Will Giants Keep Tyree Because of The Catch?
Yesterday, Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News wrote an article for the newspaper titled, ‘After Super Bowl grab, David Tyree is hoping to hang on with Giants‘. In the article, Vacchiano explained how David Tyree just went down in Giants lure a few months ago with The Catch. Then he asked this question, “But should that guarantee him a spot on the 2008 team?” After that, Ralph explained that the G-MEN have about 6-8 receiveres ahead of him on the depth chart. He’s also coming off of arthroscopic knee surgery, and if something goes wrong then he might not make the team. On the plus side, he argues that Tyree is still much better on Special Teams than the competition which may keep him around. David had this to say about the situation,
You look at this game for what it is. They’re going to make decisions based on what they feel is best for the football team. Whether I’m on the roster, off the roster, the fifth receiver or the third receiver, they’re going to make decisions based on what’s best for the team. My job is to go out there and make the plays when I’m given the opportunity. When you look back at what I’ve done when given the opportunity, I’ve showed up. I can’t do any more than that.
As you can see by Tyree’s answer, he’s a class act all the way. He never has been one of the top receivers on the team anyway. Even when they’ve used him as the third or fourth receiver in a formation, he never was that good. However, he was really good on Special Teams. He was a Pro Bowler. I do know that he struggled the last two seasons, but he came through when it mattered most and as a receiver to boot.
Today, Vacchiano followed up on yesterday’s article on his Giants blog called The Blue Screen which is also on the New York Daily News website. It’s titled, ‘If Tyree’s healthy, Giant loyalty will help keep him around‘. Here, he raises questions like,
But how much will The Catch factor in? If they don’t put him on PUP, could the Giants really cut him, just months after he saved their championship? Wouldn’t that be heartless and mean, or would it just be a reality of the business of football? Would the Giants - sometimes loyal to a fault to their players - really do something like that? Or should they factor out his status as a Super Bowl hero if they believe cutting him was in the best interests of the team?
At the end of all his questions, he wrote that he believes that David will end up on the team because of his skills on Special Teams. I agree with Vacchiano here. I believe that Tyree would have to really suck to not make the team. And I thought loyalty didn’t exist in sports anymore.
