If you think Gholston is nothing more than a situational pass rusher I fear for your talent evaluating skills....

Guess the Giants shouldn't have re-signed Justin Tuck to that 30 million dollar deal since he's nothing more than a "situational backup DE"

Donnie had a great season stat wise, but he slowed way down toward the end of the year-he's slowing down and shouldn't be counted on as a long-term solution when in rebuilding mode. Besides that, I'm advocating taking Gholston as a DE who could line up in the falcon for us from time to time. Edwards has little to do with the discussion, but since we are discussing it, I felt the need to clarify.

Also, Gholston would become one of the top two players on our defense-how in the Hell do just shrug that off as insignifigant?

We were 4-12. ANY player that can potentially change a game should be an option. You can never have too many elite pass rushers.

The Giants were 4-12 in Fassel's last season, 2003. Despite having just drafted Osi Umenyora and already having Michael Strahan on the roster, Tom Coughlin drafted FOUR defesnive ends in the next 3 drafts, including Tuck and Kiwanuka.

They had needs along the offensive line, just like we do and yet they did exactly what you said they shouldn't do.

Honestly if we were going to draft another D-linemen, I'd much rather us take Ellis.

Free agency is for needs, draft is to get the most talented football players on your roster.

Gholston is another DeMarcus Ware, for anyone to justify that we couldn't use that or he'd sit behind Tamba Hali is pretty much a joke in my view.

I would too.

But let's just assume Dorsey and Ellis are gone as well as Jake Long.

Are you really gonna pass on a talent like Gholston solely because he's a DE?

Gholston may very well be the best player in this draft......he's at worst top 3.

If those 3 guys are gone then I definitely take Matt Ryan.

We've got to have a backup plan if (or more likely when) Brodie gets injured.

...Besides, I think one of those 3 guys will be there when the Chiefs draft anyways so it's a moot point.

REACH.:mad: Matt Ryan has bust written all over him so let's give him a HUGE SIGNING BONUS and give him a third-world O-line to block for him.

he might be a bust but so might every other guy in the draft.

Do you have the winning lotto #s also?

As far as the third-world O-line, that's what the rest of the draft is for anyways. It'd be no different if we took Gholston in the 1st.... we'd have to spend the other picks on O-line.

Who says so?

This team isn't in any position to contend next year, I wish people would quit looking at the draft as "we have to get back to 8-8"

It really doesn't matter.

I'd bet a lot of $$ that Jake Long, Sedrick Ellis or Glen Dorsey will be there when the Chiefs draft.

And I'd rather have any of those guys over Gholston.

... I just don't see him (Gholston) ending up with the Chiefs. IMO there's other far more realistic options that the Chiefs will select... see the 3 guys above or a trade down.

Wait a second.

DE is a "luxury we can't afford with the #5 pick" but we can afford to take a "BACKUP PLAN" with that pick?

Come on, suds, that makes no sense.

I don't know why everybody is in such a hurry.

We've bottomed out. We've already been through the worst.

It's time to build. If that means being 6-10 next year, so be it.