Giants will use a top-30 visit on dynamic tight end
The Giants just traded for Darren Waller in free agency, instantly providing the team with a considerable target for Daniel Jones to attack the middle of the field. And rookie tight end Daniel Bellinger showed flashes last season, potentially creating a Giants offense that can be productive in 12 personnel or when two tight ends […]
The Giants just traded for Darren Waller in free agency, instantly providing the team with a considerable target for Daniel Jones to attack the middle of the field.
And rookie tight end Daniel Bellinger showed flashes last season, potentially creating a Giants offense that can be productive in 12 personnel or when two tight ends are on the field.
But after some news regarding an upcoming visit, the Giants have the potential to create the best tight end group in the league should they draft this prospect.
Per Ryan Fowler of The Draft Network, former Oregon State tight end Luke Musgrave is preparing to meet with the Giants in an upcoming top-30 visit.
Luke Musgrave, TE, Oregon State
Musgrave is an elite athlete, one that you seldom see when placed in the frame he holds.
At over 6'6 and 250 pounds, Musgrave lit up the NFL Scouting Combine, ranking fourth amongst all tight ends in athleticism scoring.
His testing numbers included a 4.61 40-yard dash, 36-inch vert, and 10'5 broad.
Those numbers are hard to come by when it pertains to some wide receivers, so the fact that Musgrave can display such explosive traits is impressive.
I can't name many tight ends in this class that I favor more than Musgrave. His ability to stretch the middle of the field on vertical concepts is rare and would open another element to the Giants passing attack.
New York has made it clear what they want to do offensively.
Investing in slot receivers and tight ends, this team wants to pound the ball and create explosive runs with Saquon, getting the defense to bite and attack the middle of the field with chain movers' off-play action.
It's honestly tantalizing to think about the projection of an offense and more specifically a tight end room that contained both Waller and Musgrave.
While both share similar woes in blocking and durability, if healthy and placed in wing formations, (tight ends on both sides of the tackle) good luck trying to cover them.
Both are over 6'6 and move like gazelles, creating mismatch nightmares for defenses.
Not to mention Daniel Jones prefers to target the middle of the field, with most of his work coming on in-cuts and deep over routes.
Currently sitting at 50 on the consensus board, New York may have to strongly consider Musgrave with pick 57 of round two in this month's draft.
