Tom Coughlin and the New York Giants certainly do have an interesting dilemma facing them this offseason. For the first time in many years, they won't be struggling to find quality depth at the wide receiver position. Instead, they'll be struggling to find enough room on their roster for the impressive amount of depth they suddenly do have.And although it's only been one day since rookie mini-camp opened, that task appears to have become a little bit harder.
According to Ralph Vacchiano of The Blue Screen, undrafted rookie free agent D.J. Hall from Alabama stole the show with several impressive catches and an amazing display of natural athleticism.
Hall made several outstanding catches, including one leaping, fully stretched grab along the sidelines in the afternoon. A few times he had to leap to make the catch and not only did, but seemed to hit the ground and keep moving without missing a stride. He was smooth, he had good hands and at 6-2, 195, has decent size. On any other team, I'd say he was a free-agent steal.With all the talk about Mario Manningham and his great value in round three, many people overlooked the signing of D.J. Hall. But if value picks and value signings really are what makes a team great, then it looks like General Manager Jerry Reese has hit the jackpot again.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Meh.
Posted at 9:55AM on May 10th 2008 by BlueStarDude
2. I hope you don't expect Bama fan's to be shocked or surprised...D.J. holds about every receiving record at Bama and he did it against S.E.C competition...He's not the fastest WR in the world but he has a knack for getting open and making acrobatic catches that few can...good luck to D.J.
Posted at 7:37PM on May 10th 2008 by oldmantide
3. I was wondering why he didn't even get drafted. Every Bama game I saw he was impressive, I figured he was for sure a mid rounder.
Posted at 9:24PM on May 10th 2008 by Spoonman
4. best way to see DJ Hall highlights is to go to youtube and search using his name. Watch manningham's videos too they are fantastic. Two great receivers.
Posted at 10:23PM on May 10th 2008 by hmstern
5. If DJ Hall and Manningham are the real deal...what a great problem to have. Lets not forget what the 18-1 (just had to throw that in) Patriots did last year,prior to the Super Bowl, with a solid five receivers...add that to our running game. Lets kick it off, I am ready!
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Posted at 7:01PM on May 11th 2008 by MLJ
6. Listen to the interviews with both DJ Hall and with Mario. Mario is dense, folks. I don't know how much intelligence plays in football but from what I've listened to DJ is the smarter WR.
Posted at 1:10AM on May 12th 2008 by Sports Fan
7. Why teams draft scrub potential talents from other teams late in the draft and pass over productive WR's from the SEC is beyond me. It's friggin assanine that Hall went undrafted.
Posted at 9:52AM on May 13th 2008 by Scott Porter
8. Hall is the most fluent, natural talent I have seen at WR come out of the SEC in five years. Any organization drafting a WR between rounds 4 and 7 didn't get the best available, nor was Manningham in the 3rd. Great gift for the Giants, he'll earn his $ in due time.
Posted at 4:23PM on Jun 13th 2008 by TideMan