants’ personnel decisions and he will no longer be the General Manager.

That day can’t come soon enough as Gettleman’s stay in East Rutherford is long overdue to be over.

Gettleman has ruined this once-proud franchise into the embarrassing product this team has displayed over three seasons. He has designed, built together, and established a 14-33 record over three years.

Currently, six NFL teams have open GM positions. Every one of those six open spots was held by a General Manager this season with higher winning percentages, far more total wins, and much better products than whatever Gettleman has put together in three years. And yet, John Mara has stubbornly and much-too loyally has stayed committed to Gettleman who’s had ties to the Giants organization for four decades now. It’s simply time to cut ties and move on.

Gettleman traded away the team’s most recognizable and talented player in Odell Beckham since LT himself wreaking havoc in the ’80s and early ’90s.

He has promised to fix the trenches on both sides of the line. The offensive line is still a week-to-week major question mark where they can become human turnstiles on any given snap. They are still lost and confused with any sign of a complex defensive scheme and they are overwhelmed by stunts and twists from opposing defenders.

On defense, the front seven remains a total work in progress. The 3-4 scheme with three interior defensive linemen has led to them getting tired upfront with so many snaps and there’s been an invisible pass rush. The run defense has underachieved and failed them three weeks in a row now.

The linebackers still have major issues with coverage, both in man and zone. Blake Martinez will need a new starting inside linebacker next to him in 2021. There are too many backup-quality players being trusted into major, starting roles that they clearly cannot handle.

Gettleman had a successful 2020 offseason with free agents. It was his first time you can confidently say that his offseason signings have had a significant and positive impact on the team. His 2018 and 2019 free agent signings were nothing short of utter disasters.

When looking at his trades, most of them have been either underwhelming or not impactful enough to consider them positive transactions. Alec Ogletree was a complete failure, trading away JPP was a major mistake, Riley Dixon has been shaky at best, Isaac Yiadom has been inconsistent and isn’t a CB2. The team hasn’t adequately replaced Eli Apple, Damon Harrison, or JPP in any way. Trading for Leo Williams was a bad move at the time, and now the team is stuck with either overpaying him or letting him walk after 1.5 seasons with the team.

Gettleman’s drafts though, is where his demise lays.

The team has gotten absolutely nothing from their 2018 draft class. Barkley has missed so much time and hasn’t made a difference in the wins department, and Will Hernandez is on his way to becoming a bust. Lorenzo Carter hasn’t shown much in three years and is barely a starting player (when healthy).

The 2019 class has been much of the same with few answers and far more question marks. Daniel Jones has been inconsistent and he will be the defining move/player of Gettleman’s reign as GM. Gettleman already lost out on 2019 1st Rounder DeAndre Baker and has already moved on from 5 out of the 10 players in less than two years. these flat-out embarrassing, inexcusable numbers for any GM.

This team needs to move on from Gettleman and start fresh with a new General Manager. Joe Judge deserves to have a huge say, if not the biggest in the organization on who should be in charge of the team’s roster for the next several years. He is the only outsider in the organization’s hierarchy with zero previous ties to the team. He looks to be a part of the franchise for many years to come and he needs a like-minded GM who has modern, fresh, and innovative ideas on how to build a football team and win some games.