Giants Reportedly Sign RB Jonathan Stewart To A 2-Year Contract
I know most people are going to say that signing a soon-to-be 31-year-old running back that just put up 3.4 YPC to play behind the Giants offensive line is suicide for everyone involved. But those people don’t realize that THIS is the season that Jonathan Stewart stays healthy and proves he can handle a full starter’s workload. Remember when Stewart put up 1133 yards (5.1 YPC) and 10 TDs in 2009? Every fantasy football owner that drafted Stewart over the last 10 years does. And so does Dave Gettleman apparently, even though he was still with the Giants when it happened.
I don’t think Stewart is actually going to be a better option than Orleans Darkwa or even the ghost of Rashad Jennings. I guess if the Giants do draft Saquon Barkley, he will provide quite a 1-2 punch with Stewart. J-Stew will lull the defense to sleep by running into the line and then Saquon will seem like he was shot out of a fucking cannon when he gets the rock. So at least there’s that. To be honest, simply being reminded that Mike Shula is the offensive coordinator bummed me out, regardless of how much Pat Shurmur plans to control that side of the ball.
But in the end, we all know it comes down to the Hog Mollies that Gettleman promised he would get. And even though the Giants missed out on Andrew Norwell this morning, a big bastard like Nate Solder wouldn’t hurt the O-line.
No word yet if Nate cares about Barstool more than his craft. I will see if any commenters from the Foxboro area have the handle NastyNate77. But until then, I’m going to get a little excited about the thought of someone other than Ereck Flowers “protecting” Eli’s blind side.