“I can’t get on this bus without him,’’ Sirianni said. Smith leads his team with 46 receptions for 664 yards and four touchdowns. There were questions about Smith’s durability - he is rail-thin - but he has not missed a game for the Eagles, who at 5-6 are surging. Giants’ Leonard Williams still motivated by Michael Strahan meeting In nine games, he has 35 receptions for 392 yards, and he has yet to score his first NFL touchdown. Toney is missing practice time again this week - this time it is due to a quad contusion. Toney has struggled through a disjointed rookie year, battling through injuries and often stymied as to where he fits in an offense that has stumbled around, leading to head coach Joe Judge on Tuesday firing offensive coordinator Jason Garrett. DeVonta Smith hauls in a catch for the Eagles AP 20 and selected Kadarius Toney, a slot receiver from Florida they had rated highly, but a notch below Waddle and Smith. General manager Dave Gettleman made the first trade-down of his NFL career when the Bears wanted to come up to No. Smith was the last of a group of players the Giants deemed worthy of a top-11 pick. “We were doing whatever we needed to do to get to the player that we really coveted in that draft, which was DeVonta Smith,’’ Sirianni said. 10, and just like that, the Giants realized that instead of slipping the Heisman Trophy winner into their offense, they were going to have to find a way to stop him twice a year for the foreseeable future. 12, called the Cowboys and a rare trade between division rivals was discussed and finalized. The Giants thought right, but did not expect what happened with Dallas on the clock. 10, would not take a receiver (they already had plenty of talent at that position) and would instead focus on improving their shabby defense. They figured (correctly) offensive tackle Penei Sewell would be gone.Īs the first round progressed, the players the Giants prioritized were getting plucked off. They were high on Smith and Jaylen Waddle as wide receivers. They were high on cornerbacks Jaycee Horn and Patrick Surtain II. After their crummy 6-10 record in 2020 earned them the 11th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, there were several players the Giants were interested in selecting - players they believed had a realistic chance to still be on the board after the top 10 picks. DeVonta Smith scores a touchdown for the Eagles.
“I’m glad that we traded up because he’s really special to this team and I’m sure glad we have him on this football team,’’ Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said. And the Giants will be tasked with finding a way to stop a player they coveted and failed to make a move to get. That was also the Eagles and their affection for the same player.Īs these two NFC rivals, heading in opposite directions (Eagles up, Giants down) get set to square off for the first time this season, Sunday at MetLife Stadium, the Eagles, who landed the prize, will get to put Smith on the field wearing green. That was the Giants and their affection for DeVonta Smith. They were not sure if they were in prime position to get him. New-look Giants offense increasing this extra elementĮx-Giants coach has new perspective as he faces old team at timely moment The 23-year-old is best viewed as a WR3/flex and can be upgraded a bit in non-PPR formats.Coach’s earful shows new Daniel Jones Giants treatment: ‘Lit a fire’ Brown and with the Eagles seemingly committed to the run with Jalen Hurts under center. Smith looks the part of a star receiver, but he'll be hard-pressed to see a big boost in targets after the acquisition of A.J. Smith ranked eighth at the position in average depth of target (14.0) and finished in the 80th percentile or better in both catch rate and yards per target over expected. 19.ĮSPN Fantasy Projection: Smith didn't quite match the fantasy output of fellow top rookie WRs Ja'Marr Chase and Jaylen Waddle last season, but the 2021 10th-overall pick performed pretty well for a vertical target in a run-heavy scheme. Brown, so a bounce-back effort could well be in store during a Week 2 home matchup against the Vikings on Monday night, Sept. Nevertheless, Smith is hardly a candidate to be sidelined much longer in the Eagles' air attack irrespective of the outsized presence of A.J.
Ironically but perhaps not coincidentally, the closest Smith came to a shutout in his rookie campaign was against this same Lions squad back in last season's Week 8 meeting, so perhaps there is a schematic factor at play. Spin: The speedster had a catch wiped out by penalty and ultimately didn't record an official reception for the first time in his young career. News: 4 days ago Smith failed to bring in any of his four targets in the Eagles' 38-35 win over the Lions on Sunday.
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