The Jets not the only team making
news from the New York area, the Giants in an effort to try
to improve specifically as it relates to a woeful core of
pass. Catchers have acquired tight end, Aaron Waller from
the Raiders for
a third-round pick. It's the same third round pick they got
from the Chiefs for coderre Stony. So essentially
they've traded canaries, Tony for Darren wall or when you
think of it that way, not a Bad trade. Now, Walter may want his
contract to be adjusted even though he got a new deal,
I think it was last year,
it wasn't great and he got that new deal.
And then there was talk about him possibly being traded to
the Packers at one point during the 2022 season as the deadline
approached. So, right City wrong team,
not traded to the Jets traded to the Giants for that third
round, pick. And he instantly becomes
Frankly all due respect Isaiah Hodgins, who's a great story
but Darren Waller ultimately becomes and immediately becomes
the best past catching option in that offense. Chris
definitely. I mean it's a game-changing type player here
and I'm just gonna kind of the shocking news of
really free agency or over the last few days. And I just did
not see this one coming.
That's where it's a shock. And then, yeah, to get that this
player,
you know, in an offense with a first off, a quarterback,
It's is got a good arm, a good decision maker and already
knows how to use the tight end and then you gotta Brian De
ball. Who's,
of course, been in New England and other places and shown
his ability to use the tight end position.
So that's where it's special and cool and of course, this
guy's a mismatch. So yeah. He automatically becomes a game
changer, that way. I think the shock of the whole thing
you know more than anything is just that
they got this caliber of player
for a third-round pick. I think that's where you know, I had To
sit there and go. Wait, how does that make sense? How did
that work out that way? And I think that was where I was
a little surprised to see them grab that guy, but I think when
you kind of
connect some dots there
and makes a little more sense, you know, as we unpack this
He has been around for a while high third older than people
realize he
write his first big year. Was 2019 with 1145 receiving yards.
He had nearly twelve hundred and twenty 20 fell off in 21
with 11 games 685. Last year,
was his low ever since he declared himself, remember he
had serious substance abuse issues that he overcame. It's
a great inspiring story and he's done very, very well for
himself. And I, you know, we continue to wish him the best
on that road because It's not a road that ever ends. You try to
recover from those kinds of issues last year, though. Only
appeared in nine games with six starts 388, receiving yards,
hamstring injury, and anytime. There's a lingering hamstring
problem. You wonder if the team is thinking, this guy's still
isn't happy with this contract or he's not happy
with the new regime. Are they happy with him? And it just it
look, they a Jacoby Myers. They still have Davante Adams. They
still have hunt around fro. They still have Josh Jacobs.
You only have One football. That's right. Jimmy garoppolo's
a new quarterback, he's not
exactly a guy who sprays it around all over the field
and
the yeah they get what they can and they move on I'd like to
know who else was involved and and was that was that the best
offer or you know like the
Packers were the Raiders. Just wanting to get this guy out of
the conference and maybe they took less to get him to
the Giants, then maybe they could have gotten if they would have
kept him somewhere else in the AFC or even in the AFC West.
Yeah, I mean
I would think they'd take The best offer unless it's somebody
in the AFC West, you're right. That might change things.
Totally altogether. I think you're kind of saying a right.
I mean, first off, that's the number one thing that came to
my mind.
The thing, you just just explain
the age along with the injury history,
are they a little bit? Like, we're not sure, we're not sure
where this is gonna go. And, you know, like you said, we
paid, we paid
Jacoby Myers, good money, Davante Adams is
the highest-paid receiver in football, right? Hunter rent.
Those being paid pretty well and now they got just so they
just going. Okay, we gotta, we gotta,
you know, we can't have all the Assets in the world to your
point and then, I think when you couple that on top of Mike,
I think that,
you know, they're sitting in a spot
and the top 10 in the draft
where
they're going to be in tight end, they're going to be in
a spot to grab a tight end. This is a, this is a draft tight.
End is a strong position for this year's draft.
So I would think that's another way they looked at it to go.
Okay, wait, we might not get somebody quite his were
a player, but we can still fill the position,
right? With a really good player here.
You know, whether it is a top ten pick, I haven't studied
the tight ends yet to know. If there's one worthy of that
sounds like there's one or two that might be in that area. But
certainly,
you know, until later on in the draft, they might be able to
dive down that road as well in the second round or whatever
else. So I would think that this is more of a
playing a move, big picture for the Raiders overall knowing
they can't pay everybody and they got some holes to fill on
the defensive side of the ball still, too.
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