Giants: Former NFL executive credits Giants for their draft strategy
The Giants have received appropriate praise for their 2023 draft class from many in the media. Often though, these are pundits and players, rather than former head coaches or NFL GM's who have been in the seats of Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen. Well, Randy Mueller doubles as an executive for the Seattle Sea Dragons […]
The Giants have received appropriate praise for their 2023 draft class from many in the media.
Often though, these are pundits and players, rather than former head coaches or NFL GM's who have been in the seats of Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen.
Well, Randy Mueller doubles as an executive for the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL and an analyst for The Athletic, and once was the GM of the Miami Dolphins. In his most recent appearance on the Football GM Podcast, he offered encouraging words, and insight into the Giants' process you can't find anywhere else. Let's see what that was:
Well, they gave a fourth-round pick to get up and get him (said Mueller when talking about Jalin Hyatt) but the interesting part for me was not that they moved up, but two things. One, the deal to move up was instigated by Brian Daboll their coach, texting Sean McVay, and saying, hey, we might be interested in moving up, something which normally would not happen.
You typically don't have a coach do something like that. But it also tells me that he and Joe Schoen, (the GM) are really on the same page. It's a valuable tool if you can include your head coach in this process like that because you've got to really be on the same page and on the same wavelength when you do that.
I think it was a genius way to involve Brian to really make him part of this, almost to the point where he has pride of authorship. He's gonna really make Jalin Hyatt a focal point in their passing offense. The criticism came on Hyatt in that he's not a great route runner, he's a little bit raw.
What I saw when I looked at him on tape was a route tree at Tennessee that wasn't inclusive of a lot of routes that he will run at the NFL level, but I saw enough of his skill set and enough of his detailed route running ability that I think he'll become a really good route runner at the NFL level.
I don't think it's that hard to connect the dots. I think you're gonna see Jalen Hyatt have a really good rookie year. And a lot of it is based on the fact that (head coach Brian) Daboll is all in with him now as well. And he really wants this guy to become a good pro quickly to show everybody that hey, we knew what we're doing.
Hyatt aside, the fact that Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen are on so much of the same page that they can finish each other's sentences is promising for the future of the team.
Too often, egos and infighting get in the way of clear thought in the draft process, with coaches and evaluators not always seeing eye to eye. But if New York can keep these two together, success will be what follows.
