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1st & Goal: Ralph Vacchiano, Fox Sports NFC East Reporter

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September 6, 2022 8:43 pm

1st & Goal: Ralph Vacchiano, Fox Sports NFC East Reporter

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September 6, 2022 8:43 pm

Ralph Vacchiano joined Zach to preview the Giants 2022 season and discuss realistic expectations for Saquon Barkley this season. 

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Each time, no actor will do all 32 teams. I don't know why we think the Giants for last. But that's just the way that this went down this year walking route back Yana right now. The fees reported for Fox sports covers all the teams inside that division, and for many years did work at X and Y coverage about the Jets and the Giants route. Graduations on the new gig. Thanks so much jumping on the bus all thank you I appreciate it. I'm happy to commodity thought I start you off with a Quan Barclay. It's always great to just ask you what to expect that to say Quan because he hasn't been healthy.

A kind of feels like Christian McCaffrey. The last years and people asked that about the Carolina Panthers running back for this season.

But what are your expectations for say Quan this year. Well me to go about the health right you know I think they are not now removed from his torn ACL that you probably back to 100% will young guys can recover from that first so you know all things being equal, I could see him having the kind of season he had as a rookie I think you can really use him in the passing game a lot. I think the offense of line is only a little bit better than it's been all that may mean you looking at top feature back. You guys do rush for thousand yards. The limit carries wear and tear a little bit. You could have 7080 catches in another.

You know, six, 700 yards there, but I say that in.

I probably thought that at least two of the last refusing, you didn't get too many games so I know I got a few to believe help you compute good as anybody in the league. I wouldn't recommend the first run of my fantasy is not the I just don't feel like you can trust after three years of injuries that he won't add another one, say, Barclay play, and when he gets on the field.

The first thought is what happens at the giants of the draft to Josh Allen if they would address Lamar Jackson, hindsight is 2020 we know Baker was the first Beck and I drafted then Sam Donald to go number three say Quan wanted to Josh Rosen's been on 7000 teams did you ever get a sense that the Giants were close and taken a quarterback that year and if so who they would've drafted no because I think were a couple reasons. I think it gave Gettleman at the time, and time spent happy. I don't think he liked any of the quarterbacks that were coming out. You know, was looking for one we really had a conviction on him and thought the guys*didn't feel that way about any of them.

I don't think I'll from talking to people in the organization that anybody really had that kind of a conviction on anyone. I think that there were split know that you think the coaching staff like Josh Allen I think other people to proselyte Baker Mayfield.

Others, like Sam, Donald, I think if you're the general manager and you can't get a consensus on such an important position among your or your people. That's a hard thing to pull the trigger on. I also think they were looking at your head thinking just maybe there might be a guide, they could go after the really like him. You know, but that didn't work out, come out that your things might've been different.

But it just wasn't the case for the giant and you know with the non-consensus on the quarterbacks and with the way Dave Dillon fell in love with a Quan Barclay. I don't think was really young children discussion, but I don't think it was really a thought as he got closer the graph down back.

Yana here at thus my expectation. I pick up the fit drops and that this is Daniel Jones is finally here with the giants is that the same way that your C&S. I don't know. I think his final chance to prove he deserves more think easy quarterback when he is healthy when you got protection. I think he just has not had much of a chance last year. The offense of line is been so so bad he has not had good reliable receivers. I haven't had say Quan Barclay.

There a lot of quarterbacks behind that line take will the weapon he lost in a lot of quarterbacks would struggle so you got a chance to show them the they could do something with them any better offense than the one that Jason Garrett ran you know that you think I got the same Characters round and Sutter noted that much of an improvement, but know whether he gets the franchise tag whether you decide to stick with them another year. I think probably if you struggled to move on as quickly as possible to do that. Probably drafting way up. I think if he has a mediocre year to sit in the middle the draft gets a little dicey W quarterback they like 15 or 17 or something like that so chance that he could be back. But it's all up to him.

He really got a lot through a technicality right now. Ralph good question just got painted and the guy that was in Detroit. He's not existent anymore yeah you know I mean I don't know where his head is that an LP to just get paid, or mail it and I think it been a lot of injury issues. You know the guy was hurt in Detroit last year and you want gave Gettleman isms that he, you know, for God in this case was her guys get hurt and you get up there in years. First, Avery got hurt.

He came back and experienced mother.

Some minor issues last year now. Turns out that he had some kind of procedure during the off-season right for training Began to slow IF you healthy will be a good target for Daniel Jones but you know, like a lot of guys on the roster shortly to help the other really will be help you know if he is constantly shepherding Canaries Tony at this stage of their careers might be better than Kenny call so you know you never really live up that $72 million contract so far. Get the next down new GM and there before with the Giants know what you like. So far Brian Dave on Joe Shane been there many many many times.

I like the fact that they're not pretending like they're in a good situation.

They're not you talking about trying to win on the fly whatever interchange is going incredibly honest from the start about. I had a mess to clean up maybe can put it that way, but you think the seller Is what it is that before we can go out and start to add players thereon is that this is a little bit of a long hall they don't have a Super Bowl TV couldn't add any pieces last year. Need to figure out your quarterback. You need to figure out what you know what can happen will say Quan Barclay so you are approaching it the right way they did what they could stupid with contracts restructuring them just make it squeeze in one or two more guys feet deep to restructure few, but not upon their playing the long game here and I like that I think you'd be able to tell the players like a knitting. He's a real guy you know will approach: friendly and all that will sure how we handle diversity and that there should be a lot of that right away is that they got to Yvonne Thibodeau and at the Neil and you're right didn't have to go make a move right now to go win and go try to reach him one of these quarterbacks 111 in the first round. Go fix the offense alignment and go get a pass rush again.

I know Thibodeau may not play this week but Thibodeau annealed to me were to just excellent graphics. Yeah, I agree, and it's often hard to screw up that high. They were big positions of mediated mess around and say no without think ourselves here and you know what I particularly like about the Thibodeau pic is key was for months now being number one pass rusher in the draft and then it work. Questions about his character in Joe Shane didn't sit there and say you not know, but this guy in here the same thing. He went all the way out to Oregon which I know a lot of general managers would not do and met with the guys spent time with them and made up his own mind, in reliance scouting report to figure out what this guy is all about and made the decision on the zoning good for him doing that because a lot of GM sent a Lieut. or Scout and got a secondhand report just believe the nonsense floating around in potentially missed on a great player.

Let's get down here with us, so we have James this week we have a game coming up on Thursday before the Giants they go up against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Tennessee is an interesting team.

Ryan 10 also there quarterback. We know Derek can resist God. No more Ajay Brown is an excellent coach and Mike Grable.

This game plays on out this earlier last year but don't often look like it you think about multiple teams they can win ugly when with Eric Henry when he's healthy.

I don't know what their past games go look like anymore that Ajay Brown but honestly, those are your concerns for their long-term picture whether they can compete that number one seed.

It's not a concern against the giants of the Giants have so many things that they have to piece together and have to go right for them to be competitive.

Not a good defensive team last year and really haven't had much to build probably will play James Bradberry out of the secondary linebackers are three guys in no one's ever heard so you stop Derek Henriette be shocked if they can do that he gets going to be a 200 and something yards and on offense. You count a lot is that up until I get a hold Dr. Daniel Jones noted to have weapons, which ones are good to play too many questions for me to think they can go on the road and beat a power maybe the second-tier power in the first game, I think you one thing, Shane, and Babel said is good take a few weeks to figure out what the giants are your figure so that when you play the Tennessee Titans in week one on the road.

You figure that out.

You know when the schedule gets a little softer so you know I'm not so sure the Giants don't do their opener morale and a Caesar porn or outback yonder here at the house from Fox sports division this year out, I wouldn't. Cannot the Eagles. I think the cowboys might be due there, Jack Prescott, the best quarterback in the division and that can tell you a long way but if the Eagles loaded up and they have the number one rushing offense last year they had number 10 defense. I think I think you had Ajay Brown did to jail and hurt repertoire in your he could be a very good quarterback know they made needle time to put things together to guard our course to real competitive not just in the division beneath our comp. Make sure you check them out out Graziano on twitter new job sees reporter from Fox sports route want to congratulation things were coming on for a few minutes think that anytime they got outback yonder here with