Who Will Step Up at Wideout?
The New York Giants were one of the best teams in the National Football League during the regular season as they compiled 12-4 record, but that all went out the window when wide receiver Plaxico Burress shot himself accidently with an unregistered gun. That leaves many Giants fans going into next year wondering who will step up.
In addition to the release of Burress by the team the team did not resign long time starting wide receiver Amani Toomer whose best years has passed him by as he will be 35 years old this September.
That leaves Steve Smith as the top wide receiver on the team, which he deserves a shot at as he compiled 57 catches for 574 yards with one touchdown as the number three receiver on the team.
After Burress hurt himself the Giants replaced him with wide receiver Domenik Hixon who caught 22 passes for 294 yards receiving with one touchdown in five games.
Luckily the team also has a solid tight end in Kevin Boss who caught 33 passes for 384 yards receiving with six touchdowns.
Also, the Giants had the best running game in football last year led by running back Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw.
In case Hixon doesn’t prove to be an adequate starter the team drafted wide receiver Hakeem Nicks in the first round of this past April’s NFL Draft and Mario Manningham in 2008’s Draft.
Fortunately, Hixon will get a chance to prove to be a good starter as it takes wide receivers three years to develop into stars.
In the end the Giants should be fine as long as the running game still is going strong.