New York Giants second year wide receiver Jalin Hyatt, a former Tennessee Vols standout, was consistently praised throughout the offseason for the amount of work that he put in. 

"All of the work that he put in, investing in his game — learning what, how, and why. He’s just a different guy," said Giants wide receivers coach Mike Groh in May. "He’s got stronger here in the offseason."

Giants head coach Brian Daboll also offered plenty of praise for Hyatt in the offseason. 

"He's put a lot of effort, a lot of energy into it (offseason work)," said Daboll during training camp. "He's done a nice job. He's here early. He meets with (Mike) Groh (Giants WRs coach) extra early. They've kind of created a routine from his rookie season and they're continuing that now. He's playing faster. He knows what to do…he's highly competitive."

Despite all of the offseason praise, Hyatt has barely seen the field through the Giants' first two games of the season. 

In Week 1 against the Minnesota Vikings, Hyatt played just 16 snaps. The former Vol played just 12 snaps in Week 2 against the Washington Commanders. 

According to Pro Football Reference, Hyatt has received one target in two games. 

So what's going on? Why isn't Hyatt, a player that the Giants were seemingly high on during the offseason, not receiving much playing time? 

Daboll told reporters on Monday that it's mostly because veteran wide receiver Darius Slayton is playing well. 

“I think he got 13 or 14 plays,” said Daboll when asked about Hyatt. “Again, that's not because of Jalin Hyatt. Slay's doing a nice job with his opportunities of doing the things that he needs to do. And then we sprinkle in Hyatt in particular plays. And then (Malik) Nabers, he's been on the field most of the time and we've mixed in 12, we've mixed in 11 personnel, not as much 10 personnel. But he'll be ready to go when his number is called.”

“I think we need to get stuff out of everybody," added Daboll. "But again, the two receivers that do start are Slay and Nabers. He's (Hyatt) the third guy in, per se, when we go two receiver sets and he's the fourth guy in three receiver sets.”

It sounds like it's a philosophical decision by Daboll to not give Hyatt more snaps. 

But I'm not sure that's a wise idea. Hyatt's ability to stretch the field can be a huge benefit to the Giants' offense. Even if Giants quarterback Daniel Jones isn't connecting often with Hyatt, his ability to steal some attention from opposing secondaries because of his speed is something that could create more opportunities in the passing game (specifically for Malik Nabers). 

The Giants are 0-2 through two games. It might not be a bad idea to try a different approach when it comes to Hyatt's playing time. 

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