Thread: All 3 Giants WR would start in our team.

Manningham, Bennett and Floyd would be a solid group of WRs

If we could add just one more, we could rotate them in and out, and occasionally go 4 wide outs without worrying about it not working. They'd have to respect the run enough that Jay could beat them pretty badly.

Originally Posted by Riczaj01

Both cruz and manningham are listed at 6'0" and nicks is listed at 6'1". by contrast, Bennett is 6'0" Hester is 5'11" and Knox is 6'0".
What I noticed is that the NYG's WR's play bigger then they are, I would have sworn MM was at least 6'3, same as Nicks, they both look and play big. Knox plays small, same as Hester(who is small). Bennett is the only one that plays to his size or bigger on our team; and that is the difference between the groups. It's a HUGE difference.

Play bigger than they are???? meh Bennett=Cruz and Knox=Manningham who doesn't play any bigger than he is. What's with all this sudden love for Manningham? Does one superb catch in the Super Bowl make him all that worthy. Let's take a look at a seasons worth of performance and not just one play in one game. Why this "grass is always greener" attitude all of a sudden for a guy who lost his job as the #2 to Victor Cruz?

Sorry but I just can't see enough difference between the two to justify wanting Manningham over Knox. Had he not missed the last two games Knox would have been reasonably close to last years numbers even though he shared snaps with RWill. You can also take into consideration not having Cutler either for a couple of those games and an Oline which rarely allowed time enough to complete deep routes.

I would agree that we don't have a Hakeem Nicks but Knox and Bennett can be every bit as effective with Jay Cutler at QB as Manningham and Cruz are with Eli Manning.



Mario Manningham #82 WR
New York Giants | Official Team Site
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Age: 25
Born: 5/25/1986
College: Michigan
Experience: 4th season

Career Stats
Season	Team			Receiving					Rushing					Fumbles
		G	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	FUM	Lost
2011	New York Giants	12	10	39	523	13.4	47T	4	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2010	New York Giants	16	8	60	944	15.7	92T	9	1	2	2.0	2	0	1	1
2009	New York Giants	14	10	57	822	14.4	49	5	--	--	--	--	--	1	1
2008	New York Giants	7	0	4	26	6.5	11	0	1	-12	-12.0	-12	0	--	--
Johnny Knox #13 WR Chicago Bears | Official Team Site Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Age: 25 Born: 11/3/1986 Houston , TX College: Abilene Christian Experience: 3rd season Career Stats Season Team Receiving Rushing Fumbles G GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD Att Yds Avg Lng TD FUM Lost 2011 Chicago Bears 14 11 37 727 19.6 81 2 -- -- -- -- -- 1 1 2010 Chicago Bears 16 16 51 960 18.8 67T 5 1 2 2.0 2 0 1 1 2009 Chicago Bears 15 0 45 527 11.7 68 5 -- -- -- -- -- 3 2 TOTAL 133 2,214 16.6 81 12 1 2 2.0 2 0 5 4

Where's the big difference in thee two guys? Both the same age height and weight. Manningham has one more years experience but his first year was worthless so all we do is consider both over the last three years.

Knox played in 3 more games 45 vs 42 but caught fewer passes 133 vs 156. Their cummulative yardage is not even 100 yards different but Knox average about 2 yards more per catch. Manningham has scored more TD's but what receivers don't usually score more often than Bears receivers do considering the handicaps our passing game is usually under.

So how much difference is there really? If that circus catch was made by Knox instead would anyone be calling for Manningham? But if you want to give me Hakeem Nicks I'll start clearing a locker for him today.

Originally Posted by Jimmors

I would take the Giants OL over their WRs.

Yep, there's where much of the difference lies. All of our receivers would look better if Cutler wasn't running for his life all the time. I would take Hakeem Nicks over RWill in a heartbeat, that's a duh who wouldn't, but the other two are not much different than what we have in Knox and Bennett.

So how to we fix that problem? We get off our asses in FA and get us a Hakeem Nicks that's what we do. How much better does having a Hakeem Nicks who provides a consistent threat between the hashes make Cruz and Manningham.

Manningham made a stupendous catch and I take nothing away from that at all but did everyone notice that the safety was late getting over because they had to respect Nicks and that's why Manningham was one on one with the CB? We need a Hakeem Nicks not another Johnny Knox clone and an Oline that can give Cutler the kind of protection Eli gets. That should be the focus. MM is just another #2 or #3 wideout and that we have in abundance.

I liked him before the SB and his good catch in the NFCC game....

he makes the catches, Knox doesn't. He was #3 behind Cruz and Nicks.
Give me Manningham all day over what we have

Manningham is an upgrade over Knox, if only for the fact that Knox is a bigger question mark than Peyton Manning for playing next year. I think it would be okay to get him, simply because he'd be cheaper and he'd be a number 2 or 3 WR. If that catch is gonna make him more money, pass.