Most analysts and experts agree that the New York Giants had a strong NFL Draft with the team routinely rated among the top-performing teams in all the post-draft grades. But it doesn’t sound like general manager Joe Schoen cares too much about those grades.
When asked his thoughts on the team’s draft grades, Schoen had an extremely blunt and brutal message: “You don’t win games in April.”
“That lasts about two days,” Schoen said Saturday. “You don’t win games in April. The social media rankings and everything like that, you know, it’s about what we do this fall and how we go out there and compete when it matters and how we continue to build this offseason and get bigger, faster, stronger, through our strength program and then how we prepare and execute in August, I think there’s a process.
“And do I like some of the guys we drafted? Yeah. But still … every year is different, and the team has got to gel, and we have got to build chemistry. We have to stay healthy. There’s a lot that goes into it.”
Schoen isn’t wrong. Regardless of how good the draft looks now, the Giants still have to develop the players and put them to good use on the field where it matters.
[NFL.com]
